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Gradius - ex-Student  |
Ok, for those of you who still play Star Wars Galaxies, you're well aware that yet another CU is coming out within the month. I'm sure you remember the first CU, which totally ruined the game for most of it's players at first. There they added combat levels, took away stat migration, toned down the doctor profession (now they are as useful as entertainers), amongst other things. Well, if you thought that was bad, check the following links to see what they are changing now: Letter from the game producer Julio Torres General NGE (New Game Enhancement) FAQ Let's take a look at this shall we? First and foremost, there will now only be 9 professions. That's right, you read that correctly. 9 professions. These include Bounty Hunter, Commando, Entertainer, Medic, Officer, Smuggler, Spy, Trader, and last but not least, Jedi. Yes, Jedi will now be it's own profession no different from the rest. What's the point of this "enhancement" you might ask. According to studies from players, fan bases, and outside critics the game has too much content. In other words, it's too hard for a brand new player to learn everything there is to know about the game in 1 day. Also, in opposition of what the game was originally designed for, the profession revamp gives players the chance to play the role of their favorite Star Wars characters, rather than play their own role in the SW universe. Let's move on to an issue just as severe. Items will no longer decay. The economy of SWG revolves around crafting, the decaying of items, and purchasing replacements for them. Without item decay, crafters will now be screwed. Along with this, the economy of SWG will also be screwed. Now people will buy the best weapons, clothes, vehicles, etc., and never have to replace them. Goodbye crafters. All in all, the beauty that made SWG different from all other MMORPGs is being stripped out of the game. Not only that, but everyone and their mothers will be a Jedi. Now everyone will be the same professions, carry the same weapons, wear the same armor and so forth. Reminds me of Guild Wars. Sony has really done it this time. They took a freaking awesome game, added some of Slider's coding, and made it a game for every 10 year old to enjoy. GG. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider This post was edited by Gradius on Nov 04 2005 12:25am. |
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Raziel Anjelis - Student 
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I'm getting used to it, most people are starting to adapt anyway. _______________ Proud owner of El Vee For's 200th Comment, and Wicek's 2600th comment  DaMi3N's 400th, Trad Redav's 666th.
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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nothing close about it lol was a general observation  _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Eica - Student 
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Alright, most metaphors don't bear close examination  _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget
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Quote: Just thought I'd bump this, because I heard a great line about SWG today: "Star wars galaxies is like smoking. Each patch helps you quit." the quote dont work your implying that every smoke u have, when infact its every Anti - smoking patch or so you take  _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Eica - Student
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Just thought I'd bump this, because I heard a great line about SWG today: "Star wars galaxies is like smoking. Each patch helps you quit." _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed |
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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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know how you feel mate  been playin' over a year here, i liked the first combat change (the CU) well some of it, but this NGE has been released buggy with minimal comunication to the players, its definetly not what the player base wants... _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Darth Sirius - Student 
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Okay. I tried Galaxies. It took me a while to get going but once I started running bounty hunter missions and joining large hunting groups I had a lot of fun. The Sunday before NGE rolled out I reached Master Bounty Hunter. I had already reached Master Rifleman and completed the first leg of the Combat Medic profession so I'd say I was doing pretty well for only playing for 2 months. I was dealing some decent damage and gaining considerable exp. I had my recon armor, a set of buffed clothes that treated me pretty well and some pretty nice capped weapons. Now, I have a set of clothes that are worthless, I have weapons that I can't use and I have armor that a bounty hunter can't wear. Additionally, I run a bounty hunter mission for minimal exp gain (250 exp compared to 6000+ pre NGE). I have 500K exp to acquire in order to move to level 81. I'm done. I’ve tried to get into this new game but can’t. It’s not the RPG I signed up for. At least I got my veteran's awards and my elder tag. . . . . yeah right. Thanks SOE. _______________ The true padawan prodigy of Jedi_Pimp Learning staff from Janus, |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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Quote: Only one problem of moving to dark and light. It isnt scheduled to released untill the spring. there are pre-orders being taken now, and they are supposed to be releasing a prequal version called settlers of ganareth in december _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Only one problem of moving to dark and light. It isnt scheduled to released untill the spring. |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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a lot of people i know from swg are moving on to play dark and light, looks pretty good if it lives up to the hype. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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OpTiMe - Student 
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Or Gradius....you could play Guild Wars Which you don't have to pay anything for per month _______________ ------------------------ |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Just closed my accounts and uninstalled it from my machine. Goodbye SWG. Maybe I'll try WoW, or maybe I'll just stick to real games that don't charge me $15+ a month to play. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Raziel Anjelis - Student
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Quote: it's buggier than ants in Grad's pants. Tried to do a mission for Jabba's Themepark involving killing Sennex slavemasters, and i kept getting chucked out the bunker.......even though it was my factions bunker with the rebel flag on  Still need to be Combantant to get in Rebel buildings I was lol. Had to fend off 3 imp squads to get there. Flaming novatoopers  _______________ Proud owner of El Vee For's 200th Comment, and Wicek's 2600th comment DaMi3N's 400th, Trad Redav's 666th.
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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my account ran out by itself and i cant be bothered to re-sub atm anyway (ok ok im outta cash ) but i think i will give it a few months to get its act together, if it looks like it is then ill come back to check it out _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Tallepyon - Student
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Well I cancelled my account. I dont plan on resubscribing untill it is better. |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget
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Quote: it's buggier than ants in Grad's pants. Tried to do a mission for Jabba's Themepark involving killing Sennex slavemasters, and i kept getting chucked out the bunker.......even though it was my factions bunker with the rebel flag on Still need to be Combantant to get in Rebel buildings _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Mister Clutch - Student 
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Warn me when/if SWG gets better again lol . This comment was edited by Mister Clutch on Nov 20 2005 09:27pm. |
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Raziel Anjelis - Student 
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it's buggier than ants in Grad's pants. Tried to do a mission for Jabba's Themepark involving killing Sennex slavemasters, and i kept getting chucked out the bunker.......even though it was my factions bunker with the rebel flag on _______________ Proud owner of El Vee For's 200th Comment, and Wicek's 2600th comment DaMi3N's 400th, Trad Redav's 666th.
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Quote: Wait...so you're a Jedi Virtue?!? That's low dude, that's real low. I never thoght you could get that low. You're a disgrace to the game! >.> <.< *Runs away* Wtf you are a jedi to gradius. You lie! _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: Wait...so you're a Jedi Virtue?!? That's low dude, that's real low. I never thoght you could get that low. You're a disgrace to the game! >.> <.< *Runs away* Wtf you are a jedi to gradius. |
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Eica - Student
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Quote: Alot of people are saying "Everyone and their dog is a Jedi!" - To that, I say: Of COURSE they are. What are you, a f***ing idiot? There may be more to Star Wars than Jedi, but what IS Star Wars WITHOUT Jedi? What these idiots are really sayin is - "I want to be a Jedi, but I don't want anyone else to be!". Which is retarded, everyone is thinking like you, dips***! Good point, but I think people are annoyed at how hard it was to be when the game began, what with all the holocrons and all. I felt annoyed at how they'd made it easier, Jedi was no longer an elite profession, just an attractive option Eica  _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed This comment was edited by Eica on Nov 20 2005 11:11am. |
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Gradius - Ex-Student
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Wait...so you're a Jedi Virtue?!? That's low dude, that's real low. I never thoght you could get that low. You're a disgrace to the game! >.> <.< *Runs away* _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Virtue - Jedi Council 
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And for those of you who have a problem with us Vets who didn't get the chance to finish our grind for Jedi before the NGE hit, but respec'ed to lvl 80 Jedi afterwards, I have something for you to read: Now go play in traffic! - Virtue. _______________ Academy Architect |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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some veteren players on my server (farstar) have said that they are enjoying Mustafar in the new system, and that it seems to work with it a lot better than other parts of the game at this time. They still think certain bugs, and melee combat balancing needs adressing, along with some other things, but they are giving it some more time as they are more hopeful now. They also agree the beginner quests work well. altough i am interested in the new dark and light game coming out, i'm still going to give swg a few months to sort itself out. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Gradius - Ex-Student
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Quote: I know for a fact that 90% of the devs haven't even played the game - but I wonder how many of them have actually seen Star Wars? - Virtue. Huh? What's this Star Wars you speak of? _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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