so like.. will there be a new SWG with no SOE running it?!

[Crimins]

yeah im pretty much a lazy ass... ok probably not since now im like working 11am to like 7pm+ so im pretty much tied down and unable to read up on shiznit ;).

im just damn bored.... and to tell ya the truth SWG was friggin bad arse compared to other MMO's...

[Nive Halcyon]

I wish :?

[iray]

i've been playing it right along - all through the nge. it definitely isnt the same game, and i miss the diversity of the old game. as of today i will have 1002 days logged, and i believe (around 1010 or so is the maximum possible). i guess it all depends on what you want out of it really.

i play pretty much pve, and i have been living in the dwb for a while now. yes, it is easy enough to be soloed at the moment, but, i still see many, many dead people there every day, including what were big names in pve and pvp both. it is a matter of learning to balance your specials usage now, with the cooldown timers being the difference between life & death.

from what i gather about solo pvp, it is similar to pve. everyone has pretty much the same gear now, though there are a few under armor / under robe and jewelry items that are better suited for certain things. the difference is learning to use the skills better. movement is also key. since the interface is now a fps, you have no target lock, so if your opponent circles behind you, you need to react, or get dead in a hurry.

group pvp is the one i stay away from. i just cannot bring myself to stand in theed the whole evening like the guys in dark do (yes, they are there for hours - i travel through several times a night and they are almost always there) for a 5 minute battle once every two hours. i'd rather kill a mindless npc than loiter all day long. but i digress... group pvp seems to be a case of who has the most medics now. if you can heal more damage than they can dish out, you win. simple as that. stay grouped closely so area heals work.

the nge was a behind the back deal they pulled on us. no knowledge of what they were doing with the game before hand really. at least the curb didnt destroy professions, it actually made some more usefull. they are putting out a publish nearly every week now, and they are generally little ones with actual fixes to problems, not wholesale crap that doesnt work. small steps is the order of the day now it seems.

i do miss the diversity of the old game, but i find i am still happy as long as i can find people to hang out with and do stuff. after the nge, i got pretty bored, cause i was about the only one left. i ended up hanging out with a couple old friends who were playing with elite. now it seems that a few of elite's members are coming back too, and i see it all over. the starports in eisley & theed are usually packed, and most every port you go to has somene around now.

there are still issues with the economy in my opinion though. they made it so any - pardon the expression - "lazy noob" could get his uber stuff with little effort. junk dealers will pay pretty well for crap that you loot, and the best weapons in the game are looted, and most are cheap now, like 100k or less on the vendor search. i can raise 100k in a few minutes killing level 50 npcs. the lack of decay took a ton of sales, and the way food works now neutered the chefs out there. droids are back to combat probots only again, so yeah, crafters took the big hit across the board. i presume this was the doing of the whiners who screamed every time they had to buy food, or weaps, or armor. the ones who didnt like to make creds used to bitch that all crafters were rich and didnt do any work.

i went in to the curb with about 50 mil. i hit the nge with maybe 150 mil. my high in the nge was 426 million creds, and after dropping back to around 225 mil, i have raised myself back up to 325 mil now. i'm not sure about you, but i didnt make shit crafting. i usually spent far more in resources than i made. i got my money by being a loot whore. plain and simple. sorry for ranting, but i still am sore about the credit whiners who are the cause of the demise of crafting.

the way things are going though, i can only expect some sort of attention to come to crafters. they do seem to recognize that they lost a lot of those accoounts. it is hard to find crafted goods like armor to buy now. the rumors that decay will come back to items is a good first sign indicator.

all in all though, i find that the people playing he game make it what it is, not just the programmers and developers. you just have to find the people now.

[Crimins]

ok i might go back :P i always did want to get a full suit of mando armor hahaha

[iray]

ok i might go back :P i always did want to get a full suit of mando armor hahaha

pack a lunch :) it took me 2 to 3 months to loot all the parts, and that was a fairly heavy looting schedule. there is a lot of competition now too, and they are going to give crafters agro in there again, so you will need to find an experienced team to make the stuff. once they put agro in, i assume there will be some good groups geared for it soon after.

[mrhuggy]

I dont play SWG that much now but i do keep in touch with the game still. The bothans are still close to my heart. From what i can see the game will be getting better all the time. I have seen new and old coming back to the game. The devs have good solid plans like the Expertise System, GCW Battlefields. Pvp Bounties, PvP Ranking and many many Bug Fixes.

[KJFett]

I'll wait til it actually all happens. Till then, it's nothing more than we have been fed all along. :|

[Nive Halcyon]

Its gone...just let it go... :P

[Micco]

well... you all know how I feel since SOE still has my money until November :angry:

[Demolition]

well... you all know how I feel since SOE still has my money until November :angry:

if you cancel early they do refund some of your cash micco, so no soe doesnt have your money, if you claim it back jOO nub :P

[KJFett]

Is that a change in their policy Demo? I know 100% for sure that they have been very clear that once you pay...you get no greens back.

[Micco]

well... you all know how I feel since SOE still has my money until November :angry:

if you cancel early they do refund some of your cash micco, so no soe doesnt have your money, if you claim it back jOO nub :P

Pure myth as I have found out firsthand. They specifically indicated to me that they would NOT reimburse my subscription. :bs:

[Micco]

Hehe, see!!! I managed to derail a thread myself for a change. Do I get a badge or something :D

Sorry Iray, I dont mean to bring down your gaming experience with my bitterness, but I can't help it :(

[KJFett]

Micco has been hanging around me. It was bound to happen.

[Micco]

...actually... what am I saying. I enjoyed ruining his game experience all the time :D

Nevermind...nothing to see here... move along :D

Oh, and when you get a chance Iray, i need some NPC pirates cleared from where I want to mine. Can you drop everything you are doing to come help me so that I'm not inconvenienced?

lol

[Demolition]

really? i was sure i had read if you canceled early you got refunded some of your money o.O

[Nive Halcyon]

You might be thinking of the ToOW refund that they said they would do since they released the expansion and then changed the game so much.

[KJFett]

Nive for the winzor!

[Nive Halcyon]

AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!!!! :P

k

[Steeny]

dosn't matter, you guys are all nubs! ;)

[Nive Halcyon]

Hmm.
*looks at Drevin*
Are you still playing SWG?

I think we know who the noob is here.

[iray]

I think we know who the noob is here.

says the man wearing tights...

[KJFett]

I'm not playing it. lol EVE is proving to be much better. For example, the skill system allows me to lvl while also allowing me to continue my habit of being logged in yet idle while trolling the forums like I did in SWG. Its a win win for me. :P

[Nive Halcyon]

says the man wearing tights...

Some of my toons wear armor. Some wear thick leather. None wear tights.

[Micco]

says the man wearing tights...

Some of my toons wear armor. Some wear thick leather. None wear tights.

Nicely off topic... keep up the good work :D

[Nive Halcyon]

Nicely off topic... keep up the good work :D

Topics are overrated!!

[KJFett]

I foresee one day soon...Micco will evolve beyond clammer in training.

[Nive Halcyon]

And that day will live in infamy.

[blocz]

The Nge is different and takes a bit to get use to it but they are making positive improvements.

I came back to nge because some friends talked me into it, so far after 6 weeks i have been having fun.

Ya jedi are not Uber like they once where but they are still the best in pve and one on one pvp.

there is more balance than before no Alpha class.

I pvp Everday and today between guild wars and going Overt i pvped for 5 hours. Group pvp is fun. PVE can get boring but right now the end game is pvp. on Tuesday pub 28 hits and bounty missions off terms will be back up.
this is a new system if you db someone in pvp they will have an option to put a bounty on you. once they bounty is placed you are on the boards. if you take the same faction bounties the system puts a bounty on you and places you on the boards.

If anyone is coming back to game look me up pls.

Take the NGE as a new game.
By the way i went REB and having fun fighting Dark.

Take care all

and i will one day soon i hope play some more COh

[Crimins]

nasty blocz... if i ever come back ill remember to kill j00 again1! jk ;)

[KJFett]

I did try the NGE for over a month. Most of the improvements they have made have been putting stuff back in that they took out. Not really improvements. The BH is the first good feature, but not worth going back for in my opinion. SOE burned too many o us too harshly for the wounds to be ignored this soon. They have a long way to go before even half of the vets are back in that game if it ever happens at all. Its a shame because it was a really good game.

[blocz]

I got this from apost not sure if true or not

Im not going into any details as I dont want any hints to my sources but here goes....

LA pulled the license from SOE. The rumors about February were dead right. SOE was allowed time to transition players (how much is unknown) to their other station pass games. Thats why they stopped selling SWG prepaid cards.

Publish 28, if it gets done will be the last publish to the game. There is a minimal support staff now working on it. Its purely cosmetic changes to keep existing players subscribing

Bioware did indeed gain rights to develop a second version of SWG. It wont be called SWG2. Its not a completely new game but rather a reworking of existing code. Bioware is currently hiring a large team to work on the game and prefer experience with SWG. Pre-cu is a plus

The focus groups information was handed basically directly to Bioware. Some of the questions, like a KOTOR experience were hints to you folks as to who was behind it.

My source or sources only stated what they know. They didnt speculate on how long development would take. No clue on the rumors if its tied into a television show. No clues on pre-cu, cu, etc. And finally, no clue on an announcement or what SOE will say about this.

I trust this source's info 100%. Believe what you will but it looks like SOE's tyranny is over

[KJFett]

I don't know Blocz, there is a post by the LA rep saying that the whole license thing is a lie and unfounded. If SOE is out of the picture, I would love to get back into a SW themed game, but even if this story were true, I would have concerns about the post above even if it where true like the talk about Bio being involved in the NGE focus groups. Unless they plan to use that to remove it all from the game, I doubt it will be a major improvement over SOE.

[Nive Halcyon]

lol Blocz keep up the good fight on the forums. Been wanting to post in that one thread for a while :P

[blocz]

ya on the swg forums i post the story of drow challenging Dark
oh the love i was show hehe

[KJFett]

better post a link blocz, I want to read what fire you stirred up with them, lol

[blocz]

Linkage

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Radiant&message.id=490804&view=by_date_ascending&page=14[/url]


ITS ON PAGE 14

[KJFett]

what a bunch of children! lol

nvm. lol they are not worth the time. :|

[KJFett]

It made nive cry so Ill edit it out. :P

[Nive Halcyon]

Bleh!! You can't claim any sort of record with your Jedi you freaking hoor. Freakin never played him and when you did...FR3 ftw!! :P

I was killed by a BH twice after I finished my temp. Once by Tombfyre and once by freaking Tigger, Aimee dueled me on his Swordbitch and then Tigger killed me in one shot with Sniper shot (that bitch!!)

I still loved my duel vs Sorewin when he was out destroying the Jedi. Start duel. I kd, choke, hit him twice and he is dead before he could stand up :P

[KJFett]

Zip it Nive :P Never played him? I got him into the knight trials before the trials were closed. I got him lvled to a double master without the help of the respec swapping that many others used to lvl up. I had more kills than losses in pvp (and a better PVP rating on Crane than Drev) and after all that, no BH was ever able to put Crane in their bio as a dead bounty. Sounds to me like how a jedi was intended to be played. :P

As for force run, its a skill for enhancer's. Should I have not used my skills? It came in handy for killing other jedi in PVP as much as it did to get a breather when fighting a BH.

I did play Drevin more, but I certainly didn't leave Crane idle.

ohh and stasis was 10X better than FR3. :wink:

[Nive Halcyon]

Buahaha. I remember our fights outside of Hendola (thats the reb city outside of Deeja right?). No other imps were around but me, you, and Wili. We attack a few stragglers, kill em and run. Then when they finally get a big group together to hunt us down, me and Wili cloak while you die. lol

[KJFett]

I didn't always die, but yeah...their snares were > than my FR for sure.