Star Wars Galaxies

I've tried a few professions and what I can say combat is broken and boring. The game lags so much that the realtime combat efforts have failed miserably. However as Im not an expert on the system yet I'll give it a few more tries.

What kinda shocked me, cause I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU and after that the NGE, is that the game really are barren. Before I was hoping the game was barren and the server were empty, but I didnt believe it. However yesterday I logged into Chimaera and thought, wow where are all the people? Did travel around I saw 1 person in bestine 10+ in Theed, maybe 3 in Coronet etc.. even Dantooine was empty, so was Endor. I visited my old city and home on Rori, didnt see any people, but I noticed the lag so I guess there are people in Restuss (?)

Ok to the point why I was shocked, I loged out and decided I wanted to try to roll a toon on Bria, I saw Bria load was heavy and though that would give a good indication of the population, then I discovered that Chimaera was listed as heavy aswell (only two btw, Bria and Chimaera). WTF!!! If Chimaera was heavy Im Donald Duck or the game now are so poorly coded that it is really heavy, which in PreCU would be considered  Very Light.

However I tried out some crafting and I must say, the game probabably has the best crafting seen in an mmo, but what does that help when its more or less pointless as you won't get returning customers due to no Decay and better loot

This game I agree is probably one of the best out there, but think about the potential, when the game fail on so many levels. And alot of the decissions is just not logical. Just WTF!!!

I'll keep on trying to enjoy the game, but...

I will write the review for you.

SWG Online Review, by SmurfMagic.

After a long rest, Smurfmagic logs onto SWG for a fresh look at the game. Logging in and following the newbie arrows and doing the basic missions took all but a couple of hours to complete. I was rewarded with new skills and gear. I went to the most populated server and visited the most populated cities.

I will sum up my 14 day trial with the following pictures based on how the game made me feel from start to finish of my trial:

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Originally posted by Platon2x

I've tried a few professions and what I can say combat is broken and boring. The game lags so much that the realtime combat efforts have failed miserably. However as Im not an expert on the system yet I'll give it a few more tries.  Combat system worked quite well in pvp, not so good pve.  But pvp has also been damaged by gcw grind and heroics attachements.

What kinda shocked me, cause I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU and after that the NGE, is that the game really are barren. Before I was hoping the game was barren and the server were empty, but I didnt believe it. However yesterday I logged into Chimaera and thought, wow where are all the people? Did travel around I saw 1 person in bestine 10+ in Theed, maybe 3 in Coronet etc.. even Dantooine was empty, so was Endor. I visited my old city and home on Rori, didnt see any people, but I noticed the lag so I guess there are people in Restuss (?) Restuss is the only pvp spot left due to the gcw grind so there are usually some ppl there.  The lack of population gives u an indicator as to the state of the game:(

Ok to the point why I was shocked, I loged out and decided I wanted to try to roll a toon on Bria, I saw Bria load was heavy and though that would give a good indication of the population, then I discovered that Chimaera was listed as heavy aswell (only two btw, Bria and Chimaera). WTF!!! If Chimaera was heavy Im Donald Duck or the game now are so poorly coded that it is really heavy, which in PreCU would be considered  Very Light.  I never  played pre cu but even I would say its not the game it used to be.

However I tried out some crafting and I must say, the game probabably has the best crafting seen in an mmo, but what does that help when its more or less pointless as you won't get returning customers due to no Decay and better loot  I agree with this completely the crafting has been the 1 consistent good thing mentioned in all the reviews i've read so of course SOE are now messing with it.  And yes the lack of consumables and the amount of free items makes it pretty pointless.

This game I agree is probably one of the best out there, but think about the potential, when the game fail on so many levels. And alot of the decissions is just not logical. Just WTF!!!  I've tried a lot of MMOs and don't agree this is the best 1 out there, but i will say it has the best potential, unfortunately SOE seems in no-way to want to use any of that potential.  I would also say swg had the best community i ever came across but have been told this is also going down hill now:(

I'll keep on trying to enjoy the game, but...  Good luck.  I hope that if u do find something to enjoy SOE doesn't try to 'improve' it for u

Played  littlebit to day aswell and I tried to socialize and were looking for People. Most of the major cities were empty, but sometimes I ran into people at airports etc... What stroke me were that no one were talking, not even when I talked to them. They seemed busy and totally ignored whatever came their way. After 12-13 hours of play time, mostly traveling to the major cities Ive not seen any PvP, no advertising, not even conversations between players etc... hm... I know SWG has become a game where You most of the time can go by Your own business, cause there aint really a need for any interaction with other players as Your self sufficient. SWG has more or less turned into a singel player game and for the guilds I think You'd would got the same staisfaction running the game at Your yearly LAN.

There aint any interactions, no community whatsoever. There may be many reasons for this ex; the game has been dumbed down and most features can be handled by 1 class henche no need for interaction etc.. but the major reason is that there just aint anyone playing (?) On Bria I saw 5+ people in Theed and 1 in Bestine WTF!!!!!?

As far as people not chatting in spatial, please note that the recent update made voice chat free for all ingame, so those people were chatting just not in spatial.

And the places that people gather shifts as time goes on, being able to use your starship to go from any starport to any starport makes places like Theed and Coronet not popular anymore.

And finally the game is radically different for people in a good guild as opposed to single players "doing the trial". Most of the recent content added to the game requires full groups of eight players to enjoy.

Originally posted by Platon2x

I've tried a few professions and what I can say combat is broken and boring. The game lags so much that the realtime combat efforts have failed miserably. However as Im not an expert on the system yet I'll give it a few more tries.

What kinda shocked me, cause I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU and after that the NGE, is that the game really are barren. Before I was hoping the game was barren and the server were empty, but I didnt believe it. However yesterday I logged into Chimaera and thought, wow where are all the people? Did travel around I saw 1 person in bestine 10+ in Theed, maybe 3 in Coronet etc.. even Dantooine was empty, so was Endor. I visited my old city and home on Rori, didnt see any people, but I noticed the lag so I guess there are people in Restuss (?)

Ok to the point why I was shocked, I loged out and decided I wanted to try to roll a toon on Bria, I saw Bria load was heavy and though that would give a good indication of the population, then I discovered that Chimaera was listed as heavy aswell (only two btw, Bria and Chimaera). WTF!!! If Chimaera was heavy Im Donald Duck or the game now are so poorly coded that it is really heavy, which in PreCU would be considered  Very Light.

However I tried out some crafting and I must say, the game probabably has the best crafting seen in an mmo, but what does that help when its more or less pointless as you won't get returning customers due to no Decay and better loot

This game I agree is probably one of the best out there, but think about the potential, when the game fail on so many levels. And alot of the decissions is just not logical. Just WTF!!!

I'll keep on trying to enjoy the game, but...

I do not know about your home server,but Bria and Bloodfin are loaded with players. I returned 2 months ago and personally I am having more fun now than I did when I played Pre-Cu.I miss some of the aspects that Pre-Cu had to offer,but right now this game is not bad at all,it has some issues yes,but its fun to me nonetheless. I wonder if you are checking the right places for people to be hanging out at,because all the old hang outs like Dantooine and Correllia are gone. People hang out at Mos Eisley mostly these days and are spread out all over the game thx to the Legacy quests.I do not know where all these posts are coming from saying there are no people ,It must be other servers and I just lucked out and ended up on 2 good servers. After the last 2 months I have found more staying power with swg than WoW,Conan or just about any other mmo out there right now. Anyway its all up to you I hope you stay long enough to enjoy yourself the crafting is the best of any mmo and they are making it better. I am having a great time in SWG for now and could care less if they flame me for liking it or not. I liked SWG Pre-Cu,I liked it in its CU form and now after 2 years the NGE is not as bad as it was and I am liking it too:P

Originally posted by Platon2x

I've tried a few professions and what I can say combat is broken and boring. The game lags so much that the realtime combat efforts have failed miserably. However as Im not an expert on the system yet I'll give it a few more tries.

What kinda shocked me, cause I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU and after that the NGE, is that the game really are barren. Before I was hoping the game was barren and the server were empty, but I didnt believe it. However yesterday I logged into Chimaera and thought, wow where are all the people? Did travel around I saw 1 person in bestine 10+ in Theed, maybe 3 in Coronet etc.. even Dantooine was empty, so was Endor. I visited my old city and home on Rori, didnt see any people, but I noticed the lag so I guess there are people in Restuss (?)

Ok to the point why I was shocked, I loged out and decided I wanted to try to roll a toon on Bria, I saw Bria load was heavy and though that would give a good indication of the population, then I discovered that Chimaera was listed as heavy aswell (only two btw, Bria and Chimaera). WTF!!! If Chimaera was heavy Im Donald Duck or the game now are so poorly coded that it is really heavy, which in PreCU would be considered  Very Light.

However I tried out some crafting and I must say, the game probabably has the best crafting seen in an mmo, but what does that help when its more or less pointless as you won't get returning customers due to no Decay and better loot

This game I agree is probably one of the best out there, but think about the potential, when the game fail on so many levels. And alot of the decissions is just not logical. Just WTF!!!

I'll keep on trying to enjoy the game, but...

You've just exposed yourself for the troll you are in your second paragraph. Shall I quote you?

“I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU”

Need I say more? Yet another disgruntled player stuck two years in the past with the NGE then rather than what it is now. You're just trying to do a negative troll against SOE and SWG in an attempt to put off new players wishing to try it.

Originally posted by IAmMMO

 

You've just exposed yourself for the troll you are in your second paragraph. Shall I quote you?

 

“I've hoped the game would die and close since the introduction of CU&