Star Wars Galaxies

OK i downloaded the free trial to give this a secoond go as my first effort was not really enough to make a fair comment on the game. I have start of the trial and reached level 8 pretty fast and am at this moment taking my rest in mos eisely canteena. A few things i was wandering:

Is there a better control method for movement than the keyboard controls? ie more akin to Everquets right/left mouse combination, or will i have to just get used to it?

When i open up my inventory my equip seems in no particular order just kinda dropped anywhere. is there any kind of paper model showing just what you can equip, ie arms legs head chest etc.

my big probelm at the monet is that i keep shooting when i am just trying to target to con. i press right mouse to move forward, my sight runs across a mob and auto fires :( as you can imagine this results in a lot of unesecary deaths.

One thing i am suprised with is the depth this game seems to have. It could be a great game if i could find my way through to the finer aspects. If any can offer a newbie bounty hunter any advice whatsoever i would be greatful. so far i have learnt how to shoot and kill then loot lol.

I know there are a ton of UI tweaks for the game that are supposed to make it feel a lot better. Someone here may know, but there's quite a bit of hate for this game here.

I would search through the official forums some, because as I said, I know I saw something about this when I tried the game out again and it did help.

Great that's good to hear i will take a browse through to see what i can find. I am reading through the stickys at the min :)

Yep the stickies at the top of these forums has alot of helpful information on setting up your UI.  Although the initial settings your given for your controls aren't all that great, almost everything is customisable and can be changed to a way you prefer.

There's no paper model type inventory display, but you can change the way your inventory is sorted.  From the inventroy window, click the "Change View" button to view it in detailed view.  You can then click the headings at the top of each coloumn to sort by that perticular attribute.  For instance, you could click "Type" to have all your Arm armour grouped together, all your chest armour, crates, food, etc.

Thanks for the tips all i think my best bet is to go home log in and not just go all gung ho! i think i should maybe use this night to set up my inv and such.

I have found the sticky that tells me where to find the options to change the movement controls so im happy already. So time to get stuck in and give it a real good go i think.

Ok finished my first weekend and i'm hooked! the game reminds so much of a sci fi everquest. I love the vst feel of the game. I reached level 18 as my bounty hunter. and i cant wait to get back from work and start again :) a few things though i am really struggling with.

How do i join chat channels? i dont hear any chat unless i stand next to a gold spammer. I know tells etc are the same as any other game but what about general chat or ooc? there are things i need to ask help with but i cant get onto any channels.

I am currently on tatooine, can i start any crafting?

My speeder dissapeared when i logged of? i have earnt myself a speeder bike since though so not that bad :)

is there any way to filter a search for level etc on the bazzars?

I am really loving this at the min and really hope it continues like this. But am i too far behind to catch up to be able to group with people?

Originally posted by shukes33

Ok finished my first weekend and i'm hooked! the game reminds so much of a sci fi everquest. I love the vst feel of the game. I reached level 18 as my bounty hunter. and i cant wait to get back from work and start again :) a few things though i am really struggling with.

How do i join chat channels? i dont hear any chat unless i stand next to a gold spammer. I know tells etc are the same as any other game but what about general chat or ooc? there are things i need to ask help with but i cant get onto any channels.

I am currently on tatooine, can i start any crafting?

My speeder dissapeared when i logged of? i have earnt myself a speeder bike since though so not that bad :)

is there any way to filter a search for level etc on the bazzars?

I am really loving this at the min and really hope it continues like this. But am i too far behind to catch up to be able to group with people?

You can craft from anyway, but you need to be a Trader profession.  Crafting in SWG is dedicated to entire professions.

When you say your speeder dissapeard, how do you mean?  You can see and access all currently owned vehicles, mounts, droids, pets and ships in your Datapad under the Data tab.  As long as you didn't destroy it, your old vehicle should be in there.

Currently, there is no way to search by level on the bazaar although it is a popular request.  Once you get out of the lower levels though and crafted items become more acessable to you, you likely won't need to concern yourself with searching by level.  Crafted armour has no level restrictions (other then that you must be above level 22) and most Weaponsmiths should be able to tell you which weapons you can use at your level.

As for catching up, as a combat profession this should be no issue.  It will take time investment, but there's nothing to physically stop you from being able to eventually be as good as people that have been playing the game for longer.  Crafters have it a little more difficult though as in some cases, the resources you need to make your items as good as what others can make them haven't spawned in many years.  There are ways to get access to these, but it certainly won't be cheap to do so.

Excellent i will look into my Data screen when i get on tonight and see if its still there. What happened was i dragged the icon onto my tool bar. later on i needed that space sp i right clicked the toolbar icon and pressed remove, thinking that the speeder was still in my inventory so i could access it from there. But when i opened my inventory, it wasn't there anymore. i will look into my data screen later, but im not too worried about that one as im still having a blast!

One other thing i m confused with and its something of a big thing. (i apologise for being such a newbie)How do i mellee as a bounty hunter? it lists mellee as a skill but i dont seem to be able to strike when i equip a mellee weapon? will i gain the ability later or am i just missing something silly?

Could i equip a rifle for ranged and as they close in switch to a mellee?

Originally posted by shukes33

Excellent i will look into my Data screen when i get on tonight and see if its still there. What happened was i dragged the icon onto my tool bar. later on i needed that space sp i right clicked the toolbar icon and pressed remove, thinking that the speeder was still in my inventory so i could access it from there. But when i opened my inventory, it wasn't there anymore. i will look into my data screen later, but im not too worried about that one as im still having a blast!

One other thing i m confused with and its something of a big thing. (i apologise for being such a newbie)How do i mellee as a bounty hunter? it lists mellee as a skill but i dont seem to be able to strike when i equip a mellee weapon? will i gain the ability later or am i just missing something silly?

Could i equip a rifle for ranged and as they close in switch to a mellee?

You need to be within 5m of the target to use a melee weapon on it either with your default attack or using specials.  Switching from a Rifle to a melee weapon when the target gets closer is certainly an option if that's your style :)