Thank god. Now I won't feel compelled to constantly go back and trial it just to reaffirm that it was ruined and will never be fixed.

Sort of sad to see it officially dead because I have so many good memories in the mmo, but I am glad to see it go also because It's a disgrace what has been done to it, and I haven't played it seriously since 2005.

In it's original form pre-holocrons and the later NGE nonsense, SWG was great.  It is still some of the absolute most fun I have ever had in any MMO.

Just too bad they couldn't admit their mistake and have had a classic server out for all these years.

*hugs for all of Ahazi*

  I am sure the finaly few days will be free for all players who ever played to come back and have some fun durring the final days.  I will probably join in just to see the server shut down.  I really do miss this game...

I feel bad for the community but what can you do. I feel really bad for my pal Zaca

SW:ToR isn't gonna kill SWG...only...oh...wait...wut?!

Oh...come on. Is anyone really shocked? Lucas Arts has far too much invested in SW:ToR to leave SWG open - this has been a given for years.

Originally posted by Troneas

good riddance!!

I'd hardly say that, I've been playing again for a couple weeks, people still love this game and rightfully so. Compared to what's on the market today, there's still no replacement. For those who like a game with as many options as well as community focus, there will be nothing to turn to.

I doubt a lot of thsoe playing will have much interest in TOR, some sure, but the reason to play SWG is far different than the reason to play TOR. SWG still has an excellent community, and 3 nicely populated servers. AOC and funcom wish they could say that.

‎" I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. "

Originally posted by TUX426

SW:ToR isn't gonna kill SWG...only...oh...wait...wut?!

 

Oh...come on. Is anyone really shocked? Lucas Arts has far too much invested in SW:ToR to leave SWG open - this has been a given for years.

I seem to remember both LucasArts and SOE say otherwise in early interviews about SWTOR. That they didnt see any problems with both of them running alongside each other because they would be so different.

Can SOE keep SWG running without license from LucasArts?

Well for the people who still played it for the sandbox systems, Smedly did say that SOE has something up their sleeves. I guess one can only hope it is a new mmo that uses the same systems of SWG but with a different setting and such. Honestly, SWG was very lite on SW content and much more focused on sandbox gameplay.

As i said, sad to see the game go, it was my first MMO.

RIP SWG!!!!!

Why do I get the feeling that the official release of SWTOR is December 16th or shortly thereafter?

Originally posted by someforumguy

Originally posted by TUX426

SW:ToR isn't gonna kill SWG...only...oh...wait...wut?!

 

Oh...come on. Is anyone really shocked? Lucas Arts has far too much invested in SW:ToR to leave SWG open - this has been a given for years.

I seem to remember both LucasArts and SOE say otherwise in early interviews about SWTOR. That they didnt see any problems with both of them running alongside each other because they would be so different.

Can SOE keep SWG running without license from LucasArts?

You believed them?

No. They can not.

Originally posted by Ceridith

Why do I get the feeling that the official release of SWTOR is December 16th or shortly thereafter?

I was just talking to a friend of mine who used to work at SOE about this. He quit a few years back, but we talked about SWG closing earlier. His opinion was that this  is being done in advance of SWTOR coming out, and that it probably won't come out until after the beginning of 2012. I agree with him.

If you think about it, Skyrim comes out in November. Then you have the big Christmas rush. And Bioware is putting out Mass Effect 3 in early March. They're not going to want to compete with Skyrim for players right before Christmas and they're not going to step on their own game by releasing TOR before ME 3. We're both thinking April or May for SWTOR. Killing SWG in December allows that game to come to its own end, and gives people something to look forward to right after ME 3. 

It's a thought anyhow.

Originally posted by musicmann

Well for the people who still played it for the sandbox systems, Smedly did say that SOE has something up their sleeves. I guess one can only hope it is a new mmo that uses the same systems of SWG but with a different setting and such. Honestly, SWG was very lite on SW content and much more focused on sandbox gameplay.

 Please PLEASE tell me when / where He said that? Any source? I hope it's true.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

now i'm fearing for Vanguard.

 

RIP SWG, i never played it but i read very interesting things about it... i hope someday another company creates a game as great as SWG once was.

(mod edit)

I swear to god if they pull the plug on Vanguard, I will have lost all faith in SOE. (What little was left)

I will never play an SOE game ever again and I will avidly convince my friends to follow suit.

Just sayin'.

Originally posted by kishe

SWG was a sandbox, TOR is a wow-clone themepark.

 

Not many SWG fans will like TOR

 This is correct.

TOR will be as big a fail as STO.

SWG players will not flock to KOTOR for many reasons like:

Space ships on rails.

No Player Bounty System.

No Real Crafting.

ETC.

LA can clean my ball sack and SOE is a fail company and neither will get a dime from me again until they prove they can make games and not just cash cows.

What if EQ next will have world like Vanguard and systems like SWG ? Even if from soe - I will buy it ;)

Originally posted by SWGmodAlpha

Originally posted by kishe

SWG was a sandbox, TOR is a wow-clone themepark.

 

Not many SWG fans will like TOR

 This is correct.

TOR will be as big a fail as STO.

SWG players will not flock to KOTOR for many reasons like:

 

Space ships on rails.

No Player Bounty System.

No Real Crafting.

ETC.

 

LA can clean my ball sack and SOE is a fail company and neither will get a dime from me again until they prove they can make games and not just cash cows.

All the more reason for Lucas Arts to pull the plug.

FAR too much invested in TOR for it to be compared to this game.