I haven't logged in for at least a year or so. I have "spied" and went back in on a trial account when they were doing that. This was my first MMO and I have not filled the void that NGE gave me. I started playing at around update 13 or 14, and I actually liked the CU. If they would of just left it alone after that I would have been able to get used to it. At least then it was just new colorful icons. And Pistoler actually worked! But they didn't. They had to be greedy and push that player base even younger to get more money.
I checked out the new Old Republic MMO, and I have to say I am not impressed. They are still going to that cartoony "kids" style. I just don't like. Maybe I am jaded by playing the original SWG but I still am looking for that great sandbox MMO.

but the point that has already been made is, your pc specs are even far below the min required. your useing a probaly 5 year old video card that right there could make the game crash from the start.

Originally posted by DeadDingo

 

Originally posted by Player_420

it seems as if EA learned their lesson from Earth and beyond about being nice to the last remaining subscribers

 

I think that is a nice thing to see....

What I'd also like to see if releasing the CODE and or server*data for servers to let players CONTINUE this game if they run their own servers.

I'm left asking... why does a game have to end?   hand it over to non-profit users and let the game blossom again.

I know there's alotta legal behind this but if you can license out the code and servers... really... why not?

I don't play this game, so let that be clear.

However, this is one of my major conundrums.  Why don't gaming companies do this.  Do they not want extra competion? Their IP holder won't allow it?  I dunno

To the dev's and IP holders:   Your 5 year old code and graphics are'nt special and you *could* still make money off this if you release it to private holders.  (does that mean advertising or sub prices?  I dunno as well.... but the game is still a valuable commodity to people who play it.

But, then again, you don't want people playing this game when you have a new one coming out.

I find that sad as a species, but find it quite accurate in the corporate world.

My philosophy would be to give the players more as much as possible and when I can't give anymore... licence it out (aka: sell it off to somebody who does see value in continuing the game and making profit)>

But, then again, I'm not a business major... I'm just a savvy consumer. and businessperson.

 

People asked the same thing when they announced they were killing Motor City Online. Why just end it? I bought MCO a year before and couldnt play becuase of my computer at the time. Then I finaly get to start it and find out the servers had been closed. :(

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Originally posted by wolveryne40

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Originally posted by Stuman
I have enough left over affection for the game to see that it's still around and that the devs are still working on improving it - but not enough affection for it to actually resubscribe to it.

I enjoyed playing the game that was for 2 years, and didn't enjoy the game that it had become 2 months ago. I can think of a few things I liked about the changes, and plenty that I didn't. In my case (and this goes for everyone else I know who left the game), the cons far outweighed the pros so I did what many, many others did and walked away.

The game still holds the same fascination though as watching a car wreck - you know you shouldn't watch it but you can't help yourself.

Still, at the end of the day I play online games for the relaxation and the enjoyment, and SWG2 provided me with neither of these things.

It's not to say that this is the case for all, but its definitely the case for me.

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Personally, I always thought that was the point to a game. Glad im not alone. Was starting to worry. lol

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I completly agree it was a great game for me for the year and a half that i played now i am drawn to keep watching things for it.

i also agree that swg is a sandbox design and i liked that aspect of it but for me finding where to go is now easy but hard to do...while clicking the cancel key.

i admit when i first started playing swg it was my first ever mmog and i had friends that showed me the ropes,but for me figureing out wow was alot quicker then swg.

For the soloing maybe i do fall in the catagory of not wanting to relearn and stuck in the old ways but i can still incap by a mob of gray creatures when i should beable to kill them with out a fight, i loged on last night after reading this post becuase of the multiplayer land speeders and i noticed they have tweaked the level system some,however bh missions imo are still broke im level 60 picked up a bh mission cant remember what he mission level said but when i found the mark he was a level 54 and grey witch resulted in 2 pistol xp and 1244 of bh xp thanks to the double xp week that they are handing out again witch to me means the game is still broke when it shouldnt be by this time and is useless for me

how long has the CU been out? a month and a half or so? soe should of never had those bugs even at live let alone till recently when they were told about them early in beta and at test center SOE imo is the worst at listening to there customers

The CU has been designed for the group player not the soloest as a master bounty hunter i shouldnt have to group to get any kind of xp while doing a BH mission.

as a newbe its not bad till you start to advance,I didnt give it a chance you ask? yes I did i was waiting for the CU with open arms to get slaped in the face i even played on TC to get a feel for it and what i played on TC is not what i played on live

The multipasenger rides are just a suger coated bribe to get the mass of accounts from keep droping and to bring in more nieve children that dont know what the game was like befor the CU even with the broken combat system and i agree that it was massivly broken with pistoler never working but two specials since launch, a level based game does not work with a skill based game that SWG is. And no one has mentiond the fact that all 100% craft based players need a full army just to protect them while gathering there resorces enertainers alike. unless they have fixed the leveling system since i have been playing,i have cancled one acount and havent played in two weeks or more