I would take a beta key...RTS's and City Builders is like a 2nd job to me not just a hobby!

Originally posted by rjp14

Things are looking better for this game. I'm looking forward to the Hoth content just to sample it with my free month. The improved crafting sounds good with more reliance on player crafted goods. And lastly the character tranfers(Improved) for free from the low to high pop servers will be a good thing. So we'll see if SOE can't revive this game.

See

forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m

 

or copy and paste the link.

 

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?topic_id=774659

This game is not going to be 'Saved' The writing on the tombstone is there. SW:TOR is going to put the final nails in the coffin. SOE is just doing what Lucas is telling them to do. Ride it out until TOR is done and then pull the plug. What choice do they have. They have contractual obligations. Once TOR comes out SWG is done and over with.

As for the so called healthy population of this game? Well again that will change once TOR is out. People are only playing this game and biding time until Bioware is done.

Discount my thoughts if you want as you may call me a Jaded Vet. I have tried over and over again to get back into this game but each time I just could not justify it. I will wait out the time it will take for Bioware to finish and welcome The Old Republic. It won't be SWG but thats fine with me. I am done with SWG.

Well then it looks like october 21st is when it will appear on the Under Development list...cool thanks for the info

Well if it has been confirmed like many has said...then why doesn't MMORPG.com list it under the category Under Development ? ? ?

Originally posted by Warmaker

Originally posted by Squal'Zell

haha, same thing for internet providers

if you are having connection issues or cant connect at all please visit our help section at www.(insert service provider).com/help

or your telephone guide manual. if you are having trouble connecting or seting up your home phone call 1-800-............ 24/7 , our tech support will gladly help.

 

Those things pi** me off to no end.  It's so blatantly wrong... I mean, if my phone line is down for some reason, how the hell can I call their stupid service phone number?

If I'm having trouble connecting to the net, how the hell do I even get to a help web page?

What makes this great is that these are supposed to have been thought up and implemented by professionals.  And somebody with a good education checked it over, thought it was good, and gave the final seal of approval.

Morons...

You can thank the moron's who won't hire someone with experience but a lack of education history.  They want to hire that person who has 3 degree's but only life and job experience is playing WoW.

Originally posted by mklinic

Originally posted by Edmonde

Must be an Aussie...was winter for them you know

 

Aussie or not, I guarantee it isn't Winter in Jacksonville, FL.

edit: and apparently, SWG now appeals to the over 90 crowd.

Maybe 'snow' all around his nose threw him off

Originally posted by Thunderous

I guess my main question to anyone is why would you guys/gals actually pay SOE money for their lackluster services.  As if their games are not bad enough, their customer service is worse. 

Just some die hards out there...either that fools that got suckered by the SWG TCG!

Lucasarts and Sony Online are bound and determined to get their hooks into you. Their latest attempt to appeal to your predilection for Star Wars is the Star War Galaxies Online Trading Card Game. Note the "Galaxies" in the title. Although this is very much a straight-up Star Wars-themed card game, every effort is being made to marry it to the Star Wars Galaxies MMO.
The design looks pretty interesting. Units, items, and tactics are your cards, along with ability cards used by your main character. In addition to the deck, each player has four quest cards, with one of them always active. The winner is the first player to complete all four of his quests. The quests are like the playing fields where cards are played, and they introduce special rules twists. You complete these quests by using your ability cards. However, you can also deploy your cards to you opponent's quest to try to delay him.

One of the things I really liked about the original Star Wars CCG by Decipher was the feeling of laying out a game board with the location cards, and then each player fighting over control of that board. Based on each player's deck, some games were fought in space, some on land, some with military might, some with Force powers, some with grunts, some with heroes. But you never knew where the battles would be fought, because half of the locations were probably in your opponent's deck. You might be ready to take Hoth, but what were you going to do if your opponent laid out Tattoine first and started running away with the game? Unfortunately, the game balance went all to hell as Decipher folding more and more expansion packs into the mix. They lost the Star Wars license in 2001. But it was a great design, and the quest system here seems like it might be able to capture some of what made the original Star Wars CCG so good.

(Note this tidbit from the latest game's FAQ: "In fact, members of the design team for Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game have experience with previous Star Wars® games including the popular Star Wars Customizable Card Game released in 1995." I'm not sure what "have experience with" is supposed to mean, considering I "have experience with" the Decipher game myself, having played extensively. But clearly the implication is that some of Deciper's designers worked on the Galaxies game.)

You can play the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game for free, but only using the pre-built starter deck for each of the four factions. After that, it's $10 for additional starter decks and $3 for boosters packs. You can even buy boosters by the box for $100. Those of you who were never into CCGs might think that's kind of extreme. The rest of us are unfazed. Yeah, a hundred dollar box. That sounds about right, except for the fact that these cards are strictly virtual. I don't know of any CCG player who's entirely comfortable with that arrangement and it's the primary reason you won't catch me spending money on an online CCG. I might have blown a foolish amount of cash on the original Star Wars CCG, and at those same rates, but at least I still have the cards in a box in the back of a closet somewhere.

The Galaxies Trading Card Game includes "loot cards", which appear to do nothing in the actual trading card game. Instead, they're like coupons folded into the trading card game. When I registered, I was able to get a rebel flight suit. Not for me, mind you, but for whatever character I might roll up if I decide to play the MMO. Also, if you try the Trading Card Game, and then activate an account in the MMO, you get a free starter deck and five booster packs a month. You also get a Cybernetic Experience Chip you can use in the MMO. It has 50 charges. Each time you flip it on, you enjoy a temporary 20% experience point boost. Think of it as the midichlorian equivalent of steroids. Or, like this game itself, think of it as Sony Online saying "Pleasepleasepleaseplease play Star Wars Galaxies!"

Must be an Aussie...was winter for them you know

I think alot of Companies that try MMO's don't understand that there is a huge difference in making a game like GTA and a game like SWG. When SWG came it out it was all sandbox and a brand new style to gaming. Not anymore SOE forgot they had something good to work with and went back to making the GTA style game.

Anyhow hoping Cryptic understands that the sandbox game is made for adults while the ADHD Kiddies would play their other games taht they release for the PS3/XBox/Wii/PC that would hold their attention for a couple of hours.

Put enough working content into a vastly huge play area and you will have us adults paying for years to play.

I am not sure if there is an MMO out there that can take down WoW. WoW is just an abnormality. WoW got huge quick from word of mouth and good game play. Most MMO's these days are Clones one way or another. Not a bad thing but does turn people away when the word clone comes out.