Ever since Star Wars Galaxies went down the hole i've devoted my time in MMO gaming solely to World of Warcraft. I've had the game since its launch but had cancelled and reactivated off and on when i felt like a change of pace for a month or so. When the NGE hit for Star Wars Galaxies it was WoW all the way.

For a while i was happy with World of Warcraft. I had the time and energy with no other MMO grabbing at me to make it to the higher levels. I made 40 to 50, and then to 60 and had fun with the game... but just as it used to get old back when, its getting old once again now. I don't know what it is, but WoW is just getting dry for me. I wish i hadn't purchased the expansion pack as i can't help but feel as though it was a waste of my money. No, no! I'm not saying the expansion pack is crap, so hold your flames.. i'm saying i purchased the expansion and the next thing i know i haven't picked up another time card or reinstated the payment for next month on my credit card. I've gotten about 10% of what i paid out of the expansion pack, thats not cool! Though my own fault i will note..

Who knows what it is about WoW that has many of us turning away and hoping for something new.. maybe its the community? The quests? The graphics? or maybe its the grinding... yes... the grinding perhaps? Who knows! But its boring alot of us. To those of you still strong with the game, good luck out there and have fun!

But as for myself, another notch for the ol' belt i'm afraid. I think this will be the last and final time i play this game. the final pay period.

WoW just doesn't do it for me anymore,

On the bright side, theres a whole slew of games coming up that look very promising... Tabula Rasa, Stargate Worlds, Startrek Online, Huxley, Maybe Age of Conan, and Pirates of the Burning Sea!


Edit: Typo fix!

Originally posted by DuraheLL

Originally posted by Thrift
I always enjoy blizzards april fools jokes, them and google make great ones.

Their World Of StarCraft one was EVIL tho xD I seriously want that.

You and me both. Although i don't generally play WoW anymore, i'm still curious as to what this year's April fools will be. They usually put alot of time and effort into them. Something you don't usually see from companies...

"Hah! The play button actually sells your credit card information! April Fools!"

My best experience in FoM was during beta, way back when no one really knew about it yet. I remember figuring out the door codes were all something to the lines of 77777, 55555, and 45454. Running around to different planets and exploring them for the fun of it. Messing with the master controls and just having a good time exploring. When the game launched, I decided to give it a good try for old times sake and was bummed to find the game how it was. It still has a little potential but needs work (as do alot of games today i'm seeing...) and the ammount of work it needs is enough to keep it busy for a good long while. What upsets me the most as others have mentioned is the combat. Frequently i'd charge into combat with a nice little ol' machine gun and end up taking down no one, but having my whole squad mowed down by one or two guys... Whats with that? Whatever it was, i wasn't going to take much of it and ended up quiting. Another peeve was missions. Standing at the entrance to your faction's home base or outpost for an ammount of time while you went on 'patrol'. Afterwards getting paid a meager ammount. Just not worth it. Maybe down the road it'll improve.

In my opinion, i believe the game should just give up the ghost. Let the Master doctor pull the life support plug from the wall. Say a prayer and we'll bury Galaxies when the proper time comes. Erect a magnificent statue and honor its passing for years to come down the road. But seeing as i doubt SOE will do anything of that sort anytime soon, I do believe the game should be free. its just not worth the monthly fee anymore. I feel bad for saying so, but it isn't.

I used to think to myself "I'll give SOE the benefit of the doubt. Repair the servers and put them back. Recognize your flaw and mistake. Correct it SOE and you'll have my monthly payment back. I promise.."

That was shortly after the NGE in 2005. It is now 2007 and my feelings have since then faded. In all honesty, i don't think i'll go back if they revert/whipe the servers for a new version or the old. Its been too long and i've moved on.

I have been helping test and develope the SWGEmu for old times sake however. it brings back old memories seeing that two-toned interface and the 32 professions... but it still doesn't feel the same...

/sigh;
/shakehead

Its a shame.


In my opinion, i think regardless the servers and game will flop if they change it up again. Players have gone through too much change, and those hanging on will only be driven off by another 'upgrade'. Those who are new do not yet have the loyalty i think and SOE will loose a large portion of that base as well.

Originally posted by ext1

Everyone hit it all in this thread...

the skill system, the social interaction and interdependancy, the crafting, the community, the economy, just everything.

Those who scream at vets and jaded pre-CU players to "get over it" and such, just don't realize how wonderful that game used to be at one point.  My friends and I still sit and talk fondly about those days, and why some new company doesn't come along and incorporate all of these factors.  Maybe some day, someone will...until then I can honestly say I think I'm done with MMOs in general.  Nothing but empty raids, grinding, etc.... Just not fun to me any more.  Sadly I can say that SWG has spoiled MMOs for me in alot of ways.

 

Nice thread, always good to hear how much others loved the same things for the same reasons.

Thats probably as close as anyone's going to get to my feelings..

I told myself, that because i came home for three years after work/school and got onto the computer to play Star Wars Galaxies that i wouldn't leave the game until the servers were shut down. Here i am, subscriptionless to SWG and the game is still running... but is it still Star Wars Galaxies? I miss my first day in Kor Vella with my first character. Being taught how to play the game by a couple of beta veterans. I was in the final two weeks of Beta and since that day i loved SWG with a passion. I remember ranting on the forums about the upcoming "Space" expansion and then being one of the first i knew to pre-order and get into beta for it once it was on the road.

I loved that game, and as above... nothing fills the void. I never really made it to the top in the game. I didn't max out my CL post-CU and i never made Master Jedi or did the Holocron grind... i didn't even make master ranger! (though managed Doctor after 2 years). The Community was what mattered. SWG was special in that respect and it had me coming back every single day. It made my subscription worth it! How could it not!? I always had fun! I always had friends! My friends list at the time of pre-CU was 150+ people. about 100 of which came on daily like myself. Amazing! I went to in-game weddings for the grin of it. Partied online in the Dragon fields of Lok. I was Keys' Kumorrow. master doctor/ranger with the night life of a rebellion soldier.

I visited the hidden base on Corellia and worked for my Star Wars hero Wedge. My god! How could you want to play any other game!? There was something in it for everyone! Over 30 careers you could take yourself into and all of them were interchangable. Amazing game... and now it is reduced... reduced to rubble! When i played the Post-NGE version i literally felt like i had begun playing during the black plague or a nuclear holocaust. Players were non-existant. Out of the 150+ people on my list, now only 2 came on during the course of a week... I envy those who left early and gave up the addiction before they had the opportunity to feel the back-stab.

I miss my SWG. =/

I hope those who play it now are enjoying it. Good luck to those of you who do, and i'm glad you enjoy the game.

I haven't been able to find an MMO since i left SWG to fill the void. Hopefully TR, SGW, or STO will fill the void... who knows... and lets hope. I miss my MMO-loving days. 

I know its a bit of an oldish topic, but heres my say.


Personally? I'm tired of all the fantasy MMOs out there. Don't get me wrong, some have had really good runs... but there are too many! I'm a Sci-Fi lover when it comes to exploring the stars, taking over planets, visiting other worlds and killing alien critters... I'm in.
My first MMO was Earth and Beyond (sci-fi) and my longest running MMO subscription before the company screwed it up was Star Wars Galaxies (Sci-fi). I have good hopes for TR, and the fact that its a sci-fi mmo just makes me squirm in my seat with anticipation. There aren't enough sci-fi MMOs out there and frankly... Eve Online doesn't cut the budget for me.. Sci-fi is about space, ET, and distant worlds. Eve has only one of those (as you cannot directly control nor interact with NPC/PC Aliens other than pre-creation avatars all from human decent.)


So.. in the end.. Hoorah! Another Sci-Fi MMO and more-so... one that looks promising!

Most Likely that will be the case Gammit. it would be unfair to select a 1 over a 2 because of the higher number, regardless of whether or not 1 is more powerful than 2. (in nummeral terms here... not exactly saying a single core is better than dual or intel 1 - 2 kinda thing. just giving an example)

Anyways, really hoping to get into this beta, i'm loving the idea of the game and hopefully when its out, it'll provide at least some of us an alternative to that stickler WoW.

Alright, this deserves my first post (as i'd been a reader but never a poster.) its well worthy.

I love the post, very entertaining and whether you mean it or not i'm not all that fond of WoW either... its the only thing out there 'playable' in my view and until such games as STO, SGW, Tabula Rasa, Huxley, PotBS, and such forth come out... i'm stucking paying my hard-earned dollars every month to play this waste of my life. Ah, well! Soon!

Thank you for giving me a laugh though...