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Is the game really that bad?
gingus418
Member Posts: 128
Hi,
I'm a big star wars fan, and wanted to try the game before the NGE when it was first released, but alas, I never did. Now all I hear about the game is that it's a ghost town, and that it is not as good as before the NGE. What are the opinions of the people currently playing? Should I try the game out? Is it worth my time? I'd appreciate it if the flamers didn't bother posting to this; it's a waste of your time. I would like some helpful info though. Thanks.
-gingus
I'm a big star wars fan, and wanted to try the game before the NGE when it was first released, but alas, I never did. Now all I hear about the game is that it's a ghost town, and that it is not as good as before the NGE. What are the opinions of the people currently playing? Should I try the game out? Is it worth my time? I'd appreciate it if the flamers didn't bother posting to this; it's a waste of your time. I would like some helpful info though. Thanks.
-gingus
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You can download the the trial from http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com
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From the above statement you can get a sense that the game was brought down to the most "dumbest" possible state. Since then the developers have been making headway with their reduced staffing. Instead of having 50 developers blind code 32+ professions you know have 10 (do not quote me on those numbers) working on 9 professions. The president of SOE "John Smedley" promissed their remaining community, ie paying subscribers, that "the game would be finished in 6 months".
There has been several nge-combatUpgrades since and the game has actually taken closer to 17 months to get where it is today; Smedley was obviously mistaken.
Is the game good? You should try it for yourself to see. Is it bad? Many people will tell it's the worst act of consumer fraud ever committed in terms of online gaming subscriptions.
My opinion - the game controls and interface are horrible! The game does not play well. The graphics are Good although they are becoming dated. I can name a multitude of better MMO's then the current SWG. In all honestly, it's nearly impossible to make SWG any worse then what SOE/LA had done with the "new game enhancements".
Try the game for the 10-14 day trial and work through it. Give it a good go. See how much you can make out of the game then come back and let everyone know what you're impressions as a new player were. We'd all be interested to hear them.
p.s. I think the game is very very poor.
Asking here about SWG is like asking the KKK about african americans. Trust me, I'm one of the SOE/SWG/NGE haters.
While you'll get some people who are helpful and will give some opinions on the game, I just hate seeing people get flamed to hell and gone over SWG anymore.
But again, just get the trial and give the game a whirl. It's the only way to know for sure if it's the game for you.
Good luck, but most importantly, have fun!
Give the trial a go (www.tryswg.com) and see for yourself
The game certainly isn't a ghost town, especially after the latest chapter. Infact, bunches of servers are hitting Heavy loads now. Of course, it depends on the server you pick, but Chilastra, Bria, Ahazi, Bloodfin & Chimaera (Euro server) are all good picks if you want high populations.
Always listing your server first.
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Its not bad at all, the vets just don't like it because they pulled a "switch" and changed their game to something completely different so take what they say with a grain of salt. The game is a totally different version from what the vets played. The only thing that is the same is the skins.
The game has plenty to offer that most don't. It definate has server pop issues so stick with one of the fuller ones. It has an insane 25 servers. No MMO but WoW has that number or more not even LotRs, so pop problems are a given for an older game. FYI there were servers with pop issues before NGE.
The ONLY way you are going to get a decent opinion of this game is first: shut off these forums and second, try it yourself, there is a free trial. There is an endless circular flame war going on between the actual players and the vets for about 2 years now. (actually longer because the vets use to fight between themselves over the changes before the NGE)
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But I found it fun, and a bit more complex than most of today's cookie cutter mmo's. The combat is pretty standard, with your typical mmo type of skill/class system.. But there seems to be a lot to do, and having played some 12 hours or so got me to about level 13 (without power grinding levels, just going through the missions). The ship combat gives something different to do.
The server i picked was the bria one (i think its called.. something like that..), has heavy pop (saw another server with heavy, others were mostly medium)
I gather it would have been much better from what I hear about how it used to be, but it is still fun and I'll probably subscribe for a while. It's certainly not the lame piece of shat that the vets make it out to be.
(On the other hand I think an update just recently came out that added some stuff? Perhaps thats whats making it not be craptacular, I have no experience with pre whatever the patch was called)
If the same questions didnt get recycled, what would there be to talk about once all the questions have been asked?
I played post NGE (one of my best MMO experiences) and resubscribed to see what the NGE would be like. While i didn´t like that they made Jedi as a choseable class, i anyway found the game pretty decent except for the empty cities that was at that point. Don´t know if that is the case now. That and the fact that the servers were laggy like HELL made me once again unsubscribe. Mostly i had very very poor fps, not only in the cities. Maybe that has been fixed i don´t know.
I agree with many other people here, give it a go. That is the only way to find out if it is something for you.
Once the abadoned houses are gone and the cities lose ranks that will help. Players will be able to start cities and established cities that are active will be able to go to the next rank.
Bren
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The cities I see empty are player cities, not all but several.