But hey, It's their youth they are wasting!
After a few years they can look back and see what they have gotten for their devotion. And that certainly isn't much...
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Hiding from zombies
I know the feeling. Of course, Halo 2 isn't much better. I have friends and old roommates who still play both WoW and Halo 2 for over a year now. I'm surprised they don't have cramped thumbs yet.
I think it's realy stupid.
Its a shame that a lot of SWG gamers got distrcated by WoW - they ae pretty similar tbh; but WoW is a wannabee copy of Lord Of The Rings - which is on par with SW for best franchise etc. - while SWG is the real 'thang' as it were :P.
I have to agree with you on that level, but for all you people saying WoW gamers are wasting their lives, you would have to say the same thing about everyone that plays video games. I liked SWG because it was Star Wars but with the removal of a lot of fun professions and my favorite one, I don't see myself switching back to it. WOW is fun, if you're friends play it and you want to relate with them, then go buy a copy rather bashing on it.
I change my mind about agreeing with Exanda, the cinematic trailer makes it seem that way but if you actually played the game you would know that it's not.
Fair enuf CobbleR. Just letting you know I have played WoW adn can still make that judgement.
Im just reinvigorating this thread to ask if anybody is playing SWG at the mo and how they like the NGE (New Game Enhancements). My subscription has run out for the time being so I've been cut off as it were.
As I said, my subscription ran out just days before it was updated so I dont know.
Its a shame you can't multi-task on Professions. I was a Master Architect, Master Artisan, Master Smuggler. Or at least I dont think you can....
Last thing I remember was my guild had a humungous civil war with one of the leaders surrounding the city with his building so the city couldnt grow...which was nice...
It is. But all the planets do feel empty and thats a shame. When you have such a inconic license as Star Wars and use one of its signature planets like Tatooine and dont even fill it with much content its just a harroiwng experience going there.
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Hiding from zombies
My computer is uber now, better than it was when I last played the game, so hopefully lag won't be an issue.
But yeah, the planets are pretty dead. And I don't care for the repetitive missions. Few of them are ever scaled to my level. Like when I was new I took an Imperial mission. Guy sends me to an abandoned Imp base loaded with Tuskan Raiders, the likes of which I could never hope to defeat, even one on one.
Well before the new update everything was focused on a Dantooine Grind - players would get up to Combat Level 80 in days...not sure if that still happens though.
And it was because of that grind that I stopped with the grinding and went for crafting professions which can be very satifying when your lounging around the house you crafted from materials you located and mined, and the furniture all of which you made, just hanging on guild chat.
Plus I only have half the physical memory that i ecommended to play it...so Combat got a little laggy most of the time aswell as transport between planets.
Another thing that begun to bug me was the emphasis on high level only quests, leaving little to do for anyone else apart from grinding, Mustafa (the latest planet added) pretty much neglects low levels entirely...
But I had a lack of interest when playing WoW I returned to SWG.
And dammit! Why cant they just shove content from every other SW game into SWG!
I mean wouldn't Taris or Dxun just be brilliant?
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Hiding from zombies
They would be brilliant. Especially Dxun, which I thought was a neat looking planet (Second to Manaan and Korriban).
I was not terribly impressed with Correllia, but then again I didn't get to view it very good before because I had a weaker computer. Now it probably looks amazing.
Nov 8th, 2005 02:44 PM
