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Smugglers Used and Abused in Star Wars Galaxies
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| Dis Aeti 2005-01-03, 12:48 am |
| http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/dome...res/40849.shtml
11) Smugglers Used and Abused in Star Wars Galaxies
Back in the tail end of 2003, folks at Sony Online Entertainment
promised big changes for Star Wars Galaxies for 2004, among them being
the Great Civil War (GCW), combat revamp, and smugglers. The developers
promised the changes would take place before the release of expansion
Jump to Lightspeed, restoring peace in the Galaxy. None of them
happened, instead further bashing the Smuggler profession further into
the ground. Ignoring the hundreds of carefully crafted posts and
suggestions, SOE implemented an Imperial scanning feature that leaves
Smugglers susceptible to getting punished for carrying illegal "sliced"
items--while giving Imperial Officer players a pat on the back for doing
the same.
With longtime players deserting and turning servers into giant
wastelands of empty vendors, SOE again released a statement at the end
of 2004 promising Smuggler, GCW, and combat revamps--few are holding
their breath. And Vader chills in a retreat while Jedis run wild in
supposedly Imperial-controlled cities. Han and Chewy prefer cantinas.
--Dis
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| Anthony Giampa 2005-01-03, 6:47 am |
| Saw that and couldn't agree more.
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"Dis Aeti" <dis@star-wars.net> wrote in message
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quote:
> http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/dome...res/40849.shtml
>
> 11) Smugglers Used and Abused in Star Wars Galaxies
> Back in the tail end of 2003, folks at Sony Online Entertainment
> promised big changes for Star Wars Galaxies for 2004, among them being
> the Great Civil War (GCW), combat revamp, and smugglers. The developers
> promised the changes would take place before the release of expansion
> Jump to Lightspeed, restoring peace in the Galaxy. None of them
> happened, instead further bashing the Smuggler profession further into
> the ground. Ignoring the hundreds of carefully crafted posts and
> suggestions, SOE implemented an Imperial scanning feature that leaves
> Smugglers susceptible to getting punished for carrying illegal "sliced"
> items--while giving Imperial Officer players a pat on the back for doing
> the same.
>
> With longtime players deserting and turning servers into giant
> wastelands of empty vendors, SOE again released a statement at the end
> of 2004 promising Smuggler, GCW, and combat revamps--few are holding
> their breath. And Vader chills in a retreat while Jedis run wild in
> supposedly Imperial-controlled cities. Han and Chewy prefer cantinas.
>
>
>
> --Dis
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| baegucb 2005-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| Dis Aeti wrote:
quote:
> http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/dome...res/40849.shtml
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> 11) Smugglers Used and Abused in Star Wars Galaxies
> Back in the tail end of 2003, folks at Sony Online Entertainment
> promised big changes for Star Wars Galaxies for 2004, among them being
> the Great Civil War (GCW), combat revamp, and smugglers. The developers
> promised the changes would take place before the release of expansion
> Jump to Lightspeed, restoring peace in the Galaxy. None of them
> happened, instead further bashing the Smuggler profession further into
> the ground. Ignoring the hundreds of carefully crafted posts and
> suggestions, SOE implemented an Imperial scanning feature that leaves
> Smugglers susceptible to getting punished for carrying illegal "sliced"
> items--while giving Imperial Officer players a pat on the back for doing
> the same.
>
> With longtime players deserting and turning servers into giant
> wastelands of empty vendors, SOE again released a statement at the end
> of 2004 promising Smuggler, GCW, and combat revamps--few are holding
> their breath. And Vader chills in a retreat while Jedis run wild in
> supposedly Imperial-controlled cities. Han and Chewy prefer cantinas.
>
>
>
> --Dis
I posted this on the Shadowfire forum yesterday, but I don' expect it to
stay up despite the misleading title I put on it heh. The forums get
modded quite abit.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/...ssage.id=190196
And of course, someone else started their own thread referring to my
post. Truth be told, I'm enjoying the game more now than I was 4 or 5
months ago.
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| Dis Aeti 2005-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com alt.games.starwarsgalaxies:12608
baegucb wrote:
<<SNIP>>
quote:
>
> I posted this on the Shadowfire forum yesterday, but I don' expect it to
> stay up despite the misleading title I put on it heh. The forums get
> modded quite abit.
> http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/...ssage.id=190196
>
> And of course, someone else started their own thread referring to my
> post. Truth be told, I'm enjoying the game more now than I was 4 or 5
> months ago.
Your last statement rings very true for me as well. I really have been
having a very good time in SWG as of late. I think the reason they said
"servers are turning into wastelands"... really... is because the
economy is finally wising up.
People are no longer buying from the spammers of coronet, so their
vendors and, ultimately, their toons, are going away. As for why the
vendors are empty, that's usually what happens when someone buys
everything! I've tried to keep a doc vendor stocked, it's beyond tough.
My archi friend has to spend 2 or 3 hours just doing catchup, forget
new stuff or custom orders.
--Dis
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