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> The more games I play since leaving SWG after the devastating CU, the
>more I realize how right UO and SWG had their housing set up. You could
>place your house where you wanted it in the world. You could also drop
>stuff from your inventory into the house to use as decoration or extra
>storage. No other game I've found since then has housing like this. I've
>found a couple of games that utilize instanced housing, which is awful in
>comparison, and you can't even drop your own stuff into them, or just no
>housing option at all. Has anyone found any other games that have the good
>old fashioned housing like UO or SWG?
>

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> Reply to message from Skinner1@hotmail.com (Sat, 20 May 2006 09:43:35)
> about "Re: UO & SWG Housing":
>
>
> S> On Fri, 19 May 2006 07:01:08 GMT, "�ïÅßö¥ø§©" <none@none.net>
> S> wrote:
>
>
>
> S> Nothing comes close.
>
> S> I believe the lead developer for SWG was the same guy that was the Lead
> S> Developer for UO which might explain a lot of the similarities.
> S> (Housing, PvP set- up and favoritism)
>
> Richard Vogel? He's now with Bioware, isn't he? In his latest interview on
> E3 he said they "CAN'T" talk about what they are doing. I still believe
> (wish, hope) they are working on some sort of Pre-CU SWG. There's been so
> many hints and so many things NOT SAID on the Bioware forums. Maybe they
> just set it up parallel to the current SWG or something, who knows. I just
> really wish the did!
>

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>
> "Dirk Pfeiffer" <dirk@dbx501.de> wrote in message
> news:1148135311@dirk.dbx501.de...
> I don't understand why they won't take it back to how it was pre
> CU. They know it would make probably thousands of people happy and return
> them to the game. Why are they being so stubborn and adamant about not
> rolling it back? Obviously, as a company, there's got to be a money
> reason in there somewhere, but seeing as how they are bound to be making
> alot less now than they were then on SWG I wonder why they still won't do
> it??
>

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> If they did this they would be admitting that they were wrong! The chances
> of SOE doing this would be nil. I find it hard to understand the
> incompetence of their managers. Any gamer knows that the big problem with
> the original SWG was content, in terms of instances etc. All SOE had to do
> was add more content which must be a lot easier to do than revamping the
> entire game. Had they done this and continued doing this they would have
> made a lot of money.
>
> As it stands they decided to remove the very things that make SWG both
> unique and entertaining. Having one of the only MMORPG's where you could
> quite literally do what you liked made for a very immersive experience. If
> I was in charge, I would do the following (and make lots of money):
>
> 1. Roll SWG back to Pre-CU.
> 2. Get rid of Jedi's. Sorry chaps but they
> don't fit into the time line. They might be in there as NPC's (like Yoda
> or Darth), but players should not be
> allowed to become one.
> 3. Create two teams of developers. One to
> squash bugs and the other to add new content.
> 4. Stand back and watch the players come
> flocking back!
>
> How their managers could have been so short sighted and arrogant I don't
> know. Its almost as if they sat down and thought 'What is SWG's strongest
> suite? And then went ahead and removed it!'.
>
> If Bioware have this I really hope they try and reintroduce the same
> skills system with no levels. Only time will tell however....
>
> RobP
>
>
>
> "?iAßöYo§©" <none@none.net> wrote in message
> news:4%Rbg.48860$CH2.1418@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>
>

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>Reply to message from Skinner1@hotmail.com (Sat, 20 May 2006 09:43:35)
>about "Re: UO & SWG Housing":
>
>
> S> On Fri, 19 May 2006 07:01:08 GMT, "�ïÅßö¥ø§©" <none@none.net>
> S> wrote:
>
>
>
> S> Nothing comes close.
>
> S> I believe the lead developer for SWG was the same guy that was the Lead
> S> Developer for UO which might explain a lot of the similarities.
> S> (Housing, PvP set- up and favoritism)
>
>Richard Vogel? He's now with Bioware, isn't he? In his latest interview on
>E3 he said they "CAN'T" talk about what they are doing. I still believe
>(wish, hope) they are working on some sort of Pre-CU SWG. There's been so
>many hints and so many things NOT SAID on the Bioware forums. Maybe they
>just set it up parallel to the current SWG or something, who knows. I just
>really wish the did!
>
>
>
>Bye
>Dirk Pfeiffer <dirk@dbx501.de> Sat, 20 May 2006 18:22:56 +0200
>
>=========================
>Reality is something for noobs that can't handle Computergames!
>=========================
>Posted with Qusnetsoft NewsReader 2.2.0.8

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>If they did this they would be admitting that they were wrong! The chances
>of SOE doing this would be nil. I find it hard to understand the
>incompetence of their managers. Any gamer knows that the big problem with
>the original SWG was content, in terms of instances etc. All SOE had to do
>was add more content which must be a lot easier to do than revamping the
>entire game. Had they done this and continued doing this they would have
>made a lot of money.
>

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>As it stands they decided to remove the very things that make SWG both
>unique and entertaining. Having one of the only MMORPG's where you could
>quite literally do what you liked made for a very immersive experience. If I
>was in charge, I would do the following (and make lots of money):
>
> 1. Roll SWG back to Pre-CU.
> 2. Get rid of Jedi's. Sorry chaps but they don't
>fit into the time line. They might be in there as NPC's (like Yoda or
>Darth), but players should not be allowed to
>become one.
> 3. Create two teams of developers. One to squash
>bugs and the other to add new content.
> 4. Stand back and watch the players come
>flocking back!
>

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>How their managers could have been so short sighted and arrogant I don't
>know. Its almost as if they sat down and thought 'What is SWG's strongest
>suite? And then went ahead and removed it!'.
>
>If Bioware have this I really hope they try and reintroduce the same skills
>system with no levels. Only time will tell however....
>
>RobP
>
>
>
>"?iAßöYo§©" <none@none.net> wrote in message
>news:4%Rbg.48860$CH2.1418@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>

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>

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>
> Running a shooit-em-up style PvP game is infinatly cheaper than paying
> for the imagination and talent to thinnk up new content and keep it
> fresh! Trust me.... it's ALWAYS about the money. EVERYTHING is about
> the money!
>
>
>
> Again, who's pocket is this all gonna come out of.... Darned sure not
> the investors ya think? Certainly not the senior management salaries
> ya think?
>

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> That's kinda how I feel too. Even if they did roll it back, I would be
>very hesitant to return, even as bad as I want to.
>