Another ex-SWG player here. Although the major changes to SWG didn't really kill my love of the game. For me, after three plus years, it just got old. Nothing really excited me about the game. I did miss the old skill system I loved mixing and matching different careers to make my chara unique but thats long gone now. Not to mention that the amount of Jedi in game was just WRONG.
But what really pee'd me off was the amount of moaning and complaining that was done on the forums. People complained about this that and the other change and demanded something else but even when they got what they wanted they still moaned. That killed SWG more for me than anything else. After reading all the moaning complaints on the offical boards I just didn't want to login and play.
Anyway after SWG I wandered aimlessly for a while. Beta tested DDO, again a good game but too much emphasis on grouping. I can never tell when I'm going to be able to play so arranging to do a mission with a group at a particular time is too hard to manage.
So then I tried World of Warcraft - to be honest I d/l the trial and played it for about 2 hours and then never logged in again. I already have Guild wars which is free to play and WOW was not anything vastly different from GW to make me want to pay to play it.
So then i tried Eve, tbh nothing to write home about. I'm still playing it atm but only because all my old guild moved to Eve after SWG. I don't really have the encentive to renew again at the end of my current sub.
Went to see superman last night so that has re-ignited my inner super heros so I may reactivate my accout for City of Heroes - fun game if limited but it's a fun blast.
Was out shopping over the weekend and say Ryzom for 2.99 with one month free and thought "why not? monthly sub would cost me more than that and iirc it's pretty high on the mmorpg.com charts atm" so I picked it up. After a few hours d/l the patches and stuff I spent a few hours wandering around last night.
Not bad I have to say. Mixing and matching fighter/mage/crafter skills atm and loving the freedom and variety it is giving me. plus I like the way the missions are not handed to you (EG)
In swg you get a kill x of y mission. you get a waypoint to go find the y that you have to kill.
In Ryzom you get a kill x of y mission you also have to go find y. This is nice, it means even the lower level missions you have to do some work and makes the mission feel more rewarding.
I'm still on the starter island afaik atm but so far I'm enjoying what I'm seeing. Haven't seen to much of the AI of the NPC's yet but I did notice a parade of some creatues last night (still learning the names but began with a B). Which struck me as rather "Organised" for NPC's which impressed me.
If I could make a suggestion or someone tell me if it's something you can already do?
Waypoints - the ability to make these - for eg to trainers etc would be a great navigational aid.
Otherwise I'm enjoying my time so far.
SWG Refugees
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Press "M" to bring up your mapgonesolo wrote:
Waypoints - the ability to make these - for eg to trainers etc would be a great navigational aid.
Right click on your map and choose the option "put a flag on my current location" (or similar). Give the flag a name, and your done.
Now you can either right click your compass and find the location by name, or click on it in your map. The direction and distence will then show up on your compass.
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This is why I hate being a newbie.
Thank you very much. I tried looking through the ingame help last night but couldn't find that.
Again Thank you.
Thank you very much. I tried looking through the ingame help last night but couldn't find that.
Again Thank you.
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Another semi-refugee from SWG. Elcith/Owet from Naritus. I'm still keeping Elcith active since the guild I'm in is great, but overall it's getting stale after 3 years of solid playing. Only thing I do now in that game is PvP when I log in, done everything else too many times to do it again.
Anyways, after trying this out now for a decent amount of time, I give it a thumbs up. The skill system is vastly more enjoyable than levels and professions IMO.
As a previous poster said, it's nice to actually have to search and find stuff as opposed to just going to a waypoint and killing x amount of y. The "kill, loot, repeat" that LA/SOE brought to SWG(thank you Ms. McIntyre...) is just plain boring.
I look forward to seeing more SWG vets in game!
Elcith
Anyways, after trying this out now for a decent amount of time, I give it a thumbs up. The skill system is vastly more enjoyable than levels and professions IMO.
As a previous poster said, it's nice to actually have to search and find stuff as opposed to just going to a waypoint and killing x amount of y. The "kill, loot, repeat" that LA/SOE brought to SWG(thank you Ms. McIntyre...) is just plain boring.
I look forward to seeing more SWG vets in game!
Elcith
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Europe Farstar here , will see how this game turns out after all the other dissapointments.
btw SOE sucks.
all together now - SOE sucks ...
With FEELING : SOE SUCKS!
btw SOE sucks.
all together now - SOE sucks ...
With FEELING : SOE SUCKS!
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ih8modem wrote:Europe Farstar here , will see how this game turns out after all the other dissapointments.
btw SOE sucks.
all together now - SOE sucks ...
With FEELING : SOE SUCKS!
Sony forum still active for feedback on SWG I believe....enjoy your time here and hope you find it a pleasant place as I do
Experience is essential.....Wisdom is priceless.
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Hey! I played SWG for 2 years. Some may know me as Claire from Scylla (STC's chef, owner of Moonlight's Kitchen)
I must say, this game is looking to be my replacement. After playing WoW when I left SWG, I'm ready for something new, with a lot more freedom, and from what I've played these past few days on 'noob ilses', I think I'm in for the long haul!
Feel free to contact me. My ingame name is Shuklar!
(sorry I'm not really sure if there are separate servers or anything, so I can't really say what sever I'm on in this game...lol)
I must say, this game is looking to be my replacement. After playing WoW when I left SWG, I'm ready for something new, with a lot more freedom, and from what I've played these past few days on 'noob ilses', I think I'm in for the long haul!
Feel free to contact me. My ingame name is Shuklar!
(sorry I'm not really sure if there are separate servers or anything, so I can't really say what sever I'm on in this game...lol)
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Servers are language based, so if we're all speaking English, we're all on the same one. ^_^
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SOE sucksih8modem wrote:Europe Farstar here , will see how this game turns out after all the other dissapointments.
btw SOE sucks.
all together now - SOE sucks ...
With FEELING : SOE SUCKS!
Hi Lib,
nice to see another SVA member here. My in game name is Lyath if you want to /tell me. I think Nyran maybe be joining soon aswell (was talking to him after we were talking the other day)
Look forward to seeing you in game
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Wow, I haven't seen this many SWG players in one place since CU! LOL Anyway hi my name is Zanthar once proud ranger/rifleman now just a nge spy, and I'm from the Bloodfin server. It's good to see so many people finding a new home here and I'll be joining ya'll too just gotta cancel my account with SOE. I have been playing SoR for 3 or 4 days now and wow is this ever complex but man is it fun! I just need to come out of the SWG shell of not talking to people and meet some of you! My toons name is Znathara please feel free to send a tell!