Star Wars Galaxies who? where? how?
 

What is everyone going to be (species) in Star Wars Galaxies? Where are you going to go (what planet)? What profession?

I am leaning to going to Rori though Corliena and Dathomir look tempting. Being a creature trainer. Wookie or Twi'Lek. =)

If they allowed it (haven't seen if you can or not yet) I'll just be a Hutt and make money while being fat and doing nothing.

This game looks amazing but pay-to-play, that's so unfair. But me being a Star Wars geek will probably succumb to the you-know-what-side.

Guess I have not heard of this... is it a new online game? role playing type or what?

MMORPG site is http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/

I am probably alone in this theory, but I think a company has a right to charge when they will be running the servers on something this grand of a scale. They will have to have a full staff working on this all of the time after release - how else are they going to keep paying for it?

How many MMORPG are there that AREN'T pay for month? I mean everytime I read of one that is (and most of them are) there is SOMEONE who complains... Do you not pay for your monthly internet service? Your tv if you got cable or satelite. Your phone and what not? They are still providing a service. Bandwith (even more so they type needed to keep thousands of people playing a game at once) is not cheap. I have no problem paying a monthly fee as long as the servers are not slow as hell and they update regularly.

I understand the idea of paying to play, the servers are extremely expensive especially with a game such as this which will be broadcasting data like crazy but I don't like the idea of paying for a game that I've already bought. That's why I probably won't buy this one, though I would really like too. I mean, the graphics and the idea are phenominal and for a fan of Star Wars it is heaven but I don't think I could dedicate money in such a way, and because I tend to purchase quite a few games having to pay for a game I've already bought will take a toll on my gaming budget.

If this game supported single player missions and/or servers like those we use in FPS games I would buy it in an instant, I'd be a fool not too, however this would remove the astoundingly large scale at which this game gathers it's name "Galaxies".

I'll be a Human or Bothan Doctor on Blodfin server and Probally travel the planets so I dont really know about that :)

I'm in the beta, but I'm under the NDA. I will say I've decided on a non-human race.

I want beta!!!

I'll probably not buy into it, though I'm itching to play.

As a friend of mine said, unless it's total VR immersion, it's not worth pay-to-play.

I want to be a storm trooper.

I am definately goin to be a Zabrak and a bounty hunter that specializes in Tera Kasi and close combat fighting.

I'd play, except I'm worried I'd flunk out of uni, my gf would leave me, I would loose my job, and I'd bestuck on the street....
but other than that I would love to play it....

When does this thing hit the stores? Does anyone know?

Penny Arcade's take on the delays:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...03-03-17&res=l

EB told me not to long ago June 2nd but I think the site said that they have not released a date after they missed their last one.

PS: loved the penny arcade comic.

Someone told me it might not be until November. That would be ok with me though. I would feel better playing it for 6 hours a night when it is 5 degrees outside and dark by 5:00.

Yeah November is right, the found major bugs during the last Beta and decided it was best to fix them before release (which was scheduled for last month)

*needs to be frozen until November*
Anyone up for some cryogenics until November?

IMAA GONNA BE A JEDI

NOVEMBER!???!?!?!

I thoght it was June
omfg

god damnit

damn

piss shit

damn

Would never have time to do it, but it's the first role playing game I've ever been kinda interested in...

The sooner they put it out, the more I'll be able to play it. No job = 12 hours/day of SW:G. Once I get a job, though, I wouldn't even bother playing it anymore. Even 2 hours a day would mean either 2 hours less sleep or 2 hours less interaction with my friends, and neither of those are worth giving up, even for star wars.

Well Kadath, I don't have a job nor do I need sleep so looks like I get to play SWG.

=)

Yup, Ill be playing

NOOOOOOOOOOOO
 

November?????!?!? just release it with the bugs, they always do that anyways!!! oh well. i heard that if you become a jedi, you have to play the character in a "hardcore" mode, meaning if you die, your char is wiped.... just a rumor i heard. i want to be a crafter of some sort, probably human.

The whole monthly payment thing instantly turned me off to the game, despite the awesomely cool potential. I REALLY wish this game were developed along the lines of Morrowind, just set in the SW universe.

Aside from that, the addiction factor of a MMRPG like this would probably ruin my life.....sooo I'm gonna wait it out, and if reviews and such make it out to be truly great, than maybe I'll put out some cash for this one.

NDA be damned
 

It sucks. I logged in enough to get a feel for it and then uninstalled it and threw out the beta CDs. Sure, amazing graphics and animations, but the gameplay was horrible. I've tested a lot of games, and usually the "Test to fix" mindset over-rides a poorly done game (Anarchy Online instantly comes to mind), but SW:G couldn't keep my attention to even do that. Kinda sad. That said, I'm going to skip SW:G and write it off like I did Dark Age of Camelot, Shadowbane, and Anarchy Online. I'll just stick to EQ, pick up PlanetSide, and pass the time till World of WarCraft comes out and probably ends up redefining the MMORPG genre.

Blizzard = teh pwn.

Reading the swg forums one of the devs posted that the "Official Release Date" is Summer 2003. We will just have to wait and see if it is true.

Well, assuming I can't be the Mighty Sarlak of Tatooine, one of those squirrelish black-box droids from the ep. 4 death star, that ice monster on Hoth, a behemoth spaceship-swallowing meteoriod worm, a herder of nerfs, or Yoda I'll probably go Calamari.

Sarlacc man, SarLACC lol ;)

That money pays for it's existance. Bandwidth, servers, live updates, that stuff costs money, you want the provider or the user to pay for it?

If you scroll up towards the top, Mr.Deflok provided his thoughts on it, and acknowledged he knew the reasoning behind it.

Too bad MMO games aren't distributed computing. I don't even want to hurt my brain by thinking of the programming obstacles there would be, not to mention the added ease of hacking. Just think it would rock if communities could run something like this and use servers as a backup.

Thank you thecow, I appreciate you geting my back :D btw Phaenx your avatar is freaky as heck! Good stuff :)

Just in case people don't see my other message again I'll re-iterate with a clever copy and paste...

Well I'm waiting for my beta CD's. I'll let you know if it would be worth paying for or not.

I just got my beta invite but my computer cant run it and I dont have dsl to download crap loads of patches so I cant play it. I should have a good enough computer by the time its released, as much as I'd like to play I think I'll enjoy it more when its retail.