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I used to defend SW Galaxies when people spoke of how boring it all becomes, I loved it initially.
But I just got fed up with the constant patches and updates changing the core gaming experience - halfway through my Jedi trials, almost reaching Padewan status and they change the criteria throwing me back to zero and wasting almost 3 weeks of constant grinding.
I loved visiting the places from the movies, but once you've done that then there's not really that much to do. Just vast swathes of open areas with nobody in.
All I did for weeks was get buffed at Coruscant, go to Endor and spend 2hrs shooting things from lairs to try and reach 750,000 xp points to fill another skill box.
But there's no reward for doing that, no real ultimate point to it.
Just endlessly grinding for no reason.
WoW however is stunning in every regard. Been playing for months and still haven't got bored of it. Or explored more than 40% of the worlds.
But I just got fed up with the constant patches and updates changing the core gaming experience - halfway through my Jedi trials, almost reaching Padewan status and they change the criteria throwing me back to zero and wasting almost 3 weeks of constant grinding.
I loved visiting the places from the movies, but once you've done that then there's not really that much to do. Just vast swathes of open areas with nobody in.
All I did for weeks was get buffed at Coruscant, go to Endor and spend 2hrs shooting things from lairs to try and reach 750,000 xp points to fill another skill box.
But there's no reward for doing that, no real ultimate point to it.
Just endlessly grinding for no reason.
WoW however is stunning in every regard. Been playing for months and still haven't got bored of it. Or explored more than 40% of the worlds.
WoW is the best thing i've ever played, and I've played it for months and I still think it.
> So does WoW suffer from lag at all?
Only really in the centers of the 2 major towns. It's not SW's galaxy lag though. It stops for 5 seconds or so and then everything runs smoothly again.
Because at the moment thats the
> WoW looks like an online version
> of morrowind. Is it fair to say thats an acurate statement or does it
> play alot differently?
Wouldn't know as I haven't played morrowind. It plays more like 3rd person adventure including rpg elements.
> I would to some extent agree with the
> statement about galaxies having bland enviroments however I've only
> been on Tatooine so far and am looking forward to venturing out to
> the film locations.
There are a few nice looking environments on Galaxies however they lack features (I'm looking for the word. I'm just having a blank =P).
> Think its also true to say you have to put alot of effort into the
> game in order to level up an interesting character...
To be honest I can't remember too much the character side of things.
Overall, I believe SW's Galaxies has only done as well as it has due to it being Star Wars.
Only really in the centers of the 2 major towns. It's not SW's galaxy lag though. It stops for 5 seconds or so and then everything runs smoothly again.
Because at the moment thats the
> WoW looks like an online version
> of morrowind. Is it fair to say thats an acurate statement or does it
> play alot differently?
Wouldn't know as I haven't played morrowind. It plays more like 3rd person adventure including rpg elements.
> I would to some extent agree with the
> statement about galaxies having bland enviroments however I've only
> been on Tatooine so far and am looking forward to venturing out to
> the film locations.
There are a few nice looking environments on Galaxies however they lack features (I'm looking for the word. I'm just having a blank =P).
> Think its also true to say you have to put alot of effort into the
> game in order to level up an interesting character...
To be honest I can't remember too much the character side of things.
Overall, I believe SW's Galaxies has only done as well as it has due to it being Star Wars.
cipro wrote:
> I remember Star Wars Galaxies, it's pretty naff. Starts off well,
> until you realise the actual pursuit of gaining experience points is
> long, dull and not really worth it. The secondary professions are
> quite rubbish while your forced to actually teach others your skills
> before you can master them, leading to many hours stood outside
> starports spamming general chat waiting for someone to come along so
> you can teach.
>
> The environments are possibly some of the most barren, lifeless
> places I've ever visited in a game, nothing but miles of open terrain
> occasionally housing the odd user created city, always empty. The
> quests are repetitive to the extreme, dungeons are mostly not
> instances so you have to share them with several other groups, actual
> progress is far from rewarding, only offering you slight enhancements
> to abilities rather than several new ones, and the Jedi system has
> gone through so many changes it's impossible to grind to a Jedi
> without the entire system being scraped and completely changed,
> erasing all your efforts.
>
> It has nothing on World of Warcraft, which even after months of solid
> play I have yet to tire of. If only Blizzard had developed Galaxies,
> perhaps then it wouldn’t have felt like such a wasted opportunity it
> is now.
So does WoW suffer from lag at all? Because at the moment thats the only complaint I have with galaxies. WoW looks like an online version of morrowind. Is it fair to say thats an acurate statement or does it play alot differently? I would to some extent agree with the statement about galaxies having bland enviroments however I've only been on Tatooine so far and am looking forward to venturing out to the film locations.
Think its also true to say you have to put alot of effort into the game in order to level up an interesting character...
> I remember Star Wars Galaxies, it's pretty naff. Starts off well,
> until you realise the actual pursuit of gaining experience points is
> long, dull and not really worth it. The secondary professions are
> quite rubbish while your forced to actually teach others your skills
> before you can master them, leading to many hours stood outside
> starports spamming general chat waiting for someone to come along so
> you can teach.
>
> The environments are possibly some of the most barren, lifeless
> places I've ever visited in a game, nothing but miles of open terrain
> occasionally housing the odd user created city, always empty. The
> quests are repetitive to the extreme, dungeons are mostly not
> instances so you have to share them with several other groups, actual
> progress is far from rewarding, only offering you slight enhancements
> to abilities rather than several new ones, and the Jedi system has
> gone through so many changes it's impossible to grind to a Jedi
> without the entire system being scraped and completely changed,
> erasing all your efforts.
>
> It has nothing on World of Warcraft, which even after months of solid
> play I have yet to tire of. If only Blizzard had developed Galaxies,
> perhaps then it wouldn’t have felt like such a wasted opportunity it
> is now.
So does WoW suffer from lag at all? Because at the moment thats the only complaint I have with galaxies. WoW looks like an online version of morrowind. Is it fair to say thats an acurate statement or does it play alot differently? I would to some extent agree with the statement about galaxies having bland enviroments however I've only been on Tatooine so far and am looking forward to venturing out to the film locations.
Think its also true to say you have to put alot of effort into the game in order to level up an interesting character...
I remember Star Wars Galaxies, it's pretty naff. Starts off well, until you realise the actual pursuit of gaining experience points is long, dull and not really worth it. The secondary professions are quite rubbish while your forced to actually teach others your skills before you can master them, leading to many hours stood outside starports spamming general chat waiting for someone to come along so you can teach.
The environments are possibly some of the most barren, lifeless places I've ever visited in a game, nothing but miles of open terrain occasionally housing the odd user created city, always empty. The quests are repetitive to the extreme, dungeons are mostly not instances so you have to share them with several other groups, actual progress is far from rewarding, only offering you slight enhancements to abilities rather than several new ones, and the Jedi system has gone through so many changes it's impossible to grind to a Jedi without the entire system being scraped and completely changed, erasing all your efforts.
It has nothing on World of Warcraft, which even after months of solid play I have yet to tire of. If only Blizzard had developed Galaxies, perhaps then it wouldn’t have felt like such a wasted opportunity it is now.
The environments are possibly some of the most barren, lifeless places I've ever visited in a game, nothing but miles of open terrain occasionally housing the odd user created city, always empty. The quests are repetitive to the extreme, dungeons are mostly not instances so you have to share them with several other groups, actual progress is far from rewarding, only offering you slight enhancements to abilities rather than several new ones, and the Jedi system has gone through so many changes it's impossible to grind to a Jedi without the entire system being scraped and completely changed, erasing all your efforts.
It has nothing on World of Warcraft, which even after months of solid play I have yet to tire of. If only Blizzard had developed Galaxies, perhaps then it wouldn’t have felt like such a wasted opportunity it is now.
I played the 2 week trial of this and it really doesn't even scratch the brilliance of WoW.
Pandaemonium wrote:
> If you go for star war galaxies, be aware that it's supposedly not too
> much fun and a huge grind. It may be cheaper than WoW (I don't know),
> but you'll be be getting an inferior product.
Ok I got SW galaxies the total experiance for £10 and have started playing it today. So far it is great fun. Ive started leveling up a character and already have gone off and formed a party, bought two ships and started exploring tatooine. It really is a great turn on and emmerse game. The more experiance players dont seem to be too grouchy either and all that I have spoken to have othered straight up advice and help with little to no use of the word noob.
Only complaint so far is the amount of lag in built up areas or key sights that aquire alot of players. At times its taken a good 5 minutes for the screen to calm down and move freely again. Not sure if this is just my out of date broadband, heavy server usage or just a game flaw.
So far however I have definately got value for money and would reccomend highly to anyone looking to go online with their pc games...
> If you go for star war galaxies, be aware that it's supposedly not too
> much fun and a huge grind. It may be cheaper than WoW (I don't know),
> but you'll be be getting an inferior product.
Ok I got SW galaxies the total experiance for £10 and have started playing it today. So far it is great fun. Ive started leveling up a character and already have gone off and formed a party, bought two ships and started exploring tatooine. It really is a great turn on and emmerse game. The more experiance players dont seem to be too grouchy either and all that I have spoken to have othered straight up advice and help with little to no use of the word noob.
Only complaint so far is the amount of lag in built up areas or key sights that aquire alot of players. At times its taken a good 5 minutes for the screen to calm down and move freely again. Not sure if this is just my out of date broadband, heavy server usage or just a game flaw.
So far however I have definately got value for money and would reccomend highly to anyone looking to go online with their pc games...
Hedfix wrote:
> Yes, you save a whole £2!!!111 :D
£2 better off in my pocket though.
> Yes, you save a whole £2!!!111 :D
£2 better off in my pocket though.
If you go for star war galaxies, be aware that it's supposedly not too much fun and a huge grind. It may be cheaper than WoW (I don't know), but you'll be be getting an inferior product.
Yes, you save a whole £2!!!111 :D
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