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Nicadeemas

21-07-2003, 09:13

I'm playing this now and it's fantastic. Not just a fanboy product by any means.

The control system is all point and click and very easy to get into. Your character can change pretty much every aspect of his skills and abilities on the fly, even down to hair colour if you can find a stylist :nuts:

The game world itself feels so real. NPCs go about their business, stormtroopers patrol (and tell you to "move along" :thumbs: ), ships fly overhead, Creatures out in the wilderness go about their business (If you sneak up on them you'll see them in their "natural habitat", scare them and they'll run or attack, approach you to check you out before going off to drink and loads of other responses). Creatures so big that they shake the screen as they pass.

I played DAoC for nearly 2 years and I have to say this beats it on every level. Want to spend all day killing? Then go the marksman route.. Want to never kill in game? Then become a crafter, medic or entertainer... Want to do both? Then become a battle medic or crafter scout or Bounty hunting dancer.

I actually got my copy off Ebay. The special edition version for a very nice price and shipped over as a gift.

I know this sounds like an advert from a fanboy but it's simply because I'm so impressed by this game. There are a few bugs to be ironed out (friends lists disappearing, in-game emails not being received etc.) but there are small patches every day to sort different problems. Oh, and they are very quick to stop exploits from ruining the game. My one problem with Mythic over DAoC was they would take months to shut down exploits allowing the cheats to prosper... not in SWG.

Nic

Ono

21-07-2003, 09:20

Pay to play!!!

Sod that for a laugh. :mad:

Bapapapa

21-07-2003, 10:05

Originally posted by Ono
Pay to play!!!

Sod that for a laugh. :mad: :lol:

£7pm seems pretty reasonable to me - *if* they keep the servers running smoothly, police the place properly and add new content regularly..

Goddam - I've convinced myself

/runs off to Ebay to buy this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3538404338&category=4596)

:dork:

"THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!"

damn, wrong film..

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 10:54

Originally posted by Ono
Pay to play!!!

Sod that for a laugh. :mad:

Where have you been?

*cough* Ultima Online *cough* Everquest *cough* Dark Ages of Camelot *cough* Anarchy Online *cough* Asheron's Call 1 and 2.

I've played most of them too. That's hardly a new concept in the world of MMOG's. In fact, charges are really tame compared to some of the old "pay per hour" schemes.

Wendelius

Soprano

21-07-2003, 11:06

Originally posted by Bapapapa
:lol:

£7pm seems pretty reasonable to me - *if* they keep the servers running smoothly, police the place properly and add new content regularly..

£7!

First you fork out full price for the game, now you have to pay per month!

they should give the game away for nothing!!

(I have never heard of this before, but an now aware!)

Greedy fat Lucas pig-skunk:mad:

the game didn't get very high ratings, but I do want to play!!!

WTF!!!! Someone is paying $500 for a character!! what happens if he dies???

Whats to stop someone from joining up, and randomly killing anyone near them?

I think I'd do that for a while. :D

Start a new character each game for a month and just kill people :lol:

Bapapapa

21-07-2003, 11:12

Originally posted by Soprano
Greedy fat Lucas pig-skunk:mad: Although, I agree with that statement in general :lol: - in this instance it's not his fault...

As Wendelius said regarding MMORPG and monthly subs; "Where have you been?" :dork:

CS, GMs, servers, new content etc., all has to be paid for somehow. Plus, of course, if people are having to pay to play it's less likely to be populated by Neds.. :nuts:

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 11:15

Hiya Nicadeemas,

I pretty much agree with the enthusiastic sentiments for the game in your posts. I am not a Star Wars fan (I've seen the movies, some more than once (the original trilogy) and have enjoyed them but haven't read any books and do not think about the universe all the time) and yet this game draws you in and propulses you in that galaxy far far away. The attention to detail, the overall ambience, the famous places to visit, it's all there.

In fact, I've been so drawn in that I've been playing as much as I can (with 3 kids and a job I started 10 days ago) for the past month. And I'm nowhere near fed up with it.

And you are right about the game catering to all tastes. Out of all that time, I have spent maybe 10 hours in combat. And probably 100 hours+ healing patients (on my way to master doctor) and playing music (finished the basic and started up the elite musician tree yesterday) all over the galaxy.

To play a bit of the devil's advocate, I must mention a few things though:

Originally posted by Nicadeemas
The control system is all point and click and very easy to get into.

Now that is not my experience. I find the UI very quirky (ever tried to chat while trading? Ever got confused because you switched from movement to look around mode?) and had trouble getting used to the key mappings. To the game's credit, the remapping abilities are extensive and I've kept the best of SWG mixed with what I liked in the EQ and DAOC control schemes.

I certainly agree about the degree of customisation you can bring both to your char and the interface though.

Also, I'm playing on Chilastra and stability of that particular server is not all it could be (understatement of the year). It regularly comes down and, yesterday, it took me 25 minutes of waiting at the "Connecting..." screen for my chat to finally login.

Third, the game is still in its infancy and plagued by some annoying bugs. Chat channels settings are lost between sessions. They broke the friends list and notification e-mails alst week which was a blow for merchants. Fortunately it was fixed it yesterday. They still have issues about recovering items on a corpse after death. But that last problem is currently a non issue as death penalties have been disabled until they are happy they have solved the problems. Still a nasty little issue for those that got caught by it. If you expect a totally polished game, it isn't so yet. But it is really stable for me and those bugs are generally annoyances rather than show stoppers.

Finally, the amount of content in this game while quite good is nowhere near that of a mature game. I don't think even "powergamers" will see everything that there is to see in a couple of weeks but, if you don't focus at all on the social aspects of the game, I think you are likely to get bored with it more quickly. That being said, the devs have additional content planned, as well as a story arc with monthly events and nice things in the pipeline (like player built cities, mounts, ...). But prospective players need to decide whether to play now or wait a couple of months for the game to evolve.

And you know what? Despite enumerating those negatives, the only thing I'm waiting for here at work is for 5pm to roll on to be able to go home and play tonight. I was somewhat blase about MMOG's but SWG breaks enough of the mould that I just can't get enough of it.

Wendelius

Ono

21-07-2003, 11:16

Originally posted by Wendelius
Where have you been?

I'm aware of those (in particular the DAoC dorks) and have stayed well clear of those games.

Just that I didn't realise SWG was going to be one too.

Oh well. Plenty of other free games to play online. :|

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 11:19

Originally posted by Ono
I'm aware of those (in particular the DAoC dorks) and have stayed well clear of those games.

Hey! I could resent that remark if I were still one of them. Oh wait, I'm a SWG dork now. Oh well, I can live with that. ;)

Oh well. Plenty of other free games to play online. :|

Very true. There is definitely something for everyone out there.

Wendelius

Ono

21-07-2003, 11:23

You don't play on the Barrysworld/Game DAoC servers do you? :dork:

We get enough problems on the BW forums from them and their 30 line sigs. :brickwall :D

Xtro

21-07-2003, 12:05

Originally posted by Ono
You don't play on the Barrysworld/Game DAoC servers do you? :dork:

We get enough problems on the BW forums from them and their 30 line sigs. :brickwall :D

Try being a flipping moderator on there mate ;) World of PAIN I tell you ;)

Ono

21-07-2003, 12:22

Originally posted by Xtro
Try being a flipping moderator on there mate ;) World of PAIN I tell you ;)
They don't trust me to moderate on there - even though I wanted the Consoles forum. :|

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 12:31

Originally posted by Ono
You don't play on the Barrysworld/Game DAoC servers do you? :dork:

Nope.

< breathes a sigh of relief >

Wendelius

Xtro

21-07-2003, 12:42

Originally posted by Ono
They don't trust me to moderate on there - even though I wanted the Consoles forum. :|

Hmm odd that..:confused:

Mind you its not the most busy of forums is it so you aren't missing anything :) I'm a glutton for punishment I guess, third time I've modded for them and the PM's from the daoc players well...lets just say they'd break every one of the dvdforums t&c's ;)

Back to SWG... Most MMORPG's are pay to play, and being a :dork: this will be my 5th or 6th so I'm used to it. Besides the "persistent universe" argument (as to why you are paying for the experience) its nice to get lots of new content on a regular basis and not just bug fixes (although some MMORPG's are a lot better than others at this). Then the servers are a lot more hassle to maintain compared to an average FPS of course.

The thing is though that recently costs have gone up due to VAT. I wont go into more detail here as due to the work firewall I cant grab all the facts - suffice to say sub costs have gone up :(.

MetalGearAl

21-07-2003, 12:54

Originally posted by Ono
You don't play on the Barrysworld/Game DAoC servers do you? :dork:

We get enough problems on the BW forums from them and their 30 line sigs. :brickwall :D

Yes but admining simple FPS games is fairly easy compared to the constant upkeep of MMORPGs.

I myself am not in a situation to be able to pay to play these games yet, but it's obvious why you have to pay to play for all the work they require.

The only problem really is that most MMORPGs so far have been free to download, with 30 days free play. SWG and Planetside (another game I'd love to try) you have to pay for first. Even though you get 30 days free with both, you don't really get to test them like I've tried with Anarchy Online and Ultima Online.

Soprano

21-07-2003, 13:00

Originally posted by Bapapapa
Although, I agree with that statement in general :lol: - in this instance it's not his fault...

As Wendelius said regarding MMORPG and monthly subs; "Where have you been?" :dork:

I don't even know what MMORPG means, but now have an idea!

I play C&C:Generals online for free, but understand Galaxies is totally different.

I really don't want another PC related monthly charge, but may end up getting if its as good as it sounds. If there are people enforcing the rules of the game, updates etc, then fine.

But 7.5 out of 10??

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarsgalaxiesaned/index.html

(How do I convert the above address to say "HERE", and you can click to the link)

If I get it, can't I just sign up, creat a new character, get a blaster and randomly kill off anyone?

I mean, if I created, and built a character, played 20 hours of gaming, then was shot by someone who created their payer in 10 minutes, I'd be edam cheesed off

Francis

21-07-2003, 13:07

Characters don't die as such, if you get killed you return to a home-point kinda thing, minus some experience or some other penalty. But from what I understand of SWG, the very few people who manage to become Jedi's, if they die, they still return to their home-point, but aren't Jedi's anymore and can't be again.
Or something like that ;)

Xtro

21-07-2003, 13:09

Originally posted by Soprano

I mean, if I created, and built a character, played 20 hours of gaming, then was shot by someone who created their payer in 10 minutes, I'd be edam cheesed off

PvP combat (Player vs Player) isn't like that don't worry mate. In any Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (:dork: :lol: ) that has PvP combat death usually has some penalty (small in some games, more serious in others) but you can go right back to the action. Most games of these type are about exploring lands or worlds - some don't have PvP, some are mainly PvP.

In Dark Age of Camelot for example after death you reappear back in your home kingdom, nip to pay some gold to the local healer to raise your constitution back and then you are free to carry on with whatever.

One good thing about SWG is that you can change your skills after the character is created. If you don't like playing as character type A, just switch your skill points around and switch to another. Some games don't allow this - or if they do its a lot more complex and time consuming to change (eg. respec stones in DAOC - rare as rocking horse EDITED).

BAH MY DORKINESS IS REVEALED :dork: :p

DarthPearce

21-07-2003, 13:16

Does connection type matter for this sort of game (asks the person whose best connection speed is 42.6k!)

Xtro

21-07-2003, 13:24

I've always used cable (BY 1/2 meg) and had no probs at all playing on US servers.

I've played with 56k users quite a bit in MMO games, most recently in Planetside (huge online FPS) and they "cope until large battles occur when its chug chug time".

I cant recall where but I saw a post recently about SWG using a lot less bandwidth due to a lot of stuff being rendered client side (dont ask, I'm not the most techie and am already confusing myself! :D).

It all depends on how much action is going on at the time - if you want to sit on a hill looking at the stars while crafting then obviously you aren't going to have as much problems as in the middle of a 200 player plus battle.

Maybe the official SWG forums might have an answer for you (I'd link but work firewall won't permit me getting the URL :brickwall).

HTH

Ono

21-07-2003, 13:30

My KotOR has been shipped BTW xtro. :thumbs:

Xtro

21-07-2003, 13:34

Originally posted by Ono
My KotOR has been shipped BTW xtro. :thumbs:

:D

Got mine this morning mate - gloated via a PM on BW to you :dork:

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 13:34

Originally posted by AndyPearce
Does connection type matter for this sort of game (asks the person whose best connection speed is 42.6k!)

Nope. That's my best connection speed too. The game plays fine even with 40k connect speeds.

My ping times (using Onetel and Virgin. No difference) vary between 250 and 400 ms on East Coast servers. SWG is fairly lag tolerant and those are totally acceptable ping times to play comfortably. This is not a twitch game. Those averages are, of course, subject to lag spikes.

The main time when you will get lag spikes is in crowded cities (Mos Eisley, wretched hive of scum and villainy, near THE cantina on Tatooine, for instance) where the dial-up connection sometimes has trouble keeping up and, I guess, the incoming packets pile up. That being said, those pikes are not always there and the game still remains playable.

Wendelius

Liggur

21-07-2003, 13:40

No, connection speed isnt as vital as in FPS games, as all the combat is done with your characters skills and not your skill with keyboard and mouse.

MetalGearAl

21-07-2003, 15:09

SWG won't feature Jedis for a while - for a start it's not even been revealed how to reach Jedi level yet, and even when it is it will take a lot of training to get that far! Training + gaining experience is a long and evil process, same with all RPGs! :)

Puma

21-07-2003, 15:44

Hmmm, i want a copy but don't want to pay £100 on Ebay.

Anybody seen this in stock anywhere ?

Importmadness quote 30th July but I would like a copy asap.

Help :help:

MetalGearAl

21-07-2003, 15:54

£100? That's very high, are you sure that's not the collectors edition, which unless you're a very big fan of SW, I wouldn't bother with.

Puma

21-07-2003, 15:58

Ooops, it was. However I don't hold out much hope for the standard one either....

Star Wars Galaxies An Empire Divided. No Res!

£48.00

10

2d 21h 32m

£48 with nearly 3 days left :brickwall

mythuk

21-07-2003, 17:53

hmm, think I'll wait for the UK release nearer the end of the year. Or maybe until the price of the game goes down a bit for the US version :lol:

Grant666uk

21-07-2003, 17:55

Is there a good online shop to buy it from. Dvdboxoffice have it for £30. It must be about a year since I used them.

NezB

21-07-2003, 18:07

Originally posted by Grant666uk
Is there a good online shop to buy it from. Dvdboxoffice have it for £30. It must be about a year since I used them.

Has it turned up yet? :nuts:

Xtro

21-07-2003, 18:08

www.gamestop.com

www.cdromshop.com

I've heard a *lot* of bad things about Import Madness...

Wendelius

21-07-2003, 19:44

Originally posted by Xtro
I've heard a *lot* of bad things about Import Madness...

Yep. Me too.

I've used gamestop and cdromshop in the past and they are quite good. If DVDBoxOffice was a bit faster at fulfilling orders, they would be the cheapest and ideal solution. No such luck.

Wendelius

Bapapapa

25-07-2003, 07:25

Even Gameplay (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?ProductCode=RM00569) are flogging the import version.. :nuts:

Arch Stanton

25-07-2003, 11:42

Well got my copy yesterday from DVDBoxoffice.

Seems just like Phantasy Star online but with Star Wars flavorings.

No bad thing though...

Bingo Bongo

25-07-2003, 13:42

I cant make my mind up whether to get it as I've heard such bad things about it.

Can you play it for 1hr per night or do you have to play for days just to get your character up to speed?

Jez
ps I've just got my new armour
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bingo275/jezgfarm1.JPG

MetalGearAl

25-07-2003, 14:18

You don't pay per time online, you have to pay per month, kind of the same way if you pay monthly for a mobile phone

There isn't a minimum time, and you can pay per month, for 3 months, for 6 and for a year I think (it getting cheaper per month the more you buy at a time).

Wendelius

25-07-2003, 15:28

Originally posted by Bingo Bongo
[B]I cant make my mind up whether to get it as I've heard such bad things about it.

Can you play it for 1hr per night or do you have to play for days just to get your character up to speed?

Jez

It's true that there are bad things to say about the game (mostly in the area of unstability and bugs) but if you check out the SW site, they have an incredibly huge patch coming up within 2 weeks that takes care of an enormous list of issues. So the game is definitely improving all the time.

As for having to play long hours, that's definitely the beauty of this game. It has no levels. This means that everybody can group with everybody and you are not left behind by your faster levelling friends as in some other games. Of course, there are areas where a master marksman will simply shoot everything down while your novice brawler is having the scare of his life. But nothing in the game prevents you from getting together and hunting together. This might be an opportunity for that master marksman to get working on his melee skills, an area in which he will be no stronger than you (hitpoints do not vary since there are no levels, ...). So the game really does a good job of not pushing you to keep up all the time.

That being said, you will want to eventually master some professions and that will take quite a while (variable depending on the profession). But nothing requires you to commit to a 6 hours night.

I've found myself playing for way too long often those past few weeks but not because I must. Because I simply forget to check the time. :)

Wendelius

Bingo Bongo

25-07-2003, 16:14

Cheers for the review Wendelius!

But what do you think of my stormtrooper?

Jez

farrar

25-07-2003, 16:17

Just ordered my copy for £39.99 from gameplay. Cheaper than eBay!
The game sounds excellent!

Steve1977

25-07-2003, 19:07

Bingo, arnt you a little short for a storm trooper? :thumbs:

Grant666uk

25-07-2003, 23:39

Do the people who have the game in the uk think its worth £39.99 right now or should I wait till all the probs are fixed.

How will it play on my pc

I have Broadband
amd athlon 2200
512 mb ram
radeon 9700

and I am running win xp

MetalGearAl

26-07-2003, 00:06

Grant - It'll run fine :thumbs:

The connection is absolutely fine, as for performance I've only seen it running on a 2.4ghz P4 with Radeon 9500 and it ran great! Most of the lag comes from the connection anyway.

Grant666uk

26-07-2003, 00:12

Thanks for the info MetalGearAl

I am very tempted. I am playing Knights of the old republic on my Xbox right now and its put me in the mood for some more Star Wars fun.

Gameplay have it for £39.99 but its not in stock untill the 1. 8 .03

mmmm should I go ahead and pre-order it.

richdmx

26-07-2003, 09:18

Just ordered mine from gameplay :thumbs:

Bingo Bongo

26-07-2003, 20:27

Can I get it quicker anywhere else?

1st Aug. is Friday, will that mean I dont get it till a week on Mon/Tues?

btw my tusken
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bingo275/JezTusc00.jpg

Jez

Bapapapa

26-07-2003, 20:37

I've caved and ordered it from Gameplay.. :dork:

dannywonderful

26-07-2003, 21:01

Originally posted by Bapapapa
I've caved and ordered it from Gameplay.. :dork:

Ditto. :dork:

Xtro

26-07-2003, 21:49

I'm loving it. Wait til you see the dancers in the cantinas ;)

dannywonderful

26-07-2003, 22:08

Originally posted by Xtro
I'm loving it. Wait til you see the dancers in the cantinas ;)

You're not one of them are you? :suspect:

Xtro

26-07-2003, 22:57

Originally posted by dannywonderful
You're not one of them are you? :suspect:

*whistles* :wave:

JamesW

26-07-2003, 23:07

I've caved in as well and ordered a copy. Should get it around the middle of next week, all going well. :dork: :thumbs:

dannywonderful

26-07-2003, 23:37

Originally posted by JamesW
I've caved in as well and ordered a copy. Should get it around the middle of next week, all going well. :dork: :thumbs:

See you online, James! :wave:

Bingo Bongo

27-07-2003, 11:54

Originally posted by JamesW
I've caved in as well and ordered a copy. Should get it around the middle of next week, all going well. :dork: :thumbs:

You mean the week AFTER next, they're not processing the orders until Friday.

Are they UK or US?

Jez

JamesW

27-07-2003, 11:57

I'm not getting it from Gameplay, I found another source.

Bingo Bongo

27-07-2003, 12:07

and they are.......................

JamesW

27-07-2003, 12:15

I asked Tronix to get a couple of copies for me. I've bought from them before and they're a good company.

Bingo Bongo

27-07-2003, 12:19

This is like pulling teeth!

I've tried www.tronix.com and .co.uk and neither are right.

Can someone lmk where I can get a copy of Galaxies within a week

dannywonderful

27-07-2003, 12:41

http://www.tronixweb.com/

JamesW

27-07-2003, 13:14

Sorry, figured everyone would know Tronix's address, they've been around for a while.

They only had a couple of copies in as I'd asked specifically for them. It'll probably take 'em a few days to get new stock.

Bingo Bongo

27-07-2003, 17:09

Any idea of anyone who's got it actually in stock?

Jez

dannywonderful

27-07-2003, 17:11

Gameplay should have SWG in from Friday. That's fast enough isn't it?

Bingo Bongo

27-07-2003, 17:44

Yes, but will it take them another week to ship it (from the US?)

dannywonderful

27-07-2003, 18:29

Originally posted by Bingo Bongo
Yes, but will it take them another week to ship it (from the US?)

Not if you order it from the UK site.

Bapapapa

27-07-2003, 19:27

Originally posted by Bingo Bongo
Yes, but will it take them another week to ship it (from the US?) As they haven't got a US site - I think it's safe to say they'll be shipping them from within the UK..

nsb

27-07-2003, 19:57

I used to order from Tronixweb aswell, but my allegiance sticks with therage.com , best place for US games :thumbs:

Grant666uk

27-07-2003, 22:41

Well I have gone for it. Gameplay got my order.

This is turning in the the star wars games month. Playing Knights of the old republic on my Xbox and the beta version of Jedi Knight Jedi Academy on the pc.

Bingo Bongo

28-07-2003, 09:02

I've just ordered it from Gameplay.

Thanks for all the help on this one guys

btw here's a 3D photo i did of my Vader helmet
3D Empire Strikes Back Vader (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bingo275/vader3d.htm)
Cheers

Jez

iluz

28-07-2003, 09:36

I see on ebay there are many auctions for 100k credits on different servers etc, my question.. how long would it take to get say.. 100k credits and what is involved in collecting credits?

(That wasn't very subtle was it? :)) Would be a nice way to pay for the monthly charge if it's not too hard or tedious, possibly.

Thanks

Tiiti

28-07-2003, 11:00

waiting on mine to arrive today fingers crossed.:notworthy :notworthy

Xtro

28-07-2003, 11:44

I only started playing properly on Saturday and already have 30K, therefore paying real money (ie. ebay) for 100K would be daft imho mate.

A friend's been playing since release and has a house, factories all sorts.

dannywonderful

28-07-2003, 12:03

I don't think he's talking about buying credits. I think he's talking about selling credits to fund his monthly subscription. I suppose you could keep an eye on those auctions and see how much they sell for.

Xtro

28-07-2003, 12:09

Ah my bad, I re-read the post and you're right :)

Well 100K isn't that hard to accumulate imho but if someone wants to pay real cash for them then its up to them....it's probably against the T&C's of the game but that never stopped people in every other MMORPG.

I remember the first level 50 character in DAOC being sold for $10,000 :nuts:

dannywonderful

28-07-2003, 12:13

Personally I plan on using the Delivery and Destroy missions to get a feel for the game, as much as for credits. I don't really see the point in buying credits on Ebay, but it looks like people are bidding.

Grant666uk

28-07-2003, 12:42

Well I am off to england working for the week, back on friday I hope it will be at my door. Should be a fun weekend.

iluz

28-07-2003, 13:17

Danny's right, I was looking into selling them to pay for the sub costs (and maybe a little profit? :D). Seems there's always a buyer about for 100k credits at an average of $30 or so.

Thanks for the info Xtro.

Soprano

28-07-2003, 14:16

How much is it per month?

As they yanks have this game, before most of the world, won't they be so far ahead in terms of powers, credits etc, they will be the most powerful gamers on earth???

iluz

28-07-2003, 14:37

Originally posted by Soprano
How much is it per month?

Quoted from Gameplay..

Subscription Fee Applicable
First 30 days subscription included
1 month - $14.99
3 months - $41.99
6 months - $77.99
12 months - $143.99

So, you get a free month then pay the above charges.

Soprano

30-07-2003, 12:36

Originally posted by iluz
Quoted from Gameplay..

Subscription Fee Applicable
First 30 days subscription included
1 month - $14.99
3 months - $41.99
6 months - $77.99
12 months - $143.99

So, you get a free month then pay the above charges.

:eek:

Saw Daniel Beddingfield (or whoever) on Liquid News with a copy of the game. Boring, perhaps, but seeing/bumping this thread here will put more pressure on me to buy it.

GreyJackal

30-07-2003, 12:59

Ebay sales of characters, cash, items etc are now against the Ts&Cs and they're apparently working with ebay to stop them. So I wouldn't rely on it.

(GreyJackal on Eclipse server by the way :))

bisoner

30-07-2003, 13:14

Originally posted by iluz
Quoted from Gameplay..

Subscription Fee Applicable
First 30 days subscription included
1 month - $14.99
3 months - $41.99
6 months - $77.99
12 months - $143.99

So, you get a free month then pay the above charges.

You need to add good ole' VAT to those prices @ 17.5%.

Note, most europeans are on the Eclipse server - me included. It's a very busy server. It's had stability issues of late but they seem to have died down in the last couple of days.

The game is still buggy but I am enjoying it. If Sony can keep adding to the game and at the sametime reduce the amount of bugs things should improve.

Bis

Xtro

30-07-2003, 13:29

I play with about 10 real life friends (all brits) and about the same number again from Scandinavia (who we know through playing other online games).

We kept constantly hearing how Eclipse is the unofficial UK/Euro server...so we looked at what other servers weren't so full and picked Wanderhome. Think we made the right decision, very stable, decent ping (for the East Coast of US to UK on cable anyway) and lots of nice folk. Quite a few euros on there too.

Of course people mainly presume you are from the USA, found out after grouping with 2 people that they live about 5 miles away from me :)

Wendelius

30-07-2003, 15:32

I'm on Chilastra myself and wouldn't recommend it as it's also very busy (which has no impact on gameplay itself, quite the contrary as the galaxy is large enough to accommodate everyone, but rather on stability) and plagued by similar problems as the Eclipse server.

That being said, the game remains every bit as addictive now as after the first week. And I'm a veteran of many MMOG's. It doesn't prevent some people from getting frustrated with the stability issues, bugs or bored with the lack of high level content (which will be fleshed out patch by patch). But if you find that the game suits you, you're in for a treat.

It oozes atmosphere and and is just plain fun.

Wendelius

Soprano

30-07-2003, 15:46

1. I'm on Virgin BB, do I have a choice what server I would be on??

2. Can I just play for 30 days, quit, uninstall, install, sign up again? I realise, if its possible, I will be a new character, but I would have an extra month to get the feel of it.

3. How soon into the game could I become a serial killer?? I would like to waste time going around shooting people for no reason.

Bapapapa

30-07-2003, 15:56

2. Can I just play for 30 days, quit, uninstall, install, sign up again? I realise, if its possible, I will be a new character, but I would have an extra month to get the feel of it.

I doubt it, as you get a unique code with the game which, I presume, is how they keep track of your account..

Wendelius

31-07-2003, 09:52

Originally posted by Soprano
1. I'm on Virgin BB, do I have a choice what server I would be on??

Yes. The ISP doesn't limit in any way on what server you can connect since they are all run by Sony. You would you have the choice of any East or West Coast server you care to create a character on.

2. Can I just play for 30 days, quit, uninstall, install, sign up again? I realise, if its possible, I will be a new character, but I would have an extra month to get the feel of it.

Nope. You activate an account with a unique serial ID the first time you connect. Once the account has used up its free 30 days, they are gone.

3. How soon into the game could I become a serial killer?? I would like to waste time going around shooting people for no reason.

Well, you would simply need to accumulate faction as a rebel or imperial. Once you have enough (not sure how much that is as I'm neutral myself), you can go overt (ie declare your allegiance to your faction for everyone to see) and take part in PVP (player versus player combat).

Those are not random shooting sprees though as you can only kill overts of the other faction as well as people who have been flagged as possible targets.

The latter has to do with a covert mode where people can remain safe until they get involved in a fight.

There are more rules on who can do what but this should give you the general idea.

Wendelius

Xtro

31-07-2003, 11:35

Gain 200 faction points to join the Imps or Rebs (accumulate these by taking missions from specific Imperial or Rebel mission terminals, not the generic ones).

Easyish mission gave me 3-4 points a go, harder ones 12. Just went crazy one night with a couple of friends doing loads.

As Wend said you can go overt or covert Imp or Reb. A lot of fun, we usually harass rebel wookies at the nearest star port
:nuts:

There are specific PvP "battlefields" on each planet AFAIK, although I've only come across the one on Corellia.

dannywonderful

31-07-2003, 11:46

So is Wanderhome the best server to get on then?

Soprano

31-07-2003, 12:13

Originally posted by Wendelius
Yes. The ISP doesn't limit in any way on what server you can connect since they are all run by Sony. You would you have the choice of any East or West Coast server you care to create a character on.

Nope. You activate an account with a unique serial ID the first time you connect. Once the account has used up its free 30 days, they are gone.

Well, you would simply need to accumulate faction as a rebel or imperial. Once you have enough (not sure how much that is as I'm neutral myself), you can go overt (ie declare your allegiance to your faction for everyone to see) and take part in PVP (player versus player combat).

Those are not random shooting sprees though as you can only kill overts of the other faction as well as people who have been flagged as possible targets.

The latter has to do with a covert mode where people can remain safe until they get involved in a fight.

There are more rules on who can do what but this should give you the general idea.

Wendelius

Thanks for that. :thumbs:

Its a shame I can't be a serial killer though. :(

Bapapapa

31-07-2003, 17:13

Anyone's order from Gameplay been despatched yet..?

Looks like their out of stock now - and I can't access my account order history...

I was looking forward to dorking myself up tomorrow as well.. :dork: :dork:

Saber

31-07-2003, 19:34

Look out for Daniel Beddingfield when you are playing, I was watching Liquid News, and he was holding a copy :lol:

So, go around shouting "Daniel Beddingfield sux!!" and maybe he will swear at you :D

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 10:05

When is the official UK release date for it then?

Bapapapa

01-08-2003, 10:10

Nothing arrived for me...

gheypley sux0rs.. :mad:

Bapapapa

01-08-2003, 10:11

Originally posted by tmurphy
When is the official UK release date for it then? December... if we're lucky..

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 10:14

Import it is then!

Who should i choose? gameplay.com or play.com

Play are £5.00 chaper and both are in stock from 8th August.

Bapapapa

01-08-2003, 10:23

I'm cancelling my Gameplay order now.

Bloody lied to me..

:nono:

.... and re-ordered with Play - cheers for the heads-up.. :thumbs:

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 10:40

Just ordered mine too from play.com

See you online next week (i hope!)

Grant666uk

01-08-2003, 10:55

Gameplay gone, Here comes play

Wendelius

01-08-2003, 11:30

Meanwhile...

In a galaxy far far away, login server problems emerged, the Chilastra server (along with 4 others) was brought down for emergency maintenance for an hour+ and all the data on Chilastra rolled back by at least 30 minutes.

At least you guys didn't miss much last night. :)

Wendelius

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 11:30

Lets make it easy:-

Star Wars Galaxies from play.com (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=PC&title=128431)

Thank you.

I want to Grand Admiral Thrawn but the game won't let me:mad:

Wendelius

01-08-2003, 11:35

Originally posted by tmurphy
Lets make it easy:-

Star Wars Galaxies from play.com (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=PC&title=128431)

Thank you.

I want to Grand Admiral Thrawn but the game won't let me:mad:

That's because Thrawn is actually in the game (I've seen him on a screenshot) and wouldn't appreciate you impersonating him. :)

To think I didn't even know who Thrawn was a week ago, before staring to read my first ever Star Wars book "Heir to the Empire" :dork:

This game is making me do strange things in the name of background research. :)

Wendelius
http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20030708

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 11:41

'Thrawn is in the game!':notworthy

Not wanting to start an argument but this guy is way cooler than Boba Fett......

Sound of Tony running to Manchester Airport
Sound of tony buying return ticket to NY
Roar, Take Off, Roar, Landing
Taxi to Hamleys please
Ching goes the till
Taxi to airport please
Roar, Take Off, Roar, Landing
Drive home
Install game and find the blue guy!

richdmx

01-08-2003, 11:45

Grrrr...delayed again :(

Going to go down to my local Computer Exhange and see if its there :)

saucyminx

01-08-2003, 12:14

Originally posted by Wendelius
That's because Thrawn is actually in the game (I've seen him on a screenshot) and wouldn't appreciate you impersonating him. :)

Right that's it I HAVE to buy this game, Thrawn is the best SW bad guy...

Bingo Bongo

01-08-2003, 13:20

Originally posted by Bapapapa
I'm cancelling my Gameplay order now.

Bloody lied to me..

:nono:

.... and re-ordered with Play - cheers for the heads-up.. :thumbs:

Me too. Just phoned the up and they're now saying Friday 8th. So yeah I 'm going to trust them! I've lost a week and still not got it so I'll go for Play.:mad:

tmurphy

01-08-2003, 14:19

God the tension is killing me, only ordered it a few hours ago and i'm already getting twitchy ;)

Even got to the point of installing wallpapers from here (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/wallpapers.jsp)

To clam my self down!!

Personal favourite is the 'JOIN THE EMPIRE'

T.

Soprano

01-08-2003, 14:28

Originally posted by richdmx
Grrrr...delayed again :(

Going to go down to my local Computer Exhange and see if its there :)

That'll cost ya 50 (GBP!) bucks mister!

(May just take all I have and do swapsies myself!)

Soprano

01-08-2003, 14:37

How much game play can you do offline?

I guess you cant actually play along, but can you create your character off line?

I want the game but am away in August, so I don't want to waste two weeks while I'm away.

(Alternative: Let family go on holiday without you!! hmmmm.. Woner what wife will say??)

Grant666uk

01-08-2003, 15:46

I gave G force games in Glasgow a phone and they wanted £57 for standard and £87 for the box set..

BUGGER THAT !!!

Wendelius

01-08-2003, 15:51

Originally posted by Soprano
How much game play can you do offline?

You can not even launch the game without being online. It's an online only game (your characters are stored on whatever galaxy (server) they have been created on).

If you are going away on holiday for 2 weeks, I definitely recommend not doing more than installing the game before you get back. 2 weeks of free play wasted would be :gag:.

Wendelius

Wendelius

01-08-2003, 17:50

If you happen to get the game this week-end and want to start on a fresh galaxy (called server in most other MMOG's), have a look at Tempest or Shadowfire. Everybody will have new characters just like yourself. No masters at a profession or urban sprawl.

From the boards:

As our subscription numbers continue to increase, we are proud to announce two new galaxies today:

Tempest

Shadowfire

Whether you are new to the game or want to start a new character on a fresh server, enjoy!

Kevin "Q-3PO" O'Hara SWG Community Relations Manager

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Announcements&message.id=99

Wendelius

Bingo Bongo

01-08-2003, 22:51

Oh Stuff it!

I've got a free week-end with nothing to do.

Is there anywhere I can get it locally (Midlands, Leicester, Cov, Derby, Nottm)?

Sod the cost I just wanna play!

JamesW

02-08-2003, 10:44

Started playing the game this morning. Only really just started (I've gone for a Wookie), but it seems pretty cool so far. The interface takes a while getting used to, but it's beginning to make sense now.

Bingo Bongo

02-08-2003, 10:57

James, You wanna sell me your extra copy?

JamesW

02-08-2003, 12:10

Sorry mate, a friend's already baggsied it.

Right, back to the Mos Eisley Cantina...

Grant666uk

02-08-2003, 15:39

I hope play ship on time. I have racked up 14 hours on Knight of the old republic. (Xbox) Its well smart. Looking forward to a new Star wars fix.

NezB

02-08-2003, 15:57

I'm thinking of getting Galaxies but have never played a MMRPG whatyamcallit, what other game, that doesn't charge immeadiately,would you recommend to try.

ChrisB

02-08-2003, 22:21

I have played a few online games, but always seem to get bored with them after a couple of months, as I cannot spend a lot of time to get the character leveled up enough to make it more interesting.

Is Galaxies another of these, or is it more pleasurable to play, as and when you like, only I don't want to pay another £35 (+ subs)or so to end up the same result :(

Osiris

02-08-2003, 22:26

Got Galaxies but only ever played SP, might get around to laying MP someday :thumbs:

GreyJackal

02-08-2003, 22:29

Err, you can't play SWG singleplayer - much like you can't play EQ, DAOC or AO singleplayer.

Unless you mean something else?

dannywonderful

02-08-2003, 22:30

Originally posted by Osiris
Got Galaxies but only ever played SP, might get around to laying MP someday :thumbs:

How do you play single player? :confused:

Osiris

02-08-2003, 22:37

damn, prolly on about something else then, I have a prog along the lines of 'age of empires' called 'star wars, galexies'. If I have some other 'dodgy' prog then that is why.

I'll just back out with apologies and try to pretend that I was never in this thread :lol:

(Oz will have to remember not to **** about when it comes to pirated games)

dannywonderful

02-08-2003, 22:41

Ah you're thinking of Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. It's a strategy game as opposed to the MMORPG that SWG is. :)

Osiris

02-08-2003, 22:44

prolly, a'la 'age of empires' thing?

will have to get Galaxies then :)

JamesW

03-08-2003, 11:39

Originally posted by ChrisB
I have played a few online games, but always seem to get bored with them after a couple of months, as I cannot spend a lot of time to get the character leveled up enough to make it more interesting.

Is Galaxies another of these, or is it more pleasurable to play, as and when you like, only I don't want to pay another £35 (+ subs)or so to end up the same result :(

Well, I've only got a low level character and it's the first MMORPG (not including a few MUDs) I've played but I'd say it sounds about the same. I got the game yesterday and probably played it for about six hours, but it's been pretty boring so far. No real sense of community (though it's a new server so that would explain it) and the missions are very boring, essentially the Star Wars equivalent of killing giant rats in Baldur's Gate.

Unless there's a big improvement in the next month I won't be subscribing.

farrar

03-08-2003, 12:11

Can you actually wear stormtrooper armour in the game?

GreyJackal

03-08-2003, 12:13

Yup.

JamesW

04-08-2003, 07:58

Originally posted by JamesW
Well, I've only got a low level character and it's the first MMORPG (not including a few MUDs) I've played but I'd say it sounds about the same. I got the game yesterday and probably played it for about six hours, but it's been pretty boring so far. No real sense of community (though it's a new server so that would explain it) and the missions are very boring, essentially the Star Wars equivalent of killing giant rats in Baldur's Gate.

Unless there's a big improvement in the next month I won't be subscribing.

I played it some more yesterday and it improved somewhat. The missions are still a bit tedious, but I was with some decent groups which was more fun. Some of those little critters are surprisingly tough, it's not just the big ones you have to watch out for.

tmurphy

04-08-2003, 08:59

Well most people on this thread already have an Import copy or have ordered one.

Lets hope that Lucasfilm don't try and do what Nintendo are doing, as detailed in THIS (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32122.html) story.

Soprano

04-08-2003, 13:47

Those who own this game:

How long have you hand it?

Are you still playing it as much?

How many months have you subscribed for?

Is there good character/game development?

Thanks

I am still umming and ahhing about this game dur to the heavy investment.

£35, then another wad per month. I lot of cash for a game which I don't see how it can be completed.

Its not like you can play it, leave for a few months, then come back and play it again without costing big £!

saucyminx

04-08-2003, 14:23

Originally posted by Bingo Bongo
Oh Stuff it!

I've got a free week-end with nothing to do.

Is there anywhere I can get it locally (Midlands, Leicester, Cov, Derby, Nottm)?

Sod the cost I just wanna play!

Another World, Silver Street Leicester had it in the Window on Saturday...

JamesW

04-08-2003, 17:10

Bingo Bongo

05-08-2003, 10:40

Cheers Saucyminx

Jez

Wendelius

05-08-2003, 11:23

Originally posted by tmurphy
Well most people on this thread already have an Import copy or have ordered one.

Lets hope that Lucasfilm don't try and do what Nintendo are doing, as detailed in THIS (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32122.html) story.

Oh not at all! Sony/LucasArts are quite happy to have players from all over the world playing. The only thing they didn't want to do was to have to localise the game and launch servers worldwide at release when they already knew they would have trouble managing only the American servers with American players and relatively few imported games (compared to what the game would sell if it was in the shops everywhere).

But as has been mentioned, they comply with Europeans laws VAT wise and don't care one bit where you are playing from. All those subscriptions mean more money in their pockets.

Wendelius

Wendelius

05-08-2003, 11:33

Originally posted by JamesW
I played it some more yesterday and it improved somewhat. The missions are still a bit tedious, but I was with some decent groups which was more fun. Some of those little critters are surprisingly tough, it's not just the big ones you have to watch out for.

The missions are not supposed to be the be all end all of your SWG experience. However, it's true that with the current all dynamic spawn and low level loot content state of the game, they tend to be the most rewarding way of advancing your char.

That being said, I have been part of hunting groups on Lok (a mid level planet with nasty aggressive critters) where we were simply fighting for our lives in the wilderness, not running missions. And those hunts were fun too.

There are also Theme Parks (Jabba's Palace, The Emperor's Retreat, ...) which are themed dungeons that are best visited with a group of friends, for more static (ie planned) content.

As you have probably noticed, it's the multiplayer and interaction aspects which make those games feel more than just killling giant rats in BG. Once you start making friends, get to explore more of the universe, maybe buy a house to store and expose all the things you collected, the game starts to become much more than the sum of its parts, IMO.

Actually, that works for me. But, to be fair, other players have found themselves getting bored with the game and cancelling after the first month.

One thing it currently lacks is high level content. Those who rushed to the top are more likely to wonder "What now?" than those who are advancing more slowly. For those who like to rush through char advancement, it might be better to wait a few more months to let the devs squash the remaining annoying bugs and add more content. If you are a more casual player, those 2 things are less likely to be major problems for you though.

I think it's worth trying but whether you will like it and will want to stick with it really depends on each player.

Oh well, these are my ramblings of the day on the game. :)

Wendelius

Wendelius

05-08-2003, 11:55

Hiya Soprano,

I'll answer your questions but bear in mind that the fact that the game works for me is no guarantee you will like it.

Originally posted by Soprano
Those who own this game:

How long have you had it?

I've been playing for just over a month.

Are you still playing it as much?

Well, let me put it that way. My last play session was last night. I played until 4am even though I had to go to work today. :)

So yes, I'm still playing it a lot.

How many months have you subscribed for?

3 months. Although I'd recommend going monthly. It costs oh ever so slightly more but it more flexible if you get bored, say, after a month and a half. I know I'm in it at least for 3 months but you might want to consider the benefits of a smaller period.

Is there good character/game development?

Well, that's one aspect which I find both great in some ways and lacking in others.

The great part is that you can really mold your character into what you want. It's all skill rather than level based. You have a certain number of skill points to spend in total. Once you gain enough experience in a certain skill, you can buy the next "skill box", that basically makes you better at the skill (it could be crafting dresses, hunting with a pistol, playing an instrument, taming creatures, ...). You can surrender any skills you picked if you find yourself short on skill points and want to take your character in another direction. There is a lot of flexibility there and you are not penalised at all for trying out things.

The not so great part is that, while it will probably take me a bit less than 2 months to finish my specialisation to Master Doctor, lots of dedicated players have already mastered one or 2 elite professions and are feeling the lack of high level content. They are also the ones noticing that the elite professions are sometimes still a work in progress (or, in some cases, broken). There are major patches planned to address higher level content and profession issues but those who bought at release and rushed to the top are feeling the pain.

But I really think that the amount of control you get on your character development itself is great.

I am still umming and ahhing about this game dur to the heavy investment.

£35, then another wad per month. I lot of cash for a game which I don't see how it can be completed.

In a way, you are right. There is no "Game Complete" screen. the game is open ended and is basically what you make it. But that's the beauty of it. Whether you are looking forward to mastering professions, travelling the galaxy, becoming a hero of the Galactic war, living like a hermit in your house in the middle of nowhere, ... you can do it all. It's obvious form the publisher's point of view that the game would not be interesting to them if you completed it after 2 months and stopped subscribing. So you get an open ended experience with evolving content. There will be the monthly story arcs, player cities, vehicles and mounts, the space expansion, more places (like dungeons) to visit, ...

What you pay for is for the devs to keep the game ever changing. It's really different form a single player game (or even an online RTS or FPS) where the game content is mostly static except for user mods and the devs don't need to constantly maintain and enhance the game world for you. You pay for that and for the persistence of the world.

I definitely think that someplayers will not enjoy this type of game enough to think the subscription price worth it. That's why I recommended caution about your subscription period (although the free month should already be a good start).

Its not like you can play it, leave for a few months, then come back and play it again without costing big £!

Well, actually, you can do that. Play for a month or 2. Cancel your subscription. Reopen it after 3 or 4 months and continue playing with your characters as you left them and enjoy the new content.

There was an outcry when Sony wouldn't guarantee that your characters would be stored because of space requirements but they changed their stance and now have aligned themselves with other MMOG's. Their official position is that your characters will stay stored for as long as they don't really really need to do a wipe to free up space. Not a set in stone guarantee but they don't foresee the need of a wipe yet.

Wendelius

saucyminx

05-08-2003, 12:17

Originally posted by Bingo Bongo
Cheers Saucyminx

Jez

No probs, they (Another World Leicester)had the collector's edition too for a hefty 80 english pounds.

Bingo Bongo

05-08-2003, 15:10

Yeah I checked Another World in Nottingham this lunchtime

Standard edition £60
Special £90!

I think I've waited so long I'll get it from Play for £35. Cheers anyway
Jez

Soprano

06-08-2003, 12:30

Thanks for that Wendelius.

farrar

06-08-2003, 14:00

Has anyone actually received a copy of the game from Gameplay yet?
I notice play have changed the release date to 15th August :oh-hum:

Bingo Bongo

06-08-2003, 15:53

So have Play!

richdmx

08-08-2003, 09:03

Gameplay say that they are out of stock, but the release date hasnt changed, i might give them a ring to see whats happening :)

richdmx

08-08-2003, 10:01

As i suspected, nothing now - they say it should be shipped during the week, but im not holding my breath :mad:

saucyminx

08-08-2003, 11:09

Anyone play it on ISDN \ 56k?? Can you tell me how it plays for those of us that live in the back of beyond??

Wendelius

08-08-2003, 11:16

Originally posted by saucyminx
Anyone play it on ISDN \ 56k?? Can you tell me how it plays for those of us that live in the back of beyond??

I'm on dial-up. I'll quote myself from page 2 of this very thread:

Nope. That's my best connection speed too. The game plays fine even with 40k connect speeds.

My ping times (using Onetel and Virgin. No difference) vary between 250 and 400 ms on East Coast servers. SWG is fairly lag tolerant and those are totally acceptable ping times to play comfortably. This is not a twitch game. Those averages are, of course, subject to lag spikes.

The main time when you will get lag spikes is in crowded cities (Mos Eisley, wretched hive of scum and villainy, near THE cantina on Tatooine, for instance) where the dial-up connection sometimes has trouble keeping up and, I guess, the incoming packets pile up. That being said, those spikes are not always there and the game still remains playable.

Wendelius

saucyminx

08-08-2003, 12:15

thanks. how does it deal with your isp timing out your connection?

ordered from Play anyway, not fussed if it takes a while as i'm on holiday in Sept and will have to wait until i get back to make the most of the month's trial.

Wendelius

08-08-2003, 13:47

Originally posted by saucyminx
thanks. how does it deal with your isp timing out your connection?

You mean the 2 hour cut-off? What a pain!

SWG itself doesn't mind. When I forget to disconnect/reconnect after 115 minutes (there is even an alarm mechanism in SWG that you can activate :) ), I'll basically lose my connection to the game. In short, I then quit, redial and restart the game.

Since the game keeps you active for a little while when you go linkdead, my character is sometimes still sampling materials or playing music by the time I come back in. :)

It is recommended to be careful about connection time when hunting in the wild though as the autoattack mechanism is nowhere near as efficient as you being in control and knowing when to run.

But the disconnections do not generate problems with your char or with the software as such.

Wendelius

saucyminx

08-08-2003, 15:12

Right, thanks, Similar to Everquest then, the inclusion of a timer is a cracking idea. Looking forward to playing it.

What server is everyone on?

farrar

12-08-2003, 08:52

Finally got my copy from Gameplay this morning :clap:

JamesW

12-08-2003, 09:17

Originally posted by saucyminx
Right, thanks, Similar to Everquest then, the inclusion of a timer is a cracking idea. Looking forward to playing it.

What server is everyone on?

I'm on Shadowfire.

Cracking session last night. I joined a group of 20 Rebels and we went on a raid to Bestine (the main Imperial city on Tatooine). Wiped out the contingent of NPC stormtroopers and got into a running battle with the Imperial PC players. Our superior tactics and organisation won us the day, though the fact that we were based in the medical centre helped as well. :lol:

Xtro

12-08-2003, 10:14

I'm on Wanderhome. I play with a bunch of crazy Danish and Norwegians that I've known for years.

Been playing about 3 weeks, loving it more and more. Should make Master Medic this week - I enjoy chatting to the dancers in the cantina whilst I heal them :norty:

I've been to the PvP battlegrounds and soon found out that medics are No 1 targets for the Rebel scum LOL :nuts:

JOIN THE EMPIRE! :nuts:

dannywonderful

12-08-2003, 11:38

I'm still waiting on mine to be delivered, but when it is I'll be playing on Shadowfire. It's one of the two new servers, so I expect there's plenty of newbie characters on there.

Tiiti

12-08-2003, 16:21

been playing this for 2 weeks now. Can't find any content at all! :rolleyes: After buying armour and then being told I shouldn't because the armour is pointless for a Scout I'm starting to get bored.

Don't see much else to do :/ I know I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure out what :/

JamesW

12-08-2003, 19:36

I found it boring to begin with, but have found it engrossing since then. It helps to have a desire to explore - on Saturday we stumble across Larr's homestead (the one which was trashed by the Stormtroopers in Episode IV. :) :dork:

Wendelius

13-08-2003, 12:04

Originally posted by Tiiti
been playing this for 2 weeks now. Can't find any content at all! :rolleyes: After buying armour and then being told I shouldn't because the armour is pointless for a Scout I'm starting to get bored.

Don't see much else to do :/ I know I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure out what :/

First of all, there is more static content coming soon. Most of the current stuff is dynamic, but not all of it. It's hard to tell you how to have fun in a MMOG since it depends on personal taste but here are a few ideas:

- How many planets have you visited so far? Have you seen on oasis on Tatooine, famous spots fom the movies on Tatooine, Naboo, ...?

- Have you hunted in groups on some of the medium level planets already? Group hunting adds a lot to the experience when you are in a good group (with friendly banter, no constant arguing about who gets to harvest...)

- Have you visited any of the theme parks? Go see Jabba the Hut's Palace and gain entry through completing missions, or the Emperor's retreat or ...

- Have you visited any of the static dungeons on the planets? I know there are about 2 or 3 on Tatooine and Naboo at least with varying levels of difficulty.

- Have you explored any other profession than scout? SWG does not penalise you for trying out things. If you don't like a profession, just reclaim the skill points. So how about trying some hand to hand combat, healing, entertaining on the side? You might be surprised to find you are having fun. Many of my friends agree that they have the most fun when they kind of switch their focus every few hours (for me, it means a bit of healing in the med centre, bit of crafting while chatting with my PA, bit of hunting solo or with friends),

- In fact, have you joined a PA? Hard to get too bored with the PA chat channel and a supply of guildmates ready to go adventuring with you.

- Are you interested in joining the Galactic Civil War? And even if you aren't, have you tried a battlefield? It's basically a "risk free" limited PVP match.

There are lots of things to try out there. Some will appeal to you, some won't. It's up to you to see whether you really already tried everything you wanted to do.

Oh, and for the official word on armour, have a look at: http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Advanced%20Guide%20Armor%20Fundamentals

Wendelius

Soprano

13-08-2003, 13:15

Just a thought. If I bought this second hand, I wouldn't get the free month trial would I?

Maffy

13-08-2003, 13:26

Depends if the account was activated. If someone has used the account, got fed up and deleted there chars and sold it to you, you won't get the free month.
If someone brought it, left it on the shelf for a few weeks then sold it you, then you will.
The free month starts when the account (tied to the CD key) is activated.

Oh, and I think the account is also integrated into SoE website, so you must have a username registered with them, against that CD key. If the account has been activated, you may not be able to use it unless you have the username/password of the account it was activated against.

I think that's right :/

Kevb

13-08-2003, 13:33

If anyone has it on order from gameplay might want to cancel. They still don't have stock and keep changing the date. My order has been saying waiting dispatch for the last week. Just called them and they don't have any stock and don't know when..muppets

Bapapapa

13-08-2003, 14:33

Originally posted by KEvb
If anyone has it on order from gameplay might want to cancel. They still don't have stock and keep changing the date. My order has been saying waiting dispatch for the last week. Just called them and they don't have any stock and don't know when..muppets Originally posted by farrar
Finally got my copy from Gameplay this morning :clap: :suspect:

I cancelled all my orders last week, don't think I've got time to do the subscription justice at the moment...

stupplex

13-08-2003, 15:22

can anyone help me get a performance boost? When i enter a large city i get maissive lag and slow down, outside is fine but my pc cant cope with the cities.

I have a p4 2.6 with 512mb ram and a gforce 4ti4600 128mb. All my graphic setting are set to default. Any tips?? i have turned off everything before starting the game but i doesnt seem to make much difference.

Any help on this would be great

dannywonderful

16-08-2003, 11:27

I got my copy delivered today from Gameplay. I'm a Zabrak Scout named Kaal T'Sek on the Shadowfire server, currently idling on Naboo if anyone wants to look me up. :)

stupplex: I think you're experiencing lag spikes rather than problems with your system.

JamesW

16-08-2003, 11:40

stupplex - yeah, I get that as well, albeit with a slightly slower CPU. I turned up the graphic detail to maximum and it didn't make any difference, so it's probably lag.

Purpledump

18-08-2003, 18:43

Hi peeps. Quick MMORPG newbie question. Tempted to get the US version from Play, because I want to try this game out as soon as possible, but would I be better off waiting for the official UK version? As in, would anyone suspect better support features, cheaper monthly fees with a dedicated UK server or something at all more advantageous specifically for UK residents. No clear idea of what exactly I'm looking for :p. I just don't want to fork out 36 quid now and tell myself "... if only I waited for a couple more months". Cheers.

dannywonderful

18-08-2003, 21:05

It will make no difference. The monthly subs will be the same and when they launch the European servers you'll be able to have a character on them anyway. You can have up to ten characters ( I think ), but can only have one character per galaxy ( server ). I'm going to start a second character when the Euro servers launch, as I quite fancy having a Rebel character in one galaxy and an Imperial character in another.

Flyte

20-08-2003, 00:07

OK - been reading all about this and very tempted to get it, so u r all playing the US copy on their servers and no probs....what happens when the UK and Europe servers go live? Can u just move over your account to them or what happens? Do u have to pick a server and stick with it for the whole game or do they interact???

(Sorry its 1am, got to page 5 and was tired!!!)

dannywonderful

20-08-2003, 03:16

When the Euro servers go online you'll be able to create a character right away. You won't be able to transfer any existing characters from one server to another. You can't do that now either, so several people have different characters on different servers. They might have a dancer on one server and a marksman on another, or a Rebel on one and an Imperial on another ( which is what I'll probably do ).

It makes no difference where you are in the world when creating your account and you will get the warning flash up that your subscription charges now have V.A.T. added to them. :(

I've had the game since Saturday and I'm completely hooked. It's after 4 a.m. and I've had to drag myself away.:nuts:

Flyte

20-08-2003, 08:42

So when u r not playing the game what happens to your character - does he/she sit idle or what?

dannywonderful

20-08-2003, 10:19

Pretty much, yes. I always make sure I'm in a city or camp before I log out.

Wendelius

20-08-2003, 10:47

Originally posted by Flyte
So when u r not playing the game what happens to your character - does he/she sit idle or what?

Flyte,

When you logout or go linkdead, your character will remain in the world for about 45 seconds (or a bit more. Not sure), before vanishing in a puff of smoke. Next time you log on, you will reappear where you left.

If you log out in the wilderness, this gives a small window of opportunity where you could be attacked when you are not actually around. Your character will auto-defend him/herself if that happens but the defense system is simply to get into attack mode so it's nowhere as efficient as you would be were you in command.

So it pays to log off in a safe place (city, house, ...)

Wendelius

Wendelius

20-08-2003, 10:52

Originally posted by dannywonderful
When the Euro servers go online you'll be able to create a character right away. You won't be able to transfer any existing characters from one server to another.

Actually, the devs have stated that they would look into making transfers possible to European servers after the European launch for the current players who wish it.

I don't think any guarantees were made but it's a way for SOE to give those servers a kick start. And it's not like the US servers are unpopulated anyway. :)

I've had the game since Saturday and I'm completely hooked. It's after 4 a.m. and I've had to drag myself away.:nuts:

The pull of the dark side is strong. I've had the game for a bit more than a month and I've been going to bed between 1 and 4 am nearly every day since then (and I've been going to work too. Not sure how much longer I can resist :) ).

Last night I opened my chemical factory and started producing stimpaks. I was having so much fun that I lasted until 4:30am. Strangely enough, I'm foreseeing a slow day today. ;)

Wendelius

928fan

20-08-2003, 11:59

oh dear, just ordered this, and am unemployed as of monday... I see my life spiralling down the plughole:)

Fan!

Wendelius

20-08-2003, 13:18

Originally posted by 928fan
oh dear, just ordered this, and am unemployed as of monday... I see my life spiralling down the plughole:)

Fan!

Fan,

I was unemployed for the first 2 weeks after the game came out. Oh boy did I ever not get a suntan. :)

Wendelius

Little_Dragon

20-08-2003, 16:07

Well after 6 weeks in the post, my collectors box has finally turned up with various "wrong routed" "return shipment" and "Germany" labels on it.

Its addressed perfectly too. Who'd have thought there was a postal service more incompetent than our Royal Mail, well here it is the US Postal Service.

Will finally be able to start again, being missing it since Beta finished.

928fan

21-08-2003, 13:20

hehe, I was due to have today off work and tomorrow as my last day, but no galaxies in the post this am so am in work. Fingers crossed it comes tomorrow for a wicked weekend of wookie bashing:D

FAN!

Bingo Bongo

22-08-2003, 10:24

..or do you mean spanking the Wookiee! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Azathoth

22-08-2003, 18:39

Does anybody know if they will accept payment by switch using the Global Collect option like they have in SOE's Everquest game or is it credit card only ?

928fan

27-08-2003, 11:47

Right, it has turned up now. all the servers are down at the moment, but which one should I join when they come up.

Cheers
FAN! :thumbs:

dannywonderful

27-08-2003, 12:02

Chilastra is the Unofficial European server, but some people complain about its performance. The two newest servers are Tempest and Shadowfire. Shadowfire is on the East Coast so that's the one I went for. I've found just about everybody to be really helpful and friendly. :thumbs:

JamesW

27-08-2003, 12:04

I'm on Shadowfire as well. It's laggy in the cities, but not too bad outside of them so it's ok performance wise. Like Danny I've still to find any real idiots on this server, most people are very friendly.

928fan

27-08-2003, 12:22

Shadowfire it is then:) See you online maybe;)

Fan! :thumbs:

GreyJackal

27-08-2003, 13:42

Originally posted by dannywonderful
Chilastra is the Unofficial European server

Nah, Eclipse is. Just it filled up pretty quick, so Chilastra started taking the overflow.

dannywonderful

27-08-2003, 22:42

Originally posted by 928fan
Shadowfire it is then:) See you online maybe;)

Fan! :thumbs:

C'mon then, what's the name of your character and where is he/she?

jnms

28-08-2003, 15:44

Is there anywhere like and ftp site to download these patches from manually?

Cheers...

dannywonderful

30-08-2003, 15:44

What patches?

JamesW

30-08-2003, 15:48

I assume he means the updates that the program downloads automatically every couple of days.

jnms

30-08-2003, 16:06

Yep those were the ones...but no matter now... :D

dannywonderful

31-08-2003, 23:00

Has 928fan been seen since he created his character? Is he staring at the screen slack jawed and drooling right now ..?:suspect:

jnms

03-09-2003, 09:49

So. Anyone seen any of those Star Wars characters in game yet? i.e. Han Solo, Luke, Vadar etc?

Wendelius

03-09-2003, 10:13

If you want to find Han Solo and Chewie, head out to the cantina on Lok (a small planet near Tatooine with only 1 city). Don't think about leaving the city unless you are competent at fighting and/or accompanied by a good group though. :)

You'll also get to see/get killed by Droideka droids on that planet.

Jabba the Hut's Palace is near the city of Wayfar on Tatooine. It's one of the theme parks.

I believe that Vader is at the Emperor's Retreat, another theme park but, not being an imperial, I haven't been anywhere near it.

For people knowing the extended universe, Thrawn is also there.

I haven't had time to go celebrity hunting yet so those are the only ones I can remember right now.

Wendelius

GreyJackal

03-09-2003, 11:26

Yep Darth, Thrawn, Veers and the Emperor are at the Emperor's Retreat a few clicks NW of Moenia on Naboo.

Leia is at the Rebel base on Corellia, although I've not been there seeing as it's full of Rebel scum ;)

Jabba's place is full of "names" - as well as the band and his Twi'lek aide (can't remember the name), Boba's lurking in there too :)

Maffy

03-09-2003, 11:43

Jabba's place is full of "names" - as well as the band and his Twi'lek aide (can't remember the name), Boba's lurking in there too

And of course the Rancor :)

GreyJackal

03-09-2003, 12:50

I tend to overlook Rancors these days thanks to my PA being a haven for CH nuts :D

jnms

03-09-2003, 13:28

These guys are NPC's or are they GM controlled? And are they "always" there, or just sometimes about?

GreyJackal

03-09-2003, 17:33

NPCs so far. Not seen any GM events yet (on live), but it's certainly feasible they could use them - they used Jedi characters themselves in an event at the end of beta.

Certainly the Emperor, Vader & co are always there. I would have thought the others are too.

jnms

03-09-2003, 18:20

Okay...thanks for the info. Though isn't that a little too like going to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World or somesuch?

DarthVader

04-09-2003, 00:41

It's actually £11 per month at the moment.

Maffy

04-09-2003, 08:18

I tend to overlook Rancors these days thanks to my PA being a haven for CH nuts

So true. But I'm almost a MCH, you ain't seen nothing yet :)

Okay...thanks for the info. Though isn't that a little too like going to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World or somesuch?

Maybe why the devs call them theme parks :)

Wendelius

04-09-2003, 10:18

Originally posted by Maffy
Maybe why the devs call them theme parks :)

He, he. That's my feeling too.

However, those characters are not simply there to sign autographs. They are also quest givers.

And with SOE getting involved in running the story arcs, it's pretty much a given that those characters will be possessed by GM's for live events during the storyline.

Wendelius

Du5k

04-09-2003, 18:10

All this Jabba's palace has me desperate to go see the fat slug, so just how hard is it to gain entry Im guessing you cant just walk in :confused:

JamesW

04-09-2003, 18:50

Well, first off you've got to get to the palace. The nearest town is Wayfar but there's no shuttleport so you need to walk from Anchorhead or Bestine. Jabba's Palace is over the hill from Wayfar.

Initially you can only get into the first chamber. To get beyond it you have to do six missions which gets you into the main palace. However, the audience chamber and other areas are still restricted so you need to do more missions, another nine I think. Once in there you can see Jabba, Boba Fett and others, and do missions for Bib Fortuna and eventually Jabba himself.

Du5k

04-09-2003, 19:41

Originally posted by JamesW
Well, first off you've got to get to the palace. The nearest town is Wayfar but there's no shuttleport so you need to walk from Anchorhead or Bestine. Jabba's Palace is over the hill from Wayfar.

Initially you can only get into the first chamber. To get beyond it you have to do six missions which gets you into the main palace. However, the audience chamber and other areas are still restricted so you need to do more missions, another nine I think. Once in there you can see Jabba, Boba Fett and others, and do missions for Bib Fortuna and eventually Jabba himself.

Well I didnt think it would be easy but on the other hand I didnt think it would be that flipping hard either :eek:

jnms

12-10-2003, 14:59

Anyone else still playing this?

I am managing to get a little bit of time in each week, and slowly my character is progressing. Like what they have done with the game so far, and some nice content is on the way!

Anyway...about those damn servers. How long are they down for...seems every Sunday they (well Eclipse at least) is down for 4+ hours. I can't get into it at this moment. Seems a bit of a waste to me as weekends are the only real chance I get for it. What are the other servers like?

Also, when I load SWG, the graphics load up with purples, greens , reds and yellows instead of the normal graphics. The screen is completly corrupted. This can normally be fixed by a re-set.

However, if I unload the game, then load it back up...I get the same problem (or if I Alt-Tab). Also, if I use Internet Explorer before using the game, I get the problem. All very odd. Any ideas?

System is:

AMD Barton 2500+
Biostar nForce 2 m/board
512mb PC3200 RAM
GeForce 4 Ti4400 - ( 45.23 driver version)

I have tried using other drivers, but get the same problem.

Cheers...

mullethead

08-11-2003, 11:31

Looks like this could end up being an expensive game for me...

I bought it this morning, got home and installed it only to find my Graphics Card (Prophet 4500) isn't supported :oh-hum:

According to the Tech Support Website (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Tech%20Support%20Supported%20Video%20Cards) I need to be running one of the following:

ATI Radeon 7200/7500 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon 9xxx Series
Matrox Parhelia
GeForce 2/3/4/FX Series

Now I don't want to spend a fortune just to play one game, so what would be the best card to go for?

dvdric

08-11-2003, 14:50

I would love to play this game but i dead againest paying every month after you bought the game:thumbs:

dannywonderful

08-11-2003, 16:45

For those who care the first player Jedi was created yesterday. There are expected to be many more over the weekend.

Masanevre

09-11-2003, 23:00

I have just ordered this. I cant wait to join you all. Does anyone know when transport other than pubic will be available?

Bezzant

09-11-2003, 23:33

got this on friday. my god its the coolest game ever :clap:

was playing it until 6am last night/morning :/

spent friday messing about with different characters on different servers then finally started a character on eclipse (didnt intend on keeping him but hes going ok- but he is ugly :() - novice artisan on eclipse/theed.

built my first mineral extractor and power generator last night (in the middle of some rebel base about 1k outside of theed :lol: hope they dont mind) and just tonight i built gas and chemical extractors- sweet jebus do they rake in the resources fast- compared to the hours i spent sampling.

does any of the people who got it recently or those switching to euro servers fancy setting up a group/pa or something? if we get more than 5/6 people plus a politition we can have a mini-dvd forums city when they release player cities soon :dork:

i intend on creating a character tomorrow evening on FarStar.

/al

dannywonderful

09-11-2003, 23:51

Originally posted by Masanevre
I have just ordered this. I cant wait to join you all. Does anyone know when transport other than pubic will be available?

Mounts will be available from Creature Handlers later this week. Vehicles are expected before Christmas.

I've intended to set up a second character on a Euro server all along, but I'm not sure I'd have the time to devote to a second character at the moment.

Tony Ferrino

10-11-2003, 07:17

I've just started playing last night, I'd be happy to join up Bezzant.

Bezzant

10-11-2003, 16:49

Originally posted by Tony Ferrino
I've just started playing last night, I'd be happy to join up Bezzant.

bump.

i will be creating a character on FarStar later tonight if you are on that server?

Tony Ferrino

10-11-2003, 17:07

Not yet, I'll start one tonight. I'll email you through your profile link later on.

Masanevre

10-11-2003, 23:54

Does anyone know if I can use roger wilco along side this game or some soft of software alone those lines while playing this game. IF so would it affect game play?

Thankyou

Masanevre

Little_Dragon

11-11-2003, 01:45

I've got getting on for 4mil on my Eclipse Character, but have moved to Chimera now for Euro server.

If anyone fancies a credit exchange let me know - will do 2 Eclipse Credits for 1 Chimera Credit.

dannywonderful

11-11-2003, 02:51

Originally posted by Masanevre
Does anyone know if I can use roger wilco along side this game or some soft of software alone those lines while playing this game. IF so would it affect game play?

Thankyou

Masanevre

You can use it, but I have no idea if it will affect gameplay. Just try the game with and without Roger Wilco and see how it plays. I know a few of the guilds use it extensively during PvP raids/battles etc.

mullethead

11-11-2003, 07:32

I'm up and running now, currently doing a mission on Tatooine and trying to build up my Marksman Skills :D

Can't remember what server i'm playing on though....

jnms

11-11-2003, 10:18

So how many of you are on Chimera and how many on FarStar?

Created a fresh character on FarStar last night. Don't get to play the game that much...but would be interested in meeting up with some of you in game at some point...

Maffy

11-11-2003, 11:08

I created a character on Chimera - only going to play him when Eclipse is loading (could be all the time ;))

kippa2k1

11-11-2003, 11:29

seems like most people are on chimaera (I am :p) but it seems there are gonna be 5 more eu servers (I saw them all named on one of the soe help pages) as demand increases..

Ravioli

11-11-2003, 12:00

I'm on Chimera too, surprisingly enough I'm called Ravioli :p

Bezzant

11-11-2003, 12:57

im on FarStar :(

edit: and another guy on Eclipse too

rst

11-11-2003, 13:14

can someone sum up this game...is it one of those not involved type of games....

dan13l

11-11-2003, 14:23

RST - My understanding of it is very similar to EverQuest, but with a Star Wars theme.

I must say, I'm very tempted...a few mates are getting into it, and it does sound rather cool.

Bezzant

11-11-2003, 14:30

Originally posted by dan13l
I must say, I'm very tempted...a few mates are getting into it, and it does sound rather cool.

tis very cool. where i switched servers i need to regain my stats and get enough money to rebuild my mineral/chemical and gas extractors though :cry:

getting skills is a bit tedious, at least for artisan anyway: survey. sample. fail. try again. :gag:

whodoyoudo

11-11-2003, 15:20

Is it really worth £11 per month? I'd love this game but it kinda breaks my heart to have to shell out for the game and then pay to play each month.
Then again, I suppose you evolve with the game and it's always a different challenge? (Someone agree to convince me, please :D) Still, £11 per month seem alot, normally when you're done with a game you flog it on ebay and get your money back ;)

Wendelius

11-11-2003, 15:30

Originally posted by whodoyoudo
Is it really worth £11 per month? I'd love this game but it kinda breaks my heart to have to shell out for the game and then pay to play each month.
Then again, I suppose you evolve with the game and it's always a different challenge? (Someone agree to convince me, please :D) Still, £11 per month seem alot, normally when you're done with a game you flog it on ebay and get your money back ;)

When you buy the game you get a free month to play. Should give you plenty of time to decide whether it's worth paying monthly for the game.

You can always suspend your account when a subscription expires and reactivate it later if you don't want to be be playing (and paying for) the game non stop. Your character(s) will still be waiting for you. Only downside is that you'd better pack up your house, factories and harvesters if you have any before you go play something else or they will have rotted away by the time you come back.

Wendelius

rst

11-11-2003, 15:30

Wendelius

11-11-2003, 15:32

Originally posted by rst
£11 PER MONTH!!!! Sod that.....

Go back to page 1 of this thread. We've been there before. ;)

Wendelius

Azathoth

11-11-2003, 18:57

What are the payment options on the European version using Global Collect ? If someone can check to see if Switch/Maestro is one of the options i would be most grateful. I don't want to buy the game and find i can't subscribe to it.

Bezzant

11-11-2003, 19:16

Originally posted by Azathoth
What are the payment options on the European version using Global Collect ? If someone can check to see if Switch/Maestro is one of the options i would be most grateful. I don't want to buy the game and find i can't subscribe to it.

cant use switch, have to have a credit card- seem to have a lot more options in the US- esp with the addition of the game cards, which are far more convenient for some people.

Azathoth

11-11-2003, 19:20

Oh well thanks . Back to Everquest for me :oh-hum:

mullethead

13-11-2003, 05:51

Well Mullethead has just completed his first mission and is currently chilling out on the Bloodfin server

(I know i'm slow, but i've only played a couple of hours since Saturday :oh-hum: )

LooneyJetman

13-11-2003, 08:53

I started playing this on Saturday. Chose Ahazi as a server - it was highlighted as recommended at the time. First character I created managed to arrive on Tatooine without his gun. Don't know if I managed to drop it or if it was a bug so I went back and started again.

I've started slowly building up my character but I'm starting to wonder if marksman was a bad career choice.

The whole 'crafting' side of things doesn't seem to be very well explained in the manual. How are you supposed to get the plans to make things - do you buy them at the bazaar or off of NPCs?

After buying a rifle and being trained to level 1 rifleman and level 1 pistoleer (I think) I finally managed to take out a nest of fat frogs (can't remember what they're called now) for about 500 credits.

At the moment I'm just nipping around the towns doing delivery missions for about 500 credits each. Any better ways to rack up money at the start? What's a decent bank balance in this game?

Ravioli

13-11-2003, 10:23

Well you can usually get a small house for 8-10K, so going by current UK prices. 10000 in game = £250000, hence 1 = £25 :p

Definately the best way to get money is the survey missions. Find and make a waypoint at a high concentration of ore, metal or gas (it has to be over 1024m from the mission terminals). Then keep getting two missions to survey for that resource, from the artisan mission terminals. Go to your waypoint, survey and collect money. Repeat to infiniti :D
Of course they're not as fun as killing missions, but much quicker!

Ravioli

13-11-2003, 10:29

Originally posted by andrew_lee
The whole 'crafting' side of things doesn't seem to be very well explained in the manual. How are you supposed to get the plans to make things - do you buy them at the bazaar or off of NPCs?

Ok well I never read the manual :p
But..........It depends what you want to build, if in fact you want to build anything. If you are not, just buy it off of other people. Generally the good stuff will be sold in people's own shop and not the bazaar. They even make it as you need it. Check out houses you come across on your wanderings to see if there are venders inside.
Well you buy a deed, it's not just the plans it's the whole thing. You get the plans telling you how to build something, as you level up your artisan and then crafting specialist skills.
The confusing thing to me is the experimenting to get a better item. That's why I'm staying away from crafting myself :)

dannywonderful

13-11-2003, 11:56

I haven't done any crafting apart from camps and I have millions in the bank.

I started off doing delivery missions between Theed and Moenia on Naboo for 1k each and would take two at a time. Two there and two back would get me 4k, so take away the 450 credits for a return shuttle ticket and I was making 3.5k a trip. I could do three trips an hour so I had enough money for a decent weapon and some nice clothes more or less right from the start.

At the moment I'm a Master Creature Handler and can make 100k easily by going out and taming three Graul Maulers and then selling them.

There are a multitude of ways to make money in this game and I honestly don't have anything to spend mine on now. I'll splash out when vehicles are released and again when the starship expansion comes out, but other than that my cash pile grows daily.

LooneyJetman

13-11-2003, 12:20

Cheers Ravioli and Dannywonderful. That info should be useful.

I take it even though I'm a Marksman I can take missions from other professions terminals and start racking up experience points for those skills too?

Sorry if this is below basic but I'm new to these MMORPGs...

I'm hoping that vehicles aren't going to be too expensive to buy once they're in the game...get me a landspeeder and fly between the towns...

Bezzant

13-11-2003, 15:36

im a novice artisan on FarStar (currently building stats in naboo)...

after leaving my guy sampling for a couple hours last night/this morning while i played smackdown5 i managed to get surveying III-> Surveying IV is going to be a pain. 10000 exp points needed when you only get between 20 - 50xp per sample :cry:

got engineering II. my next steps now are to take a bunch of missions to get min 20k (currently have 1k :gag: ) so i can build a bunch of extractors and keep them running for a week- so can just waste the resources on leveling up in engineering.

going for droid engineer myself.

tip for folks with little resources who want to get easy engineering xp- take 2 crafting missions from artisan terminal (only take ones withing a 100m radious- better to be in same direction)- go collect the resources, craft the items then abort the mission. no money but a pretty quick way to get some xp.

If anyones on FarStar chuck us a message or something. my blokeys name is 'Bezz'