Star Wars Galaxies Update 12 patch notes released

You hear that? That's the sound of nobody caring.

GG SOE at making one of the largest movie franchises, ever, fail as a video game.

NGE fixed a broken game.

Couple of things here.

Until recently 'I' was one of the people who used to bitch about SWG and would cite the reasons why the NGE sent me to WoW.
Thing is, I was working abroad at the time it hit, so I came back to a completely different game that everyone else had pretty much settled into (if not entirely accepted) and I was not a happy Durni.

About a month ago I realised that I was burned out with WoW and couldn't face logging back in to Azeroth and knew that I needed a change.
So I reinstalled SWG for a laugh to see what had changed and if I could give it a fresh start; roll a new character and relearn the game from the base up.

Graphically, it's not as good as some games out there atm and, yes, there are still some old bugs which SOE reeeeeally should have sorted by now. But it's still got content that I enjoy.

Maybe I'm just a die-hard Star Wars fanboi who will do anything to keep his mind occupied until SW:TOR. But tbh, I don't care. I'm enjoying my Commando and the Space combat side of things is still as fun as I remember.

Oh, and finally to Lesley. The GU12 gift is Anakins cybernetic arm. NOT Lukes. Sorry to be picky but Luke only lost his hand and even that hasn't yet occurred in the games timeline.

Yeah...I need to get out more!

They might as well start tagging every SWG article with 'BAWWWWWWWW'.

Still going strong? lol yeah compared to Tabula Rasa.

I played SWG for 5 years since beta. The facts are pretty much written in stone. The NGE really hurt SWG and was broken as the initial launch itself. SOE lied and backstabbed the SWG community at that time. But when Dead Meat took over the guy really turned the game around in terms of development, content, and community. He did a good job fixing what SOE and Lucas Arts broke and never fixed with the launch the NGE. Unfortunately SOE moved him to a new position.

SO SWG is not a bad MMORPG these days. It is just caught between positive and negative forces. The game is in a better state since the NGE was released. But in my book I can never forgive SOE and Lucas Arts for the crap they pulled on the fans. This current producer who is leaving a bad match for SWG fans who still play the game. Good luck.

The next update is about zombies. No, I am not kidding.

I hate it when real world events cross over into games. This Earths history is completly different to what would be on other Planets so leave it out.

SWG has had its problems (still does), but in today's ever increasing console aimed MMOs it has some really complex and deep systems that make it stand out and enjoyable. A lot (not all) of the damage done by the NGE has been mitigated. I recommend anyone that left the game because of the NGE give it a try. At this point the boycott is only hurting yourself, SOE has learned and paid for the failure that was the NGE. The current dev team are very good and responsive to the community. The space game (which was almost completely unaffected by the NGE) is almost alone worth the game.

If you are a role player I don't think there is any other game out there that could compare to the RP possible in SWG, especially with the up coming Chronicles update.

We all wish the NGE never happened, but the fact remains, SWG as it currently stands is a great MMO to play and one worth coming back to. If you do, give me all those old pets you might have in your datapad ;)

Wow, you people are a joke. You downvote a post because you disagree with it? That's incredibly childish.

I say it again: NGE fixed a broken game. It is far superior now.