Star Wars Galaxies developer webcast today shares the present and future of the game

People still play this game?

@integral yeah a ton of people still play it. Probably because it's an epic game. Go figure. u mad bro?

Fingers crossed on pre-NGE server and F2P option!

I'm just hoping here, really hoping....

@RogueJedi86

I've tried it and the "iconic classes" kill the heart of what I loved about the game which was to adventure and create my own character and not fillin xp for a predefined cless that tells me who I am.

@Thac0

In the original SWG you still did that, you were just filling boxes within 32 predetermined classes with xp instead. SWG has always had XP, just more obvious different types. It still has multiple xp routes. Crafters and entertainers still get their xp outside combat.

@RogueJedi86

You do understand that Sony lost a huge majority of the subscriber base for that game because of the NGE right and you are trying to defend Sony and those actions?

@RogueJedi86 agree completely. No gmae offers what this game does, and it loks like SWTOR is just going to be a dumbed-down theme park. I'm not sure why anyone toerates theme parks, because great games like SWG offer a sandbox AND a theme park in one. You want an open-ended complex universe with endless things to do and see? you got it. You want a guided tour through instances and battlefields and dungeons? you got that too. Not to mention:

• The best looking realistic motion capture out there
• Ground and space components complex enough to be stand-alone games themselves
• Space: free-flight, twitch-based, complex, PVE, PVP, Ship component customizations, astromech programming, ship crafting profession, POB ships as well as single player fighters, mining, etc.
• The most rich, deep, and complex crafting system you can imagine
• Player-driven economy. Everything in game from food to ships is player crafted
• Beautiful, enormous planets to explore( I love just taking off into the unknown expanses of a planet and exploring for hours)
• Player cities, player housing(I love traveling to cities and exploiring the amazing layouts and houses people create. Never gets old. And yes, there's still plenty of unspoiled wilderness without houses.
• I miss having 32 professions, but honestly the game still has everyting it had before, it's just stuffed into 9 professions.

I I could go on and on...Sure I've got my own gripes about little things, but that's a given in MMO's. Bottom line is, tthis game is a winner despite the narrow-minded outdated haters that keep giving it grief for no good reason other than not having anything better to do.

If you're into SW or Scifi in general, this game is a must see. Nothing comes close to offering what it has to offer, and those who don't appreciate it just seem like they don't have a clue, honestly.

ok, I'll stop there. I just really believe that this game deserves a lot more credit and is severely underrated.

TL;DR - SWG is an epic good time for anyone into SW or SciFi in general. Don't believe everything you hear. It's a lot of fun.