SWG Has Atmospheric Flight
Posted on Monday, October 3rd, 2011 and filed under Fun Stuff, Game News, SWG.
Hello again folks!! This time around I’m going to talk a little about something that we SWG ‘ers have been asking for since the game added space ships. Atmospheric flight.
With the addition of atmospheric flight you can call any of your spaceships from almost anywhere on the ground and it will launch you into the atmosphere. If you don’t have an ITV set to where you want to go you can just fly across the planet. It takes about 2 minutes to go from one side of a planet to the other now, it’s fast!!! If you are going to take advantage of flying in the atmosphere be careful. They have collision in the game for the ships too. What this means is that if you hit the side of a mountain, you’re gonna take damage. (LOTS OF IT)
Here’s a few pics of my B-Wing above our city, New Boonta Eve.
There are a lot more ships in the game other than the B-Wing. It’s too bad though, the game is still closing and now no one can play unless you had a paid subscription on September 15th. If you did then you get to play the last months of the game for free. I wish this game, that has so many unique things and play styles in it, didn’t have to go far far away……
Mark
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SWG Closing December 15th 2011
Posted on Sunday, August 14th, 2011 and filed under Fun Stuff, Game News, MMORPG Issues, RMT News, SWG.SO SWG IS CLOSING!! I hate to say it and its really sad. I went to bed one night and woke up to the forums being offline, normal for SOE sometimes. After the forums came back up this is what I found. on 06/24/2011 12:46:08 this was posted on the official SWG forums.
Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Community Member,
We write to you today to inform you that on December 15, 2011, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and LucasArts will end all services (MMO and Trading Card Game) for Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). The shutdown of SWG is a very difficult decision, but SOE and LucasArts have mutually agreed that the end of 2011 is the appropriate time to end the game.
We are extremely grateful to all of the SWG fans. We have had the rare opportunity to host one of the most dedicated and passionate online gaming communities and we truly appreciate the support we’ve received from each and every one of you over the course of the past eight years.
In recognition of your incredible loyalty, we are extending special Fan Appreciation offers to the current SWG community. We also plan to go out with a bang with a galaxy-ending in-game event in December and hope to see you all there. The details relating to these offers and events as well as the timeline and specifics regarding the discontinuation of the service, are provided below.
Again, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our player community for making SWG one of the best online communities in gaming history.
Sincerely,
Sony Online Entertainment & LucasArts
Click here for more information.
the link right there takes you here http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/playerinfo/
Now I have been playing this game for 8 years now. I have made friends, real friends that i have actually met, and a lot of friends online across the globe. This game has always been about helping and needing the help of others to succeed in your endeavors. there is NO other game out there like it. SWG is a “sandbox” you can do almost anything you want to and it has the most involved crafting and resources system of any game out there. It is truly unique.
So you may ask, why close the game? There are still a lot of players and they are working on new content. Well at first everyone blamed SOE but it really wasn’t their fault. It turns out that LucasArts does not want to let SOE have the Star Wars license because of the new Star Wars the Old Republic game coming out from Bioware.
There is a petition out there that thousands have signed here is a link to it http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveswg/
We as players were told at the beginning that both games could coexist and the was great, I had planned on having at least 2 accounts possibly 3 or 4 depending on my kids. I already had 7 active SWG accounts, only 2 active now, and I figured I’d be able to have fun in both games. SWtOR doesn’t have what SWG has and vice-versa.
Since the announcement SOE has made a lot of changes to the game and promised to release the GCW2 update that they have been working on. I can’t wait to see it and im going to be sad when it’s gone. I don’t know if I’ll play the new game or not, we’ll have to wait and see…….
SWG / SOE and what they’re doing now…..
Posted on Friday, June 10th, 2011 and filed under Game News, MMORPG Issues, SWG.
So most of you probably know about all of the trouble Sony has had with the PSN and SOE system. It was hacked.
As part of their “Make Good” program, every active SWG account is receiving a Boba Fett Slave ITM miniature ship model. They are also running the Bonus Everything Weekend from now until the Tuesday after Memorial Day!
I also checked the TCG and found that i had 3 free booster packs and 1 choose any loot card pack. I of course chose the Ionized Tibanna Gas Display. It looks like a lot of people did.
Thats the hard one to get!! NOW ITS FREE!!
SWG Galactic Civil War 2 – Space Update
Posted on Friday, June 10th, 2011 and filed under Game News, MMORPG Issues, SWG.We all know that space has needed some help in SWG for a while. It’s still reayyl awesome but it needs more. It looks like they’re working on it, and it looks good.
In addition to new GCW scenarios in space, they are also introducing the ACE Pilot System where you can battle against some of the best pilots from classic Star Wars™ lore. How would you fare against Wedge Antilles or other famous Star Wars characters? Find out in the GCW2 Space Update coming soon to a galaxy near you! I cant wait!!
Being able to fly against Wedge or maybe even Anakin, what a hoot that would be. He was supposed to be one of the best!! I’m interested to see these new scenarios they have lined up for us and there better be more than 1 for each faction.
Mark SWG Guru
50% off Star Wars Galaxies until November 26th through Steam!
Posted on Friday, November 20th, 2009 and filed under Game News.Until November 26th (Thanksgiving) you can purchase Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures for 50% off the normal price through Steam. This includes the game’s four expansions: An Empire Divided, Jump to Lightspeed, Rage of the Wookiees, and Trials of Obi-Wan. This would normally cost $19.99! For any of those who have thought about trying the game, now is the time.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/24170/
-Christian
