Artisan Archive

I just got the email telling me that I should come back to SWG, and that my account is reactivated for 10 days. I thought I'd hop on and say hi, and see what's been up lately.

Let me guess. Artisans (and their elites) are still waiting for some developer to care enough to discuss anything with them. Continuity of Star Wars (the SW in SWG) has been thrown out of the window as the developers struggle to create more content for the Jedi among us (the devs have never explained the existance of scores of Jedi in the timeline between ep4 and ep5). The resources in the economy are still not tracked, making the economy as a whole meaningless and uncontrollable. But there are a couple 'neato' vehicles that have been added.

Is that about right, or am I missing something? Can anyone out there make a case for whyanyone should come back? Guru, any news?

I do miss the boards a little, but notenough to follow a game I don't playanymore . So what's the real scoop? Have they truely made massive improvements, or is this a PR ploy?

Bianca Minola

Hey there!

You've got a lot of it right. We'll be able to tell you more regarding whether you stay around once we get a look at the combat revamp.

Jump to Lightspeed is looking pretty good, but getting mixed reviews from the beta testers. It's going to be more FPS oriented, so I'm excited for it.

Nothing much has changed on the crafting side of things, other than the fact that the established elite crafters have mostly moved on to making specialty weapons with loot-dropped components. It's tough to find newbie/starter items these days, but some of the newer elite crafters stock them.

Jedi get all the love while the other combat professions are forced to wait for the revamp.

Other professions with broken skills or that just generally need enhancements will probably have to wait a good 6-10 months before they get any love.

There's a nasty rumor going around that LucasArts is going to pull the plug on SOE and take over SWG. Something about how the current team has moved away from Raph's vision for the game and the people at LA aren't happy about it. Just a nasty rumor as of right now and I'll believe it when I see it.

The droid engineering overhaul was a mixed bag. Some good, some bad. No combat droids was the biggest let down.

The new Jedi unlocking system, despite some bugs in the quests, is good, IMHO. I like being able to have some force sensitivity without needing to go all the way. The quests can get a little tedious, but the rewards a generally good and if you pick the right combination of force sensitive skills, they can really enhance your character.

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