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Taram_Polluck
Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:47 am
#1
Is it just me or does Star Wars Galaxies seem more like "The Star Wars Solar System" to you guys? I've been thinking and there are a BUNCH of planets/systems that should be added to the Star Wars Galaxies map:
Dagobah (LOTSA stuff to kill, not vast empty wastelands of ice/snow)
Coruscant (Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the capitol of the empire/old republic isn't in Galaxies?)
Bespin
Geonosis
Nal Hutta (And it's moon)
Uba IV (Homeworld of the Ubese)
Drall and Selonia (The other two planets in the Corellia system, kinda wierd flying around and not being able to get to em)
Hoth
Homeworlds of each of the playable races were in the game. It's pretty silly that they aren't already in:
Bothawui - Bothans
Kashyyyk - Wookie
Calamari - Mon Cal
Ithor - Ithorian
Rodia - Rodian
Sullust - Sollustan
Trandosha - Trandoshan
Ryloth - Twi'lek
Iridonia - Zabrak (Talus was just a Zabrak colony)
Dagobah (LOTSA stuff to kill, not vast empty wastelands of ice/snow)
Coruscant (Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the capitol of the empire/old republic isn't in Galaxies?)
Bespin
Geonosis
Nal Hutta (And it's moon)
Uba IV (Homeworld of the Ubese)
Drall and Selonia (The other two planets in the Corellia system, kinda wierd flying around and not being able to get to em)
Hoth
Homeworlds of each of the playable races were in the game. It's pretty silly that they aren't already in:
Bothawui - Bothans
Kashyyyk - Wookie
Calamari - Mon Cal
Ithor - Ithorian
Rodia - Rodian
Sullust - Sollustan
Trandosha - Trandoshan
Ryloth - Twi'lek
Iridonia - Zabrak (Talus was just a Zabrak colony)
arith0n
Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:53 am
#2
Taram_Polluck wrote:
Is it just me or does Star Wars Galaxies seem more like "The Star Wars Solar System" to you guys? I've been thinking and there are a BUNCH of planets/systems that should be added to the Star Wars Galaxies map:
Dagobah (LOTSA stuff to kill, not vast empty wastelands of ice/snow)
Coruscant (Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the capitol of the empire/old republic isn't in Galaxies?)
Bespin
Geonosis
Nal Hutta (And it's moon)
Uba IV (Homeworld of the Ubese)
Drall and Selonia (The other two planets in the Corellia system, kinda wierd flying around and not being able to get to em)
Hoth
Homeworlds of each of the playable races were in the game. It's pretty silly that they aren't already in:
Bothawui - Bothans
Kashyyyk - Wookie
Calamari - Mon Cal
Ithor - Ithorian
Rodia - Rodian
Sullust - Sollustan
Trandosha - Trandoshan
Ryloth - Twi'lek
Iridonia - Zabrak (Talus was just a Zabrak colony)
sadly i doubt they would ever add any new planets due to teh amount of money it would cost to implement so many new servers for teh planets.
Taram_Polluck
Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:58 am
#3
I seriously doubt they would have to add servers. Why would they? It's just a piece of code. It's not like adding planets means more people would be in the game. Matter of fact a lot of people feel that it would help the game to merge the current servers somewhat.
Taram_Polluck
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:04 am
#5
I could see an expansion for something like this, it makes sense since it's a huge ammt of content. But I think it would make the game a lot better, give each of the races a 'homeworld' and add the rest of the canonical systems to the game.
Naplam
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:06 am
#6
Devs want to add more content to current planets before adding new 1s.
Thats a long list of planets.
Thats a long list of planets.
BrotherDavius
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:10 am
#7
Taram_Polluck wrote:
Is it just me or does Star Wars Galaxies seem more like "The Star Wars Solar System" to you guys? I've been thinking and there are a BUNCH of planets/systems that should be added to the Star Wars Galaxies map:
Dagobah (LOTSA stuff to kill, not vast empty wastelands of ice/snow)
Coruscant (Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the capitol of the empire/old republic isn't in Galaxies?)
Bespin
Geonosis
Nal Hutta (And it's moon)
Uba IV (Homeworld of the Ubese)
Drall and Selonia (The other two planets in the Corellia system, kinda wierd flying around and not being able to get to em)
Hoth
Homeworlds of each of the playable races were in the game. It's pretty silly that they aren't already in:
Bothawui - Bothans
Kashyyyk - Wookie
Calamari - Mon Cal
Ithor - Ithorian
Rodia - Rodian
Sullust - Sollustan
Trandosha - Trandoshan
Ryloth - Twi'lek
Iridonia - Zabrak (Talus was just a Zabrak colony)
Hoth was the ice planet, dagobah was the planet that yoda went to so he could hide from the empire.
It would be cool if the player races had there homeworlds in this game.
LordJago
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:23 am
#8
Think i mentioned some thing like this pre-beta of JTL. I agree that there should be more planets, but i think what has been asked is too much too soon. The next expansion should have a few planets added. Mainly the completetion of the corellian system.
Corellia, Selionia, Drall, Talus & Tralus (the twin planets with Centerpoint Station inbetween) Extra planets for the core of the galaxy. New resources, POI, and adventures.
Hoth:- Thisshould be a Rebel base hideout for the next point in the time line. i.e. Only the Rebels have the jump co-ordinates. There they should be able to pick up specialised upgrades and missions for the rest of the galaxy. This shouldnt be a complete planet, just a base they can go to and maybe explore a little bit of the terrain. No houses, No mining
Coruscant:- Simular to the Rebels base on Hoth, only the Imperials can jump to Coruscant where they can land at the Empire head Quaters and pick up their specialist upgrades and missions. Again to creat the city planet would be huge and almost impossible. So basically just map a small area of the planet. Maybe even give the ability to rent rooms / storage rooms for like 1 lot and be able to live there.
Bespin:- Like the Rebels and Imperials this could be used as the Neutral base for the neutral players. I doubt that Lando stuck to gas mining all the time, he always struck me as the adventurous business man.This is where Neutral players could pick upa lot of custom upgrades and missions.
Narr Shadar:- I guess that now we have the Kessel System (ill add that Kessle was ment to be an asteroid not a planet where spice was mined) i think its only fair that they create Narr Shadar the criminal city. Should be a place where black market stuff can be brought and sold for a premium.
It be also nice to be able to buy and sell extremely RARE materials at these outposts, adding a special touch to some crafted equipment for ships. Of course pricing should be considerable.
Lord Jago
Message Edited by LordJago on 10-29-2004 06:24 AM
WookieIsshe
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:27 am
#9
You all have noticed that on the JtL box it says Expansion 1, meaning there will be more expansions. My guess will be new planets and races.
Bobamagoo
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:46 am
#10
Before putting some of those in, they have to consider a few things. For instance:
+Coruscant and Nal Hutta are completely covered in cityscape. Rendering that would be a pain in the ***.
+Bespin is entirely gas accept for the few flying cities.
+Kashyyk - if they added this they would have to keep players ontop of the trees. The creatures at ground level are some of the most dangerous in the entire galaxy, supposedly. (Although KOTR kinda killed that.)
+Calamari is entirely covered in water. A lot of the Mon Cals live underwater and only a few acctually live in the floating cities, although more and more have begun to move into them.
+Hoth - there are no acctual colonies here.
+Dagobah - there are no acctual colonies here.
Thats a lot to consider before adding most of your worlds. The other ones would require them to desing entirely new cultures, cities, and a dozen other things before adding them. That takes a LOT of time and effort, not to mention thousands upon thousands of lines of code and graphics. They don't just wave a wand and add sectors here. It takes hard work. So give them some time. I'm sure we'll see more planets in the next expansion.
LithiumCommando
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:50 am
#11
Taram_Polluck wrote:
Is it just me or does Star Wars Galaxies seem more like "The Star Wars Solar System" to you guys? I've been thinking and there are a BUNCH of planets/systems that should be added to the Star Wars Galaxies map:
Dagobah (LOTSA stuff to kill, not vast empty wastelands of ice/snow)
Coruscant (Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the capitol of the empire/old republic isn't in Galaxies?)
Bespin
Geonosis
Nal Hutta (And it's moon)
Uba IV (Homeworld of the Ubese)
Drall and Selonia (The other two planets in the Corellia system, kinda wierd flying around and not being able to get to em)
Hoth
Homeworlds of each of the playable races were in the game. It's pretty silly that they aren't already in:
Bothawui - Bothans
Kashyyyk - Wookie
Calamari - Mon Cal
Ithor - Ithorian
Rodia - Rodian
Sullust - Sollustan
Trandosha - Trandoshan
Ryloth - Twi'lek
Iridonia - Zabrak (Talus was just a Zabrak colony)
Do you realize how long it takes to build planets, populated them, and get them working??? And do you also realize that the more populated worlds on your list would be far too laggy to play?? You expect too much. If there's another expansion, with worlds, don't expect to see more than 2 or 3 new worlds & sectors.
LordJago
Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:56 am
#12
Hey my idea only adds 3 new planets, Selionia, Drall and Tralus. And several Outposts (i.e. a fraction of the size of a planet) Coruscant, Hoth, Bespin and Narr Shadar.
I dont think these would be as hard as adding all the planets first suggested.
If there is a will there is a way.
Lord jago
BrotherDavius
Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:00 am
#13
They would not have to put them all in they could make a poll of five planets and ask the players to chose, the one that wins gets put into the game.
Bobamagoo wrote:
Before putting some of those in, they have to consider a few things. For instance:
+Coruscant and Nal Hutta are completely covered in cityscape. Rendering that would be a pain in the ***.
They could just make thses planets by puting them into sections so there would not be to much lag.
+Bespin is entirely gas accept for the few flying cities.
They could just put the citys in, the only way you can get to them is by shuttle or ship.
+Kashyyk - if they added this they would have to keep players ontop of the trees. The creatures at ground level are some of the most dangerous in the entire galaxy, supposedly. (Although KOTR kinda killed that.)
They should leave this planet out of this game for now, but they could just make a slave camps but you can not walk around.
+Calamari is entirely covered in water. A lot of the Mon Cals live underwater and only a few acctually live in the floating cities, although more and more have begun to move into them.
They could do this planet the same way that they did on KOTOR.
+Hoth - there are no acctual colonies here.
Why would anyone want to go there echo base is not even there yet.
+Dagobah - there are no acctual colonies here.
If they put this planet in i would kill everyone trying to get there as yoda need his sleep.
Thats a lot to consider before adding most of your worlds. The other ones would require them to desing entirely new cultures, cities, and a dozen other things before adding them. That takes a LOT of time and effort, not to mention thousands upon thousands of lines of code and graphics. They don't just wave a wand and add sectors here. It takes hard work. So give them some time. I'm sure we'll see more planets in the next expansion.
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