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there is no next expansion with all the crap going on with swg, i wouldnt expect any more expansions.

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LostNeverFound wrote:

I know, I know, JTL hasnt even come yet, but it does puzzle me to think of what the Devs will do next after JTL, I have come up with one idea, please post any ideas you might have fora next expansion

My Idea: Star Wars Galaxies: Warzone (Mind the name, heh its the only one that came to mind)

A new full scale warzone, where Imperials and Rebels clash at it, eliminating dinky Battlefields. Imperials can mount turrets, move in to AT-STs, AT-ATs, Tie Fighters, anything that the Devs can give us, we can use it to fight. Rebels use there ships and turrets against Imperials and so on.(Think of BF1942 but SWG style :smileyvery-happy I think this would be a great idea, if the Devs can figure out a way that this wouldnt bring servers down lol. Same thing in Space, Have Warzones at Space Docks and such.

Please post your ideas!

Lets give the Devs some ideas!

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You're kidding right?

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the should actually call these "extensions".

Seeing as they contain such unique play systems. Sure, they interface with the main game in an economic sense. but your character's skills from JTL will not tranlate over to much more than credits in the main game - AED.

That said, I would like to see a first person, massive, battlefield/planetside style (vehicles like battlefield and infantry like planetside), vehicular first person shooter. where your JTL character's attributes translate over, and where you get a whole new system for infantry that would be intermixed with your skills from AED.

Say you're a master pistoleer in the main game. Well, why not give your infantry-expansion version of you super skillz with the pistol.

Also your craft from JTL could be used for aerial assualt. Also you could use/drive your AT/STs, swoop bikes, new vehicles in AED as well as JTL.

This would be a wonderous thing, mithinks.



after all, I have a feeling there are a couple master commandos out there who would just love to huck a rocket into a fighter or two

Under water might be nice. The naboo might be a good place for it. The Gunguns have a whole world under there with huge nasty looking fish.

thats a fantastic idea! underwater!

they could easily share the same physics system...well, easily in a relative sense ;D

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Dynonychus wrote:

I would like to see an expansion incorporating both atmospheric flight and underwater zones.

If you think about it, they would basically be the same system, but using two different physics models. People have been clamouring for atmospheric flight, and adding underwater environments would open up new zones (such as the Gungan City under Naboo) and possibly inspire new planets (such as Calamar)

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Underwater would be ridiculously cool. And I'm not positive, but wouldn't that make SWG the only MMO with extensive underwater environments? I remember when the game was still in development, Mon Cal were supposed to have bonuses to swimming. That implied that swimming would be at least slightly important, which it currently isn't.

I'm not sure if underwater would catch on with the general public. JTLS is intended to bring in a new group of gamers, and maybe no future expansion could really match that. JTLS really is an ambitious project.

On the other hand, the other big MMOs (EQ and UO come to mind immediately) have had over half a dozen expansions a piece. For the most part, they just add new static content -- a new class, a new continent, or something similar.

I think player missions could be the subject of a future expansion. Player created missions were part of the original SWG design, but were cut for a variety of reasons. Apprentice XP was supposed to be gained from giving lower level players missions to do, but obviously that changed. There's room for another ambitious expansion with player created missions, along with a new planet, a new race or two, and a couple of new professions. It would be great if they could also increase server population caps with that.

The battleground idea I like, but SOE has Planetside, and they are very cautious about cannibalizing their own subscribers. I also am not sure they would open up what works out (at least as I read to) to an FPS in the ground game -- I think ground combat is going to stay RPG style. I think Hoth would fit in perfectly with this idea. Have several Battlefields, like Hoth, Tanaab (space battle), and a couple of others, and have it so the battles replay every week or even every day. Give the side that wins the battle bonuses through the galaxy.

Gramon Blatt, ME/MM

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deathclosets wrote:
thats a fantastic idea! underwater!

they could easily share the same physics system...well, easily in a relative sense ;D

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Not really... moving in atmosphere is different from moving underwater. Wind resists differently than water, gravity vs. buoyancy, that kind of thing. Physics! But they would share similar third-dimensional movement principles and server tracking elements.