Musician Archive
Thread: My Saving Grace
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NewJedi
Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:05 pm
#1
Nice post, Bantha. Me, I still find many things in the game I enjoy, but in terms of pure fun, my favorite thing would be to play Western with a full band at a gig.
Landlubber
Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:18 pm
#2
NewJedi wrote:
Nice post, Bantha. Me, I still find many things in the game I enjoy, but in terms of pure fun, my favorite thing would be to play Western with a full band at a gig.
Done that! 
But I can understand that - for me it's also about the music and my friends (most of which I found through being an entertainer I might add). Sure, there's still enough other stuff to do - my alter egoon Bria to develop, if I'm bored I might go to Dathomir and go kill stuff to convert xp at Aurillia (not going for Jedi, only trying to get some FS skills that interest me, but I'm in no hurry about it), the occasional space battle now that JtL is out (never was much for space shooters, but it's a nice change of pace every now and then).
But in the end it's about the band I'm in (Nebula), the high I still get when we play for a crowd of people who camejust to see us, the friends I made, and the laughs to be had. And also, Ailar (the one on Chimaera, that is) married the most charming, talented and beautiful Twi'lek dancer yesterday, so that's yet another very good reason for me not to leave anytime soon 
For all the griping I often do, and the cynicism I usually show, I still like this game a lot, and I will stick around as long as there's a song to be sung 
alligatorboogaloo
Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:11 pm
#3
/comfort Kodo'
I understand your sentiments, and coming from the same server being one of the unknown and hearing of TIG ruling the galaxy with an iron fist to their less than glamorous days.Now it does seem that combat has faded, crafting has blah, and entertainment is the only thing that truely works as intended...it provides entertainment in a game where things have grown mundane. After the CU I think everyone will see the GCW in a new light, PvP will happen because your people that like thier professions will be as effective as anyone else. Do what you like to do, its a game so relax with it, have some laughs .
. Hold in there Kodo', we've lost a lot of greats and I would hate to lose you as well, the list of veteran Ents is dwindling and the new ones can't understand the glory days of Entertainment without us showing them how. Things are going to get better, it just takes a lot of time to fix something where you have no solid foundation.
Regards,
Neeno 
Master Musician since Sept. 1, 2003 and now Western certified!
Warplex
Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:52 pm
#4
I agree... i'm a master musician, often found with his gently weeping guitar, in the corner of a packed cantina, or on a mountain top on some god-forsaken rock, playing to the heavens... who just happens to be a martial-arts grandmaster whirling death machine. Musician is why I stay in game, while teras kasi merely supports me finanically.
sweatyclimber
Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:19 pm
#5
well I have to agree on all acounts... musician keeps me in game, politician changes up the social aspect and then i have my alt if i want to fight. However, my band is fading as all the musicians leave. And it is becoming mundane, dry and old. I am trying to hold on, and hope I can untill things get better. The problem is that I think Deila and I will be the only ones left...
Goldshadow
Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:38 pm
#6
Banthabutcher wrote:
I just felt like I had to say this.
Musician is the only reason, aside from my friends, that I am still in SWG.
For those who don't know me, I'm also a Pikeman and a staunch supporter of the Empire.
My guild was once considered to be The Empire on our server. We had everything and at our peak owned a massive complex consisting of 8-10 factional bases, all fully stocked with Large Turrets. The first major battle of the server happened there, with over 200 Rebels, both PCs and pets (this was back in the CH days), attacking the 50 or so initial defenders at our base (it eventually grew to around 100). That was the most fun I've ever had in PvP. Lasers flying everywhere, massive charges, the intense action...
It was Star Wars. It was good.
But now... my guild has become a fleeting shadow of its former self. PvP is just dead to us. We play the professions that we like to play, not the professions that are good at PvP. That is why I, who leads 1/3 of our forces, am a Musician/Pikeman/Entertainer. That is why we have a combat CH still active in our guild. That is why a good number of us are carbineers. Therefore we die in seconds, after preparing for 10 minutes, day after day. Week after week. Month after month. There's just no more point to doing this.
By this point, nearly everything in the game has exhausted me. Jedi are rediculous to the point of stupidity, PvP is dead in my eyes, the lag is unbearable by ths point, and the content... well, there is no content.
But there is one love that remains unchanged and steadfast: Musician.
We have our problems... but at least we have endured the collapse of PvP and the GCW.
It's truly because of my Mandovial-Bandfill duet that I log in. Because of the immense pride I have in my cantina. Because of the inner warmpth that comes when my music touches someone...
I am now, truly, a full Musician.
I am still a Pikeman... but I play for Musician.
Yet even this light has begun to fade...
...
Anyways, like I said, I just felt like I had to tell this to people who could understand what I meant.
Banthabutcher, I have to agree with you. I've had a number of professions, but Roho has always kept Master Musician. Dancer - up and down the ladder a couple times (never to master). Pistoleer, CH, Marksman, etc. up and down. I always find myself coming back to Musician.
Even the alts I have on other servers. None hold my interest for very long because I love the performing and the interacting.
Are there flaws? Sure, we all know what they are. I still have the most fun playing the music.
I can't wait to see what the Combat Upgrade brings our way. /fingerscrossed
BrandonIT
Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:28 pm
#8
Kodo, from a Rebel to an Imperial, I know exactly what you feel.
I hope I can look you up sometime after the CU, and still see that Mando in your hands...
And then, maybe after the battles, we can sit down together and play songs for the enjoyment of all...
Keep jamming.
MadLeprechaun
Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:34 pm
#9
sweatyclimber wrote:
well I have to agree on all acounts... musician keeps me in game, politician changes up the social aspect and then i have my alt if i want to fight. However, my band is fading as all the musicians leave. And it is becoming mundane, dry and old. I am trying to hold on, and hope I can untill things get better. The problem is that I think Deila and I will be the only ones left...
I'd be happy to join the band and hopefully keep things alive 
or at least I'd do my best....besides i am bandless and looking for something different. Just lemme get my grades up (so my mom will pay for my own account) or wait for my friend to get in a car accident so I can keep playing on his
or at least I'd do my best....besides i am bandless and looking for something different. Just lemme get my grades up (so my mom will pay for my own account) or wait for my friend to get in a car accident so I can keep playing on his
Banthabutcher
Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:55 am
#10
I just felt like I had to say this.
Musician is the only reason, aside from my friends, that I am still in SWG.
For those who don't know me, I'm also a Pikeman and a staunch supporter of the Empire.
My guild was once considered to be The Empire on our server. We had everything and at our peak owned a massive complex consisting of 8-10 factional bases, all fully stocked with Large Turrets. The first major battle of the server happened there, with over 200 Rebels, both PCs and pets (this was back in the CH days), attacking the 50 or so initial defenders at our base (it eventually grew to around 100). That was the most fun I've ever had in PvP. Lasers flying everywhere, massive charges, the intense action...
It was Star Wars. It was good.
But now... my guild has become a fleeting shadow of its former self. PvP is just dead to us. We play the professions that we like to play, not the professions that are good at PvP. That is why I, who leads 1/3 of our forces, am a Musician/Pikeman/Entertainer. That is why we have a combat CH still active in our guild. That is why a good number of us are carbineers. Therefore we die in seconds, after preparing for 10 minutes, day after day. Week after week. Month after month. There's just no more point to doing this.
By this point, nearly everything in the game has exhausted me. Jedi are rediculous to the point of stupidity, PvP is dead in my eyes, the lag is unbearable by ths point, and the content... well, there is no content.
But there is one love that remains unchanged and steadfast: Musician.
We have our problems... but at least we have endured the collapse of PvP and the GCW.
It's truly because of my Mandovial-Bandfill duet that I log in. Because of the immense pride I have in my cantina. Because of the inner warmpth that comes when my music touches someone...
I am now, truly, a full Musician.
I am still a Pikeman... but I play for Musician.
Yet even this light has begun to fade...
...
Anyways, like I said, I just felt like I had to tell this to people who could understand what I meant.
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