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Thread: Underworld expansion soon?
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Dark_0ne
Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:54 am
#14
LaughingWolf wrote:
right now I can't think of any expansion that would be more logical.
What about an Empire Strikes Back expansion ?
That is the next step in the Series as far as Major changes go ......
It seems to me there must be some timeline in mind for continuing the story from where we currently are (post Episode 4)
WesBelden
Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:06 am
#15
JTGAlpha wrote:
Eh. The timeline doesn't necessarily have to move EVER. If it starts moving, then we run the risk of losing NPC's. Besides, the game's too new to move to the next movie yet. At this rate we'd hit Endor in a year or two, and then it's a whole new Star Wars.
Yeh.. I really do not want to end up fighting crazy snake staff wielding aliens from outside the SW galaxy
. And I don't read slow.. I type slow
Zhagadska
Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:44 am
#16
JTGAlpha wrote:
Eh. The timeline doesn't necessarily have to move EVER. If it starts moving, then we run the risk of losing NPC's. Besides, the game's too new to move to the next movie yet. At this rate we'd hit Endor in a year or two, and then it's a whole new Star Wars.
well..we're comming up on 2 years now. most people figure MMORPGs to have a life of 5 to 7 years (although EQ is constantly upgrading that). so, if an expansion takes 8 months to a year to develop and test and all that stuff, then a ESB expansion might not be a bad idea. then about 2 to 3 years later, an ROTJ expansion. figure that holds players for another 2-3 years and your looking at a 10 year run for one game. that's pretty good. most like SWG2 will be out before then
LaughingWolf
Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:29 am
#17
JTGAlpha wrote:1) Unless technology drastically changes, there will never be a Coruscant, or so said the devs ages and ages ago. Why? Too MUCH TOO MUCH! An entire planet sized city? With literally THOUSANDS of stories? YIKES! Info-overload, lag fest, sonofa....!!! Yeah. Unless they made a crappy one.2) Why a criminal expansion? Because the Hutt faction got cut before Beta, and it's one of the few things they still owe us (and player missions, which I think is also in the works). And because the Devs said, again, ages ago, and therefore, subject to change, that they were thinking about doing a Crime Expansion after the Space Expansion. And because as far as MACRO-sized things, big-picture things, crime is really one of the only BIG things missing. The GCW is being revamped. Combat's being revamped. The professions revisted. Jedi have been tweaked and tweaked. So you have a GCW. You have the Force. You have Space. What else is missing from Star Wars? The Underworld!So there ya go.
Oh I agree with you, don't get me wrong.
Just saying that taking for granted that they are working on the Underworld expansion right now can be setting oneself up for disapointment. But I agree, a lot of fun stuff can be added to the game, but when the CURB is out and the GCW is fixed, what really wil be missing will be the Underworld.
maxtheusher
Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:55 am
#18
Anyone else think its funny that the two things that were supposed to be in the game at launch were not included at launch. well, ok, GCW was, but in a cannibalized form. Still, ironic no?
JTGAlpha
Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:21 am
#19
A LOT of things were supposed to be included at launch, but weren't. Player Cities, Vehicles, Mounts, Player-made missions, a Hutt faction, Zones of Contention, Outcast system. Two of those got axed, two got indefinitely delayed, and the other three made it.
maxtheusher
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:35 am
#20
I know I know * points at my wayback machine post *
least the zones of contention we finally coming
too bad it seems like they're trying to pass it off as a new concept
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