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The vision that was Star Wars Galaxies is gone. The reason: Jedi.

This game was advertised as having the feel of the Star Wars universe. The continuity of the Star Wars universe was supposed to mean something. However, this is apparently untrue. If this is true, then why weren't there more stories about the hundreds of Jedi running around?

Early on, the Devs had the right idea: very few Jedi, with permadeath. This meant that only people who played carefully and intelligently would reach any higher level of Jedi. The people playing these characters would actually know something about what it meant to BE a Jedi. Instead, now you have every person who has nothing to do except sit in their room and powergame all day running around swinging a lightsaber. Bounty Hunters were supposed to keep the numbers down, but you can't do that when you're A). Underpowered and B.) The missions don't work anyways.

For a short while, I thought this might get fixed. The whole deal on TC2 with people creating MBH's just to hunt Jedi sounded like a good deal. However, the Bounty Hunters have been giving feedback just as much as the Jedi, but the Devs keep posting in the Jedi forum, leaving the Bounty Hunters wondering what's going on.

Now Jedi get an ability to come back from a DEATHBLOW?! Jedi are not Gods. Jango Fett killed one with 2 shots. Several were killed by battle droids, super battle droids, and so on in Episode II. However, Jedi in Star Wars Galaxies WON'T BE KILLED BY ANYONE!

Please, let's get back to the continuity. 4 or 5 Jedi on a server AT MOST. Permadeath. Working BH missions.

Jedi aren't the ONLY problem, however.Llet's look at a few other little things:

1. Smugglers don't smuggle anything.

2. My pistol has a max range of 64 meters. Oddly enough, so does my rifle. Reality check here please.

3. PvP plain sucks. Unless you can afford a set of Uber armor, don't bother even trying. Not to mention that a one shot death (which any Master Rifleman should be able to achieve) is rare if possible at all.

4. Teras Kasi Masters can stand toe to toe with a rancor and beat it to a pulp. Again, reality check here. I agree that TKM's should be powerful, but should ANYONE be able to beat a RANCOR with their bare hands? Really?

5. The Empire is terribly WEAK. I play Rebel and Imperial, but the Empire really should be the more powerful.

6. I can shoot a stormtrooper...then I can't take his rifle or his armor? Why? If someone is carrying something when I'm fighting them, does it just disappear into the air when they die?

7. Why did it take me 20 shots to kill said stormtrooper to begin with? Why does it take 50 to kill the UNARMORED (and naked) Dantari?

Is this a rant? Sure. It is, however, intended to be constructive. Hopefully, someone will read it and see that there are CRITICAL problems with this game. It isn't Star Wars anymore.

Oh, and one last thing...can we have the monthly stories again? It was the closest thing to story content the game has ever seen.

Yimayz Samoot
Master Smuggler & Master Pilot
Captain of the Auto de fé