Squad Leader Archive

My appeal to the creators of STAR WARS GALAXIES. I post this here, due to the incoming colossal combat patch coming our way. Before you read this, I beg that you view and read this as a master of all professions, not the advocates of your specific. Please, if you read this, put aside your loyalties to your pet-template, and professions, and just read what I propose.

Squad Leader. Squad leader should be the true leaders of the GCW. Squad leaders should have the option to faction align, and if faction aligned, they should be able to lead groups of PC’s or NPC’s on raids against Faction locations, or they should get temporary NPC assistance for non-faction aligned missions. They should have options that make them the quintessential leaders of the game. Volley-fire, Shift fire, Cover fire, and Directed fire should all affect the firing rate, accuracy, and damage rate of all the members of the squad, where rally, assist, and retreat would draw from the SL’s current pool to give the squad a temporary boost to combat. The SL third branch would be bonuses to medicine use and player rescue technques, and the final branch would use SL exp for Ranged damage mitigation. An example of a NPC mission for squad leader would be for them to access any of the NPC battlefields, and get issued numbers of NPC’s equivalent to their squad leader level. That way a squad leader wouldn’t be dependant on strictly PC groups to gain exp with. They would be able to check into the Corsec battlefield, get 3 guys, and lead them into battle. They would keep the current skill investment, which would allow them to pursue other professions as they desire.

IGNPC: We often hear the loudest cries from a relative minority. Still, it seems odd that all the comments sent our way have been negative.

Haden Blackman: Yeah, all the guys who are happy with everything are playing the game. They aren't spending their time sending you guys letters or posting on the forums.