Why cant we have more games like SWG? it had so many great things.
the amazing rich crafting/resource system.
the fluid profession system which let me mix skill rather than be stuck to a class tree.
social professions, being able to be a humble merchant, doctor or musician and not be forced into silly combat roles. just sitting in the cities chilling with people.
Bounty hunters
Droids and pets
Player cities.
you actually had to work to achieve force powers rather then hit a magical level 55 and you've unlocked DK now.
Why cant we have more games like SWG? it had so many great things
Landon Garcia
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Samuel Peterson
Why can't we have a pre-NGE emulator that actually works correctly and has all the content?
Looking at you, SWGEMU. It's been how many years now?
Dylan Torres
>almost everything working and stable so far
>"dude what about space"
>"yeh maybe when we REALLY finish the ground game if u dont like it u can code ur own emu?? ;)"
fuck this shit I'm rolling NGE emus, it improved the space game anyways
Nolan Morris
space was some of the best
Caleb Perry
I want to go back....
Tyler Sanchez
>Why cant we have more games like SWG?
The big nosed execs at Disney and EA
James Gutierrez
Only game I've ever managed to stay IC from login to logout without any OOC faggotry whatsoever.
Maybe UO too, but I never RP'd that seriously there.
Jace Walker
I liked crafting more. maybe its my inner jew talking but I fucking loved being a merchant.
Jace Ortiz
>Why cant we have more games like SWG?
Because nobody played it and it didn't make any fucking money.
William Morris
Thanks to corporate meddling
Joseph Baker
We dont need the Star Wars brand. if anything I think the brand hurt SWG in the long run because everyone was expecting to be a Jedi.
SWG was profitable. it wasn't WoW level profitable but it was profitable.
Ethan Russell
As much as I'd like to believe this I'd say the sad, real reason is that these kind of games never really were that popular in the first place.
Tyler Stewart
It wasn’t mega popular like WoW was, but it had/has a hardcore following
Thomas Nguyen
CRUISN' MOS ESPA
Carson Bennett
Kayden King
I'M JANGO
Blake Smith
Thanks to WoW any MMO that doesn't have literal billions of people logging in every day is considered a failure in this industry.
Comfy small community niche MMOs are a dying breed.
Nathaniel Garcia
Nothing is as popular as WoW - mmo's have always been fairly niche in the grand scheme of things. WoW's numbers have always been a freak occurance.
Jace Jackson
It was barely profitable and by nge weren't profitable enough to sustain itself in changing market. On top of it the game just wasn't that good gameplay wise, combat was atrociously bad and notoriously buggy.
Brayden White
I never got to play it
Asher Peterson
For sure, but I guess the people up there didn't consider that following enough for a Star Wars game, especially considering how that one "literal who" game managed to gather a playerbase of gorillion.
William James
Thanks casual gamers for killing good games.
Thomas Miller
>It was barely profitable
the problems really started post WoW. pre WoW it had good numbers.
>nge weren't profitable enough to sustain itself in changing market.
ofcourse it wasn't. it drove away whatever customer base it had.
>On top of it the game just wasn't that good gameplay wise
it was great. sure it was grindy but it was fun and different. How many other games give you social professions? how many give you fun crafting professions?
>combat was atrociously bad and notoriously buggy.
its ok, I never wanted it for the combat.
and none of your point rebuke my original desire. why not make another game like SWG? ditch the Star Wars IP to save money and create original universe instead and fix the bugs rather than changing the game constantly to try and compete with WoW while alienating the core fanbase. there is value in going after niche markets. its classic blue ocean strategy.
Zachary James
>"literal who"
Warcraft was extremely famous way before WoW. it had a decade of video games, board games and books predating the MMORPG
James Kelly
That's why I quoted it, the implication being fags up there probably considered it a "literal who" name in comparison to the Star Wars powerhouse.
Blake White
yes that was a retarded decision. sure Star Wars is the bigger brand but Blizzard had the home turf advantage and it was a grave mistake to underestimate that.