I played SWG for a long time. SWG has more features and more content.
Grouping is much more important. For example: As a Master Pilot you can fly multiplayer ships where you need 5 people to have combat with it. 1 pilot for control and cannons. 1 co-pilot for missles and specials. 2 for the two turrets ( like the ones you can see in the ship of Han Solo in the movies ) and 1 who run around in the ship and repair damaged components... You can fly it alone, but then you are a pretty nice big target for enemies. If you aren´t a master to fly such a ship... join someone else and control the turrets.... i love it. And you can run around inside the ship and decorate it with furniture, pictures, loots, trophys and more...
dave
Message Edited by davemusic on 08-25-2005 12:04 AM
I beta tested MxO and I play SWG (bought MxO today) and I say, that unless you want to grind 24/7 (and waste 30 minutes+ and when I say + I mean +) that you shouldn't get this game. SWG is not a game you can pick up and start where you left off and with MxO you can. In MxO you can solos so grouping isn't a problem and if you are in SWG... YOU CANNOT SOLO. SWG is fun, but it seems if you want to play long-term you need to go Jedi. I played SWG pre-cu and my 2 year annaversary will be in November, so I've seen Pre-CU, Pre-village, Pre-30:1 conversion rates, Pre-vehicles.... practically everything in the game. I have to say to not go to SWG if you like MxO, it'll ruin your experience... after I beta tested and I came back I was having fun but SWG is limited to grinding (you cannot go into every building) and nothing more. Quests are hard to do alone and some like the Hero of Tatooine make you GUESS where the guy is going to spawn on the whole planet. Lagging is horrible on most planets and the loading times are horrible. I say if you like to grind, then get it, but think about it when I tell you that you need to be in a group to get xp and to be successful because you cannot solo or else you get so little experience and it is really tough. I like SWG but I've decided to try MxO again and with SOE in charge now, they don't care because they still get the money Again, get SWG if you like grinding, but don't get it for anything more... you might be disappointed... RP has really declined in that game, so it offers little else to do, and quests are only as fun as they last.
Message Edited by Adval on 08-25-2005 10:22 PM
SWG is a decend game... i don't even like star wars very much and i have been playing it off and on for over 2 years. it;s not a hurry up and level style of game like everquest, ffxi, or wow, there is alot more to it than that...
the first few months of the game were rough and nothing worked right. the game has come along way. But there are still some very serious issues hidden deep within the game that most new players won't pick up on untell it's too late. One is balance issues currently in the game.... they nerf things and leave the old overpowered items in the game without adding somthing to make up for it.. the most recent example would be overpowered lightsabers that new jedi can't get. which makes pvp imbalanced and pointless for jedi vs jedi, and for jedi vs non jedi.
countless times over the past months the devs have taken alot of things out of the game that people spent countless hours to get/craft. they don't treat the old players very well and often end up screwing us over one way or another. There are still lots of bugs in the game... bugs that have been around for months/years. and new ones added with every patch.
they have pissed alot of people off doing these things and by not fixing MAJOR issues before the were added to the game. credit exploites, abilities not working right or at all, mission not working right or at all, items not working right or at all, the list goes on and on, and more often than not they end up causeing other problems.
After you max out your skills there really isn't much to do other than try to improve on you chosen profession, do boring quests that are basically the same thing over and over, take this here, kill that, the usual. you can also craft and harvest stuff if you chose crafting, or start working on a new profession.
the only people who make it very far in that game are thoes willing to take advantage of the countless bugs in the game to get what they want. it has been 2 years and this continues... this isn't the kind of game i want to be involved with anymore.
Message Edited by Freemymind on 08-25-2005 06:44 PM
