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The more games I play since leaving SWG after the devastating CU, the
more I realize how right UO and SWG had their housing set up. You could
place your house where you wanted it in the world. You could also drop
stuff from your inventory into the house to use as decoration or extra
storage. No other game I've found since then has housing like this. I've
found a couple of games that utilize instanced housing, which is awful in
comparison, and you can't even drop your own stuff into them, or just no
housing option at all. Has anyone found any other games that have the good
old fashioned housing like UO or SWG?

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On Fri, 19 May 2006 07:01:08 GMT, "�ïÅßö¥ø§©" <none@none.net> wrote:


Nothing comes close.

I believe the lead developer for SWG was the same guy that was the
Lead Developer for UO which might explain a lot of the similarities.
(Housing, PvP set-up and favoritism)

Dirk Pfeiffer

Reply to message from Skinner1@hotmail.com (Sat, 20 May 2006 09:43:35)
about "Re: UO & SWG Housing":


S> On Fri, 19 May 2006 07:01:08 GMT, "�ïÅßö¥ø§©" <none@none.net>
S> wrote:



S> Nothing comes close.

S> I believe the lead developer for SWG was the same guy that was the Lead
S> Developer for UO which might explain a lot of the similarities.
S> (Housing, PvP set- up and favoritism)

Richard Vogel? He's now with Bioware, isn't he? In his latest interview on
E3 he said they "CAN'T" talk about what they are doing. I still believe
(wish, hope) they are working on some sort of Pre-CU SWG. There's been so
many hints and so many things NOT SAID on the Bioware forums. Maybe they
just set it up parallel to the current SWG or something, who knows. I just
really wish the did!



Bye
Dirk Pfeiffer <dirk@dbx501.de> Sat, 20 May 2006 18:22:56 +0200

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"Dirk Pfeiffer" <dirk@dbx501.de> wrote in message
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I don't understand why they won't take it back to how it was pre CU.
They know it would make probably thousands of people happy and return them
to the game. Why are they being so stubborn and adamant about not rolling
it back? Obviously, as a company, there's got to be a money reason in there
somewhere, but seeing as how they are bound to be making alot less now than
they were then on SWG I wonder why they still won't do it??

Rob Pollard

If they did this they would be admitting that they were wrong! The chances
of SOE doing this would be nil. I find it hard to understand the
incompetence of their managers. Any gamer knows that the big problem with
the original SWG was content, in terms of instances etc. All SOE had to do
was add more content which must be a lot easier to do than revamping the
entire game. Had they done this and continued doing this they would have
made a lot of money.

As it stands they decided to remove the very things that make SWG both
unique and entertaining. Having one of the only MMORPG's where you could
quite literally do what you liked made for a very immersive experience. If I
was in charge, I would do the following (and make lots of money):

1. Roll SWG back to Pre-CU.
2. Get rid of Jedi's. Sorry chaps but they don't
fit into the time line. They might be in there as NPC's (like Yoda or
Darth), but players should not be allowed to
become one.
3. Create two teams of developers. One to squash
bugs and the other to add new content.
4. Stand back and watch the players come
flocking back!

How their managers could have been so short sighted and arrogant I don't
know. Its almost as if they sat down and thought 'What is SWG's strongest
suite? And then went ahead and removed it!'.

If Bioware have this I really hope they try and reintroduce the same skills
system with no levels. Only time will tell however....

RobP



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I enjoyed having player jedis in the game but not being able to create one
on the first day. That's just crap. The way they had it where it took a
long time to get where you wanted as far as the force was nice. They're
never gonna roll back tho so I guess it really doesn't matter anyway. Shame
too cause it was the best and funnest mmorpg I've ever played to date.

"Rob Pollard" <robertapollard@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 May 2006 18:28:31 +0200, Dirk Pfeiffer <dirk@dbx501.de>
wrote:


Tell you the truth, I am not sure I would play another of his games.

Guest

On Sun, 21 May 2006 09:09:29 GMT, "Rob Pollard"
<robertapollard@hotmail.com> wrote:


Running a shooit-em-up style PvP game is infinatly cheaper than paying
for the imagination and talent to thinnk up new content and keep it
fresh! Trust me.... it's ALWAYS about the money. EVERYTHING is about
the money!



Again, who's pocket is this all gonna come out of.... Darned sure not
the investors ya think? Certainly not the senior management salaries
ya think?

Wizv2.0

> Tell you the truth, I am not sure I would play another of his games.
That's kinda how I feel too. Even if they did roll it back, I would be
very hesitant to return, even as bad as I want to.