Star Wars Galaxies

Star Wars Galaxies ( SWG ) is a Roleplay in line massively multijouor left in June 2003, having for topic the Star Wars. It was developed at Sony Online Entertainment, by old developers of EverQuest and Ultima Online in particular. For majority of the others MMORPG, it is necessary to take out a month's subscription after the purchase of the box to play.

The play is regularly updated with Patch S correcting of the bugs, like with paying and optional extensions, at a rate of approximately one per annum.

An Worsens Divided

An Worsens Divided is the name of the play without extension such as it left in June 2003 to the E. - U., then in November in Europe.

It is located during the time " classique" of Star Wars, i.e. between the episodes IV and V, moment of the chronology where the Galactic Empire and the Alliance Rebels are with equality of the forces.

The player can incarnate various species and races (human, Zabraks, Wookiees, Trandoshans, Twi' leks, Rodiens, My Calamari, Bothan etc) and enter the galactic war by choosing the side of the Empire or that of the rebellion, or remain neutral.

To the difference of the majority of the MMORPG of the market, Star Wars Galaxies offers a very great liberty of action and is not solely based on the searches. Examples:

the professions not fighting are an option viable and interesting for certain players
it is possible to create towns of players, managed by a Mayor elected by the inhabitants

Extensions and recastings

Jump to Lightspeed

JTL , the first extension, left in September 2004, whereas it was already awaited before the exit of the play under the name of Space Expansion . It introduces the space combat into the play, with a large panel of vessels and equipment, hundred searches (hitherto quasi absent from the play), two races and four professions.

Combat Upgrade

The CU , the first recasting of the system of combat, left in April 2005. Its objective was to return the system of more interesting combat, in particular by the introduction of a system of levels and a new management of the equipment (weapons and armours) related to the combat. The CU however did not convince the players, because of many the bugs and the revision to the fall of its ambitions, which gave the impression of a bâclée recasting.

Rage off the Wookiees

RotW , the second extension, left in May 2005, one month before the exit of the episode III. It adds a planet, Kashyyyk, from where the Wookiee S are originating, species of the character Chewbacca. The extension also brings a batch of searches and contained, partially inspired again of the last episode of the saga. Certain players recognized in the extension of the characteristics of World off Warcraft, competitor of SWG . Indeed, Kashyyyk is cut out in zones of which some are instanciées (available in several specimens), part of the decoration is insuperable and the searches are longer, offering objects in reward.

Trials off Obi-Wan

ToOW left on November 1st 2005 at the same time as the version DVD L episode III. A new planet is added to the universe of the play: Mustafar (volcanic planet where Obi-Wan Kenobi and Dark Vador clashed). It makes it possible to the players to take part in searches in order to help late Obi-Wan Kenobi (appearing in the shape of a spectrum, as it appears with Luke Skywalker at the beginning of the Empire counter-attacks) to fight against a mysterious threat and then to rock either of with dimensions obscure by betraying it, or of with dimensions luminous Force.

New Range Enhancements

NGE is the second recasting of the system of combat, exit in November 2005. Integrating for all the players the first extension Jump to Lightspeed , it brings closer the gameplays on the ground and in space. The aiming is done from now on with the mouse, with the manner of a Jeu of subjective shooting.

Just after Trials off Obi Wan left the NGE the purpose of which was to improve the play. It was the subject of various adjustments whose major changes are:

the choice among 9 professions of which Jedi right from the start. These professions are known as “iconic”, i.e. each one of these trades is related to a great figure of the world of Star Wars, representative what is done best in the field,

Smuggler (smuggler);
Bounty hunter (bargain hunter);
Commando;
Entertainer (artist);
Jedi ;
Medic (doctor);
Officer (officer);
Trader (Commercial);
Spy (spy).

Of the points of experiment no-claims bonus acquired by the realization of searches;
Increase in the maximum level of combat: from 80 to 90;
Cutting of the charts in zones according to the level of difficulty;
a dynamic system of combat as a play of shooting to the first nobody where it is necessary to aim at the monster for the touch and to be satisfied either with an automatic targeting, which requires more reflexes than previously.
complete recasting of the occupation of commando and introduction of the heavy weapons

the Expertises

The expertises are a possibility of varying the choices in a trade introduced with the wire of several publications of patchs of the play. The idea is to propose a variety of faculties in which the player can invest a certain number of points with a number limited of points of kind so that the player makes a choice and gives faculties specific to his character. Thus for example Jedi will choose the capacity to launch flashes (with dimensions obscure) or capacity to look after in an intense way (with dimensions light) but the limitation of the number of points will oblige it to make a choice.

Professions have thus gained in variety with wire of month and new profession very waited is arrived, that of Master of animals (Beast Master), which will constitute a mixture of the old occupation of geneticist and that of manipulator of creatures which had been removed before and which many players, in spite of the fact that they did not use them or little, regretted.

Anecdotes

the play makes several times reference to the Star Wars Holiday Special , by including objects like the bantha in cuddly toy of Lumpawarrump, or the traditional red dress of the Day of the Life, carried by Wookiees de Kashyyyk.
the play also refers to two films centered on the people Ewok: the players can meet the Gorax giant, resulting from the Adventure of Ewoks , and visit the base of the Petty thieves of Sanyassan, drawn from the Battle of Endor.
the play includes characters of the wide Univers, like the Lord High Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade, coming from the books of Timothy Zahn, and HK-47, of the series of video games Star Wars: Knights off the Old Republic .
the names of the galaxies (waiters) of Star Wars Galaxies are names of spaceships drawn from the wide Universe. Kauri, the waiter where the French-speaking community at the exit of the play settled, holds its name of a vessel of interception of the Nouvelle Republic.
Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins off Dantooine is a novel based on the spot and the events present in the play. He was written by Voronica Whitney-Robinson and Haden Blackman, the producer LucasArts of the play.

See too

External bonds

Official sites

Sony Online Entertainment: SWG
Lucas Arts: SWG

Not-official sites

SWG-FR
SWG JeuxOnLine
SWG Files

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