Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed

[MechDeus]

Screw that man, bring on the piracy.

Oh, I'm fine with that. If they make certain items "illegal" and can't be transported from planet to planet through traditional means and so you either need to have a ship or hire someone else to smuggle it for you, then I think that sounds awesome and fits in perfectly.

[Error]

Did I hear the word spice?

[Yoshi]

Did I hear the word spice?

And don't forget sliced weapons.

[NoFace]

Talk about over-simplification. The speed of attacks is indeed determined by a combination of the speed of the weapon and the speed mods the character has earned. However, there are also specials that impact the speed of the attacks. Plus, things like moving, keeling, laying prone, and just standing affect how easy you are to hit, as well as the damage you receive and how easily you hit your opponent. In PvP, the combat in SWG is light years beyond any other MMORPG I have played or read about, because of the number of variables and the fact that it doesn't just come down to whether you are level 60 or 30, since SWG doesn't have that stupid leveling system.

I've been away so I didn't have a chance to respond till now... either way, even if I over-simplified (which I did, no argument... haven't played the game in many months so I was working from memory... but what I said was still true), if space-combat works the same way, adhering to statistics and not your skill flying a ship, that'll be very unfortunate. I don't think anyone can argue that...

I do however hope that you can use your credits to buy better ships and parts, making skill only part of the equation. That would be ideal to me, and if it ends up that way, which it very well might, I'd probably give it a shot.

[gamevet]

For those seeking more info on the Jump to Lightspeed.

It will be real time combat, not menu based.

http://www.forums.station.sony.com/s....id=3518#M3518


That link seems to have disappeared. Here's an interview with the developers though, that will give some insite to what Jump to Lightspeed is all about.

http://swvault.ign.com/articles/515/515507p1.html

[Yoshi]

The two new species and the beta invite information is going to be released tomorrow (July 15th)!

Go Chiss!

[FirstBlood]

I'm very curious as to how the ships will work into the game's economy.

I mean, are you going to have to buy a new ship every time you are shot down?

[Diff-chan]

No. A ship cannot be completely destroyed.

But you will have to pay for repairs.

[Roufuss]

The two new species and the beta invite information is going to be released tomorrow (July 15th)!

Go Chiss!

lol me and Diff were talking about new races, and he disliked the Chiss very much. Said they looked more like Everquest people then Star Wars, but I'm all for the Chiss.

And also, it looks like the game got pushed back. It was supposed to be released in September I thought, but now ebgames.com is telling me it's coming on October 31st. Ugh.

[Mzo]

Wait...

Do you have to buy Jump to Lightspeed, or will it be a free download??