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Star Wars Galaxies Only to Allow One Character Per Account

Posted by chrisd on from the one-one-r2d2-per-customer dept.

frotty writes "The developers of Star Wars Galaxies recently announced that the game would only allow a single character per purchased account on any server. This has outraged some, and relieved others." Click on the link to see the reasoning behind this move.

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  1. Re:I can see how some would like it. by darien · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they can milk the Star Wars franchise/MMORPG combination for quite a lot of Money with a capital M.

    If LucasArts can achieve that with just an "M", surely one character ought to be enough for anybody?

  2. WAIT A SECOND! by LiberalApplication · · Score: 5, Funny
    Real life is single-character-per-server, and I'm still surrounded by griefers and idiots who aren't accountable for their actions! Admin! Admin!

    ...but seriously though, I very much hope that SCS will increase player-accountability. Heck, I very much hope that SCS will increase actual RP. With only one character to work with, perhaps people would be more willing to really *play* their characters and flesh out the Star Wars universe.

    After all, what would ruin the experience of living on Tattoine more than being constantly subjected to conversations like this:

    A) Psst! Hey, Bob, it's me. Al.
    B) Bob? Dude, you're a CHICK!
    A) Yeah, I know. I just finished watching "Bring it on" so I wanted to be a hot acrobat for a day.
    B) Dude! You're hot! Let's go back to my hut.
    A) Uh... I think I'll go make a Wookie instead. C Ya.

    (some time later)
    B) Dude, you are one HOT Wookie! Let's go back to my hut.