Star Wars Galaxies Takes Jump To Lightspeed

Posted by simoniker on Thursday April 22, 2004 @03:26PM from the hup-hup-and-haway dept.

Thanks to 1UP for its article discussing the recent announcement of Star Wars Galaxies' space combat expansion, Jump To Lightspeed, which takes the PC MMO into the heavens, and "focuses primarily on [space-based] vehicles for both combat and transportation, promising at least 15 new modes of travel." There are screenshots and an official FAQ over at the Star Wars Galaxies site, explaining "you can expect to pilot X-wings, Y-wings, TIE fighters, TIE interceptors, and many other recognizable starfighters", and, dodging some sarcastic online reaction, an interview with producer Haden Blackman over at IGN PC argues: "In many ways, we're looking at Jump to Lightspeed as 'X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter' online - much of our focus is on that dogfighting experience."

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Re:Damn I just cancelled... by sumbry · 2004-04-22 16:16 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Well I let my money do the talking for me - I cancelled a long time ago for a bunch of different reasons. And now if I had been playing I'd be even more pissed if I had to shell out more $$$ for this expansion.

Now here is the 100 million dollar question, can I go out and just buy the expansion and play that without having bought the original?

If the answer is no, then fuck them. $70 for the original.. 6 months of play for over $15 a month (or whatever it was), now another 50-70 for an *EXPANSION* and two new classes that I have to pay for to be able to play?!?

I hate this business model - I despise it. And that is why I stopped giving up my hard earned a long time ago. I'd love to wait a year, get everything for dirt cheap and see how it all works out, but by then it'll be impossible to get anywhere in the game due to the old ages over everyone else.