Star Wars Galaxies: JTL Release Date Confirmed

Thanks to GameGossip for the news that the Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed expansion has been confirmed for an October 27th release. The expansion adds space combat, two new player races, and a bunch of new emotes.

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GREAT!

[Neck_of_the_Woods]

Get ready for the "Tie Nerf", and "X-wing" buffs.

ebay x-wing sales.

and Why can't my a-wing have blaster shields?

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

[blueZhift]

With JTL coming out, I'm tempted to take a look at SWG again, especially since I now have the hardware to run it better. Still, I'm going to wait and see. It'll be interesting to see if the JTL action cannibalizes "ground" activities. I know it's all the same game, but I have a hunch that we're about to see something of a split.

Re:Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

[falcon5768]

what Im interested in is if people on the ground will SEE your ship taking off and landing..

In FFXI when someone leaves on a airship the people in the surounding area SEES the airship leave or fly overhead... which can really be cool if your in the next zone and the airship flies overhead for a landing in Jeuno. Likewise while on the airship you can see the ground with all the terrain changes and such.

I mean if you cant even see the people leave in the starships then you can become very shielded to the fact the ability even exists.

Don't be a sucker!

[glowimperial]

As a veteran SWG player, my advice is to stay the hell away from SWG and it's expansion for at least 3 months. It is extremely likely that the bugs that this expansion ships with and the exploits it makes possible will make the game suck even more for several months. The core game still suffers from serious problems that were known in its beta and have been irritating customers since launch.

They are trying to get this product to market before EQ2 and WoW divide and conquer the MMO retail dollar, and from SOE, an early or on time launch means you are paying to be in beta.

hmmm Star - Wars

[JavaLord]

Well, now they will try to add the "Stars" to the non-existant wars in Star Wars Galaxies. This will have little effect on the overall way the game is played.

This game isn't at all about wars and it really won't be about stars either. It's the sims online in a "star wars" like theme. I would expect the emotes and new player races to have a bigger impact on the game than space combat.

FUCK THE NDA

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm in beta, and happy to answer any questions you might have.

To answer your first, yes it's more of the same "plenty of potential, half-assed implementation with a side order of mind-numbing fun-draining grind" you've come to expect from Sony Online Entertainment.

track record

[Zhirem]

For what it is worth:

SWG has a VERY sketchy track record. The company that runs it has been at best deceptive about where the game is going and getting bugs fixed, balance issues addressed, give some point to the Galactic Civil War, etc. etc. etc.

Do NOT expect JtL to be ANY better than SWG was at launch. Buggy, laggy, etc. Read up on some of the forum information at it appears that the JtL expansion is more poorly developed than Earth and Beyond was. That speaks volumes.

Frankly, SOE nor LA will ever see another dime from me. And with good reason. HUGE potential squandered. If LA retakes leadership and implementation of this game, it MIGHT get better, but I have little faith of that either.

The new crop of MMORPG's will chew most of the meat out of SWG, and leave it what it deserves to be: an also ran.

- Zhirem