Here's one from the Chimaera Cantina Crawl III:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmXl6azGOw

About a fifth of the people are from my guild, and the Yellow Twi'lek is my engineer.

OOC of course.

Hah! I missed this whole thread. Cool, thanks!

I think if there would be PvP it would be unbalanced due to the numbers we're seeing here, so it might make sense that the only playable side at launch would be Autobot. That way we'd also get more content as the developers wouldn't have to invest effort in making decepticon missions.

I can't log in either since I quit a month or two ago.

Sizzling Summer Crawl video:

http://static.filefront.com/ffv6/player … orun=false

(Another reason to like ents. Warning: may contain computer-animated babes of various sentient species.)

37. The Music - I almost forgot about this, as I don't usually pay much attention to music. But in this game the music is just something else. It's by a real symphony orchestra, all grand and massive, with different sets for combat and each planet. An awesome mood setter. There is also the obscure Star Wars music that entertainers can play, and some unique tunes NPCs play in certain areas, like in Jabba's Palace.

Maybe you should suggest a bill to designate a RP server when the free character transfers come.

I wouldn't change to an american server, though. Lag could be bad for the action combat, and the people would be asleep when I would be playing.

An event by our RP senator takes place on Sunday, on the Sunrunner server. It's a cross-server event, so there'll probably be people handing out credits for clothes and such.

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/post … _id=433741

I'd also like to point out that tomorrow (Tuesday) is cantina night again in Outmian Yakta! Nobody miss it.

The long-awaited list of cons of SWG is here. Just a few things I've thought up, and what others have mentioned.

A. Trial chat limit - 400 characters per 15 minutes. The workaround is using tells or groupchat, and the player senate is debating different solutions for the credit spammer problem soon, if they haven't already. Still is an issue for RPers, in it's current state.

B. Grindy combat missions - When you solo missions they tend to be boring, even though the combat system in itself is fast, fun and intense. It does get a lot more fun in groups, though, so find players of your level to adventure with. It is also very easy for a higher CL player to powerlevel you if they're in love with you or something and don't mind taking the time. Personally, I think you should go to space as soon as you figure out how to put a decent ship together, as space combat is a bit more fun solo, and gives decent ground xp if you're low CL.

C. Roleplay is hidden away - Not hard to get into, you just have to find it. Also quieter in the summer. Don't expect everyone with a RP tag to be IC and good RPers, there are just too many of them for that to be true. You can usually find RP in Outmian Yakta and the RP guilds, or set something up OOC on the RP chat channel. This is an important thing. Make a new chat tab and type "/chatr join chat.RP". The channel is where RPers meet OOC, aside from the forums.

D. There is a learning curve - With a lot of depth comes a lot of learning. Take your time and study things you want to try out, or just jump right into it, as long as you don't complain when things don't work out at once. It's not a Fisher Price toy like some people claimed after NGE. The ground combat system is also different from most MMO's, a lot faster, and the controls are different. Make sure to turn auto-aiming on in the options. PvE difficulty has been recently increased across the board, too, and even veteran players are finding it challenging again. Space is a different game alltogether, more akin to space flyers than any MMO's in terms of controls, but also sports the awe-inspiring depth of other aspects of SWG. I can answer questions ingame, on IRC, in this thread or via PM if you want, but the best way to get the whole picture is to read some guides on the forums.

E. Bugs - Yes, there are some in every MMO, and SWG isn't an exception. As always, the community exaggerates the relative amount of these bugs, but there are still a few quite pesky ones I've come across since my return, like getting stuck under terrain, being unable to trade for a while and someone's avatar displaying different clothing/armor than he was actually wearing. If you face a bug you can't work around, submit a ticket and the GM's will help you out very quickly.

More random thoughts on professions:

I'm trying jedi at the moment in an effort to make rising through the final 5 combat levels more fun and effortless. They seem to have a lot of neat tricks and fun gameplay, but I think I'll be returning to smuggler when I hit CL90. Smugglers might be hard to play, but they get the hidden padding line that boosts unarmored resistances by up to 4000, which is excellent for a wookiee (our armor looks pretty dumb....but nothing compared to jedi robes on a wookiee of course) and any roleplayer who might find himself in a combat situation without warning. Also there is the fact that I can use my melee specials unarmed - a nasty surprise for an opponent in any surprise RP duel for sure (thou shalt not upset teh wookeh). Emote fights are of course preferred, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared in case someone wants to see if I can back it up. A smuggler can score insane criticals, I mean really insane - they've been reported as high as 15k - something that captures the feel of being torn apart by an angry wookiee rather well. I also miss my ability to fence items where ever I want. Particularly as a jedi - being unable to wear backpacks with armor - the inventory slots fill up very quickly when killing things.

Playing jedi has that Jedi Academy feel to it, though, you know, adventuring through the galaxy, cutting through enemies with your lightsaber of awesome+3 and magical prowess. It's all OOC, but fun and immersive nonetheless. The neat tricks I mentioned in passing would be pretty much all jedi specials. You've got your force run, force cloak, mind trick, saber throw, force lightning, saber block....all kinds of fun. I bet a master+padawan duo could have tons of fun RPing the grand adventure too, but that's not what I have in mind for my current character.

Something I'd like to try later on is bounty hunting. As I mentioned on IRC a couple of times, free character transfers are coming, and I might be bringing over my Rodian from another galaxy. This would be my bounty hunter. I'm sure he'd look just liquid awesome in full assault armor, and is just the right type of character for it. It doesn't matter if he goes down like a little bitch when unarmored since he's just a scrawny little bug. I don't even need to be able to melee with him. Also the vicious way thinking that is required for the job is present in him, and rodians have an extensive tradition for hunting all things.

However, I would like to preserve the option for exploring the crafting side of the game with a RP character, and to place my own vendors at some point. I even have a nice RP idea for Trobi, which I'd like to try out before I delete him. I don't particularly fancy the idea of leveling another combat toon through the vet noob levels right after Drrlirarl, either, though I'm leaving the door open for that - who knows, it might be crazy fun as a bounty hunter.