Star Wars Galaxies

What if the mmo that bioware and LA are working on isn't star wars related at all..... I will be sorely disappointed if it turns out not to be a star wars mmo.  What about the rest of you guys?

As far as looking forward to a decent Star Wars MMO, yeah, I'd be disappointed.  Luckily, the CEO of EA has made that moot, since he has basically verified that it is indeed a Star Wars MMO.  If BioWare's MMO wasn't based on Star Wars, I'd still be interested, since BioWare has a good record of making good games.

There is still plenty of things BioWare could do to kill my interest in their Star Wars MMO.  I hope they don't, but the possibilty is there.

I think the NGE proves that some MMO's are just flat unplayable regardless of the genre.

Hopefully, Bioware is working on something better.

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Originally posted by SuperMatt

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Eight professions? That's all? That's fewer than any other MMO that comes to mind in the couple of seconds I'm processing it. EQ2 has more profs than that. WoW has more profs than that. Pirates of the Burning Sea, Eve (if I remember correctly), Tabula Rosa.

Boy I hope that's not true.

More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.

If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

I'm willing to give Bioware the benefit of the unknown. I think part of the reason for the secrecy is because they don't want the pressure of people getting their hopes up. It is very possible that they originally wanted 8 classes and have since changed their minds.

It's also possible that they wanted an MMO originally and later decided that they wanted consoles added to it.

I really wish they would tell us...something though...

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Originally posted by Kylrathin
More and more, I'm beginning to believe that this is probably true.  On Bioware's site, if you hover over the Bioware Games link at the top, you have separate options for "Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)" and "LucasArts/Bioware Interactive Product".  In the grand scheme it could mean nothing - however, with the announcements at SOE's Fan Faire craptaveganza, with LucasArts being there and not denying SOE's statements about the LA/Bioware game not being an MMO, I'm feeling less and less thrilled with it.
 
If it's not a Star Wars MMO, I'll never play another Bioware game again.  They have been well aware of all of the rumors for a long time now, and even with EA's CEO and his slip of the tongue, they have refused to deny anything.  All they would have had to do is say "No, it's not a Star Wars MMO, but we think you'll love it anyway".  They keep their secrecy and squash some rumors in the process, and they look respectable doing it.  This "no comment" bull is old and getting older, and will serve to irritate and drive away more people than it actually attracts if the IP isn't what everyone thinks it is.

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Gotta agree here. If their new MMO turns out not to be Star Wars, I know I am gonna be disappointed. I assume so will a couple of hundred thousand other people, and their behavior these past couple of years, dangling the possibilities, will screw them in the long run -- people do not like being played.

Now, if it IS a Star Wars MMO, and it's a good game, their silence would be understandable.

Personally, I'm skeptical, yet hopeful, about the whole thing.

Originally posted by Tzimiscechi

Originally posted by SuperMatt

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Eight professions? That's all? That's fewer than any other MMO that comes to mind in the couple of seconds I'm processing it. EQ2 has more profs than that. WoW has more profs than that. Pirates of the Burning Sea, Eve (if I remember correctly), Tabula Rosa.

Boy I hope that's not true.

The 'fully customisable ship' thing does sound like Gordon Walton. He was the ex-SOE designer now over at Bioware who didn't want  player housing in SWG because it screwed up the landscapes but he did want customisable living space. He was the one who came up with the lamentable instanced player housing of EQ2. Well, I personally didn't like it anyway.