Digging a hole with a lightsaber

Gamergod has news on the SWG revamp revamp. Yeah, thats right, the recently revamped SWG is undergoing major changes *again*. And if I say major, I mean *MAJOR*, completely changing the way how classes, xp, and combat works.

Now everybody knows that SWG is in a hole. But it seems that SOE isn't aware of the first rule of holes being to stop digging. If you completely change the way your game works every year, you drive away all of your old customers. And your chances to attract new customers with an old game are slim. The much better solution would be to create a sequel, SWG2, and gain lots of new customers.

Would I play a game which had the quality and accessibility of WoW, but played in the Star Wars universe? You bet I would! But no amount of tweaking, major or not, is going to turn the old SWG into such a game. There simply isn't enough of a game in SWG, and patching one in seems pretty much impossible to me. You can't turn a "world" MMORPG into a "game" MMORPG with a patch. Better use your license to make two Star Wars MMORPGs, one a game, the other a world sandbox.
- posted by Tobold @ 11:04 AM Permanent Link