Star Wars Galaxies

I just got the trial, and kinda screwed around checking stuff out, etc.. I'm level 6 now and must say I am really enjoying it.

Basically I am looking to see what server I should make my perma home, and if there are any guilds or helpful players out there that would be willing to help me out on this new journey I am taking, in order to break away from the prison that is WOW.

Well if it's WoW you're trying to escape, there's a good bet you're trying to get away from the loot/instance grindfest. If that's the case, do yourself a favour and try another mmo, SWG's content at level 90 is now pretty familiar territory if you've played WoW. Instance and loot grind, they've even got a PvP rank system that's a carbon copy of WoW's old honor grind (even complete with rank decay), it'll be a refreshing change while you level though I guess.

They changed SWG into WoW because of WoW. Twice even. The funny thing is people who play will say if you don't like the game then you should go play WoW, thing is SWG is the Star Wars version of WoW with worse content and stories. I would suggest playing EQ2, the content is 10 times better in that game than SWG.

My best advice is to log in and look at the server loads for the primary time you will be in game, there are currently 7 servers that get to medium load and 1 or 2 of them get a heavy load from time to time.

In the character creation process don't just accept the default server that is presented to you, at that point you will see the server loads on all the servers, just sort them by load level.

I used to direct ppl to the 3 heavy servers, but they are gone now sorry.

There are 7 servers that hit medium during peak times and drop to light off-peak(and this is during the free vet month), however medium by SOE standards is now 50 players online i think(it may even be lower).  The majority players will be hanging out in eisly and restuss(on rori) so check both of those on which ever servers u try

Unfortunately the populations of all server are so low you are likely to have trouble getting a group together to do the end game content

And also unfortunately the population is still dropping

If u are looking for something that is different from WOW I would suggest u try Eve as it's the only real contender but is a niche game

If u do try SWG for yourself I wish you luck(you are going to need it)

tried eve, and I can honestly say it is quite possibly the most boring game I have ever played. I'd glady trade my old eve account for an atari with pong.

A medium server has hundreds of players on it at that time.

welcome to SWG, razgar. For a new player, SWG is a great game as long as you find the populated servers. Off the top of my head, here are the largest in no particular order: Chilastra, Bria, Bloodifn, Starsider, euro-chimaera.  (I play on Chilastra and Starsider)

If you venture to chilastra, look me up (Inat) or look for Obraik... he can be helpful too

I would also suggest you take a look at SWG's Official New Player Forum: http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/forums/show.m?forum_id=4235

Good luck and let me know if I can help.

Originally posted by razgar

tried eve, and I can honestly say it is quite possibly the most boring game I have ever played. I'd glady trade my old eve account for an atari with pong.

I'd have to agree - played this myself for a while and it is the most boring experience I think I've had in MMOs. That said, lots of people love it, but I think it's very niche and I think you have to wade through a lot of crap in the lower levels to get to the higher levels where, apparently, it's more fun.

Originally posted by Gutboy

A medium server has hundreds of players on it at that time.

yeah and then you woke up