RIP SWG

Yes yes I know... this isn't SWTOR.  It is kind of related, but SWG holds a dear place in my heart.  It was only the second MMO I had ever played, but it really sucked me in while I did play it.  I quit it before the CU was released, and moved to WoW.  Looking back, I think I should've probably stayed with SWG, but oh well.

SWG had an amazing community, and the sandbox MMO really was fun.  After having played WoW now for so many years I look back to SWG and miss the days of just logging on and being able to do whatever I wanted.  Not having to log on to run dailies for rep, or raid to get max points for the day.

I had a Master Dancer/Master Creature Handler on Tarquinnas named Tily O'nar.  You could usually find me dancing away for hours in the Cantina.  I enjoyed it because I could do it while studying for school, and I got to meet interesting people.  I'm still friends with a few of them today.

So many memories from SWG.  I remember getting to 1 million credits almost all from tips.  Being given a house, speeders, pets, you name it.  The perverts <3.  The guys that would specifically ask for certain dancers.  My dancer friends, competing to see who did better after awhile of dancing.  Learning new dances and lightshows.

Going to Lok to hunt Kryat Dragons with a group of my friends.  Letting my rancors do all the work while everyone else barely made it out alive. Creature Handler was so OP :D.  Going to Dathomir to hunt down Sisters, and seeing all my friends running away scared on their speeders as one would chase them completely across the planet.

Or the huge PvP battles that would go on outside Anchorhead.  All you could hear is blaster fire and explosions, while you stayed inside the cantina to dance off wounds.  Or the one cocky Imp who would bring out their AT-ST and taunt a group of rebels.  And the fun that would ensue.

I look back on SWG now with fondness, and nostalgia.  I'm burnt out on WoW, and waiting patiently for SWTOR to be released so I can go back to the galaxy I know and love.  Part of me had even began to wonder if maybe I should go back to SWG until TOR was out.  To be able to immerse myself in a community rich environment that WoW sorely lacks.  Instead I hear that community will be no more.

If Star Wars: The Old Republic can provide us with half the community as SWG, I believe it will be a resounding success.  I just don't want to see another rep grind or point grind like WoW has.  I will miss the people and good times I had in SWG.  Thanks SWG for the memories.  <3

~Oria