MMOpwn
01-15-2008, 11:45
The developers of Star Wars Galaxies continue their good works. Just like clockwork and about two months after the release of Chapter 7, Chapter 8 is hitting live servers today. The full patch notes (http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?topic_id=577072) for the release can be found on the official site, but here are some highlights:
The Nova Orion Station - A two-faction quest hub (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=67539&month=122007) that will allow players to work through the dodgey politics of the Nova Orion company.
Imperial Star Destroyer Heroic Encounter - The newest group high-level content for the game, the newest encounter pits groups of adventurers against some truly tough opponents.
New ground-based collections, as well as a space-based collection system.
Four new ships have been added: the Rebel Incom X4 Gunship, Imperial YE-4 Assault Gunship, Blacksun AEG-77 Vigo Gunship, and the Naboo N-1 Starfighter.
There are, of course, numerous other tweaks to the game in this update; two big areas of correction include the User Interface and Waypoints.
If you're curious about the process of creating the new ships for the update (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=67562), make sure and check out System Designer Thomas Eidson's dev blog from just yesterday.
And, of course, thanks to Grizz for reminding us this was happening today. For a taste of the Chapter 8 flavour, go check out his videos of the new ships in flight (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=MultiMonitor) (with appropriate music to match).
Related Story (http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?topic_id=577072)
[via Massively]
keywords: chapter-8, lucasarts, nova-orion, soe, sony-online-entertainment, star-wars-galaxies, swg
The Nova Orion Station - A two-faction quest hub (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=67539&month=122007) that will allow players to work through the dodgey politics of the Nova Orion company.
Imperial Star Destroyer Heroic Encounter - The newest group high-level content for the game, the newest encounter pits groups of adventurers against some truly tough opponents.
New ground-based collections, as well as a space-based collection system.
Four new ships have been added: the Rebel Incom X4 Gunship, Imperial YE-4 Assault Gunship, Blacksun AEG-77 Vigo Gunship, and the Naboo N-1 Starfighter.
There are, of course, numerous other tweaks to the game in this update; two big areas of correction include the User Interface and Waypoints.
If you're curious about the process of creating the new ships for the update (http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=67562), make sure and check out System Designer Thomas Eidson's dev blog from just yesterday.
And, of course, thanks to Grizz for reminding us this was happening today. For a taste of the Chapter 8 flavour, go check out his videos of the new ships in flight (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=MultiMonitor) (with appropriate music to match).
Related Story (http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/posts/list.m?topic_id=577072)
[via Massively]
keywords: chapter-8, lucasarts, nova-orion, soe, sony-online-entertainment, star-wars-galaxies, swg