Holo-bands give entertainers a new way to have fun in the game by spawning their own band members. With this entertainer expertise ability, dancers can choreograph new dance routines using their holographic dance group and musicians can create a well rounded band comprised of a variety of different instruments allowing for a more robust sound – but all under one player's control.
Build-a-Buff is a new system of Inspiration Buff that replaces the existing system and gives Entertainers the ability to provide unique, custom buffs for their customers. Entertainers will be able to select from a wide range of modifiers and effects which are combined to create a single buff tailored to the needs of their patron.
This is great news for entertainers and their patrons!
* Officer Ranks are based on the latest GCW Update.
* GCW updates happen on Thursdays at 11:00 AM PST.
* Active GCW officers means GCW officers who have logged in during the past 14 days as of 01/26/2007 12PM PST
Reverse Engineering is a new crafting feature coming to Star Wars Galaxies in Chapter 5. It provides traders with a new way to customize armor, clothing and weapons. These new items will be very competitive in combat making them a more appealing purchase for potential customers. Reverse Engineering is also very handy for traders who provide their player associations with the latest and greatest gear.
Reverse Engineering is really going to open up a huge variety of bonuses and item modifications
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What do you like the most about the profession you have chosen for your main character?
I love being a healer. I play MMOs so I can game with other people, not alone…so choosing a support role is always my preference. That said, it is also nice to be able to solo on occasion and I find medic very handy in that regard.
Bug Fix: Players can no longer operate harvesters while dead or incapacitated
Combat Log: A filter option has been added to the Chat option window to allow you to limit the combat messages you receive. The choices are All (everyone around you), Self (just you), or Group (just you and group members around you). The default value is Self.
On Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 we will be changing forum software. Transitioning to a new forum system gives us the opportunity to offer you new features and allows us to update and upgrade the system as often as needed.
During the transition period, there will be no official forums available for 48 hours. We will, however, have a single temporary bulletin board available to you during this time.
If any of this information changes, we will post updates in our announcement forum – so be on the lookout!
In the meantime, we've put together a list below of important information about the message board migration. PLEASE make sure to read it carefully and let us know if you have any additional questions.
æ This is a service that Sibonay created. She and other roleplayers are willing to offer this Valentine Greeting Card / Gift / Candy / Flower Delivery Service to any player on Sunrunner.
@ How it works: Sunrunner player will send her an email in-game with the recipient's name and what the giver want the card to read (up to 60 characters).
‘ The cost for the greeting card will be only 20k credits! Proceeds from the cards will be donated to either a city, future prize money, credits for other roleplayers who want to run a roleplay event, a roleplay meet & greet for new players, or payment for the hirees for this service.
? The greeting card is a scroll of paper which is the synthetic cloth tailor makes. The "scroll" is then placed inside a travelpack named "To: (recipient's name) From: (giver's name)" any other special Valentine gifts (flowers, crystal, chocolates, jewelry, etc) will be placed in the pack too.
U Please order by February 9, 2007. Each "card" will be hand delivered by a delivery character.
H If we are unable to get in touch with a recipient, the greeting card will be placed in a vendor and an email with a waypoint will be sent to the recipient.
For further information or to inquire about helping out or being a part of this service please contact Sibonay
You may have heard the hype, now get ready for the grand re-opening of CLUB FREAK! As you know, CLUB FREAK is where all of SWG go to get their FREAK on. Be prepared for the hottest most seductive adult entertainment this server has to offer. CLUB FREAK will showcase the hottest dancers and entertainers. So stop by and check out the hot action!
Jessica Simpson's character will be stopping by and dancing!! I have already contacted her in-game!
(Check out this link for info on Jessica Simpson playing SWG: http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/2592/jsimpsoneq5.jpg )
So DON'T MISS OUT!!!
Where: Bria Server
Date: Thursday January 18th.
Time: 9:00 EST
Planet: Lok
City: Elsyian Fields
Waypoint: -5775, 2600
Prizes will be awarded for the following categories:
Private lap dances will be available by our dancers so be sure to have plenty of credits on hand. Additionally, there will be a shuttle service transporting people to CLUB FREAK from the Elsyian Fields shuttleport.
If you are a dancer/entertainer interested in performing please contact Mahonra in game via email. All entertainers should be at CLUB FREAK at least 30 minutes prior to the grand opening.
Please join us on Wednesday, January 31st, for a House of Commons chat with the developers of Star Wars Galaxies. The chat will be held at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC.
The focus for this chat will be Chapter 5.
You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client, such as mIRC, ircle and xchat. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or choose a server listed below that is closest to you:
stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
Creating our Holiday Extravaganza totally drained us of energy. Yet, somehow we put together this "mini-episode" of the show! We take this opportunity to do a little housekeeping. MrBubble tells us about his own "Secret Santa" experience and we give you some insight into how we came up with the SOE Secret Santa bit for our Holiday Extravaganza. (Which you should download right now if you haven't yet!)
The socket bonus applies to sub-professions that can make weapons, armor, and clothing. If a sub-profession cannot make one of those three (such as a Droid Engineer), then the expertise point grants your character a schematic or group of schematics.
The item upgrade allows for more sockets in an attachment. If your sub-profession cannot make armor, weapons, or clothing, then a schematic or group of schematics are granted.
The layout works as follows:
Profession #1 for Domestics would be Chef
Thus Profession #1 Dexterity would be called “Chef Dexterity” and its bonuses would apply to that sub-profession.
Profession #2 for Domestics would be Tailor
Thus Profession #2 Dexterity would be called “Tailor Dexterity” and its bonuses would apply to that sub-profession.
Tier Name Description Points Effect Min Points Min Level
1 Artisan's Dexterity Increases the general assembly skill mod 4 +5 points 1 10
2 Artisan's Hypothesis Gives a bonus to the experimentation roll for artisan items 4 +3% 5 10
4 Artisan's Advanced Theory Gives one extra experimentation point for artisan items 1 +1 point 13 26
1 Profession Dexterity Increases the assembly skill mod for the specified profession 4(8) +5 points 1 10
3 Profession Hypothesis Gives a bonus to the experimentation roll for the specified profession 4(8) +3% 9 18
5 Profession Advanced Theory Gives one extra experimentation point for the specified profession 1(2) +1 point 17 34
2 Profession Insight Reduces complexity of items for the specified profession 2(4) -1 point 5 10
4 Profession Keen Understanding Further reduces complexity of items for the specified profession 2(4) -2 points 13 26
5 Profession Socket Bonus Allows an extra socket to be applied to an item for the specified profession* 1(2) +1 socket 17 34
5 Profession Item Upgrade Gives the player another item upgrade schematic for the specified profession* 1(2) schematic 17 34
3 Resource Processing Increases resource quality during crafting process 2 +2% 9 18
4 Advanced Resource Refinement Further increases resource quality during the crafting process 2 +3% 13 26
Total 43
Chapter 4.4 Notes Released[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: News The developers have posted the notes for Chapter 4.4. This chapter is set to go live at 4am PST. This chapter addresses several minor issues. Please see the full list below:
Chapter 4.4: "Armed and Ready for Action!" Publish Notes Thursday, January 11th
On Thursday, January 11th at 4:00 AM PST all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.
When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.
4:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 6:00 AM CST (Austin) / 7:00 AM EST (New York)
Always remember to check the Announcement Forum for the latest information.
Galactic Civil War
Officer ranked GCW armor sets and weapons will no longer be unique so that you may display them in your house.
The Imperial White Spec Ops Armor Gloves will now actually be white instead of black.
Items
The Clone Trooper armor belts will no longer show armor stats. Previously they would show armor stats but not actually apply the bonus, since belts do not provide armor bonuses.
Quests
What Happened to Donovan?: Moved Location of waypoint for task "Track the Courier" to a known location of a patrolling courier.
Targeting
Medic Area Revive abilities no longer require the medic to target a corpse.
When a creature is killed, the corpse will now be removed as your intended target. It may be re-targeted if you like.
User Interface
Role-players can now have a role playing available to display over their character similar to Helper or LFG.
Deleting items when a macro is running will no longer cause the wrong item to be deleted.
Expertise: The Expertise window has been modified so that the requirements are completely displayed.
