Then you put up a video with better quality from Uran, because there's nothing wrong with his equipment. Because I hear Everything fine. It doesn't sound like he's talking in a fish bowl, you just like the b****, about anything, he can hear him perfectly. Fine. What's wrong with you?Man?Oh I know you're salty
Trying to describe old school SWG, especially Pre-CU, to a newer MMORPG player that wasn't around for the old school games of the genre is an amusing time. How MMORPGs used to be with SWG and before are nothing at all like how later ones did things. Even World of Warcraft was a big departure. Something a lot can't wrap their heads around was that SWG had item decay. Your stuff will break eventually whereas later games your gear lasts forever. We had a vibrant crafting and player run economy because players needed replacement gear and crafters competed with each other to provide those goods. Stuff was very reasonably priced, especially for gear you just need for day-to-day work. If you had rare mats for fancy gear, you can talk the price down. It was the only MMORPG I have ever played where adventuring players would argue about who the best armorsmith, weaponsmith, etc. were on the server. Hell, even crafted gear you acquired had a spot to identify who crafted the item. We argued because gear didn't have the same stats, so certain crafters got the stuff right because of skill, quality of mats / crafting tools / experimentation / etc. Then there was pricing. This sort of stuff no longer flies in modern MMORPGs.
Thats such a well said comment on how things used to be on this amazing MMORPG in its PRE-CU days, and also some other noteworthy sandbox MMORPG's (Thinking of DAOC, Anarchy Online, etc) I got waves of nostalgia just reading your comments on who was the best armorer on this server, etc. I remember seeing a jedi for the first time pre cu days, and it was so fricking amazing. like blew my mind amazing. Granted i was in 7th grade, but still...They dont make em like this no more, and most people dont want it or miss it anyways Sad days.
Hey the item-maker's name being on the item they crafted was such a nice touch in Wow. It was like SWG in some ways very early on, then they went and ruined it for money!
The game was so good. I remember getting Jedi pretty early and ran around in composite armor... I put an anti-decay kit on my best lightsaber.... damn I miss those times. Thanks for making me remember
The immersion of the game was what made me fall in love with pre-CU SWG. To this day only game I felt like I was in real universe, free to explore and free to do whatever I wanted to do. And as complex as all professions seemed, it was always fun choosing what your character would be.
This is something I'm having trouble with. I feel like I'm missing something. When I play emu or eif, I have no idea what to do other than grind. I don't feel immersed cuz there's no adventures to go on that i can find. No questlines. Just going to the terminal for my next fetch quest. Repeat forever, it feels like
Waiting on my Star Wars Galaxy copy- but glad to see this video to help with server choosing. I’ll go with your recommendation to try out one of the original system prior to the changes, and then go from there.
The only thing good about the original game was the profession tree. It was completely customizable and you had no way of knowing what your opponent would be throwing at you. Beyond that the other servers offer tons more content and actual missions. SWGEmu has been 'working' on Jump to Light Speed for decades and it still hasn't figured it out... It's kinda hard to have a Star Wars game that doesn't have any content in the Stars. JtLS was literally the best part of the game.
what lol, just use the launcher to get the files =D its called the use the empty swg folder trick with just some MS spiders & webs in it crawling around ^_- the launcher thinks the donut only went & deleted all the files fs! duuh! humans lol, then proceeds to replace the files
@@ciaphascain2807 certainly helped me out when i was struggling for easy creds early mid level'd, space loot! haha naice, 25 professions was it? not including jedi
I would recommend playing multiple servers. I've played several from SWGemu to SWG Legends and all have their pros and cons. If you are really into multi-class group pvp, Legends is probably best. Tons of original content, plus cloud city. I bit too much content for my tastes. SWG Beyond is a good alternative to Legends. Small community that is pvp focused. It does have some original content, but not so much that it feels overwhelming to the casual player. Currently, my favorite is Restoration. It has decent pvp and is very rp friendly. Both the pvp and rp communities seem to get along with each other. It has Jump to Lightspeed, Kash, and Mustafar. Great Community. Closest thing you can get to the CU, but with a lot of the NGE content. There is original content, but again not so much that it feels overwhelming. They recently added two of the NGE heroics. SWG Evolve is kind of interesting (think of like NGE with hybrid classes). It has base classes, similar to pre-CU/CU, but advance classes are the NGE versions. There is a decent community there, but if you don't get into a guild, you are likely not to see that community. Mos Eisley is usually dead and it is near impossible for the lone wolf to find people to group content, such as heroics.
Thank you for this video, it really helped me when figuring out what to play. I liked EiF but was super bummed when most of the races had 0 customization. Kinda killed it for me. So now it's between legends and restoration. Which would you choose and why?
Population is a big issue with the ones I played: Legends, Restoration 3, Empire in Flames, Emu. Legends had by far the largest, most active player base. Restoration 3 had a few guys namely in the hubs. But you'll find some on the more popular planets. Empire in Flames? I really liked what the server was trying to do. It's very different from the official game. But population is dead. I remember trying to shop for Stormtrooper Armor. None was on the exchange nor browsing through player shops. I was told I had to get on Discord and put out a request for it, which nobody answered. Emu is fine gameplay wise, it is Pre-CU after all. But population is a sore issue. It's not dead like Empire in Flames but it is on the low side when I was there. Low population is a major problem because SWG at its heart, was an old school MMORPG. Back when games of that genre were built with players depending on each other. Characters were never truly self sufficient like in later MMORPGs, so you needed other players. The player population can be so bad that you can't even find Doctor Buffs sometimes, which is crippling for Pre-NGE gameplay. Restoration 3 did have bots giving Doc Buffs in some of the cantinas, i.e. Mos Eisley. I'm not fond of NGE, but Legends has the liveliest server with a bunch of people running around. None of the others I've tried come anywhere close. Not having JTL space expansion is a huge detriment, IMO. I think it was the best or among the best parts of SWG. It was also the part of the game that was changed the least when the game had the CU & NGE updates. Legends and Restoration 3 had JTL. Emu does not. I mean... SOE got crucified on SWG's reviews when the game launched because it had no space game. Even SWG's successor, SWTOR, had no space game when it first released. Both games got a black eye for not having it at launch.
Legends does have the largest pop, but Restoration is more active than you might think. You have to keep in mind, preCU and CU type servers do things differently than NGE servers and so player cities often become the hubs, since you grind class skill experience through spin groups, rather than leveling up through Legacy quests. You have to learn where the popular hubs are for spinning. For example, on Restoration, if you are wanting to find people to grind skill points with, you might find yourself in Tox City on Tat, which is a popular spot for spin groups. That doesn't mean, Mos Eisley is empty though. You'll almost always find entertainers and doctors there. People also frequent the bazaar terminals in Mos Eisley as well, but player/guild cities have a more important role on servers based on preCU or CU than they do on NGE servers. People hardly used mission terminals after the NGE was implemented, where as before NGE, player city mission terminals is what people used for grinding everything from skill xp to credits to harvesting meat, bone, and hides. I've tried a lot of SWG servers and the best way to find out if a server has an active and healthy community is to look on the Bazaar terminals. Usually the best indicator is if there are a lot of vendors locations and a lot of stuff being listed/sold. If the vendor section is slim pickings, it usually indicates that the server is dead Just because you don't see many folks in Mos Eisley, doesn't always mean the server is dead. You just have to learn the lay of the land. It's like SWGemu back in the day. I don't how it is now, but years ago, if you jumped into Mos Eisley, you might think the server was dead, but once you ported over to Coronet you quickly discovered that was the main hub.
As much as I love SWGEmu, I think I might have grandkids by the time they restore Jump to Lightspeed lol. I was playing SWGEmu in 2009 and hearing about them making progress on Jump to Lightspeed even back then
Yeah, SWG Restoration is the closest thing you'll get to that. Obviously the professions are more CU like, but at least you still have that aspect of 32 professions. You get all the expansions on Restoration, so JTL, RoTW, and ToOW are all there.
Don't need them for SWG Restoration, SWG Beyond, and I've heard you don't need them for SWG Legends either, even though their site says you do. SWG Beyond's site says you need the discs, but you don't. Once you download and start the launcher, the patcher downloads the full game. That might also be true for some of the preCU servers. I haven't tested, so not sure. According to "hearsay" the SWG game files have sunset, so the requirement to actually own the game disks is no more. Your best bet is to just try the server you want to try and see you actually need the game disks or not. I suspect, most don't anymore and just haven't updated their websites to reflect that. With that said, I do believe you still need the disks for the official SWGemu (Basilisk Server), but you might not on other servers built on the open source SWGemu code, such as SWG Infinity and/or Empire in Flames.
very true i sold my collectors box but still had copies of disks, popped them in to reinstall just for them to not work now im gana by the colectors box again! 4th time having real disks but then i saw restoration didnt need disks so now im playing 1 hour later@@clintlewis1715
SWGLegends JtLS is one of the best flight sims available. I think only Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen do it better. The main differences are you can create your own equipment and fly iconic Star Wars ships in SWGLegends. AND, it has the Falcon, which you can decorate the inside of, and if you are really good you can acquire the Falcon as a planet home... C'mon?!
You know what sucks about Legends though? Being completely and utterly useless in PvP until you finally manage to find a Heroics group to get your Heroic jewelry with. It really turned me against it, and I went to EiF and/or Restoration.
I played on emu for a few years and recently went back to restoration but I may go back to emu to start my brawler/smuggler again. Let the grind begin!
i play on finilizer i teach crafting in my medical school Vodu-Siosk Baas healing and wound treatment center on Dantooine in the city of The Vale. i do these kits i cal MREs ( made real easy) it is 50 of each servers best sub component some 14 charge / 25power abecs and some 19 power / 21 charge abecs 1,000 units of slot cap mats for all medic builds organic / inorganic so you make your own meds to level with no vender addiction. the crafting part you can get on the market for the most part. ok so find a friend with a set of armor and full set of buffs , push them in to the sarlakk pit. drag them to the dancers to heal mind through the poisoning , spam /tendwound on them while watching the entertainers your self. do this up to 4/4/4/x medic , do the crafting but and continue the same thing up to x/2/x/x heal enhance. then use med use 55 janta bloodded buff pack As and level up med use in 3 sets of 15 buffs once at med use 90 use janta med use 90 buffs and get 7,700 xp pr click. whith this method you can master doctor in a day if you clicking monster the crafting part.
Thanks for the video bro I was wondering how is the server sentinels republic also I tried legends but it got really confusing at times and I didn’t like how I had to rely on buffs constantly it actually took someone to tell me to even know that is there any post cu servers that are not really grindy
does the space loot still drop in Legends, so that individual stats can range widely and be RE'd with other rare loot stats to create high end components?
As far as NGE servers go, I have to agree with you. Unfortunately, they will continue to struggle to maintain a healthy population as long as they continue to alienate potential players with their account approval process. Forcing people to go through discord, sit and wait for hours, just to be able to download the launcher is hurting Beyond. Most people are just going to opt for Legends or Restoration, where all they have to do register on the website, download the launcher, and jump into game. Even Beyond's angry offshoot group that started Evolve is gaining ground on Beyond and will probably surpass them in population before too long.
I made a video on how to set this up. The links to the servers is in the description of this video. Hops this helps. th-cam.com/video/pWohnnaHoxs/w-d-xo.html
Every time a new Star Wars game comes out they talk about it is the bestest best thing ever, there has never been anything like it, you will never want to leave... And I'm back here like... SWG...
All those servers, for so few players. Which will continue to decline over time. They all need to get together and work on bringing all the servers together. This fragmented player base is not good for the health of the game. I can't imagine there's a whole bunch of new players from younger generations coming in so folk need to be reasonable and realise they need to work together to make this the best experience for everyone put there... For as long as It lasts.
You do not need the disks. If you download the game files say from Abandonware or if you download certain servers such as restoration 3 that come with the game prepackaged into the installer you can do that.
Thank you so much everyone for answering! I want to play but I’m totally illiterate on operating a PC, I just know how to use Steam and such. I’m gonna try tonight to download SWG.
I was introduced to SWG through Legends. Also there is the scum and villain way to get the install / disc files, even without the discs. But you didn't hear that from me.
I know for a fact, you do not need the discs for Restoration or Beyond. Once you have the launchers installed for either of those servers, the patcher will download the full game, expansions and all. I heard through the grapevine that you don't need them for Legends anymore either. Have not tested that though.
Infinity has a bot problem, regardless if anyone wants to admit it. Restoration has a population problem, but everyone on it has been fairly kind to me so far. I don't have much experience outside of that.
I've found Restoration to have a healthy population. Is it as populated as Legends? No, but no server is. Restoration does have entertainers in Mos Eisley, and Doctors for buffing in several locations. It is easy to find people for instance runs and spin groups. Not my thing, but there is a rather good rp community and everyone seems really friendly. There are a lot of guilds and most guilds cover all aspects of the game.
@@clintlewis1715 I've been on plenty of times with zero Doctors. You only ever can find people in Mos Eisley. I only ever find 2-5 people in the game at all.
I'm having a problem downloading Infinity. It, goes into a never ending Update. Not, good. Must have some /bug. Restoration has a Huge Privacy problem. Giving peoples data to 3rd parties, and selling peoples private info. Also, they go by UK government rules. Which, is now a dictatorship government there.
@@toddoshardcoremedia6589 I thought the same thing about Restoration at first, but that was based on a lot of misinformation posted by people on Reddit that were disgruntled over changes and Aconites antics. What they do is store your pc id and ip address for authentication. Something that every game and/or gaming site does, often without notifying you of that other than in fine print in the terms of service agreement. Restoration, forces you to click a button to allow it when you initially log into the game, but that data is required for systems to communicate with each other (regardless of it's WoW, SWTOR, or SWG emulators). Just like any service, social media networks (such as Facebook), gaming sites (such as STEAM), game clients (such as WoW), or anything that you voluntarily sign up for on the internet, Restoration collects the following personal data in accordance with applicable laws; usernames passwords email addresses contact preferences contact or authentication data legal names biometric data government identifiers government identification information date of birth Per their own privacy policy, "Like many websites, we also collect information through cookies ". Just like any other website does (and yes, just like with Facebook, Steam, Amazon, Ebay, or anyplace else you visit on the web, data is collected and subject to be shared with 3rd party advertisers, unless you opt out or have cookies disabled in your browser's privacy settings). In my opinion, you should disable cookies in your browser settings anyway. Restoration's servers are based in Delaware and are subject to U.S. Data Privacy Laws and Regulations. E.U. and U.K. law only applies to those who sign-up and log-in from E.U. countries and/or the U.K. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and (UK GDPR).
@@toddoshardcoremedia6589 While the UK's ass, their police can't touch internationally and their laws are privacy compliant with GDPR so while not good you're having the bug, if you catch em stealing your info you can split their cheeks Rancor style
I liked it the day before the NGE. People were outraged by the changes before the NGE...but the NGE wrecked it for me :/ The *old* game was kinda clunky..and the NGE was like a playstation port. Preferred the CU by far
SWG Beyond wasn't mentioned in this video. It doesn't require disks. It has more content than any of the servers in this video. There is a 16 man Hardmode Tusken King, 4 Legendary difficulty Heroics, 4 World Bosses, unaltered JTL, atmospheric Mustafar pvp zone, pvp flashpoints, arenas, and a ton of "quality of life" adjustments in the 5 years it has existed. Most of the PvPers from Legends just moved to SWG Beyond due to the Staff from Legends catering to Role-playing and pilots over the PVP community.
beyond cope the "people" that left were the ones whos attempted to hinder the pvp community. lok battlefield is a good example. playing with spice when spice wasnt released. hacked pups that staff had to delete. the list goes on. dumb exploiters left when they started getting farmed on battlefields and too many of them got banned for credit selling.
A lot of the servers no longer require an original copy of the game as the files are now considered open source. You download the launcher and the patcher installs the full game. I know for sure that SWG Restoration and SWG Evolve do not require the original game discs. I have heard this is also true for SWG Legends, however their website says that they are required.
Not good, if you ever want to play the Emulators. If, you don't want to ever play SWG again. The, your good, heheh. Sometimes, some Emulator sites will have a download area. Where, you can re-download the disc programs. There, is E-bay too.
Ummmm, I've only heard of Finalizer being called SWGemu. It was SWGemu when it was the Basilist server. It literally started out as SWGemu. Infinity and Empire in Flames are literally modified SWGemu servers. So yeah, most people do still call it SWGemu. Unless you playing on Legends, Beyond, Evolve, or Restoration which are based on different code.
Legacy - I was playing the game till I became CSR, and found they were no policing any multi-accounting, and when players gave snark, I had no support to deal with them. So I was zero value, playing fair, in a servers others could just load another 10 characters and get extra daily tokens etc. The owner protected someone from discipline, he should have got, and lost the player that was showing everyone the way and helping. I lost the will to help people who never gave back quickly. Games dead, face it! Never gunno be anything like it was in live again. None of the private servers get it right.
@greymangaming1877 32 professions and uses the combat upgrade. The jedi unlock system is grind based. Adding some content as well. It's unique but I'd recommend starting with Legends
@@greymangaming1877 Legends is easier to pick up and play but not as in-depth for character building but Legends has probably the best space combat; every server has pros and cons but if you're not going to drop a LOT of time into making a character, starting over and doing it right, and learning a ton of systems you'll probably want to start on Legends and build from there.
32 =D i thought it was 25 professions, i tried a few times but the nge controls & UI are still as gash as the day they were made =D though i may come back for some JTL action ha yea everytime i be the imps maybe ill try X wings, the one where its the CU but with the nge content seemed the way to go, which server has the biggest but not bigger than the force pvp dust ups or pvp players? used to be the emu many many moons ago
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I appreciate the mic quality, it really makes me feel like I'm back in 2003 lol
haha, I have gotten a better mic since this video.
Then you put up a video with better quality from Uran, because there's nothing wrong with his equipment. Because I hear Everything fine. It doesn't sound like he's talking in a fish bowl, you just like the b****, about anything, he can hear him perfectly. Fine. What's wrong with you?Man?Oh I know you're salty
It helps atmosphere
I can picture the white stick mic standing on the giant desk now...
Legends had 2800 toons on the server today to celebrate their surpassing SOE.
Bots as far as the eye can see - we know they are in a terminal decline
How many of them were dual logged on players, or players using more than 1 Pc?
@@Warg666 They show unique counts in their pop numbers.
This video made me feel like I was back in high school researching MMOs on old TH-cam,
such a good nostalgic but not even trying to be a troll
By far one of the best, concise and definitive reviews/explanations.
Trying to describe old school SWG, especially Pre-CU, to a newer MMORPG player that wasn't around for the old school games of the genre is an amusing time. How MMORPGs used to be with SWG and before are nothing at all like how later ones did things. Even World of Warcraft was a big departure.
Something a lot can't wrap their heads around was that SWG had item decay. Your stuff will break eventually whereas later games your gear lasts forever. We had a vibrant crafting and player run economy because players needed replacement gear and crafters competed with each other to provide those goods. Stuff was very reasonably priced, especially for gear you just need for day-to-day work. If you had rare mats for fancy gear, you can talk the price down.
It was the only MMORPG I have ever played where adventuring players would argue about who the best armorsmith, weaponsmith, etc. were on the server. Hell, even crafted gear you acquired had a spot to identify who crafted the item. We argued because gear didn't have the same stats, so certain crafters got the stuff right because of skill, quality of mats / crafting tools / experimentation / etc. Then there was pricing.
This sort of stuff no longer flies in modern MMORPGs.
Thats such a well said comment on how things used to be on this amazing MMORPG in its PRE-CU days, and also some other noteworthy sandbox MMORPG's (Thinking of DAOC, Anarchy Online, etc) I got waves of nostalgia just reading your comments on who was the best armorer on this server, etc. I remember seeing a jedi for the first time pre cu days, and it was so fricking amazing. like blew my mind amazing. Granted i was in 7th grade, but still...They dont make em like this no more, and most people dont want it or miss it anyways Sad days.
Hey the item-maker's name being on the item they crafted was such a nice touch in Wow. It was like SWG in some ways very early on, then they went and ruined it for money!
The game was so good. I remember getting Jedi pretty early and ran around in composite armor... I put an anti-decay kit on my best lightsaber.... damn I miss those times.
Thanks for making me remember
The immersion of the game was what made me fall in love with pre-CU SWG. To this day only game I felt like I was in real universe, free to explore and free to do whatever I wanted to do. And as complex as all professions seemed, it was always fun choosing what your character would be.
This is something I'm having trouble with. I feel like I'm missing something. When I play emu or eif, I have no idea what to do other than grind. I don't feel immersed cuz there's no adventures to go on that i can find. No questlines. Just going to the terminal for my next fetch quest. Repeat forever, it feels like
This was very clear and concise! Thank you for making it.
Excellent video
I just play on Legends now all the other servers just seam dead or afk everything like in emu.
I swear when you picked a gungan I was like "it'd be funny to make a jacked giga-chad gungan" and then you did lol
The sky is the limit with swgemu because there's no jump to light speed....
I'll see myself out
Waiting on my Star Wars Galaxy copy- but glad to see this video to help with server choosing.
I’ll go with your recommendation to try out one of the original system prior to the changes, and then go from there.
The only thing good about the original game was the profession tree. It was completely customizable and you had no way of knowing what your opponent would be throwing at you. Beyond that the other servers offer tons more content and actual missions. SWGEmu has been 'working' on Jump to Light Speed for decades and it still hasn't figured it out... It's kinda hard to have a Star Wars game that doesn't have any content in the Stars. JtLS was literally the best part of the game.
what lol, just use the launcher to get the files =D its called the use the empty swg folder trick with just some MS spiders & webs in it crawling around ^_- the launcher thinks the donut only went & deleted all the files fs! duuh! humans lol, then proceeds to replace the files
@@ciaphascain2807 certainly helped me out when i was struggling for easy creds early mid level'd, space loot! haha naice, 25 professions was it? not including jedi
Xavia & I use to do stuff for SWGEmu back in the day, before her accident😮💨
Played on Empire in Flames before it was ever launched.
I would recommend playing multiple servers. I've played several from SWGemu to SWG Legends and all have their pros and cons.
If you are really into multi-class group pvp, Legends is probably best. Tons of original content, plus cloud city. I bit too much content for my tastes.
SWG Beyond is a good alternative to Legends. Small community that is pvp focused. It does have some original content, but not so much that it feels overwhelming to the casual player.
Currently, my favorite is Restoration. It has decent pvp and is very rp friendly. Both the pvp and rp communities seem to get along with each other. It has Jump to Lightspeed, Kash, and Mustafar. Great Community. Closest thing you can get to the CU, but with a lot of the NGE content. There is original content, but again not so much that it feels overwhelming. They recently added two of the NGE heroics.
SWG Evolve is kind of interesting (think of like NGE with hybrid classes). It has base classes, similar to pre-CU/CU, but advance classes are the NGE versions. There is a decent community there, but if you don't get into a guild, you are likely not to see that community. Mos Eisley is usually dead and it is near impossible for the lone wolf to find people to group content, such as heroics.
The testing for a jump to lightspeed is on the Nova server which is the oldest actual server of the emu project
Star Wars Galaxies, now that's a name I've not heard in a long time..
Flew over most people's head, but I'm enough of a Star Wars nerd to see what you did there.
i think my uncle knows it, he said it was dead
Appreciate the video!
Good job on this!
Thank you so much it means a lot you said that.
Never have unlocked Jedi on the original. I’ve always made it to the village but takes so much time that I end up quitting
Thank you for this video, it really helped me when figuring out what to play. I liked EiF but was super bummed when most of the races had 0 customization. Kinda killed it for me. So now it's between legends and restoration. Which would you choose and why?
Population is a big issue with the ones I played: Legends, Restoration 3, Empire in Flames, Emu. Legends had by far the largest, most active player base. Restoration 3 had a few guys namely in the hubs. But you'll find some on the more popular planets. Empire in Flames? I really liked what the server was trying to do. It's very different from the official game. But population is dead. I remember trying to shop for Stormtrooper Armor. None was on the exchange nor browsing through player shops. I was told I had to get on Discord and put out a request for it, which nobody answered.
Emu is fine gameplay wise, it is Pre-CU after all. But population is a sore issue. It's not dead like Empire in Flames but it is on the low side when I was there.
Low population is a major problem because SWG at its heart, was an old school MMORPG. Back when games of that genre were built with players depending on each other. Characters were never truly self sufficient like in later MMORPGs, so you needed other players. The player population can be so bad that you can't even find Doctor Buffs sometimes, which is crippling for Pre-NGE gameplay. Restoration 3 did have bots giving Doc Buffs in some of the cantinas, i.e. Mos Eisley.
I'm not fond of NGE, but Legends has the liveliest server with a bunch of people running around. None of the others I've tried come anywhere close.
Not having JTL space expansion is a huge detriment, IMO. I think it was the best or among the best parts of SWG. It was also the part of the game that was changed the least when the game had the CU & NGE updates. Legends and Restoration 3 had JTL. Emu does not. I mean... SOE got crucified on SWG's reviews when the game launched because it had no space game. Even SWG's successor, SWTOR, had no space game when it first released. Both games got a black eye for not having it at launch.
Legends does have the largest pop, but Restoration is more active than you might think. You have to keep in mind, preCU and CU type servers do things differently than NGE servers and so player cities often become the hubs, since you grind class skill experience through spin groups, rather than leveling up through Legacy quests. You have to learn where the popular hubs are for spinning. For example, on Restoration, if you are wanting to find people to grind skill points with, you might find yourself in Tox City on Tat, which is a popular spot for spin groups. That doesn't mean, Mos Eisley is empty though. You'll almost always find entertainers and doctors there. People also frequent the bazaar terminals in Mos Eisley as well, but player/guild cities have a more important role on servers based on preCU or CU than they do on NGE servers. People hardly used mission terminals after the NGE was implemented, where as before NGE, player city mission terminals is what people used for grinding everything from skill xp to credits to harvesting meat, bone, and hides.
I've tried a lot of SWG servers and the best way to find out if a server has an active and healthy community is to look on the Bazaar terminals. Usually the best indicator is if there are a lot of vendors locations and a lot of stuff being listed/sold. If the vendor section is slim pickings, it usually indicates that the server is dead
Just because you don't see many folks in Mos Eisley, doesn't always mean the server is dead. You just have to learn the lay of the land. It's like SWGemu back in the day. I don't how it is now, but years ago, if you jumped into Mos Eisley, you might think the server was dead, but once you ported over to Coronet you quickly discovered that was the main hub.
As much as I love SWGEmu, I think I might have grandkids by the time they restore Jump to Lightspeed lol. I was playing SWGEmu in 2009 and hearing about them making progress on Jump to Lightspeed even back then
Yep. I remember this also. It was always coming soon.
maybe play 2 servers then 1 for land stuff 1 for space stuff
@@DextNRN haha, it's still coming soon.
Yeah, SWG Restoration is the closest thing you'll get to that. Obviously the professions are more CU like, but at least you still have that aspect of 32 professions. You get all the expansions on Restoration, so JTL, RoTW, and ToOW are all there.
@@clintlewis1715 anything to get away from those NGE controls and UI elements, clearly not designed by ppl who play pc games at all let alone mmos
problem is some of these servers require the orginal disks which is getting harder to come by that is why i went to resto in the first place
Don't need them for SWG Restoration, SWG Beyond, and I've heard you don't need them for SWG Legends either, even though their site says you do. SWG Beyond's site says you need the discs, but you don't. Once you download and start the launcher, the patcher downloads the full game. That might also be true for some of the preCU servers. I haven't tested, so not sure. According to "hearsay" the SWG game files have sunset, so the requirement to actually own the game disks is no more. Your best bet is to just try the server you want to try and see you actually need the game disks or not. I suspect, most don't anymore and just haven't updated their websites to reflect that.
With that said, I do believe you still need the disks for the official SWGemu (Basilisk Server), but you might not on other servers built on the open source SWGemu code, such as SWG Infinity and/or Empire in Flames.
very true i sold my collectors box but still had copies of disks, popped them in to reinstall just for them to not work now im gana by the colectors box again! 4th time having real disks but then i saw restoration didnt need disks so now im playing 1 hour later@@clintlewis1715
SWGLegends JtLS is one of the best flight sims available. I think only Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen do it better. The main differences are you can create your own equipment and fly iconic Star Wars ships in SWGLegends. AND, it has the Falcon, which you can decorate the inside of, and if you are really good you can acquire the Falcon as a planet home... C'mon?!
You need to check out Star Wars Interworlds for X4 Foundations.
So Pre-CU, CU, NGE are the options? Which do people here prefer?
You know what sucks about Legends though? Being completely and utterly useless in PvP until you finally manage to find a Heroics group to get your Heroic jewelry with. It really turned me against it, and I went to EiF and/or Restoration.
I played on emu for a few years and recently went back to restoration but I may go back to emu to start my brawler/smuggler again. Let the grind begin!
i play on finilizer i teach crafting in my medical school Vodu-Siosk Baas healing and wound treatment center on Dantooine in the city of The Vale. i do these kits i cal MREs ( made real easy) it is 50 of each servers best sub component some 14 charge / 25power abecs and some 19 power / 21 charge abecs 1,000 units of slot cap mats for all medic builds organic / inorganic so you make your own meds to level with no vender addiction. the crafting part you can get on the market for the most part. ok so find a friend with a set of armor and full set of buffs , push them in to the sarlakk pit. drag them to the dancers to heal mind through the poisoning , spam /tendwound on them while watching the entertainers your self. do this up to 4/4/4/x medic , do the crafting but and continue the same thing up to x/2/x/x heal enhance. then use med use 55 janta bloodded buff pack As and level up med use in 3 sets of 15 buffs once at med use 90 use janta med use 90 buffs and get 7,700 xp pr click. whith this method you can master doctor in a day if you clicking monster the crafting part.
for more tips find me in game ng'mui stormbringer , corsec
Thanks for the video bro I was wondering how is the server sentinels republic also I tried legends but it got really confusing at times and I didn’t like how I had to rely on buffs constantly it actually took someone to tell me to even know that is there any post cu servers that are not really grindy
Best is yet to come "watch this space"
does the space loot still drop in Legends, so that individual stats can range widely and be RE'd with other rare loot stats to create high end components?
SWG BEYOND!!! best one yet
As far as NGE servers go, I have to agree with you. Unfortunately, they will continue to struggle to maintain a healthy population as long as they continue to alienate potential players with their account approval process. Forcing people to go through discord, sit and wait for hours, just to be able to download the launcher is hurting Beyond.
Most people are just going to opt for Legends or Restoration, where all they have to do register on the website, download the launcher, and jump into game. Even Beyond's angry offshoot group that started Evolve is gaining ground on Beyond and will probably surpass them in population before too long.
How does one select a server. There is nothing so far in discussing how. Ice never played and I'm trying to select my server
I made a video on how to set this up. The links to the servers is in the description of this video. Hops this helps. th-cam.com/video/pWohnnaHoxs/w-d-xo.html
Don't forget Dr crafting the only game on the planet that has Dr crafting
Great job
BH/Pistoleer/Geo Pistol/Mind Bar/ahazi Deru' Bounty Hunter
Don't do it... it has robbed my free time and made me hate modern games.. .=)
Every time a new Star Wars game comes out they talk about it is the bestest best thing ever, there has never been anything like it, you will never want to leave... And I'm back here like... SWG...
Which server do you reccomend as having that awesome gameplay that makes you hate modern games?
As a non-us, non-eu citizen, it is important for me to not need to have the original game cd
All those servers, for so few players. Which will continue to decline over time. They all need to get together and work on bringing all the servers together. This fragmented player base is not good for the health of the game. I can't imagine there's a whole bunch of new players from younger generations coming in so folk need to be reasonable and realise they need to work together to make this the best experience for everyone put there... For as long as It lasts.
I just stopped by to leave a mean comment.
I cant make an account on the SWG infinity
Should've mentioned Animus!
Empire In Flames.
Are there any versions that have a download without needing the disks?
You do not need the disks. If you download the game files say from Abandonware or if you download certain servers such as restoration 3 that come with the game prepackaged into the installer you can do that.
I don’t think you need it for restoration now
SWG Beyond doesn't need disks.
Thank you so much everyone for answering! I want to play but I’m totally illiterate on operating a PC, I just know how to use Steam and such.
I’m gonna try tonight to download SWG.
anything with its own launcher that can scan files will get the files you need
Finalizer is goated
Do I still need the original Launchpad or has someone finally made their own?
Want to get back into SWG but haven't seen my disc's in years
I was introduced to SWG through Legends. Also there is the scum and villain way to get the install / disc files, even without the discs. But you didn't hear that from me.
@@Kaboose666 No I certainly did not 🤫
I know for a fact, you do not need the discs for Restoration or Beyond. Once you have the launchers installed for either of those servers, the patcher will download the full game, expansions and all. I heard through the grapevine that you don't need them for Legends anymore either. Have not tested that though.
@clintlewis1715 Thanks for that!
Infinity has a bot problem, regardless if anyone wants to admit it. Restoration has a population problem, but everyone on it has been fairly kind to me so far. I don't have much experience outside of that.
I've found Restoration to have a healthy population. Is it as populated as Legends? No, but no server is. Restoration does have entertainers in Mos Eisley, and Doctors for buffing in several locations. It is easy to find people for instance runs and spin groups. Not my thing, but there is a rather good rp community and everyone seems really friendly. There are a lot of guilds and most guilds cover all aspects of the game.
@@clintlewis1715 I've been on plenty of times with zero Doctors. You only ever can find people in Mos Eisley. I only ever find 2-5 people in the game at all.
I'm having a problem downloading Infinity. It, goes into a never ending Update. Not, good. Must have some /bug. Restoration has a Huge Privacy problem. Giving peoples data to 3rd parties, and selling peoples private info. Also, they go by UK government rules. Which, is now a dictatorship government there.
@@toddoshardcoremedia6589 I thought the same thing about Restoration at first, but that was based on a lot of misinformation posted by people on Reddit that were disgruntled over changes and Aconites antics.
What they do is store your pc id and ip address for authentication. Something that every game and/or gaming site does, often without notifying you of that other than in fine print in the terms of service agreement. Restoration, forces you to click a button to allow it when you initially log into the game, but that data is required for systems to communicate with each other (regardless of it's WoW, SWTOR, or SWG emulators).
Just like any service, social media networks (such as Facebook), gaming sites (such as STEAM), game clients (such as WoW), or anything that you voluntarily sign up for on the internet, Restoration collects the following personal data in accordance with applicable laws;
usernames
passwords
email addresses
contact preferences
contact or authentication data
legal names
biometric data
government identifiers
government identification information
date of birth
Per their own privacy policy, "Like many websites, we also collect information through cookies ". Just like any other website does (and yes, just like with Facebook, Steam, Amazon, Ebay, or anyplace else you visit on the web, data is collected and subject to be shared with 3rd party advertisers, unless you opt out or have cookies disabled in your browser's privacy settings).
In my opinion, you should disable cookies in your browser settings anyway.
Restoration's servers are based in Delaware and are subject to U.S. Data Privacy Laws and Regulations.
E.U. and U.K. law only applies to those who sign-up and log-in from E.U. countries and/or the U.K. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and (UK GDPR).
@@toddoshardcoremedia6589
While the UK's ass, their police can't touch internationally and their laws are privacy compliant with GDPR so while not good you're having the bug, if you catch em stealing your info you can split their cheeks Rancor style
Can this be streamed on a PS5?🤷♂️
It is pc only game.
@@javajawa2157 Thanks.
:/ i didnt know it was still playable
I liked it the day before the NGE. People were outraged by the changes before the NGE...but the NGE wrecked it for me :/
The *old* game was kinda clunky..and the NGE was like a playstation port. Preferred the CU by far
Restoration all day. Not sure why people can like Legends so much when nge is a main reason so many left...
Hello!?
SWG Beyond wasn't mentioned in this video. It doesn't require disks. It has more content than any of the servers in this video. There is a 16 man Hardmode Tusken King, 4 Legendary difficulty Heroics, 4 World Bosses, unaltered JTL, atmospheric Mustafar pvp zone, pvp flashpoints, arenas, and a ton of "quality of life" adjustments in the 5 years it has existed. Most of the PvPers from Legends just moved to SWG Beyond due to the Staff from Legends catering to Role-playing and pilots over the PVP community.
I wasn't aware of this server. I'll check it out.
beyond cope
the "people" that left were the ones whos attempted to hinder the pvp community. lok battlefield is a good example. playing with spice when spice wasnt released. hacked pups that staff had to delete. the list goes on. dumb exploiters left when they started getting farmed on battlefields and too many of them got banned for credit selling.
personally prefer SWG Legends. Can t stand Pre CU.
Still waiting for the no player bounty Jedi enabled server :)
euro chimera wdc
I threw my copies in the trash
A lot of the servers no longer require an original copy of the game as the files are now considered open source. You download the launcher and the patcher installs the full game. I know for sure that SWG Restoration and SWG Evolve do not require the original game discs. I have heard this is also true for SWG Legends, however their website says that they are required.
Not good, if you ever want to play the Emulators. If, you don't want to ever play SWG again. The, your good, heheh. Sometimes, some Emulator sites will have a download area. Where, you can re-download the disc programs. There, is E-bay too.
no one calls it SWIG emu lol S.W.G emu
Don't be mad you didn't think of it first. These emus are taking swigs.
Ummmm, I've only heard of Finalizer being called SWGemu. It was SWGemu when it was the Basilist server. It literally started out as SWGemu. Infinity and Empire in Flames are literally modified SWGemu servers. So yeah, most people do still call it SWGemu. Unless you playing on Legends, Beyond, Evolve, or Restoration which are based on different code.
Legacy - I was playing the game till I became CSR, and found they were no policing any multi-accounting, and when players gave snark, I had no support to deal with them. So I was zero value, playing fair, in a servers others could just load another 10 characters and get extra daily tokens etc. The owner protected someone from discipline, he should have got, and lost the player that was showing everyone the way and helping. I lost the will to help people who never gave back quickly. Games dead, face it! Never gunno be anything like it was in live again. None of the private servers get it right.
Restoration all the way. Legends is the version that killed SWG! Shame!
I'm new to all this myself, what is better about restoration 3 than legends?
@@greymangaming1877 If you like playing all by your self then Resto 3 is perfect 😑
@@greymangaming1877there are comparison videos that explain all the differences I recommend checking them out along with this video
@greymangaming1877 32 professions and uses the combat upgrade. The jedi unlock system is grind based. Adding some content as well. It's unique but I'd recommend starting with Legends
@@greymangaming1877 Legends is easier to pick up and play but not as in-depth for character building but Legends has probably the best space combat; every server has pros and cons but if you're not going to drop a LOT of time into making a character, starting over and doing it right, and learning a ton of systems you'll probably want to start on Legends and build from there.
32 =D i thought it was 25 professions, i tried a few times but the nge controls & UI are still as gash as the day they were made =D though i may come back for some JTL action ha yea everytime i be the imps maybe ill try X wings, the one where its the CU but with the nge content seemed the way to go, which server has the biggest but not bigger than the force pvp dust ups or pvp players? used to be the emu many many moons ago