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LucasArts and Sony Online offer money back for players who bought the latest expansion before sweeping game changes were announced.
Last week, just days after shipping the Star Wars Galaxies expansion pack Trials of Obi-Wan, LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment revealed that it was going to give the the massively multiplayer online role-playing game a massive overhaul.
The update will introduce sweeping changes to the online game, such as redefining all characters into nine professions and eliminating some skills entirely, such as creature handling. While these and other changes will be introduced gradually, the initial reaction from many of Galaxies' players, some of whom are having years of progress eliminated or trivialized, has been quite negative.
To appease some of those angered by the reworking of Star Wars Galaxies, Sony Online and LucasArts are offering refunds to anyone with a Galaxies account in good standing who purchased the Trials of Obi-Wan before November 3. Players seeking refunds should send their name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and Station Name to refunds@soe.sony.com. Alternatively, they can send written requests to the following address:
SWG Trials of Obi-Wan Refunds
8928 Terman Court
San Diego, CA 92121
All requests must be made by December 1, 2005.
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Looks like we got a camel with one broken back, take away everything that made the game fun and sooner or later players will flip.
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I honestly thought this game was going to be a massive success when it was being developed. What went wrong? SW + MMORPG should equal mega $$$. But instead they are now in the position of offering refunds?! It's almost unheard of in the computer industry.
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They put an inept dev team incharge, who had no clue about the source material.
Can't say I'm hugely surprised by this, despite John Smedley lying his ass off at Slashdot.org, and saying that SOE hadn't noticed a rise in the number of account cancellations, alot of people are leaving, long time veteran players who had 2 or more accounts because they're fed up of being shit on.
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It's a safe bet to avoid games which advertise their expansion packs before the game is even in beta. That, I think, is the biggest reason I decided against SWG (despite my love of starwars).
