Star Wars Galaxies, a game that has been the constant target of attacks by its player base. SWG suffered major game changing updates and the last one created rage among the players: the NGE.  Abbreviated as NGE, the New Game Enhancements, was implemented almost in total secrecy.  Major changes included the simplification of professions to better mimic World of Warcraft.  This fiasco was known and heavily criticized but it was never fixed. People blame SoE for what happened to the game, but I personally think this decision was made by LucasArt.

City of Heroes introduced a system that allowed players to create their own content, SWG is following the example but this could be a little late.   I love when games allow this kind of options (bounties, user created quests, etc) because is fun and makes the online universe more alive, more believable.

MMORPG has a good interview with Tony “Teesuared” Tyson about the matter:

MMORPG - Give us a summary of the new chronicle system in Star Wars Galaxies.

Tony - The Chronicles system introduces the ability for players to create quest content in Star Wars Galaxies. It’s a content creation system that makes generating user content a fun and rewarding game in itself

MMORPG – Does implementing a system to allow players to generate their own content mean that SWG is going to stop receiving new systems and updates?

Tony –  Absolutely not. For example, our next update is Game Update 14: Death Troopers. This is brand new content. In addition, we are adding Chronicle relics to allow players to use this new content in their quests.

You can read more of the interview here

Will this bring me back to the game? No.  The release of the new StarWars MMO makes me forget about SWG, and I am looking forward to see Bioware’s magic in MMOs.