All Good Things Must Come To An End

Star Wars Galaxies wasn't as successful as it possibly could, or should have been. Subscriber numbers never reached respectable levels and actually began to drop towards the end of 2004. With the impending release of World of Warcraft, Sony chiefs attempted to reverse the decline by drastically altering the core game to a massive extent. This new campaign to make the game easier and friendlier to new players would ultimately drive the core community away.

Whilst no one could have predicted the eventual dominance of World of Warcraft, the hype was immense. swg credits understandably had to take action. The introduction of two massive updates, titled Combat Upgrade and later New Game Enhancements, would reshape the two year old game in a huge way. Classes were removed, professions became merged and combat was drastically altered - Complaints began to mount(swg credits).

The Combat Upgrade went live on April 27 2005, and was a large fundamental change to the combat system. The slower paced action of before was replaced by a faster, more fluid experience similar to that found in World of Warcraft. The user interface was also drastically changed. The second update, New Game Enhancements, hit servers towards the end of that same year. The biggest update to the game since its inception left dedicated players with a sour taste in their mouths. The list of changes was staggering, and Sony even began to offer refunds to players who bought the latest expansion unaware of the impending changes to their game(star war galaxies credits).

Almost immediately after the release of NGE, development of private servers and test beds began. Irate with changes made, players longed for the more varied, complex game they had been playing for the last two years. The pre-CU and pre-NGE communities have been working tirelessly to restore the game back to its original state for almost five years now. Despite this, progress has been slow, but many still refuse to return to the game they consider to be "ruined" by Sony's modernisation efforts.You can buy swg credits.