How To Pick A Star Wars Galaxies Server in 2024

[@larrythomas7423]

Legends had 2800 toons on the server today to celebrate their surpassing SOE.

[@BoloSparks]

Bots as far as the eye can see - we know they are in a terminal decline

[@Warmaker01]

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.

[@zachlamont5417]

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.

[@DextNRN]

I just play on Legends now all the other servers just seam dead or afk everything like in emu.

[@thegreatnoldini]

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

[@DextNRN]

Yep. I remember this also. It was always coming soon.

[@geordiem4n]

maybe play 2 servers then 1 for land stuff 1 for space stuff

[@clintlewis1715]

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.

[@ciaphascain2807]

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?!

[@VIPMVPanyquestions]

You need to check out Star Wars Interworlds for X4 Foundations.

[@vimserker2598]

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.

[@ciaphascain2807]

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.

[@geordiem4n]

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

[@geordiem4n]

@@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

[@thorus1337]

SWG BEYOND!!! best one yet

[@tonyslark7368]

Appreciate the video!

[@christopherbutterfield8096]

Don't do it... it has robbed my free time and made me hate modern games.. .=)

[@ciaphascain2807]

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...

[@druout1944]

Great job

[@pnzr]

Good job on this!

[@javajawa2157]

Thank you so much it means a lot you said that.

[@Warmaker01]

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.

[@cool2no]

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!

[@greyshadow9498]

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

[@markivy3451]

BH/Pistoleer/Geo Pistol/Mind Bar/ahazi Deru' Bounty Hunter

[@holdfasthomie5768]

I just stopped by to leave a mean comment.

[@dennissinned6299]

Empire In Flames.

[@mrpartysack6540]

Finalizer is goated

[@tyronejohnson409]

[@nickf4564]

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

[@javajawa2157]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pojSmaGklq2irtU

[@drassix83]

I cant make an account on the SWG infinity

[@RyanMcAul]

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.

[@gamingguru2k6]

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.

[@clintlewis1715]

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.

[@gamingguru2k6]

@@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.

[@toddoshardcoremedia6589]

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.

[@clintlewis1715]

@@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).

[@RomanianReaver]

@@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

[@kalcuthbert6829]

:/ i didnt know it was still playable

[@blockmasterscott]

Are there any versions that have a download without needing the disks?

[@javajawa2157]

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.

[@cool2no]

I don’t think you need it for restoration now

[@CycoKEV]

SWG Beyond doesn't need disks.

[@blockmasterscott]

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.

[@geordiem4n]

anything with its own launcher that can scan files will get the files you need

[@CycoKEV]

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.

[@javajawa2157]

I wasn't aware of this server. I'll check it out.

[@theRealDarkett]

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.

[@paddy7812]

Can this be streamed on a PS5?🤷‍♂️

[@javajawa2157]

It is pc only game.

[@paddy7812]

@@javajawa2157 Thanks.

[@Jkarsjens]

I threw my copies in the trash

[@clintlewis1715]

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.

[@toddoshardcoremedia6589]

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.

[@BoloSparks]

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.

[@shaverge]

Restoration all the way. Legends is the version that killed SWG! Shame!

[@greymangaming1877]

I'm new to all this myself, what is better about restoration 3 than legends?

[@RiFFxxx]

@@greymangaming1877 If you like playing all by your self then Resto 3 is perfect 😑

[@cool2no]

@@greymangaming1877there are comparison videos that explain all the differences I recommend checking them out along with this video

[@KwBeee]

​@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

[@MrRogueToYou]

@@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.

[@geordiem4n]

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