I joined Saturday morning, and I must say it's been great fun so far. In my head, I call the game "Lord of the Champions," because it reminds me of Lord of the Rings Online as if it were created using the assets of Champions Online. But I like this better than LOTRO for the sole reason that I have my fellow Stonewallers to talk with and ask help from. You guys really do make all the difference in my gaming experience.

Noviere: The facial costuming is the same as Cryptic uses for Champions, if that clarifies anything.

I disagree on SWTOR i think it turned out pretty damm good, they provided the best levelling experience of any MMO yet.
When it was released the end game wasnt amazing but the release schedule for end game content has been good compared to alot of MMOs.

The levelling experience for SWTOR is good, the PvP is better than more and and the endgame content is fairly decent with a good selection of hard mode instances and operations.

What is there to be disappointed about?

SWTOR could have been an amazing game, I'm extremely disappointed with it, and it's not like EA didn't have other games to use as a baseline and example. That does not in my eyes bode well for any future SW games.

I am not necessarily against this, EA makes mistakes for sure but they do actually get it right plenty to.
When it comes to star wars we want to see "AAA" titles i suppose, and there are only so many companies out there that might be able to deliver this.

So until EA make a mess of things im going to have a wait and see attitude.

The reaction divide on my social media feeds has been telling. Supporters of EA (mostly current and past employees of EA and its subsidiary studios) are cheering this, while Star Wars fans are about talking about putting their mouths around shotguns.

The only thing people seem to be hopeful about is that DICE will make a new Battlefront game.

Personally, I'm 'meh' about the whole thing. Haven't been a Star Wars fan since I was a kid and I'm refusing to buy EA products (including Mass Effect games) after how they handled SimCity.

I'm shocked! As some of you know, I just came back from a long hiatus from the online world. I was a former contributor to the Stonewall Times and a regular reader. I've always loved the fact we have a magazine and love all the former editors for pushing the boundaries and making the Stonewall Times so great and informative!

My shock is about the sheer quality of the magazine as it is today. I would pay to subscribe, even though I am a cheep Irishman. Ali, you have a great talent for this and I hope you can use this experience in your CV to produce more in the future. I would subscribe to whatever you publish! (I would even pay)

Thank you!

http://kotaku.com/ea-snags-exclusive-deal-to-make-star-wars-games-493178983?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

So what does everyone think about this? SWTOR isn't horrible but it could be better but there had to be a huge payoff to LucasFilm to get those rights considering EA's less than stellar year. I guess money talks and will always drown out the shouts, cries, sobs and wails of a disenfranchised fan base.

Having said that, EA has released some amazing titles in the not to distant past and their stewardship of the IP is going to be under the heaviest scrutiny so it would behoove them to make some Epic games soon.

Just finished the first episode! starting the second.

This is the only upcoming MMO I am interested in at the moment. I love the trailers -- they are sooo good.

I'll probably be a human on the Dominion side. Not sure about the Exiles yet.

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Idk, I think the 'green' ending to Mass Effect 3 sounds pretty neat and a lot of avenues for new story lines and plots.

That's the ending I chose for my game :)

I think there would be a huge backlash if they chose a specific ending though.

ARGH! wish i could be there but not even knowing my schedule yet alas, I wont be able to make it. Weekends are usually my busiest days :-(
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I just heard about this, and thought I'd pass it along as I'm sure it's something we can all relate to. It's a Kickstarter for a documentary on LGBTQ gamers! There is only 4 days left of the campaign, and they haven't met their goal yet. Share it with anyone you think would be interested!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingincolor/gaming-in-color

I think that an ME MMO would be cool as long as it is set after the defeat of the Reapers. I am not a computer programmer or game designer, but I think it might be hard to integrate the decision engine into an MMO.

If it did exists, I would definitely have to play as a Quarian infiltrator or a Krogan vanguard.

Idk, I think the 'green' ending to Mass Effect 3 sounds pretty neat and a lot of avenues for new story lines and plots.

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A Mass Effect MMO would be pretty awesome. Though, what ending of Mass Effect 3 would it start from?

That's a good point... They'd probably have to do it as a prequel. The time following the First Contact War would be fun to play around in.

A Mass Effect MMO would be pretty awesome. Though, what ending of Mass Effect 3 would it start from?

I always play as a human in MMOs, but I think this one would be the first where I'd start out as either a Geth, Salarian or maybe Quarian. I've always wanted to see what they looked like underneath their masks.

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I was going to show but I miscalculated the time zone and logged into the game one hour later. :/

I hope I can catch the next parties. :)

Try this for next week's missions!

Thursday, May 9, 2013 @ 7PM EDT

Saturday, May 11, 2013 @ 5PM EDT

My Neverwinter toon is named Darkaos....go figure. Can you guess his Prof?

Looking forward to joining the guild.

I was going to show but I miscalculated the time zone and logged into the game one hour later. :/

I hope I can catch the next parties. :)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85706361/swvgguildmissions.jpgWeek of May 2nd and 4th

Hello Stonewall Vanguard

This week we had a slow Thursday but made up for it with a busy Saturday of Guild Missions!

We attempted two Tier 1 Guild Bounties and successfully killed Short-Fuse Felix!