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The something else that came along was another MMORPG, based in the Star Wars universe, and called Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided.

Based on Gwief's experience of the game I decided to give it a try. My first impressions of the game was that is was pretty well polished and after switching the controls to a more FPS style I was soon wandering around with ease.

I decided to start off as a scout, and headed off out into the wilderness to try and kill things. After failing to do so many times I then discovered scouts could use camps which allowed you to sit down and rest in to heal faster. Rather than mindless killing I think the main way to get along in this game is to do missions. Since I wanted to shoot things I took some destroy missions which find a target at your level and creates a waypoint to the location so you can find you way easily.

Unlike most MMORPG's, in SWG you gain different types of experience depending on what you do. If you shoot someone with your pistol you gain pistol xp, if you shoot someone with a rifle you gain rifle xp etc... It also applies to various other things such as healing and crafting items. So to get better at something you essentially need to do that something.

I am currently a Combat Medic, although I did try to be various other things but somehow I keep healing other players and I don't think I could play without the ability to heal reasonably well.

Here are some screen shots of my adventures so far.

Overall I am enjoying the game for the most part, especially since they added vehicles and am just exploring the rebel/imperial part of the game to see how that fleshes out. I'm not sure how good the long term appeal of the game will be but if they can continue to add new content I should hope I could be playing this game until at least WoW is released =)