Star Wars Galaxies: Producer Note

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April 10, 2007

I just wanted to let folks know that we are putting the finishing touches on Chapter 6 this week and hope to move it to the Test Center sometime next week. Most of the major functionality is in and we are addressing some polish and game play tweaks at this point. We want to give QA plenty of time to really hammer on this before letting the players get their hands on it. This has been one of the most aggressive Chapters we have published, with a lot of moving parts, but I believe that everyone will be quite pleased with how it is shaping up. Design and Engineering have had their heads down in code for weeks to get this all ready and it has paid off.

We are also nearing completion on the House Purge planning and phase I implementations and will be putting out some information on this soon. To ease some concerns I have seen in the forums, the plan for marking houses as abandoned and eligible for removal is only for players who have not been subscribed for over one year. Former players will have plenty of time to come in and resubscribe before their structures are packed up.

Once we have Chapter 6 on the TC and working well, we will start talking about our plans for Chapter 7. We will be using the information we have been getting from our polling to guide us as we plan future enhancements to the game, so I think you will be excited about what we have in mind. Those players that voted for PvE content that did not take the top spot in the poll should not despair as we will be trying to hit all of the possible features that gained significant support (yes...that does mean that we will be doing some space content before too long). As always we will continue to address current issues with hot fixes and special updates.

I appreciate everyone's patience as we have prepared this Chapter and ask for just a little more as we try and get it as good as we can before we put it out there. I think this is a great and passionate community and rest assured that the devs read a lot of the boards to get a handle on what the players are seeing in the game and what they want. We don't often have the bandwidth to get involved in long discussions, but know that you are heard. Keep up the great discussions (well...there are a few that...eh...never mind), and keep an eye on TC prime.

Lorin W. "DeadMeat" Jameson
Producer, Star Wars Galaxies, Sony Online Entertainment