How's the population on servers nowadays? About a year ago I played a trial (14 days I think) and it felt pretty much like a solo experience. Maybe the server I picked was dead...

There are a alot of near ghost servers Bloodfin and Bria seemed to be the two most popular when I was playing a while ago. Steer very clear from eclipse as it seems everyone else has too.

Has it only been 5 years? I still get a little teary eyed whenever I hear the music from the character screen....the anticipation of loading.

I have yet to find any mmo that captured me the way that did in its prime.

One of the reasons why i keep going back. is that after spending so much time there our city buildings feel like home. All the other MMO's i've played for extended period never could do that.

Let us know what you think. Lot of changes out there to soak in.

Well Jedi are now a selectable (from lvl 1) profession and are no where near as cool as they used to be. You are lucky enough that since you were a jedi before the NGE you will be an elder jedi basically you get a special robe and crystal, but they are nothing special really. The trade system is still pretty cool, but there have been a lot of tweaks to it...some good and some bad. It's worth going back to if you want to see if it's still a game you enjoy. For a lot of returning vets however it leaves a sour taste in their mouths. I will say that the current dev team is definitely trying to revitalize the game.

They desperately need to upgrade the entire graphics engine, and their server hardware.

Well I have spent some time running around in game now. Once I was able to find my old Station login info, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my old characters were still there after 4 years or so of not logging in.

Of course, when I logged in, I was greeted with the "choose your profession" screen. I must say, even though I knew it would be there, I was somewhat bummed to see Jedi as a selectable character class.

/GrumpyOldManOn
I remember the buzz surrounding Jedi at launch. The idea was that they would be extremely rare, with only a limited number per server. They were also supposed to be incredibly tough, to the point where it would take a concentrated effort by several people working together to take them down. To top it off, the Jedi had permadeath if killed. Gone. Kaput. No cloning. I thought this was an amazing idea, and I eagerly anticipated seeing the first of the Jedi.

There was also the mystery around how exactly one unlocked the force sensitive slot. Folks eagerly explored the planets, looking for ancient ruins or holocrons that might give clues to the path to becoming a Jedi. There were a lot of great theories floating around as to how this might work. Nearly all of which were better, in my opinion, than the way Jedi were actually implemented.

And I had to walk to school. Uphill. In the snow.
/GrumpyOldManOff

After choosing my profession, I poked around in the menus and found a rather unimaginative feat tree, and spent my skill points (the game somehow decided I was level 31). This is another thing I miss; the original skill trees that didn't use any notion of character level. It was a great thing to be able to spread your talents out in any way you saw fit.

Other than that, running around Naboo was a blast from the past. The music especially brought back a lot of good memories. After a while, I received some in game mail from some rebel wanting help with something. Ah, the "new mail" sound! How I looked forward to hearing that when I logged in. It usually meant I had made a ton of credits selling my minerals on the bazaar.

I pulled up my datapad, and found some of my old waypoints. It was odd seeing the waypoint beacon glowing over bare ground where our guildhall and houses once stood. Also in my datapad were my old pets, which I couldn't call up, I assume because I didn't train those feats high enough. I was able to pull out my old Probot though (pre-nerf, thank you very much), and gave him a little exercise for the first time in years.

All in all, I would have to liken playing SWG again after so long away to meeting an old friend that you haven't seen in years. You're glad to see them, but you've grown apart, and after a few minutes of awkward conversation, you realize that you just don't have a lot in common anymore. I would welcome a reason to love this game again. Maybe a Star Wars Galaxies 2, incorporating all the lessons learned in MMO design in recent years? Stranger things have happened, I suppose.

What is there to even do in the game anymore? I have two lvl 90's on eclipse but I wouldn't know what to do in the game anymore. Does PvP still take place? What fun is there to be had besides roleplaying your own fun?

Hmmm are the epic/hero quests easy to get groups for with the current population status?

Ok I broke down. I resubbed for at least one month. Anyone on the eclipse server? I have a cl 90 dark jedi and a master musician that possibly needs a home. They are both currently Imperials.

I rolled a Commando named Igrainne on Bloodfin. I'm still level 9 but I have finished all quests in that station and tomorrow I will get started with the pilot missions before I head out to the real world.

They took that away before the CU even showed up.