I pre-ordered this game and played the hell out of it till the bitter end way back, was in a guild run by some chick named Dalia, I can't remember the name and have scattered weird bits of the game that seem to be slowly coming back.
I looked for some game play footage on youtube out of nostalgia a couple weeks ago and realized you guys had done it. Impressive, I had heard the emulation rumors not to long after the shutdown by EA but lost hope. As soon as I logged in I got all teary eyed.
Looks like I've gotten in a little late, when exactly did this go alpha and people started at 0?
Seems like a lot of lvl150's out there and maybe a lot of private or internalized gameplay done in guilds or peeps with multiple boxes. I dunno just a guess, maybe just that there is only 300 or so peeps on at any given time.
Which leads me to my next questions, has that number been slowly expanding since you guys started up or has it hit a generalized wall since then?
I do remember whole other sectors that were added and certain aspects of the game that changed quite a bit back in the day. Am I to assume the emulator will be limited to the content that was in the original box? Or will those new sectors / mobs / crafting catalysts be added at some point? Maybe the old Pumpkin Chunker halloween give away?
Also in the current game running, I was wondering, is that tempest thing in the grav well that drops matrix devices etc.. working, with that weird black box device to active it that requires a lvl8 Sumter and a bunch of other stuff to build? I only remember because I made it the bane of my existence to get that sumter recipe.
Anyway I'm resurrecting my original toons Jackman TT and Chow JE, not sure how much time I will have to play these days being married and 40 but I will do my best if anyone needs a recruit... Jackman Intends to build components, shields, weapons and be a shield recharge and hull patch combat whore and Chow will eventually be the best miner and taxi in the galaxy, hands down.
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