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One of my favorite MMORPG moment

TheodwulfTheodwulf Member UncommonPosts: 311
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM
   It was playing Star Wars Galaxies during the Combat Upgrade (my favorite iteration of the game). Dantooine was down (unavailable) and I was hungry for XP for the insatiable Rodian monster that lived on Dathomir. So I went to Tatooine and started running missions solo out of a player city south of Bestine (on Radiant).  There I came across an interesting character. The guy was a Ranger/Creature handler who had never been off of Tatooine, had never seen a Jedi and had never partaken in space combat. He had played for a couple of months and was extremely knowledgeable about Scout/Ranger/Creature Handler, probably the most knowledgeable person I had run into on those topics. He just played on an isolated part of the game world, mostly by himself, paying $14.99 a month and having a great time.  He wasn't out there trying to gank lowbies, he wasn't gathering some rare materials, he was just playing some wandering guy out in the desert with his pet dewbacks. I only met him once, didn't remember his name and never ran into him again but the moment stuck. It was cool and years later it still defines what the genre should be for me.

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  • Beatnik59Beatnik59 Member UncommonPosts: 2,413
    That kind of person is an endangered species in today's game...but if you are quiet, patient and know where to look, you might have a glimpse of that endangered species from time to time.

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  • mariongoxmariongox Member CommonPosts: 8
    Theodwulf said:
       It was playing Star Wars Galaxies during the Combat Upgrade (my favorite iteration of the game). Dantooine was down (unavailable) and I was hungry for XP for the insatiable Rodian monster that lived on Dathomir. So I went to Tatooine and started running missions solo out of a player city south of Bestine (on Radiant).  There I came across an interesting character. The guy was a Ranger/Creature handler who had never been off of Tatooine, had never seen a Jedi and had never partaken in space combat. He had played for a couple of months and was extremely knowledgeable about Scout/Ranger/Creature Handler, probably the most knowledgeable person I had run into on those topics. He just played on an isolated part of the game world, mostly by himself, paying $14.99 a month and having a great time.  He wasn't out there trying to gank lowbies, he wasn't gathering some rare materials, he was just playing some wandering guy out in the desert with his pet dewbacks. I only met him once, didn't remember his name and never ran into him again but the moment stuck. It was cool and years later it still defines what the genre should be for me.
    @Theodwulf ;
    where are the pictures?
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