SWG Combat Upgrade

[sailorzeo]

Today at 3pm eastern time, Scylla, the server I'm on in Star Wars Galaxies, gets taken down for upgrades related to the upcoming combat upgrade (cu).  It'll be down until 9 am tomorrow. 

My roommates used to be all for the cu, until they started reading more about it.  Now it seems like SOE is just turning the game into "EQ2 in a galaxy far, far away."  A lot of people are pissed.  Including my category of player, the crafters.  Leveling is now going to be based on combat skill.  I'm a Master Artisan, Master Merchant, 3-3-3-2 Chef, Novice Dancer, 0-0-4-4 Entertainer, and a Novice Armorsmith (just picked that up last night).  I have no combat professions.  That means I'll be a level one character when the cu goes live.  That means, when I go out to survey for resources and harvest resources, I'll be a sitting duck for any hostile critters out there in the wilderness. 

Apparently SOE's responce to people's criticisms is, "Well, this means you'll have to group."  Great.  I mean, okay, so my husband's chara is a Master Rifleman, Master Scout, and a few other combat profs, so yeah, he could come with me when I go surveying.  Except for one really big thing: I like to play when he's at work!  Oh, and the fact that it's incredibly boring playing bodyguard for a surveyor.  I present to you this proof.  Scroll down to Gabe's comments ("The Wizow").  Sure, it's WOW and not SWG, but same idea.

So, I don't know if the cu's gonna be live when I log in tomorrow at 10, or if it's still going to be May 5th, but today?  Today, I am grinding out armor to beat the band.  Now if only I had the credits to train.  Too bad both hubby and roommate are at work until after 3.  Ah well.

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I'm seriously thinking about it. But, on the other hand, I've got a wait-and-see attitude. It may not be as bad as it sounds.
Plus, I got another chef level today. :) And the server downtime was pushed back 24 hours.