Home Boy,
this is Star wars we are talking about!
this game gets a new breath of air for each set that comes out.
the only thing that seems to be falling is your friends interest in the game. and that is something that you cannot control, which is fine.
i suggest you start getting other people involved, thats what i did when i thought the air was out of my gaming tires.
DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR ARMIES UNLESS YOU ARE TRADING FOR OTHER PIECES!

If it has 4 years left that is alot of fun to be had. I say enjoy it all while we can and ride it to the end.

If they dont do something stupid like make a SWm 2.0 or tick off LFL, I could see the game going another 2 - 5 years, there are still tons of characters that can be made and new ones added in the Eu all the time. I would say it is still flying if not a little stale.

That is what killed DDM for me. Sure someone's getting around to converting all the old pieces to their new game but that really ticked me off.

I'm not sure how long SWM can go on but at least here there is a tradition of resculpting pieces. I know some people don't like seeing another Stormtrooper released and many more who hate aquiring hordes of some uncommon only to see it released in a later set as a common but the willingness to recycle pieces means the new comers still have access to a number of iconic staples from earlier sets. Throw in the fact that most rare/VR pieces are uniques which also get recycled into new versions SWM doesn't actually need to come out with too many totally new pieces each set. The drop to 40 pieces each set also makes creating a new set easier.

LOL Stupid trekkies are to dumb for there own good!!!!

I believe you mean Powerleap? That game was not subtle in it's powershifts at all. Rarely a piece could survive from one set to the next. But I agree it could go a long time. Which I think is one of the good reasons of Gowks dismisal, he changed the feel of the game. (IMHO)



10 factions is enough. I could handle a few more subfactions, such as Black sun, as a good example. They have a hard enough time supporting all 10 as is, what would happen if there was more? Certian factions would continue to get the shaft, and more would be added to that list. As for what you've mentioned, the Ssiruvvi, don't have a big enough prescense, they appear in two books? no faction for them. And the Chiss would be a great subfaction in the fringe.

Just my thoughts on it.

As for the game it has legs still under it. Even with the lead designer change, (bye Rob you'll be missed) the concepts of the game are well rooted, as long as they don't do some crazy overhaul I can see the game continuing to last. I for one would keep my collection even if the game was dead, because it is a fun game to play and there are just so many combos at this point

Ya know what would be awesome? If they made a video game out of this. Kind of like that demo on wizards of the coast' website. How freaking cool would that be? Would we ever see the sun again? Play online vs other players or set up squads to play against the computer!? Oh my kidney's quiver with excitement just thinking of it!

playstation 2 came out with a game about 2 years ago, called the "eye of Judgement" or something like that. it runs just like a miniatures game, has a "map" that plugged into your console(like a controller) and "virtual" pieces that you unlocked and played with on yer PS2.
needless to say....the game Tanked.

i agree!
we can keep this game going for a long time.
and not to be a stick in the mud TK, and not to nit pick either, but we have to watch our language on this site bro.

Even if the was falling and it ends in the next 2 years there is not law stopping us from playing, and the RPG is really fun and that will last a long time even after this game stops. All I'm saying that even if this game ends you can still play it and have fun.