_____________________________________________________________INTERVIEW

[LadyGamers]: First off, please let us know a little about your gaming background. Also let us know more about the guild you're a member of Shadow Stalkers (SS).

[Tezo]: I've always played games since I could reach a computer (hehe), started off true gaming in the FPS's so SWG is my first RPG and I’m loving it.

Well basically in SWG, SS offered a friendly guild of members whom to enjoy SWG with, mostly we specialize on hunting Jedi within the game and are starting to have somewhat of a reputation, also we actively participate regularly in PVP (Player Vs Player combat), and apart form that just have fun do take time out to play through in game quests as a guild. We do have members which are Rebels and Neutrals but the bulk of the guild are Imperials. Due to player city restrictions we have merged with another Imperial guild <TMM> to form one city, Imperial Landing, located on Lok. Before SS I was in <EGC>, a neutral guild of mostly just crafters and players dedicated to a city, that was the city of Rhuidean on Tatooine, which still have my vote for a great city. :) Yea I don't live there anymore, but I loved the time I spent there and return when I’m not busy. After EGC I decided to join a more active Imperial guild with some of my friends, that was <ROS>, based on Talus. We were a very tight knit guild, and very active with gaming hours, with many players grinding through for Jedi but stopping to have loads of fun along the way, in the way of PVP, organized hunts and quests. Besides SWG, I’m also currently playing Lock On: modern air combat (hehe) a bit of a change from an RPG but I’m a flight nut also. =) And when I have the time or manage to pull myself away from SWG I’ll still be lurking on some of the BF1942 servers mostly.

[LadyGamers]:  Out of all of the professions you have fiddled with, which one seems to stand out the most for you?  Is there an ideal goal you have in mind?

[Tezo]:  So far to date I’ve mastered artisan, marksman, commando, carbineer, rifleman, pikeman, medic and doctor. Not much of a list compared to some other people, but then again I’m working through exploring the game not grinding to rush for a Jedi character. I would of liked to become a bounty hunter. I originally had this in mind when I started playing but due to the huge points cost and somewhat unbalanced professions in places I decided against it. I find Doctor so very useful that I will try to keep it as my secondary profession as long as possible. I would also like to experience another melee profession for combat soon, as I currently have carbineer. I wouldn't call myself the crafting sort though, doc crafting is enough for me. =)

[LadyGamers]:  Even though there are games focused on being a Jedi, there are a lot of people who grind professions to become one in SWG, since they are such a unique character to become. When you purchased SWG, did you have it in the back of your mind the desire to be a Jedi in this game?

[Tezo]: When I first read about SWG I thought it may be interesting to become but I was never actively seeking it out, and still am not. Well to be honest at the start of actually, I really didn’t think too much about it. I’m happy just to see players working on their own chosen professions, crafting, combat, entertainment and so on. I’m not a grinder and don’t intend to be one, I’m just progressing through the game the way I want at my chosen speed, gaining friends and having lots of fun along the way means more to me than any saber.

[LadyGamers]:  Since you are a Master Doctor, can you let us know what that consists of? I have heard it is nothing but sitting in one place for a long time, while everyone you buff gets to go have all of the fun. However, you don’t seem like the type that can sit one place all day. What do you in-game besides Doctor duties?

[Tezo]: Well basically your main roles are to heal/cure/treat and buff (Enhance players stats where they can take on tougher tasks, like hunting large creatures). Usually this involves locating, gathering or purchasing good resources, using them to experiment with in the process of producing good medical supplies and then developing your own medical supply or mass producing items to sell to other doctors or medics. But I only craft for myself right now. Many players I have seen do buff for long periods of time, maybe 5 hours plus but I wouldn’t stand more then 90 minutes of buffing for example. It can be pretty hectic with a large queue and with more people showing up than you can finish with at a time, it isn’t care free lol and i do find ex-doctors make the best customers. They must feel the pain. =) But overall you can make a good enough income and if you enjoy that support role it could be for you, doctor is very useful for being self sufficient in the game, no one else can just get up and walk off to hunt a rancor without searching for buffs, or while in PVP and running from a combat medic’s Mind poison. =P Resource gathering can be fairly time consuming, it may take a few days to search for a good source across many planets, but once you’ve found some life is sweet again so just stock up! =)

[LadyGamers]:  What keeps you coming back to SWG on a daily basis?  Is it all the cute dancers in the Cantina? ;)  Once the expansion comes out, do you feel you’ll spend more time with the game or just about the same?

[Tezo]: Ha-ha dancers, nah I wouldn’t know anymore, I don’t look =P. I’m a married man in-game nowadays, to my best friend in here, Jaala. She and I enjoy the company of our friends and groups or just each other everyday we can. I would say for me it has to be the overall community of the server, you see the same people every day almost, get to know them well and enjoy the time you spend together, the laughs and experiences in game your share together, and the game’s sheer scale around you, that anytime you logon you know the world has changed and other people have kept it moving, each day something is going on or something has just happened. I don’t think I’ll be able to spend much more time on SWG, even when the Space expansion comes out, I do enough already! Lol, but I would like to indulge in the space addition; it’s a much needed part of the experience. I’m sure this game will keep my interest for a long time to come. Foremost it must be the attachment of regular gaming friends to share the world with and get to know. The game is nothing without the players, they are what make me stay everyday.