Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed was
the first expansion pack to the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies. This
expansion finally allowed players to explore and battle in ten sectors of outer
space, in more than twenty types of starships from the era between Star Wars
Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,
including familiar X-wings, TIE Fighters, and YT-1300s (same type as the Millennium
Falcon), as well as new and never before seen ships created by the
developers. It also added real-time space shooter elements to the game, which
allowed for an interesting combination with the turn-based mode already
featured in the ground-based. Jump to Lightspeed also added many space
missions and four space-specific professions. Two races were also added: Sullustan
and Ithorian. The expansion added space combat. Characters could choose one of
three factions in the new Pilot sub-profession: Rebel, Imperial, or Freelance.
The playable sectors include the space surrounding the ten planets of the game
as well as Kessel and "Deep Space." Combat is real-time and
twitch-oriented like a first-person shooter and can be played with a joystick
at the player's option. A new Artisan profession, Shipwright, was also
introduced. This profession created ships, shields, armor, weapons, etc for
players. They also have the ability to take looted components from space and
reverse engineer them into better components.
Jump to Lightspeed is now automatically included upon the
installation of the game, regardless of which version. Since
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided launched, the game has undergone a lot of
major changes. Vehicles, player-created cities, mounts and new dungeons have
been introduced, while professions have been revamped, and Jedi players have
become a relatively common sight.
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