Friday Feature – Homing Beacon - 03/07/2008

Sai'nu

Citizens who have been part of Star Wars Galaxies for 57 months will receive a great reward for their loyalty this month as we introduce the homing beacon. Need to avoid Imperial entanglements at the starport? Have to get home in a hurry? Save time with the homing beacon veteran reward!

Learn more about the Homing Beacon here:

http://starwarsgalaxies.station.s.../players/news_archive.vm?id=67643

Elias

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Some seem excited and some seem disappointed with this particular Vet reward. Depends greatly on how much you use space to be honest.
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oporim · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

Unbelievable! The lengths they go to alienate one player from another even more.
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Sai'nu · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject:

I'll admit that I'm among the ones not really psyched about this particular reward. I'd much rather have seen them add player city space ports. Something that would have at least benefited structure traders too.

I do think a problem with the Vet reward program is they've put themselves in a crunch where they've constantly got to think up useful trinkets every so many months and it backfires sometimes; as with this.

Something like a particular color pattern for the inside of your house would be more along the lines of a Vet reward. With a larger selection of colors available through, again, your structures trader.
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Iago · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

If I didn't have houses all over the frickin' galaxy, I'd enjoy this one. Not sure how savin' me a single shuttle trip would be a big deal, anyways. It's only valid for the owner, so you can't have other people land at your house, anyways.

I'll scoop it and see if I can convince it to be beneficial to me, somehow.
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bishopbosco · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

Eh....
In three months time wqe will have anotherreward added. It is probably better to use the time now to lobby for what you want in three months then try to get them to change this one.
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Sai'nu · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:27 am Post subject:

Iago · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:33 am Post subject:

Rinna · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:52 am Post subject:

There's an interesting thought. What if there's someone on your ship who is banned from the structure in which your homing beacon is located? What happens to them when you land? *ponder*
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Sai'nu · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:44 am Post subject:

My impression is you'll land outside the house just glancing at it. It'd make sense at least.
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Iago · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject:

Dew · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject:

I thought this update was about Fed, but then I re-read it and realized it said Home
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Rinna · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

Nallu Koras · Ensign Karma: Add Karma Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 109

I just got this but still haven’t figured how to use it hehe
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Sai'nu · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:

Should get the option to get one in just a couple of weeks as well. Don't know that I'm going to get one myself though. Re-reading it looks like they did intend this Vet reward to be aimed at Pilots.

As far as how it is used I was under the impression that after you dropped it in your house (activate it?) then anytime your near the space station in that planet's space it should give you the option to land at your home.
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