ABOUT US

SWG Animus is a SWGEmu based pre-cu emulator server. What makes us different is the focus of our team has been on expanding and improving the current systems already within the vanilla game, as opposed to “superficial” additions. SWG has the most sandbox potential the gaming industry has ever seen. its about time to start taking advantage of that.

Server rules and setup?

First and foremost - SWG Animus will be a 2 character per account server, with 1 character logged in at a time. One account per person is permitted. Multiple accounts per household (ip address) can be requested.

There will be no anti-decay kits, resource deeds, or flash speeder veteran rewards. Full group XP is enabled, as well as increased XP rates for trade/entertainer type professions.

SWG Animus will employ many forms of flagging, including GTEF to all types of scenarios in order to create a fluid gameplay experience. This is an MMO and we understand people will want the ability to work together, and help their friends. Any form of “lockout” is seen as unacceptable game design.

Player ham and buffing?

The player HAM system has been reworked to no longer require buffs to play the game at a basic level. Buffing will still be worthwhile - Let's talk about it more in the next section. Max allowable base HAM stats have been increased, as well as the stat migration points used to allocate them.

Speaking about player buffing in pre-cu - We understand it is a total drag, and a completely antiquated system that requires far too much preparation time. We have done everything we can to expedite the process. Buffing is reduced to 20% of the vanilla values to compensate for the increased base HAM amounts (for example: a 2600 buff would apply for 520). Secondary buff packs have been removed. Now, health and action buffs will apply the secondary buffs for the corresponding HAM pool. In addition to this, doctors are granted a new ability “heal enhance area” which allows them to buff their entire group, within range, with a single click. There are also poison and disease resist area commands added as well. Lastly - doctors can now apply buffs anywhere in the world, without needing a medical droid. You will never have to worry about timers again, as long as you have someone in your group with the appropriate skill and enhance packs. We want you to think about a World of Warcraft raid group AOE buffing everyone right before a boss fight.

Entertainer buffs also apply the same logic - You no longer require both music and dance buffs, either one will apply all 3 buffs. The dancer/musician will also receive the buff themselves, as long as someone is watching them. Unlike with doctor buffing - entertainer buffing still requires the use of a cantina, theater, hotel, private structure or player camp to be performed in.

General Gamplay changes

Professions

skill point and profession changes?

All “trade and social” type professions no longer require skill points. The skill tree prerequisites for some hybrid professions have been reduced as well. No modern game forces players to dedicate a character entirely to crafting etc. We believe this is the right choice for the server as to mitigate the need for excessive amounts of alternate characters just to have a functioning economy littered with bots. Players will also notice a progression system above that of the master box for combat professions to explore over time. The most impactful being what CH will now have to offer.

SWG Animus has performed various small profession specific balances. We absolutely do not want to change the way people play the game we all love. We have strived very hard to maintain the sanctity and integrity of pre-cu.

loot and world?

Loot has been accelerated in every aspect. We want players to have an enjoyable experience while out in the wilds of the galaxy. Higher CL enemies now also have higher chances to drop modified items - such as dots, compared to lower level ones. You will not be walking away empty handed from difficult enemies. Weapons, armor, crafting components will be more accessible. We don’t want an environment where a player has to invest into AFK farming a specific mob for weeks/months on end simply to receive a worthwhile component.

SWG Animus is introducing “dangerous areas” throughout the galaxy. These come in the form of specific zones that are typically outside the reach of the Galactic Empire. The empire simply does not have the resources to enforce law and police these areas. Be warned - venturing into dangerous areas is taking your life into your own hands, and it’s possible you may encounter other adventurers that might decide to be hostile towards you.

Player camps play an important role while exploring these areas. While inside the boundaries of a player camp it is considered a “safe zone” where players cannot initiate combat with you (unless other conditions are met such as a BH mission or faction status). Certain player camps will also function as a cloning point for your group members.

With that being said, killing other people is still a crime throughout the galaxy, and if you break the law too many times, you will become a wanted criminal with the Empire hiring bounty hunters to bring you to justice.

Weaponsmith

Adjust various polearm schematics to increase viability of the craft

Convert Nym’s slugthrower carbine reward into a schematic (same stats as DXR rifle)

Smuggler

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Added pistol accuracy/speed/dodge
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Can now choose type of slice
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Max slicing bonus moved to slicing 4
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Pistoleer

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Add melee mitigation
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Artisan

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Reduce rate of hand sampling
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Increase rate of harvesters
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Increase size of factory crates
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Reduce factory run times
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Brawler

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Remove intimidate1 from novice brawler
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Pikeman

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Add intimidate1 to novice pikeman
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Remove PD from polearmhit3
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Increase state chance of polearm area attack 2

Swordsman

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Add intimidate1 to novice swordsman
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Fencer

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Add intimidate1 to novice fencer
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Increase blind chance of 1h hit 3
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Commando

Consumable heavy weapons to bypass jedi saber block

Carbineer

Increase state chance on full auto area 2

Combat Medic

Enable combat medicine effectiveness skill mod

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Increase heal other mind range to 10m
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Move apply poison/disease into the combat queue

Bounty Hunter

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Reduce prerequisite for novice BH
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Investigation line no longer requires skill points

Remove 5 bounty hunter cap on player missions

Player bounty missions show more detail on mission terminals

Creature Handler

Add in various high level creature babies

Increase out of combat creature mount speeds

Increase speed of all creature mount gallops

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Decrease cooldown on gallop
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Rifleman

Tusken rifle has been reverted to kinetic damage type

Dancer

Dance buffs to apply to mind/willpower/focus

Dancer provides buff to self - if group member is watching

Remove melee/ranged defense from master box

Musician

Music buffs to apply to mind/willpower/focus

Musician provides buffs to self - if group member is listening

Remove melee/ranged defense from master box

Galactic civil war?

Galactic Civil War participation now comes with greater risks than in the vanilla SWG experience. The GCW system is designed to facilitate PvP interactions between players. There are spies working for both sides of the conflict everywhere. GCW involvement will generate visibility for all players involved. The more involved a player is, the more at risk they will be to appearing on the bounty hunter terms with a price on their head.

GCW advancement has been refocused away from afk farming of factional NPCs, to more player vs. player objective type interactions such as fighting opposing faction players and base raids. Players now yield larger amounts of faction points when defeated. The theme parks reward 10x more faction - Jumpstarting your GCW advancement journey. Faction mission terminals progressively reward more faction as a player's GCW rank increases. GCW bases now grant faction point rewards for a successful defense, or attack.

GCW NPC Stronghold cities: Anchorhead/Bestine, Deeja Peak/Moenia, Vreni Island/Doaba faction defenses have been greatly bolstered by their respective factions. Opposing faction players should exercise extreme caution when traveling through these cities. Advanced detection measures can unmask covert faction members.

Furthermore - We are introducing a new GCW loyalty progression system that comes with associated bonuses, but also with greater risks.

Being flagged "overt" now gives players the added bonus of increased XP gain.

Controlling factions now receive reduced bazaar listing fees, further increased XP rates, and increased faction gain.

jedi?

The path to jedi will be a mysterious one. SWG Animus will be using a unique unlock process. The only clues to be given away is that the process draws inspiration from a lot of former systems of the past. Choosing the path of a force user will be a dangerous one. In this timeline jedi are hunted down to near extinction. Coming out as one places a target on your back. Expect playing a jedi on SWG Animus not to be a casual walk in the park.

JTL?

Our server is up to date with the latest SWGEmu offerings. When the time is right, and the code is mature enough, JTL will be enabled - pending any type of balance changes the team sees fit.

Continue reading below for more clarification on some of the specific changes players should be aware of.

Lots are account bound - not character bound

Admin lists automatically add all characters on the same account when a structure is placed

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Implement “cloning sickness” debuff
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/citywarn command is enabled
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Player city citizenship requirements reduced

Player city militia members do not require zoning rights

Player housing restricted to within player cities (does not apply to factories or harvesters)

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Broken condition items force unequip
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Implement “drowning” mechanic
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Increase “grogginess” (rez) debuff
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Refactor DOTs to only allow one DOT type per pool. (example: mind pool can have 1 poison, 1 fire, 1 disease, 1 bleed. Bigger dots will override smaller dots)

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Increase group size
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Invert decay rates on armor
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Galaxy wide bank safety deposit box
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Increase bank safety deposit box storage

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Galaxy wide stored cloning data
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Increase item limit for all structures
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Remove the ability to re-deed player HOUSING

GCW Bases no longer require specific professions for interacting with each terminal

Elevator use while in combat is disabled

More spider mobs can now drop venoms and fangs

Added higher end Black Sun spawns to the Rori Black Sun bunker

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Resource names to display in title
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Disable visibility for group members
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Remove building maintenance withdrawal from player bank

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Implement appear offline functionality
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Chat channels are now anonymized
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Add a visible animation to PSGs upon taking damage

Remove bazaar listing credit cap - This allows for in game auction functionality of high value items via the city bazaar terminals without outside interference

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Change bazaar listing fee
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Invert shuttle and spaceport times
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Remove distance restrictions for group invites

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SEA names to display in title
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Decrease axk’va min respawn timer
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Vehicles have been enhanced
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Mounts can be stored in combat
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Implement /loot area command
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Players can “stat migrate” without an Image Desginer present, within a Salon tent, and as long as they have no wounds.

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Skirts can now accept SEAs
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Players can now take 3 missions
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Players can choose mission direction
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Added a reinforcement core variation to Kimogilas

Added new Boss NPC to Garyn's Raider Bunker on Rori who drops vibro motors

Removed profession requirements for Mandalorian armor

Armorsmith

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Added kinetic resists to bone armor
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Teras Kasi Artist

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Add intimidate1 to novice TK
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Scout

Functionality to clone at Improved camp kit

Camps to be non pvp flagged zones (within dangerous zones)

Allow camps to be placed within no-build zones

Ranger

Functionality to clone at high quality camp kit, field base camp kit, high quality field base

Highest tier ranger camps to passively heal wounds and battle fatigue

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Milking yields are increased
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Ranger camps now deploy with mission terminals

Medic

Allow drag incapacitated to be used while in combat

Increase range of heals on target to 10m

Doctor

Health and action buffs will buff primary and secondary stats

Add AOE buff ability (only works on group members)

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Allow resurrecting in combat 
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Increase range of cures/extinguish fire on target to 10m

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Remove buffing location restrictions
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Move cures into combat queue
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Squad Leader

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Reduce prerequisites 
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Add /TeamWaypoint command
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Move abilities into the combat queue
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Reduce range to 64m
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Increase retreat cooldown to 90 seconds
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Allow retreat to be cast upon self
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Jedi

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Visibility range increased to 64m
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Enhanced force powers
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Increase enhancer buff FRS scaling
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Jedi toughness to function against Lightsaber attacks

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Add Jedi toughness to powers
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Add melee and ranged mitigation to defender

Swap channel and meditate force skill boxes

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Move force drain to powers
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Apply force power FRS mod to drain force

Apply force manipulation FRS mod to healer abilities

Invert FRS bonuses - knight box will offer the largest increase, and benefit will be lower as rank increases

Reduce the duration of force run 2 and 3

Implement a cooldown on force run 2 and 3

Enable ranged attacks that apply states to apply the states through saber block and secondary defenses

Jedi saber block to consume force per damage blocked; and be reduced force cost with force manipulation FRS mod

FRS XP no longer lost on death for jedi knights

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FRS XP daily maintenance increased 
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Remove FRS XP gain from MBH
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Generation 4 lightsabers can be crafted and used without MLS

We are very proud of what we have done to expand the game for everyone. we are very excited for players to uncover even more content not covered above. Please join us on SWG Animus for a sandbox pre-cu experience like never before.