Immerse yourself in the classic Star Wars universe in dynamic role-playing ground-based adventures across multiple planets. Find your place during the epic galactic struggle between good and evil, and shape your own destiny. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the Star Wars universe that lets you live the movies with thousands of other players from around the world. Define your own role in the galaxy with 8 playable species and over 30 professions. Become bounty hunters, smugglers, squad leaders and more and pick up social skills including dancing, musicianship and image designer. Encounter and interact with 180+ unique creatures and hundreds of NPCs, including "named" characters like Darth Vader and Boba Fett and explore the vast game world, spanning 15 x 15 kilometers.
- Entirely new 3D engine designed to portray the Star Wars galaxy in the greatest possible detail
- A seamless universe spanning ten fully-realized Star Wars worlds, from the films and expanded universe, each with over 15 x 15 kilometers of explorable terrain
- Advanced character customization tool that allows you to define nearly every detail of your character's appearance
- Grow your character with an in-depth and flexible skill-based system of advancement
- Highly configurable User Interface
- Highly cinematic and tactical combat system that focuses on blasters and other ranged weapons
- Ally and fight with the Rebel or Imperial sides of the Galactic Civil War, or remain neutral
- Rewarding faction system that allows players to gain special perks by fighting in the Galactic Civil War
- Battlefields, where players can square off against one another or NPCs to earn faction standing
- Placeable Minefields, Turrets and Bases
- Robust chat system including hundreds of emotes, moods, chat styles, persistent messages and player created channels
- Dynamic resource surveying and mining
- Advanced crafting system
- Completely player-run in-game economy that includes an in-game Marketplace that allows auctions and sales of in-game items
- Jabba's Palace, and other "theme parks" offer a variety of missions for and encounters with well-known Star Wars characters
- Dynamic Points of Interest that provide a huge supply of adventures
- Random Mission system for shorter play sessions
- Bounty Hunting skills and missions
- Natural AI behaviors, including herding, stalking and lair defending
- Player built and placed housing, shops and structures
- Player groups of up to twenty players
- Player run associations of up to 500 players
- Badge system that rewards achievement in various areas
- An in-game Matchmaking Service, helpful for identifying players with similar hobbies
- The chance to unlock the mysterious Force Sensitive character slot and attempt to master the most exhilarating and dangerous role in the galaxy...the Jedi
- Full team support with future expansions and updates
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