Friday Feature 11/10/2017 – A Chat with BluePyros

This week is another installment in the EiF chats with staff, featuring BluePyros!

EiF: Which versions of SWG did you play? pre-CU, CU, NGE?

Blue: I played from mid CU all the way through the NGE

EiF: Which server did you play on?

Blue: I started on Intrepid but transferred to Starsider, as that server faded a little over a year before the free transfer initiative.

EiF: Which classes and which was your favorite?

Blue: In the CU I was Rifleman/Commando and NGE I favored commando early, but quickly became and stayed smuggler for the majority.

EiF: How many accounts did you own/manage?

Blue: Like many I had 2 accounts and often had both going at once.

EiF: What type of gameplay style do you most enjoy?

Blue: Almost everything, but PVP is my jam and I can find enjoyment in.

EiF: What’s a typical gaming session for you, what activities?

Blue: Its varies from days to days, but I try to set long term objectives and work towards them.

EiF: What do you most enjoy about SWG?

Blue: It’s one of the last real sandboxes out there.  Enough structure that it’s not all DIY, but free enough that almost anything is possible.

EiF: What do you enjoy most about Empire in Flames?

Blue: That we have a chance to do things long thought impossible and make a better galaxy with our own hands.

EiF:  When you are not ingame, what do you enjoy doing?

Blue: I’m still a nerd at heart, so I can usually be found playing some manner of game.

EiF: What do you do outside of EiF / do for a living?

Blue: I work for the IT department of a Health and Human Services org.

EiF: What is your role with EiF? What does that entail?

Blue: Jack of many trades.  The biggest thing I did was converting all the houses into miniature versions, as part of the holo deeds.

EiF: If you could have ANYTHING instantly in EiF, what would it be?

Blue: All the old friends and players we’ve lost and left behind over the years.

EiF: If you could find out one thing about our EiF Community, what would it be?

Blue: What draws in the people who never played SWG when it was live.

EiF: What gives you Developer’s Crack?

Blue: I’m not really a dev, more of a modder at this point.  Bending things to my will so they work how I want.

 

Empire in Flames Announces Partnership with Sunrunner II

Empire in Flames Announces Partnership with Sunrunner II

Earlier today a new SWGEmu partnership was created by the Empire in Flames team and the Sunrunner II team! Lead Developer Halyn has added the amazingly talented team of Takhomasak and Lasko to the developers working on an Empire in Flames. Takh and Lasko will still maintain Sunrunner II which is not closing down, but they will be actively contributing to EiF.

Takhomasak is well know throughout the SWGEmu world as the creator of worlds. His server, Sunrunner II is a virtual playground of planets and moons in the Star Wars galaxy. EIF launched with one of his planets, Taanab, which has been a very popular world with the EiF community. Sunrunner II will continue to be a development environment and test server for Tak’s development. In his new partnership with EiF, he will have a thriving community to play in his creations in a live environment.

Lasko is known as the developer who is creating new instances for Sunrunner. He will be sharing his talents with the EiF community, who have been thirsty for content. Lasko is also the creator of the Mod the Galaxy TRE compilation and repository on which Sunrunner II and several other SWGEmu servers are based. When Takhomasak was asked about his partner, Lasko, he stated, “I have felt very lucky to have him helping me. He’s the most knowledgeable person I know about this game and environment. It was his early guides that steered me toward doing what I do.”

Halyn, the lead developer of an Empire in Flames, is known and respected in the SWGEmu community as a creator of unique content and tweaks that not only improves the Quality of Life for the community, but his approach to a more balanced profession system is something players often comment that they wish SWG Live had made these changes, rather than the NGE.

Some of the unique content in EiF includes over 35 playable races, an armor and weapon systems based upon cores allowing players to use any armor appearance they desire, and new animal mounts such as large cats. These are just a few of the features that make EiF a respected and exciting Star Wars Galaxies Emulation server.

If you have any questions, please contact Halyn, Takhomasak, or Lasko.

Sandarie, EIF Community Manager