XWing Alliance

[{NJO} Pilo T]

ok, I'm new to this area of the forums. I play Jedi Academy mostly, but I am getting XWin Alliance (a little late, I know). I love Star Wars... a lot, and I like flight sims/games and my name in Jedi Academy, as well as most internet games I play, is Pilo T. Long story on that one. Anyway, I decided that I needed to get a Star Wars flight game. I already have Rogue Squadron on the gamecube, but the gamecube doesn't do internet... or doesn't do it well, and the XBox doesn't have any online Star Wars flight games, so I figured I'd turn to the PC. I was just wondering if, after all this time, XWing Alliance is still alive, multiplayer-wise, or if anyone still plays it. I see topics from this month on the forums, so that answers one of my questions. But I was wondering if what I should know about the game and if there's still any trace of multiplayer

 

- Pilo T

[Wildstar]

H0WARD

 

There used to be quite a bit of activity with XWA (as well as XvT/BoP) on the MSN Gaming Zone (affectionately known as just "The Zone"), but I don't know if many people play there anymore (I remember seeing someone post a new URL for the XWA and XvT rooms somewhere, but when I visited, only one person was there other than myself). I posted about Zone alternatives recently on this board, and your best shot at finding people to play with is to follow the first option (which is known as the Errant Venture), because that's where the hardcore "Zoners" seem to have gone.

[{NJO} Pilo T]

Thanks for the info. Well, the decline in MP for this game is a little disappointing, but I understand there's a single player multiplayer... er... like skirmish or whatever it's called that can be done with 1 player. I was wondering, though, if anyone knows anything about a future Star Wars Flight/Combat sim in which online multiplayer is available?

 

- Pilo T

[Suntear_Keeper]

Well, since the games have webpages that direct multiplayer users to the zone, it's kind of hard to get new players into the Errant Venture.

 

Many people who didn't know the Zone ditched XvT and XWA don't know to go to the Errant Venture to play and we lose many old timers and the new guys don't know where to go.

 

I just wish Lucas would rerelease XvT and update it, or make a new XvT style game. They have all the models for it, use the ones from Galazies and the other modern SW games.