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Hyperspace Beacon: Managed crafting
As the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic draws nigh, BioWare and LucasArts have been more and more forthcoming with information about game mechanics. This week, the big reveal was crew skills. This cryptic term is simply another word for crafting. Back at E3 this year, Rich Vogel, a producer for SWTOR, mentioned there would be crafting in the game, but he only gave us a tiny tidbit of news. He simply said that it would be like World of Warcraft's. Then a few months later at PAX Prime, I talked to Blaine Christine, another SWTOR producer. He said, "I think it's a different take on crafting than what people will be expecting. It's not the standard implementation. It's going to be a treat." We have seen that it is definitely not the standard implementation, but whether it's a treat or not is yet to be decided. Before we begin the rest of this article, I want to make sure you have a bit of research under your belt. You have to know what the crew skill crafting system is like. So you definitely have to read our announcement of this system as well as our interview with Daniel Erickson from last week. This should give you a good understanding of what the whole crew skills system is about. So now that your homework is done, step over the break, and let's explore the pros and cons of this interesting system.
