SWG Player Spotlight Lespin

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Real Life First Name: Doug

Forum Handle: Lespin

Main Character Name: Lespin

Server: Starsider

Player Association: Rebel Squadrons

Where in the real life world do you live? I live in Fort Worth, TX.

How long have you played Star Wars Galaxies? I have been playing for two years and three months.

What other MMOs have you played? I have played EverQuest, World of Warcraft, Lineage II, and EVE Online.

What type of work do you do? I am a software engineer.

How long is your typical gaming session when playing Star Wars Galaxies? 2-3 hours once or twice a week.

What does a typical Star Wars Galaxies day consist of for you? I head up to space in my X-wing either to PvP or to work on the new space collections. Other days when I want to relax, I log in to organize my space parts from my previous session, or build starship parts for my guild.

What was the race and profession of your very first character? Human commando.

What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most? When I was really young my parents let me play educational software, but that evolved into flight simulations and other games. We started out with an Apple II my dad built, and eventually I learned how to build computers myself. I've been involved with computers all my life, basically.

What other hobbies or activities do you take part in, other than playing Star Wars Galaxies? Driving my car while exploring the countryside with my girlfriend, piloting Cessnas, maintaining my computers, and collecting Star Wars LEGO.

What is your highest character level in Star Wars Galaxies? CL90.

What race and profession is your main character? Human, Master Rebel Pilot. Since I could not pick pilot right away on the character selection screen, this is also my first character, the commando. I rarely do any ground combat. I also have a Master Shipwright to support my habit.

What do you like the most about the profession you have chosen for your main character? I have always loved flying X-wings in the previous LucasArts series of X-wing/TIE Fighter games.

What faction is your main character? I am part of the Rebel Alliance.

What is your favorite player owned ship? X-wing, of course. Close second would be my Nova Courier. I have it decorated as a VIP Transport.

What is your favorite ground vehicle? Standard speeder (Return of the Jedi version).

How did you choose your main character's name? It is an anagram of my other MMO characters from EQ and WoW, Pilens.

Which current professions in Star Wars Galaxies have you NOT played? I have not played bounty hunter, entertainer, Jedi, medic, smuggler, spy, or trader (domestic goods, munitions).

What is your favorite expansion? Jump to Lightspeed.

What is your favorite planet? Probably has to be Rori or Naboo because the architecture is a bit unique. Rori is also where I call home in SWG.

What is your favorite NPC? It's a tossup between Ackbar, Wedge Antillies, or General Ufwol.

What are the most credits you have ever spent on purchasing a single item for one of your characters? Probably 4 or 5 million credits for a storage increase collection item. I need somewhere to put all the space parts!

Do you have an item you no longer use but keep around for nostalgic reasons? If so, what is it and why do you keep it? All the no drop weapons from the Legacy quest, and my previous engines for my X-wing. Some of the ground weapons have cool names. Now that I can pitch and roll for decoration, once I get more storage increase crates, I will display them all.

What do you like best about Star Wars Galaxies? Being able to customize my X-wing and other starships, and then test them out against the best pilots on the Starsider server in some awesome PvP events.

Describe your best experience playing Star Wars Galaxies. Would have to be the February 23, 2008 Starsider event. Apparently, there were 90 people duking it out in Deep Space trying to protect their gunships, and Freedom Station and the Imperial Star Destroyer. I was on the gunship escort team for the Alliance, and we had some great battles trying to fend off the Imperial strike force.