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Exclusive Features and QOL updates

Exclusive Features & Quality of Life

Star Wars Galaxies first launched over two decades ago, and the version many of us fell in love with hasn't existed for almost as long. SWG Evolve exists to change that. We're not just preserving the game as it was — we're modernizing it, refining the systems that held it back, and building the foundation for Galaxies to remain playable, competitive, and fun for another decade.

Evolve is built on the NGE, but it isn't limited by it. We've taken the best of the NGE and the Combat Upgrade and pushed past both — this is CE: Combat Evolved. From a reworked classless expertise system and revamped core attributes, to hundreds of smaller quality-of-life changes across nearly every profession and system in the game, our goal is simple: respect what made SWG unique, and fix what didn't need to stay broken.

This section is the hub for all of it. Each page below covers a specific system and documents the exclusive features and QOL improvements Evolve has made to it.

In This Section

Page Focus
Armor QOL Armor crafting, stats, and itemization
Buffs QOL Buff systems and management
Cities QOL Player city tools and features
Classless Skill System Evolve's hybrid NGE/CU expertise system
Collections QOL Collections tracking and rewards
Crafting QOL Crafting tools and workflow improvements
Food and Drink QOL Consumables and buff food/drink systems
GCW QOL Galactic Civil War improvements
Harvesting QOL Resource harvesting tools
Heroic & Quest QOL Heroic encounters and questing
Housing QOL Player housing tools and features
Inventory QOL Inventory and storage management
Resources QOL Resource system improvements
Reverse Engineering QOL Reverse engineering system
Space QOL Space combat and content
Species QOL Playable species options
TCG QOL Trading Card Game integration
Tokens QOL Token systems and rewards
UI & Player QOL Interface and player experience
Vehicles QOL Vehicle systems and features
Weapons QOL Weapon crafting and combat
World Bosses QOL World boss encounters

New to Evolve and not sure where to start? The Classless Skill System page is the best introduction to what sets us apart.