This seems the best place to put this query considering its about the SWGEMU test centre.

More specifically it's about the sandstorms on Tatooine. I recently got a couple of friends who played pre-cu all the way through to the NGE and as soon as we encountered one of these they spent about 10 minutes talking about how much more severe it seems. Were the sandstorms always that loud AND frequent?

Also i would like to say i had a LOT of fun with my first ever witnessing of a Krayt dragon ancient wandering into Mos Eisley city centre two days ago! I was laughing so hard at the player chaos that i forgot to keep my distance and nearly died.

I was on when that happened. I believe the devs have been mucking with the sandstorms a bit.
It was cool to see the Krayt making a mess of all the AFK'ers and people too busy surfing the bazaar to notice.

That would have ben a sight indeed.

i remember when gargantuan faambas would parade through theed every once in a while, too. Right up until the CU, when the devs decided to correct that little bit of fun