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  1. So, approximately 110 of the 123 servers will get free transfers, right?
  2. Perhaps it is because I never played D1 or D2, but I have been quite enjoying D3.
  3. In another thread a week or two ago I did some testing with regards to the load times. Here were my results: System specs: Windows 7 64-bit Intel i7 @ 3.2GHz 16GB of DDR3 RAM running @ 2000MHz 4x120GB SSD drives running in RAID-0 2xATI 4870x2 in SLI Loading Times: (used the space bar to skip all cut scenes of the ship flying down) Imperial Fleet: 14 seconds My Ship: 8 seconds Alderaan: 55 seconds Balmorra: 32 seconds Corellia: 58 seconds Voss (because my alt is there): 35 seconds I consider some of these loading times to be annoying at the very least. I couldn't imagine what they're like for people who don't have a beast of a system to run this game. EDIT: Given someone suggested my 2nd generation SSDs aren't fast enough to speed up the load times, I present the following numbers for my RAID-0 setup using Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.1c: Sequential: Read - 687.4 MB/s, Write 258.9 MB/s Random: Read - 441.9 MB/s, Write 287.7 MB/s An interesting addendum to these results is that I was watching disk IO while it was loading Corellia. It very rarely spiked above 10MB/s. This tends to agree with my RAM disk tests and my RAM level 2 cache buffer tests (FancyCache). The load times NEVER changed no matter what I did to reduce, eliminate, or buffer disk I/O. So... If someone is telling you it is a HDD bottleneck, it really doesn't seem to be the case.
  4. When did this become a discussion about your sex life?
  5. Don't worry, Marauders won't be nerfed. After all they have light sabres! Rest assured though, operatives will get more nerfs to compensate. =D
  6. There really is no difference between as PvP server and a PvE server given the state of world PvP. Otherwise, why would anyone want to chance any of those standard population servers? They could just as easily plummet in population just like my former top 5 server.
  7. Look at the fall of The Jekk'Jekk Tarr server. Former top 5 server, now #58 with population still plummeting. If I were to re-roll (and I'm not, I am waiting for transfers if they come soon enough), I would NOT want to take any chance of having my server turn into another Jekk'Jekk Tarr. I would re-roll on the #1 most populated server and enjoy the queue times. No way in hell would I allow even the smallest chance my new sever would become another dessicated corpse.
  8. The Jekk'Jekk Tarr used to be in the top 5 servers. Look at the torstatus for that server now. It is now #58. Last week it was #55, and a week before that #52. You see the trend. =/
  9. Why would anyone want to take a chance with another server that might fail? I wouldn't.
  10. Wow... Quite the diatribe. Anyhow, this game has thus far contained some of the easiest end-game content that I've seen in quite some time. You do realize that new content is generally tuned for people who have the previous content's gear, right? Or would you prefer BW to tune content such that any 2-man group and their companions can complete it without problems? In any case, I honestly don't see how this thread can serve any constructive purpose.
  11. In another thread a week or two ago I did some testing with regards to the load times. Here were my results: System specs: Windows 7 64-bit Intel i7 @ 3.2GHz 16GB of DDR3 RAM running @ 2000MHz 4x120GB SSD drives running in RAID-0 2xATI 4870x2 in SLI Loading Times: (used the space bar to skip all cut scenes of the ship flying down) Imperial Fleet: 14 seconds My Ship: 8 seconds Alderaan: 55 seconds Balmorra: 32 seconds Corellia: 58 seconds Voss (because my alt is there): 35 seconds I consider some of these loading times to be annoying at the very least. I couldn't imagine what they're like for people who don't have a beast of a system to run this game. EDIT: Given someone suggested my 2nd generation SSDs aren't fast enough to speed up the load times, I present the following numbers for my RAID-0 setup using Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.1c: Sequential: Read - 687.4 MB/s, Write 258.9 MB/s Random: Read - 441.9 MB/s, Write 287.7 MB/s
  12. You're trying to assert A ∪ B = x ∈ A ∨ ∈ B with this set, but I would be more inclined to believe that it is something like x ∈ A ∩ B ⇔ x ∈ A ∧ x ∈ B.
  13. Well then, by the same logic, your opinion is about as valuable as the person you just attacked.
  14. We all experience this. It is almost as though we have to wait for everyone who our target was healing to die. I know as a healer I won't go out of combat until 8 seconds after my hots have finished ticking no matter how far that player is from me.
  15. Lets now hope that this isn't an "early summer" type of soon, but a "within weeks" kind of soon. EDIT: Also why is all communication done via twitter and never on these forums??
  16. If it were open source, many people would be.
  17. 2 months at the earliest. Summer officially starts on June 21st. EA's 1st quarter ends on June 30th. How much do you want to bet they'll wait until after June 30th to do this?
  18. Yay for fixing the things you broke in the last patch regardless of the things you broke in this one?
  19. I shall direct you to the following thread and make a prediction – this thread will be viewed in the same light sometime down the line. Server Population is GROWING!
  20. God forbid that don't break 2 things for every 1 thing they fix.
  21. Star Wars IP + massive development budget. Of course a lot of people are following this.
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