obek_kwae Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Speak for yourself and not the community. I plan to move across as soon as its available. Heck ill even create a new character! This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxTYPOxx Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 A little late 90% of Australians have imported the game and are playing now. My main is 25 now 90% of Australians? really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckythump Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Will be there in a heartbeat, and will finally level an Operative. Latency was one of the only contributing factors dissuading me from playing a melee character. Yeah.. I played a Rogue in Pvp with a ~300 ping, you must be behind the target, your target is out of range (when Im standing right on top of them) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashaan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Local servers will be a good enough reason for PvP players to transfer. Going down to 20-50ms latency will be amazing, but really only for PVP. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchmeifucan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 We are planning on actual servers located in the area. The final location is being locked down, but when we say 'local' we don't mean 'in the US but with a label'. Omg I think I just wet myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennis Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yay! This makes me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladedakoda Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Fixed. What exactly did u fix? All i see is your opinion........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashaan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) What exactly did u fix? All i see is your opinion........ A local server is not an incentive to switch unless you PvP. And besides that, unless the oceanic community decides to move, it will cause a rift, and factual history has shown that the community as a whole will decide to stay to avoid that. Of course individuals will decide on their own, but the TOR oceanic community as a whole will most likely not move even if they open up servers. Edited December 21, 2011 by Kashaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torimish Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I suspected EA/Bioware wanted local AU servers for SWTOR from the outset. Because they weren't able to organise these in time for the official world-wide release, the AU release was delayed to early 2012. All things considered; I'm very happy that EA/Bioware desire local AU servers. Very few game publishers in the MMO genre consider the Oceanic region worthy of local server investment. By creating local servers here, SWTOR will capture a LARGE portion of the Oceanic MMO community - from games such as WoW, LotRO, Rift etc. Local servers prove that game makers are taking our gaming region and community seriously. Thankyou EA/Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corebit Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Just use a speed test website. Or look at a world map. All about distance. I tried ozspeedtest.com but it only gives me the download speed. I'm more concerned about latency. How do I get latency numbers in ~ms? And geographical location is not accurate. I get very good speed and latency to U.S. games and websites, which is halfway on the other side of the world, but terrible connection to China, which is much nearer for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchmeifucan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) I tried ozspeedtest.com but it only gives me the download speed. I'm more concerned about latency. How do I get latency numbers in ~ms? And geographical location is not accurate. I get very good speed and latency to U.S. games and websites, which is halfway on the other side of the world, but terrible connection to China, which is much nearer for example. It also depends on the route it tkaes and how many jumps as well http://pingtest.net/ Edited December 21, 2011 by Catchmeifucan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elarion Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 A local server is not an incentive to switch unless you PvP. And besides that, unless the oceanic community decides to move, it will cause a rift, and factual history has shown that the community as a whole will decide to stay to avoid that. Of course individuals will decide on their own, but the TOR oceanic community as a whole will most likely not move even if they open up servers. Whilst PVE is playable with higher latency you will never get as much from your toon as those based closer to the servers. There is a reason very few Aussie/NZ players ever manage to hit top dps for bosses in WOW and it has nothing to do with player skill. Considering this is the only AAA MMO that will have Oceanic servers I feel it will get a large chunk of the Oceanic MMO community playing. There needs to be incentive for established guilds to move from US servers though of the Oceanic ones might not be as populated as would otherwise be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgoes Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 As a Aussie who already has his copy... (arrived a Day before the Launch in the US ) YAY lower pings... but in truth... my pings have been between 120-160ms... which aint to bad... but i hope i can transfer my level 24 Jedi Knight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandorr Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Not sure how you get such low pings. Mine is on average 220-250ms. Great news on the Aussie servers. I will only move however if it's free server transfers. I shouldn't be 'punished' for importing early. Until it's announced what the plan is, it's all guess work. For the rude Americans commenting. For the most part Australians did not choose the servers. Like you, their guilds were also placed on those servers. Some of the smaller guilds changed from their servers to join where the majority was. Unlike those living in the US, it does matter what server we roll on. I like to play where many others like me are in the same timezone for grouping etc. I wouldn't expect people in the US to be rolling on EU servers because the people in the EU countries are playing at different times to you. But that will all be fixed soon. So enjoy your half empty servers when people move off the server and don't complain when you can't get a group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylper Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) I don't see where this lower ping idea is coming from. These servers won't be geographically local, just named Oceanic. Same pings, different name, no incentive to move away from established guilds and players. Edited December 21, 2011 by sylper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigdaddy Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 You made me loose hope im afraid. Since the release was for the mayor "vocal mayority" and they are getting local servers im more than positive that we ( latin america ) wont get one in MANY years to come... why? cuz even origin does not properly support us ( the store redirects to EU ) execpt for mexico and brazil and i will get better ping from US east that from mexico. so.. ill continue to play in the us servers sadden by the fact that my friends will have to struggle to get the game and play with me. are you bloody serious?.. your in frikken MEXICO!!! next door neighbor to the USA!!!!!!. We are over 10,000 km's away!.. you want the game, order it from amazon or somewhere like the rest of us did. your own servers?. you have GOT to be joking.. with even a half decent internet you should be sitting high 100-low 200 to both US East/West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandorr Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I don't see where this lower ping idea is coming from. These servers won't be geographically local, just named Oceanic. Same pings, different name, no incentive to move away from established guilds and players. Go back and read page 5 of this thread. Look for the yellow post: We are planning on actual servers located in the area. The final location is being locked down, but when we say 'local' we don't mean 'in the US but with a label'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittyH Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks bioware I will move when the Aussie servers open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiccyMeow Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I will move only if character transfers are available I am lvl 25 I will be lvl cap long before the AU release and I wold not want to start my characters again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odea Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 thanks for the update, and it is good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladedakoda Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) A local server is not an incentive to switch unless you PvP. And besides that, unless the oceanic community decides to move, it will cause a rift, and factual history has shown that the community as a whole will decide to stay to avoid that. Of course individuals will decide on their own, but the TOR oceanic community as a whole will most likely not move even if they open up servers. I 100% disagree with everything you just said. Like i said your opinion. Just one example where this is wrong is the LK fight. Because lag and defile don't mix. Yes you can PVE with lag, the fights are scripted so you know what to expect. Go do H mode and tell me top PVE guilds don't suffer when someone has lag. Cause one player with lag in H mode, can cause the whole group to fail. Edited December 21, 2011 by Bladedakoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udalan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thank you very much Bioware. I have only played a little, but I already love your game, and to be honest, even though i'd be a bit ticked about it, i'd happily re-roll a toon there if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_vada Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thankyou for even allowing us to play the game it would be awesome for us importers to play on one local server for now so we dont piss off the americans with our lag cause we as a community are getting some requests to piss off and join empty servers other than that thankyou for allowing us to expierience the game if we imported or shippped or bought online i can only look forward to a great outcome Signed DarthPunkar/Darth vada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashaan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Whilst PVE is playable with higher latency you will never get as much from your toon as those based closer to the servers. There is a reason very few Aussie/NZ players ever manage to hit top dps for bosses in WOW and it has nothing to do with player skill. Considering this is the only AAA MMO that will have Oceanic servers I feel it will get a large chunk of the Oceanic MMO community playing. 0.1-0.2 seconds is not enough to cause a significant discrepancy in DPS, especially considering the 1.5 second GCD. There are plenty of Aussie players that top DPS in many MMOs. There needs to be incentive for established guilds to move from US servers though of the Oceanic ones might not be as populated as would otherwise be expected. This is exactly my point. There needs to be incentive for the major oceanic guilds to switch off from Harbinger if they open up new Oceanic servers. When it happens, those servers will be empty, and no established guild will want to switch without heavy incentive. Edited December 21, 2011 by Kashaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corebit Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It also depends on the route it tkaes and how many jumps as well http://pingtest.net/ Thanks! I will try this when I get back home, as my workplace has a firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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