Swtor new servers character slots limits na server location. When is there scheduled downtimeweekly maintenance. There are no longer pvepvprp servers, instead, you can enter a pve or pvp instance on each server, and servers are separated by region and language. Why are west coast servers more popular then east coast. Players on those servers will be migrated to north american servers, in what sw. The old republic, but you may have a difficult time finding out which servers are best for roleplay. Server consolidation edit edit source on tuesday, june 12, 2012, jedi covenant was opened as a transfer destination for. I dont think that will happen, although i continue to be shocked at the glitches and problems with tor. Server consolidation edit edit source on tuesday, june 12, 2012, the harbinger was opened as a transfer destination for players from soresu server na west pve. Its been making me think and i looked at torstatus, which shows server pop, and ebon hawk is the most populated us east coast server. Jun 19, 2017 all east coast servers are once again available. Roleplay servers in swtor rp servers swtorista october 25, 2017. The old republic website using our server and the website returned the above results. In a post on the swtor boards, community manager eric musco.
If you are on the east coast, choose the star forge server to sync up with. Satele shan located on east coast, however, designed for west coast players servers in. Ea electronic arts publishes computer and video games. Maintenance and server consolidation on aug dulfy. All east coast na servers were merged into the star forge, and all west coast na servers were merged into satele shan though this server is also hosted on a east coast data center. Last night all west coast servers died with no warning, as an example. The old republic isnt going down to one single server for its whole game, it is greatly reducing the number of servers. Swtors asiapacific servers merging with north american. Following the maintenance on 24th october and the surprising change of location for the north american west coast servers they moved to the same location where east coasts servers are, many players started experiencing higher latency and ingame lag. The old republic is making sure everything is neat and tidy for the incoming influx of new players by. Ive taken the swtor server transfer plunge have you. Satele shan located on east coast, however, designed for west coast players. I live on the west coast and will usually play on nights and weekends, then the decision may be. The pros and cons of swtors united forces server merges.
It went live on december, 2011 as part of the initial early access servers. Apr, 2012 swtor shuts down servers for most of the day for emergency maintenance updated. Aug 09, 20 to minimize downtime for other services, na east coast and european servers, swtor. Both north american servers are now located on the east coast, so timezones will be the main factor for players deciding which server they should play. How to transfer servers in swtor swtorista april 24, 2017. We are down to two servers both on the east coast because bioware said screw you west coast and apac players youre expendable. Swtor shuts down servers for most of the day for emergency.
The old republic servers and relocating their residents to north american west coast shards. As part of the united forces update, there will be swtor server merges on november 8. From our investigation the issue appears to be primarily affecting east coast, us servers. Well let you know the actual start time a few days before. Swtor server character slots after united forces server merges. I find this curious, maybe some one has the answer for me. Swtor bioware on west coast server move to east coast. Ebon hawk is the largest east coast server however it is role play. No, star wars the old republic isnt on the verge of sunset. Apr 24, 2017 how to transfer servers in swtor swtorista april 24, 2017.
Ea outage map downdetector status overview down detector. It went live on december 12, 2011 as part of the initial early access servers. Trying to log into eh tonight but getting put in a queue. If all the servers are showing as up, its likely something else is going on. Logged back into the game, and got the queue message for all the servers all east coast servers i have characters on. Guide to identify network issues for swtor answer hq. Jedi covenant has a large republic side player base.
The old republic isnt going down to one single server for its whole game. Ea servers are having difficulties in battlefront, swtor. It turns out all of the games servers were moved to a location on the east coast after the games. I have passed it on for investigation and will let you know once i know more. Does swtor have weekly scheduled maintenance periods. In the run up to become a free to play game, star wars. Aug 31, 2016 from our investigation the issue appears to be primarily affecting east coast, us servers. Swtor is down to five servers from 214 at launch and 17 from the last couple of years and the population continues to drop. Best us pve alliance servers 2019 general discussion. Theres many reasons why you might want to transfer servers in star wars. A server is a game world wherein a set number of people play within it. Swtor shuts down servers for most of the day for emergency maintenance updated. The friday update is gone as such but there is a new feature available on the official site. The populations of both the us and canada are majorly on the east sides of the respective countries.
Then, the game stopped responding and i had to manually shut it down. To minimize downtime for other services, naeast coast and european servers, and the game launcher will remain available for several more hours. On november 8th, bioware will reduce the servers to one server for each of the major englishspeaking regions. Check the new swtor servers and important information below to get full prepared. Swtor game producer keith kanneg, took on the forums to update the community on the forthcoming server mergers. We anticipate they will come down on august th between 12 am and 4 am pdt and will remain unavailable until 10am pdt 5pm utc. Now everyone can get access into the game and continue to decorate your manaan stronghold with cheap swtor credits. Swtor servers are still in maintenance with no eta. Had i known west was going to be so popular i would of rolled on one and dealt with slightly more lag. Maybe youve met a friend in real life who plays star wars, but realised you cant play together because you dont share a server. This could be good, or very bad if i burn out and go nowhere. Battleping has been helping gamers since 2010 achieve a lower ping in games resulting in faster connections and improved ingame response time to over 60 online games. We have completed the upgrade of the game servers along with all their supporting infrastructure in the data centers.
Although everything is not completely stable yet, we are beginning to see recovery on those servers. Content coming out is the bare minimum an mmo could possibly do to at least hold on to what subs they do. Then, i was dumped to the character selection screen. While swtor is at pax east this weekend showing off some 1. The first post on the blog announced launch events to be held in austin, new york, london and paris.
No travel options worked stronghold, fleet, nor quick travel. As far as i know the traffic from the arabic peninsula has an exit to the t0 global network which goes straight to the us, and all the servers are in the us anyway i think swtor utilizes some sort of ping redemption system to ease the connection from europe to the usbased european servers. When you are taking a sub fee you are kind of obligated to produce some content for that. Guess apac players can now forget playing swtor anymore unless they want to ride the lag train. Bioware on swtor na west cost server location change. Hi all, todays maintenance was part of the united forces effort. Tie shadowlands and jedi covenant both pve have basically the same population sizes however they are different in terms of community. The east coast server maintenance will need to be extended by 1 hour. Bioware is finally merging some servers together well, technically moving all servers to new ones. I ask because at work we had a major outage throughout the early morning today when our colo facility had a core router croak which caused a routing loop. So while that was desperately needed, the sad truth is the population is still struggling. Which is why most apac players moved to harbs or b. Shadowlands is pvp oriented and is like harbinger in terms of player personality. Some swtor servers are reaching their absolute population cap, senior.
I was impressed that all my items and my credits were right where i left them when i logged in to the new servers. Players in north america may have a tough decison between the east coast star forge server and the west coast satele shan server. Theyre just running on new hardware and, some, in different locations. If the servers are showing as down, it could be for maintenance, or there could be a problem on our end. Many players enjoy the ability to roleplay in star wars. Battleping lowers ping, reduces lag in many online games. At this wl i have disconnected from servers 3 times.
For more information on server outages visit the system alerts page. The european servers was to consolidate between the language differences between countries. Ea is mostly known from gaming titles such as fifa and madden, but also developes games like battlefield, nhl and the sims. Server restarts for us east incoming the old republic. Why are all the east coast servers down but west is up. Satele shan last updated april 10, 2020 pst most active. Cheap swtor credits in stock for east coast server status back. From all of the reports i am receiving it looks like an issue with all east coast servers. It is the community blog section where developetrs and members of the bioware team will share their important thoughts and articles with the community at large. All east coast servers will now be merged into star forge, all west coast servers are being merged into satele shan, the european language servers are being merged into one server each respectively. Jedi covenant is a east coast us server with a pve ruleset. Bioware just sent a mail to all asia pacific players letting them know that servers will be closing down within the next few months.
All players have been offered free server transfers, and remaining toons will be moved to west coast servers when the servers are taken offline. Maybe youve met a friend in real life who plays star wars, but realised you cant play together because you. Oct 24, 2017 youll see the same servers today that you saw yesterday. This is part of the reason why i choose an east coast server in the first place. As announced previously the move to the five 5 new servers will be on wednesday, november 8, 2017. Jan 24, 2018 swtor is down to five servers from 214 at launch and 17 from the last couple of years and the population continues to drop. Are any of the other east coast servers screwy with anyone. In the six years to follow, biowares narrativefocused online rpg became a constant in my life, bringing me new. Bioware announces plans to shut down apac servers for the.
Well, until james ohlen was taking questions during the panel discussion yesterday afternoon. Hey all, were looking into the queuing situation on our east coast servers. Ea servers are having difficulties in battlefront, swtor, etc. The old republic to choose from, after server merges in november 2017. Keith kanng and eric musco worked hard, and now all the east coast servers go back. Went to jedi covenant, but just made my character basically. Oct 27, 2017 which is why most apac players moved to harbs or b.
To see all the games our ping reducer service presently supports click here. In the past 24 hours, players are suffering from swtor east coast server down. On wednesday, june, 2012, the following servers were selected as additional origin transfer servers. There is also no longer any specific designed servers. Probably the server is overloaded, down or unreachable because of a network problem, outage or a website maintenance is in progress. The old republic, a storydriven mmorpg from bioware and lucasarts. World of warcraft had a specific time each week that they took their servers down for maintenance. With swtorrp shutting down, i can point eu players here. On november 8th, 2017, the swtor servers will be merged into 5 new servers. Dalaran, proudmore, stormrage these three are always the ones listed as the goto server but you cant now. If is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting. The west coast servers were more friendly to apac players compared to the terrible lag spikes on any east coast server. Oct 30, 2017 all east coast servers will now be merged into star forge, all west coast servers are being merged into satele shan, the european language servers are being merged into one server each respectively. If you are on the east coast, choose the star forge server to sync up with other east coast players in the same timezone as you.
I live on the west coast and will usually play on nights and weekends, then the decision may be as simple as that. Choices matter in server selection the missing manual to. Of course swtor is a different game than the ones i was able to connect to, but this could be why i on the west coast was able to connect to ea servers. Bioware has announced plans to shut down its asiapacific servers for star wars. Server consolidation edit edit source on tuesday, june 12, 2012, jedi covenant was opened as a transfer destination for players from kellers void server na east pve. Populations from about 17 servers dropped so low we had to have a server merger. Oh wait, the ea servers are unable to process my request. At that time all game servers and the swtor website will be down for up to 12 hours. My modem is near the ps4 connected with cat 7 network cable. The old republic moves its servers to a location far, far.
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