Cry Havoc News Zend_Feed_Writer 1.11.11 (http://framework.zend.com) http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/m/3618198 SWTOR to go live in the Oceanic region 01/03/12 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:07:00 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/576953/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/576953/m/3618198
"BioWare and LucasArts are excited to announce that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ will officially launch in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore on March 1st, 2012! Fans in these regions who purchase the game will be able to experience their very own Star Wars™ saga on regional servers. Players who have already begun their journey will also have a limited-time opportunity to migrate their characters from their current servers to Asia Pacific servers after the launch on March 1st, giving them the chance to take advantage of the decreased network latency by playing on a regional server. All players who qualify for a character transfer will be notified in early March with more details."

Direct link for those of you that want to follow the thread.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=301595

Steven Reid has made several comments that the severs will be located on Australian Soil, hinting at either Melbourne or Sydney, though has not been forthcoming with specifics.

http://toroz.com.au/2012/02/oceanic-server-location-confirmed/

There has yet to be any details on Legacy levels carrying over.

Ausgamers have posted an interview with Grant McDaniel, Senior Development Director of Live Services, that discusses the local launch next month.

http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3175610

It's an interesting read but most people seem to agree a few of the answers were a bit vague.


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I have got raw Fraps footage of the kill which hopefully I will have time to put into a video in the near future.


]]> Cry Havoc conquers Kragga's Palace Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:50:00 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/538689/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/538689/m/3618198
Bugs prevented us from gaining loot on several bosses, but Ronahin recieved a awesome looking helm.


]]> 1.1.1 Patch up on PTR Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:24:48 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/537612/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/537612/m/3618198 here.

Hightlights include a nerf to both the Scoundrel and Operative and long awaited fixes to bugs that were preventing credit for achieving warzone victories and boss kills for related quests. This patch also includes a wide range of other bug fixes.

As we approach the 6 weeks since launch mark, Bioware looks like its starting to get on top of most of the most serious bugs.
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http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/1.1.0a/1192012

Looks like they got the main frustrations out of the way.

They mention the open PvP zone on Illum having it's pop cap reduced per instance, but I would like to see them acknowledge that there is a real problem. Even before the zone was flooded with people looking for their easy mode valor farm, a lot of players were having performance issues the second there was even a handful of players on screen.

Open world PvP always makes me think of dozens of players engaging each other, and that's the tail end of the scale. If they can't manage 20-30 people without lag interfering then I become worried that world PvP will ever be a thing.
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Edit: this has now been extended to 8am CST, so shouldn't affect most of us.
]]> Maintenance tonight, 1.1 goes live. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:24:00 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/528833/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/528833/m/3618198 As per the official forums;http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=189920

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Time: 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than eight hours.

Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. 

This is the role out of 1.1, the patch that was postponed yesterday.

Downtime begins at 7pm AEST.
]]> Paytun reaches valor rank 60 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:02:00 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/528103/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/528103/m/3618198 Congratulations to Paytun on reaching rank valor rank 60, he is now a Battlemaster and more importantly can open Battlemaster gear which is the current top end gear for PvP. Well done.

]]> 1.1 Postponed Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:31:04 -0500 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/527521/m/3618198 http://cryhavocguild.guildnow.com/home/article/527521/m/3618198 Hello everyone! Because we care about ensuring that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ provides you with a consistent and quality game play experience, we will be postponing weekly maintenance this week. Downtime was originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 from 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET) and will now occur at a later date due to issues requiring additional testing that have been discovered with the Game Update 1.1 content on the Public Test Server.

These issues were primarily brought to our attention by the diligent players on the Public Test Server Forums. Your participation in testing helps to improve the game as a whole, and we appreciate your discussion and feedback. The bug reports you provide are a valuable part of the development process. Thank you!

We’re working hard to bring you Game Update 1.1: Rise of the Rakghouls and are working hard to ensure your overall experience with Star Wars: The Old Republic is spectacular! The maintenance window for Game Update 1.1 will be rescheduled for some time within the next few days, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. When there’s a definite time, we will post here on the forums as well as on the Community Blog. Please keep your eye out for updates, and we will provide information as soon as it’s available.

I guess we'll have to wait a little longer for 1.1.. but this means tonight the servers will be up.

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Further Bioware has signaled that the 1.2 patch will be the next major content addition and they are aiming for a March release, they have stated that this release will include (amongst other things) a new warzone, planet (with operation) and a full roll out of their plans for the Legacy system.
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He also discusses plans for the future, including PvP ranks, guild banks and something he called the "Event System".

Have a read.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/12/swtor-updates-lots-of-juicy-info/



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Edit: Its actually down to 11pm :S
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