Star Wars: The Old Republic

[YosemiteSam]

I find that very hard to believe. Installing 50 server clusters would require a huge undertaking and would be nearly impossible to prepare and thoroughly test in one day's time. Most people have no idea that each "server" in most large MMORPGs are actually clusters of multiple servers rather than one single server. Now if they already have 50 servers installed and tested, I could see that and you would have to believe they already have a lot of servers ready to go for public launch.

However, that being said, Bioware has already come out and stated they will add servers conservatively because they do not want to add too many servers and be forced to prematurely merge low population servers soon after launch. The initial rush and demand will not be an accurate way to calculate how many servers you need since everyone will be trying to login and play at the same time. It's like if everyone went to the store and bought one bottle of Coke .. most of the people would not find a Coke waiting on them when they got there simply because the stores stock them based on normal average demand, not surge/rush demand.

I suspect you will see a lot more servers go live by tomorrow's public launch but I doubt very seriously it will be enough to remove the login queues. They will likely reassess their population and server demand each day after launch for the first couple of weeks and add servers as needed.

#reality

Who said these clusters weren't prepared earlier and yet only opening them up to use now?

 

[StevenOtero]

...sigh... I still want KOTOR III.

 

[Reality]

Who said these clusters weren't prepared earlier and yet only opening them up to use now?

I said it was possible in the post you quoted .. however, I was replying to a comment that they would be "installed today" .. a lot different situation between installing and activating

#reality

 

[zrinkill]

I find that very hard to believe.

Tonight, we are bringing the servers down for maintenance as we prepare for launch, as previously mentioned. Both the game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline from 6PM CST (4PM PST/7PM EST/12AM GMT/1AM CET) to 11PM CST (9PM PST/12AM EST/5AM GMT/6AM CET).

As well as bringing the existing game servers back online, from 11PM CST onwards we'll be bringing up a large number of new servers, spread across all three of our server locations (US West Coast, US East Coast and Europe). As always, every server is open and available to anyone playing - just select your preferred location (US / Europe) from the tab at the bottom of the server select screen.



Just repeating what they said.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I said it was possible in the post you quoted .. however, I was replying to a comment that they would be "installed today" .. a lot different situation between installing and activating

#reality

I install 30 clusters a day before 9AM. That's more than most people do all day.

 

[Reality]

I install 30 clusters a day before 9AM. That's more than most people do all day.

:laugh1:

#reality

 

[Reality]

Tonight, we are bringing the servers down for maintenance as we prepare for launch, as previously mentioned. Both the game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline from 6PM CST (4PM PST/7PM EST/12AM GMT/1AM CET) to 11PM CST (9PM PST/12AM EST/5AM GMT/6AM CET).

As well as bringing the existing game servers back online, from 11PM CST onwards we'll be bringing up a large number of new servers, spread across all three of our server locations (US West Coast, US East Coast and Europe). As always, every server is open and available to anyone playing - just select your preferred location (US / Europe) from the tab at the bottom of the server select screen.



Just repeating what they said.

Bioware's Stephen Reid: "You'll see more servers coming online tomorrow, and almost certainly there will be some queuing. That was always expected. As a reminder, our plan here is to maintain healthy server populations post launch, and during the excitement of launch that will mean queues. That said, we'll be working hard to keep those queues reasonable."

Just repeating what they said as well ..

#reality

 

[CowboyMike]

...sigh... I still want KOTOR III.

Read the novel Revan, which ties up both his and The Exile's stories pretty nicely. It is written by the same writer that wrote the games. It also indirectly sets up The Old Republic, which is pretty much KOTOR 3. Play the game. You won't be disappointed.

 

[pupulehaole]

What servers are you people on?

 

[StevenOtero]

Read the novel Revan, which ties up both his and The Exile's stories pretty nicely. It is written by the same writer that wrote the games. It also indirectly sets up The Old Republic, which is pretty much KOTOR 3. Play the game. You won't be disappointed.

Thanks! Oh, and there is no way I'm not going to play SWTOR.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

What servers are you people on?

I'm on Harbringer since it has a big Oceanic population. I play in the middle of the night which is their primetime. It works out pretty well.

 

[CowboyMike]

What servers are you people on?

Wall of Light. Still have not experienced any queues in the past few days, which is a good thing.

Thanks! Oh, and there is no way I'm not going to play SWTOR.

No prob. May I ask why you won't play?

 

[YosemiteSam]

:laugh1:

#reality

I'm not a polygamist.

 

[arglebargle]

Read the novel Revan, which ties up both his and The Exile's stories pretty nicely. It is written by the same writer that wrote the games. It also indirectly sets up The Old Republic, which is pretty much KOTOR 3. Play the game. You won't be disappointed.

This!

There are some serious nods to Revan on the Sith side. Not sure about the Jedi arcs, but there were at least hints. I never got above 26 on the beta, so no telling above that.

 

[Dallas]

I'm on Harbringer since it has a big Oceanic population. I play in the middle of the night which is their primetime. It works out pretty well.

You should stick to West Coast and come play Aion w/ me.

Forget this Star Wars Hillbilly story going on here...


Come to the PvP side and fly w/ us in the Asmodian Wing.

Man I love playing Aion again.

 

[Longboysfan]

:laugh1:

#reality

He did'nt say where he installs them.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

You should stick to West Coast and come play Aion w/ me.

Forget this Star Wars Hillbilly story going on here...


Come to the PvP side and fly w/ us in the Asmodian Wing.

Man I love playing Aion again.

I was in the beta for Aion. It was pretty fun, but man, SWTOR is better.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Probably a good thing, but bummed there is no Mac client. Guess I'll have to find other ways to not be productive.

 

[StevenOtero]

Wall of Light. Still have not experienced any queues in the past few days, which is a good thing.



No prob. May I ask why you won't play?

I worded that wrong lol, I meant there is no way I cannot play SWTOR. ...meaning I'm going to play it no matter what. I've been waiting for it ever since the first announcement.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I think I'm gonna have to change servers. Harbringer is always either 1 or 2 in the queue wait times.