Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Some Info on the European Launch
It's actually more unfair to allow tranfers initially then later on, not sure where you get the idea people would be upset to see characters transferred 6 months down the line then on day one?
Anyway they have made the right decision, a fresh server and a fresh start for everyone.
Shug, any chance of finding out the names of the Euro servers before they are launched and can we have one called Falcon? 
Hi Shug!
A tip for you guys. You take the US servers down for restarts and patching early mornings PST, probably since least people are playing at that time in US.
European players would probably appriciate if you did the same for them, but at local European time.
Something thatwould NOT be good to do is patch the US servers and thenthe Euro ones a couple of hours later. That would with todays 'standard patchtimes' mean you would be patching the Euro servers at about4-6pm local european time which is when many people come home and wants to play.
A question too. Will the incredibly annoying Euro-VAT that you had to charge us from European countriesbe taken away if we play on European servers? Or will we still be paying a US company and therefore it has to remain?
Waaza wrote:That's the right way to handle euro servers, I agree on that. Couldn't have been better. But the no transfer thing just sucks!
As I see it, we euros have two alternatives now that transfers wont happen from start.
A)Keep playing on the US servers and never bother with the euro servers.
B) Take a months break from SWG and try to forgetthe work we've already done.Start from scrath ina month on the euro servers.
What's is the point of having transfers in the future if they aren't in from start? I see no point in this really, it won't do any good to have pepole transfering in master this and master that in the future. It will only upset people already on the server...
I'll probably do both...
Keep playing my character on the US server, with an already developed community, and then start a brand new character on a brand new galaxy. It will be fun to see things evolve from the start.
I have a question for Shug:
Q. What about future expansions (e.g. Space)? Will they come out at the same time on both markets (once you have both 'base' markets installed)? Or will it lag for logistic reasons (manual translation, etc?).
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As far as the updates go PLEASE do not set them at the same time as the US version - it hits us at midday to early afternoon which, especially at weekends, is not fun.
Could you add an extra button, like for 'Test Center', so it can patch for US or European servers and you only log in to one or other set of servers once into the game?
Will the Euro servers appear normally in the server select screen when creating a character ?
I am in europe, but (obviously) have the US version and play on US servers. Will I be able to play on Euro servers with the US version ?
I still don't see what good transfers would do 3 months from now. Why would I want to build up more riches on the US server if I'll loose it when I transfer. And, no the economy won'tbe screwed just because of transfers from start.There will be some envy in the beginning but in two monthsmany will have masterchars and it won't matter any more.
Alright, I admit thatit can be good to get a fresh start too. There's been alot of exploits on the US servers that the euro servers won't suffer from...
But it's so much work put into the existing characters. It's hard to give it up 
But I guess it's worth it for the lower ping.
Q. Can we transfer characters from an existing server to a new European server?
A. Not at this time, but this is something we want to do in the future.
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In the FUTURE ????
How long ?
1-2 years ?
NO TRANSFER...
SO I play this game since 2-3 months and all I do and pay (15 dollars month) is useless if I want to play on a new european server.
So you take our money and didn't do anything for us.
GREAT.
SOE answer : "Custsomers, shut up and pay, we'll never do anyhting for you"
I'll probably cancel my subscription before european servers will be online.
Erm for those that cant wait to play with Europeans......theres already loads playing, more than you think I imagine.
Its already in English? American you mean! American English = English for Dummies *giggle*
Ok onto the serious stuff...
Q. Where will these *Euro* Servers actually be? I mean physically.
Q. Any idea on how patching, updates will be handled on these servers? DAoC let Goa mishandle their Euro version and we ended up 3 months behind the US, like we was a totally seperate game, most annoying.
Im glad you had the sense to allow people buying the game in the UK say, to play on the US servers, forced localisation is pants. The net allows us to access the world and make fun of lotsa different nationalitys, forcing people into regions is stupid.
Anyway, some of the friends I made don't want to waste the time invested and are staying, others are going to the European servers. So will have to choose