StephenReid Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) We can confirm that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launching in Australia and New Zealand in the spring of 2012. Right now we are targeting March 1st, but that could change as our number one priority is making sure that customers have a great service to play on. For those of you who may have already imported the game, we will be investigating solutions to allow you to continue to play on a local server once they come online in March. EDIT: As pointed out, southern hemisphere seasons are reversed! When we say 'Spring' you can substitute 'Q1/Q2 2012'. Apologies for that. Edited December 20, 2011 by StephenReid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarij Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) hurray for Aussis and Kiwis Edited December 20, 2011 by Jarij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Stormy Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A little late 90% of Australians have imported the game and are playing now. My main is 25 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhnlaven Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Northern or southern hemisphere spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizbanic Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A little late 90% of Australians have imported the game and are playing now. My main is 25 now I have to agree, as well they have some of the west coast servers as their own and would be hard up to play on a diff server unless you offer free transfers for characters/guilds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctance Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It'd be great to be able to play on an official Oceanic server - hope there will be some free transfers made available. I'm stuck in the Harbinger at the moment but don't want to move away from the Oceanic crowd as I'd be the loneliest New Zealander ever on a server populated entirely by North Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauzer Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) hm.. how many Aussies will NOT be playing untill then? but some points have to go for announcing it so fast at least. Edited December 20, 2011 by Sauzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_X_O Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Seems they are thinking on giving you some free transfers... imported or not doesnt matter, you can play on which server you want, whereever it is located regardless where you have bought your game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockworkstars Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It might be best to rephrase spring of 2012 to Q1 or Q2 2012, as March will not be spring in Australia or New Zealand. Great news for the Aussies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuckertron Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Also, most of us Aussies are more then happy playing on US servers, we have to for most games so kind of used to it. Besides by March, 2012 I dont think I'll want to be moved from my current server, already making out of guild contacts for flashpoints and pvp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wager Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A little late 90% of Australians have imported the game and are playing now. My main is 25 now Literally never satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlankmanOz Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Just so you know, March 1st is actually Autumn (or Fall) in Australia and NZ! If you're going to officially launch in a country you should probably figure out when the seasons are! Edited December 20, 2011 by PlankmanOz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawrarig Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Last time they said Spring it came out in December... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasted Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Collectors Edition for Australians? Edit: For those of you who may have already imported the game, we will be investigating solutions to allow you to continue to play on a local server once they come online in March. Designated oceanic servers? I doubt they'll be in Oceania but is that to come... Right? Edited December 20, 2011 by Chasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death-sticks Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 99% of my friends are already playing, and have been since beta haha. Silly TOR crew. Free transfers to oceanic servers would be lovely even if its just guild transfers, most aussies play together anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyruzvetrix Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 A local server eh? This is excellent news! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death-sticks Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Just so you know, March 1st is actually Autumn (or Fall) in Australia and NZ! If you're going to officially launch in a country you should probably figure out when the seasons are! HAHAHA i didnt even think of that but yes, but of a silly mistake there guys xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethality Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have to agree, as well they have some of the west coast servers as their own and would be hard up to play on a diff server unless you offer free transfers for characters/guilds. Well, if you read his post it does state they are looking at ways to let players continue playing on local servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizdos Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wonderful news. Such an awesome game. Thanks team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMaul Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nice. Am coping fine on The Harbinger at the moment (apart from the queues), but look forward to an official Oceanic solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmicCreature Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Northern or southern hemisphere spring? Clearly the date given, March 1st, is an inidication of the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elidion Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I see one down side...as a player on a West Coast Server, right now we have queues, but by spring I would like to think it will have smoothed out. But with a major Aussie presence on my server I sure hope we don't lose half of community and make our server a ghosttown, especially with free transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmaros Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Looking at how many Light pop servers there are atm, I really don't see why we had to wait in the first place. Oh and by the way bioware, if you'd done what we'd asked and designated some oceanic servers from the start, Harbinger and Swiftsure wouldn't be so overfull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qram Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 u guys are awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkligihdelica Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Good to hear, was wondering if those of us that imported the game would be allowed to transfer to 'oceanic' servers once they come online and it seems we will be able to. Being in the 'red zone' has not been a bad experience so far, got early access from the first day and even got my game delivered on launchday, I gotta admit that's pretty good for someone who lives in a country where the game's not even released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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