Consolidated Post: APAC/Oceanic Server Concerns

It's the same three posters since the announcement came through.

People need to ignore their futile attempts at agitation.

Your name is the one and only thing you have in this game that is unique to you. I see the value in that.

I'm actually quite far from angry. Slightly upset (but mainly at losing friends to this merger), but angry is such an incredible stretch. Hence, your understanding is invalid.

Honestly, I am not a MENSA member and never thought to apply for an application. Nor really do I care to. The point, quite frankly, was to demonstrate to that previous poster the pointlessness in attempting to engage in ad hominems, especially after such a well constructed and rather amenable discussion.

Nothing quite so dramatic; I received my Bachelors in History and Secondary Education with an extension for Special Education Grades 5-12, and received accreditation from the New York State Department of Education. Moved into the Master's program for History with the full intention of moving on to a Doctorate as the High School educational system lacks a certain degree of challenge.

My Doctorate is a PhD in History, with a content specialization in Colonial and Early American History while my principle research focuses on redressing some of the historiographic issues centered around the personal and political character of George Washington during his tenure as a client under the patronage of Colonel Thomas Fairfax and Lt. Governor Robert Dinwiddie before the onset of the French-Indian Wars. If you are actually interested I would recommend taking a look at John Ferling's The Ascent of George Washingotn(2009) or taking a look at my Master's Thesis, it is on file at my previous University and I would be more than happy to link you to their library website. (Though I am unsure if they have digitized copies as of yet)

Actually, I have been rather outspoken about Bioware and EA's transition to this new model over the last few months, to no avail. The best thing I can actually do to make Bioware take notice is to maintain my sub and try to convince some of my friends to pick it up. Other than that, not much I or you can do that Bioware or EA will actually respond to unfortunately.

And yes, it will end eventually.

The lesson is to drop the vitriol and the rage, enjoy it while you can, and once it is gone move on and keep some fond memories of the friends you met and the good times you had.

Or you can continuously rage on the forums, to each his own.

Either way, I will continue to point out that there is a reason, other than the "evilness of EA," behind what happened.

Now you're getting it!

EA is a buisness..they need to make money!

They may have the biggest scumbag reputation amongst the gaming community but they know how to nickle and dime us better than any other publisher

+1. Much agreement.

Well that's not a thing to be proud of, it's actually quite sad when you think about it

Says the guy that is making a pitiful attempt at trolling the forums.

It might have been nice if Bioware or EA actually advertised that the game was free to play in Australia. That it was available in Australia. That is had APAC servers. Between 8 months of hanging us out to dwindle doing to nothing and not actively advertising for the game, they choked the life out of GD and MDM, so they could close them all down. This looks like it was a cost cutting decision made before F2P turned the games profit margin around, and no one questioned it to continue to this point, player base be damned.

Just rolled a Harbinger character to see the latency... my best is 220ms... from 21ms on Dalbora
I only PVP in the game and do the class/companion quests
After about 20 mins it is apparent this lag will effect my PVP... I will keep lvling till I can PVP... so I have a comparison
And the reason it will effect me in PVP is I TAB target a lot and use HOT Keys... I am finding just in PVE that I am on top of the mobs before my casts work... there is definitely a 1-2sec lag... and I TAB through targets quickly... when it takes 2 seconds to get to another target or have a med pack... guess what, your too late and your dead