Official launch in Australia/New Zealand

It also depends on the route it tkaes and how many jumps as well
http://pingtest.net/

Whilst PVE is playable with higher latency you will never get as much from your toon as those based closer to the servers. There is a reason very few Aussie/NZ players ever manage to hit top dps for bosses in WOW and it has nothing to do with player skill. Considering this is the only AAA MMO that will have Oceanic servers I feel it will get a large chunk of the Oceanic MMO community playing.

There needs to be incentive for established guilds to move from US servers though of the Oceanic ones might not be as populated as would otherwise be expected.

As a Aussie who already has his copy... (arrived a Day before the Launch in the US :P)

YAY lower pings...

but in truth...

my pings have been between 120-160ms...

which aint to bad...

but i hope i can transfer my level 24 Jedi Knight...

Not sure how you get such low pings. Mine is on average 220-250ms.

Great news on the Aussie servers. I will only move however if it's free server transfers. I shouldn't be 'punished' for importing early. Until it's announced what the plan is, it's all guess work.

For the rude Americans commenting. For the most part Australians did not choose the servers. Like you, their guilds were also placed on those servers. Some of the smaller guilds changed from their servers to join where the majority was.

Unlike those living in the US, it does matter what server we roll on. I like to play where many others like me are in the same timezone for grouping etc. I wouldn't expect people in the US to be rolling on EU servers because the people in the EU countries are playing at different times to you.

But that will all be fixed soon. So enjoy your half empty servers when people move off the server and don't complain when you can't get a group.

I don't see where this lower ping idea is coming from. These servers won't be geographically local, just named Oceanic. Same pings, different name, no incentive to move away from established guilds and players.

are you bloody serious?..

your in frikken MEXICO!!! next door neighbor to the USA!!!!!!.

We are over 10,000 km's away!.. you want the game, order it from amazon or somewhere like the rest of us did.

your own servers?. you have GOT to be joking.. with even a half decent internet you should be sitting high 100-low 200 to both US East/West.

Go back and read page 5 of this thread. Look for the yellow post:

Thanks bioware

I will move when the Aussie servers open.

I will move only if character transfers are available I am lvl 25 I will be lvl cap long before the AU release and I wold not want to start my characters again.

thanks for the update, and it is good to hear.