Rewards for Server Transfers

New pet Gannifari

Bioware keeps rewarding their subscribers for playing the game. This time they are going to give a new non combat pet, the Gannifari as well as 25 Black Hole Commendations. It should be noted that all subscribers that had their characters either on an original or a destination server would be rewarded.

Your character(s) must be on a qualifying server (which includes destination servers) and your account must be active by July 30, 2012 at 11:59 PM CDT / July 31, 2012 at 4:59AM GMT.

The new pet it's just a bonus where as 25 BH Commendations is the really gift. It seems that BW gives something to new players that were left behind on their PvE progression as before transfers, most servers were dead and groups for FP and Operations were impossible to be formed.

1.3 Release Date!

1.3 is coming this TUESDAY 06/26 after the regular Server Maintenance!

Additional Servers for Transfers! 06/13 UPDATE!

UPDATE 10:00AM CDT June 13th, 2012


Origin Server --> Destination Server 


NA Server
The Defenestrator --> Jedi Covenant 
Krayiss Obelisk --> Canderous Ordo 
Shien --> The Ebon Hawk 
Rwookrrorro --> The Fatman 
Ajunta Pall --> Jung Ma
Krath --> The Harbinger 
Darth Xedrix --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge 
Vrook Lamar --> Begeren Colony 
Nadd's Sarcophagus --> The Bastion
Sedyn Kyne --> Jedi Covenant
Whitebeam Run --> Canderous Ordo
Sanctum of the Exalted --> The Ebon Hawk
Cho Mai --> The Fatman
Empress Teta --> The Harbinger
Perlemian Trade Route --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge
The Crucible Pits --> The Bastion 


European Server (German)
Handmaidens of Atris --> The Jedi Tower
Cassus Fett --> Vanjervalis Chain
Gnawer's Roost --> Jar'Kai Sword
Dreypa's Oubliette --> The Jedi Tower
The Krath Enchanter --> Jar'Kai Sword


European Server (English)
Ludo Kressh --> The Red Eclipse
Trask Ulgo --> The Progenitor
Senator Contispex --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Goluud Corridor --> The Red Eclipse
The Kumumgah --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd


European Server (French)
Kissai Caste --> Mantle of the Force
Dol Grenn --> Darth Nihilus
Vodo-Siosk Baas --> Mantle of the Force
Princess Galia --> Darth Nihilus

More Server Pairings for the Transfers!

AS FOR NOW, 06/13


East


Keller’s Void -----> Jedi Covenant (PVE) 
Hedarr Soongh -----> The Fatman (PVP)
The Courageous  -----> Canderous Ordo (PVE) 
Kath Hound  -----> The Ebon Hawk (RP-PVE) 
Ven Zallow  -----> Jung Ma (RP-PVP) 




West


Soresu  ----->  The Harbinger (PVE) 
Rakata Mind Prison  ----->  The Bastion (PVP) 
Fa'athra  -----> Drooga's Pleasure Barge (PVE)
Lord Ieldis  -----> Begeren Colony (RP-PVE)





English


Eye of Ashlanae -----> The Red Eclipse (PVE)
The Shadow Runner  -----> Tomb of Freedon Nadd (PVP)
Shaltin Tunnels  -----> The Progenitor (RP-PVE)
French


Mecrosa Order ----->  Darth Nihilus (PVP)
Phateem Halls of Knowledge  ----->  Mantle of the Force (PVE)
Kessel Run  ----->  Battle Meditation (RP-PVE)
German


Stereb Cities  ----->  The Jedi Tower (PVE)
The Restoration Zone  ----->  Jar’Kai Sword (PVP)
Zayne Carrick  ----->  Vanjervalis Chain (RP-PVE)




MORE SERVER PAIRINGS WILL COME TOMORROW. A BRIEF MAINTENANCE TONIGHT!

Server Transfer List!!!

Character transfers are final here! This is the list for the eligible server transfers.



Certain transfers are complimentary at this time:


Between the following servers:

The Shadow Runner to Tomb of Freedon Nadd

Stereb Cities to The Jedi Tower 


The Restoration Zone to Jar'Kai Sword

Phateem Halls of Knowledge to Mantle of the Force 


Mecrosa Order to Darth Nihilus 


Rakata Mind Prison to The Bastion 


Hedarr Soongh to The Fatman 


Eye of Ashlanae to The Red Eclipse 


Keller's Void to Jedi Covenant 


Soresu to The Harbinger 

1.3 Loot Changes: Better Loot from Flashpoints!

Apparently, with the introduction of Group Finder, FP runs would be more common and Bioware decided to change the loot that each FP drops, mostly to lure people to play them.
Early today, 06/10 I did a fast run of Heroic Black Talon and I found out that most bosses drop far better loot than the current live patch.




First boss (We kill the droid) dropped a random TIONESE headgear when it used to drop tionese belt. Second boss, Commander Ghuli dropped a random COLUMNI ear piece when he used to drop energized legs. The final boss dropped the same loot than live, a token for COLUMNI bracers.

Obviously this is a rather welcome change, as people would gear up easier and faster. With Black Hole commendations as daily rewards, people would have lot's of reasons to run HM Flashpoints. Finally people would easier participate on Story Mode Operations and experience more of the end game content, faster and without the painful grind. If they manage to introduce more content in a faster pace, subscribers would always have something to do, something that would make this game bounce back.

Server transfers starting on June 12th! Details!

FINALLY! Server transfers are coming on June 12th! A lot of people are waiting for this (myself including) and today we learnt some new informations about this service.


First of all. Server transfer would be TARGETED! That means that transfers would be allowed from a selected number of servers to selected servers! Servers would be chosen and would have a specific destination that would be allowed to transfer a character. By the time, more options would be available and when the free server transfers would be about to end, we will be informed beforehand. In the future, server transfer would allow more options in the choice of server destination and would require a transfer fee. 


That way, Bioware will try to create servers that would be highly populated and balanced, than having one or two overpopulated servers (like Fatman or Tomb of Freedon Nadd). More informations would come in a upcoming FAQ so stay tuned!

Ranked Warzones are coming at 1.3!

Good news everyone! Rated Warzones are officially announced for 1.3!

Mindspore: Any update on Ranked Warzones in 1.3?

Daniel: Ranked Warzones is on track for 1.3. All the heavy lifting (ratings, group persistence exiting warzones, etc) is done and right now we are working through some emergent conflicts with Group Finder and the process of queuing for multiple activities at once with multiple temporary groups.

Preview of group finder for 1.3!

Here we got a preview of the group finder UI that would be introduced on patch 1.3.

As you can see, on the left side are the role that you can fill and on the right the different modes that you can experience. The most interesting part is that the list of the HM Flashpoints that you'll get a group for are, is different from what is now on Live. You can only play Lost Island, The Battle of Ilum, The False Emperor, Directive 7, Kaon Under Siege. As they are only 5 HM Flashpoints that you can queue for, I wouldn't be surprised if the change the loots that you'll obtain from the final bosses and just give a different set piece from each one. Finally we can see that only Denova Story Mode would be on the LFG.

1.3 is going to hit the PTS servers soon, so stay tuned for more infos and insights for the upcoming patch.

Server transfers next week?

In twitter, Stephen Reid the Community Manager of SWTOR answered a question from a player and said that server transfers are coming BEFORE 1.3 and would expect more news next week. I would probably been expecting an update to the transfers like details about the procedure and even applies for a server transfer.