4621

I am with everyone else. No way is Bioware going to or should they roll out a whole bunch of servers to accomadate the initial rush. By the second week in January, this two week pre-release/release period will be forgotten and things will have settled down.

Is there anyway to tell how many people are on a server? Is it completely dependent on the company’s plan? Is there some kind of standard? I am, obviously, clueless as to how these things work. I think it would be interesting to know what percentage of a server’s total population that a 500 person queue represents.

For all of you keeping score, you will be happy to know that my sick kid no longer has a fever, but still has to stay home as she has to be fever free for 24 hours. So I will be home for 6 hours with Spongebob on in the background that I will not notice because I will be zoned out. She will have to shake me to get some lunch. Also, the meeting I was supposed to go to today was postponed. This Day of SWTOR is dependent on me getting in on the 1st or 2nd wave.

Yay for anticipation. Now don’t suck.

EDIT: Per Reddit

10 New servers added last night:

East Coast PvE - The Corsair

East Coast RP-PvP - Ven Zallow

EU PvP (German) - The Krath Enchanter

EU PvE (German) - Darth Andeddu

EU PvP (English) - Uthar Wynn

EU PvP (English) - Kai-kan

EU PvE (English) - Bao-Dur

EU PvE (English) - Ludo Kressh

East Coast PvE - Thana Vesh

West Coast PvE - Zaalbar

Stephen Just confirmed that people that registered as late as yesterday will be in today That would have to be the case as they are pretty much calling this launch day

So my box gets shipped out at 9:03pm last night and is out for delivery this morning. Amazon shipping is awesome. They must have copies of SWTOR sprinkled liberally at distribution centers all over the US. Mine was coming from Chattanooga to Birmingham.

4622

Shouldn’t I be in before release day?

4623

Listen to what people are telling you. You only need the pre-start code for now. Once the game is actually released, you’ll get emailed the other code to register for “regular” start and setting up a subscription, etc. Just make sure you’ve entered your pre-start code in.

4624

Ah k thank you. I’m not chafing at the bit to get in, just want to make sure I’ve done all the necessary steps in case I get time to play this weekend.

4625

The thing about this that confuses me is how they are doing the waves. Staggering the release over a few days makes sense; it’s the sending out invites over a 3-4 hour period during the day that seems odd.

The only thing I can think of is it takes some processing time for the DB to cough up the list.

4626

Or they don’t want their login servers getting bashed in the face by a wave of 100,000 people or whatever their full day entry amount is.

4627

They apparently decided you guys were right, and only did one small wave today. In the span of an hour, they went from ‘Barring emergency, anyone who preordered in December should be very happy today…’ to ‘One wave only, sorry, December, try again on the weekend.’

4628

Right, but staggering the load over the weekday probably doesn’t help load all that much, but I could be wrong. I’d expect the majority of people who get invites are logging in for the first time in the evening, anyway.

4629

Grrrr: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=317844#edit317844

I might get in tomorrow, when I really won’t have much time to play. Even tonight with a long drive was a much better proposal. Le sigh.

Wendelius

4630

Whatever that is is not loading for me. Care to sum up?

4631

Ok, it loaded. That message was confusing, but here’s a link that was imbedded in that post that is tracking the waves for today:

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=34924

4632

Got on last night…saw more players than mobs. Actually had trouble finding mobs…leads to me thinking I’ll just wait until January to put my key in.

4633

Ah yes. The server is slow. If others hit the same issue, that thread has 2 messages about today’s waves:

Message 1:

Wave One was sent at 8AM CST (6AM PST / 9AM EST / 2PM GMT / 3PM CET).

Message 2:

Hello again all -

We’re finished with invite waves for today. The servers are filling up, player populations are growing, and we’re monitoring the influx of players carefully. More servers will be opened up as we need them.

…

Wendelius

4634

They moved the thread though, to a thread that doesn’t include that message. I don’t think they stopped invites for today. I could be wrong.

4635

Look at the timestamps on the posts. He just edited the initial post of yesterday’s invites for today’s use. There will be more, I bet.

Edit: In fact, he just removed the 2nd post completely.

4636

The “we stopped inviting” thing is from yesterday, though obviously it’s causing some confusion.

4637

Yeah, that second message was what they posted late last night.

Timestamp: Today , 12:03 AM

HA! They almost broke the internets with SWTOR rage.

4638

Ah. That was confusing. Thanks for correcting me.

I have to say, the whole invite wave process added to the recurring account activation questions make me think Bioware really needs to step up the standard of communication. I haven’t felt quite that confused and uncertain about what’s going on for a while at a MMO launch.

That being said, as long as the servers are running, that’s a step in the right direction.

Wendelius

4639

So, for a Jedi who wants to make his own light sabers ----> Treasure hunting/Archaeology/Artifice.

Is anyone following this route?

4640

Yup - Even though I’m a guardian, I thought it would be fun to make your own lightsabers, and thats exactly what I’m doing :-)

I havent really gotten very much into it though, but it seems a fun way to do crafting