Re: Beta Weekend Event #2 Dates!
all patched and ready :)
First contact with Klingons; the Enterprise (NX-01) is launched. Archer finds himself in the middle of a Temporal Cold War.
I think the system will ultimately hurt us as a fleet regrettably.
We have three fleets which will all be seeking upgrading starbases, 2 fed plus 1 kdf and players will be encouraged to upgrade projects where possible. I say where possible as the devs have already pointed out that some folks will be so keen to be able to afford snazzy T5 Nova's that they will prevent others from donating to the projects and thus being able to afford a T5 nova when they become available.
Bad-will will inevitably ensue as I doubt the provisioning tasks will be set as often as folks would wish as fleet officers would decide they have other priorities (such as making it look all singing and dancing). I actually see many more smaller fleets forming with an optimal size equivalent to the number of ships generated by provisioning tasks.
But we're not competitive at all. Nope. Nuh uh. We just happen to be awesome enough that we'll get there first, haha!
theres one problem that i see with this is that if the sever that is tranfered to could be worse than the one we are on
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When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation plot against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.
Many guild leaders have contacted us with their concerns about coordinating their guild members in preparation for the free character transfer service and I wanted to take some time to explain how this process will work.
In order to ensure an optimal playing experience for every server, we’ll be offering direct transfers from one origin server to a pre-selected destination server. This means that the destination server will already be selected for the origin server. As mentioned in our blog post, all server types and languages will be respected. You will not find your PvE characters transferred to a PvP server, or vice versa.
Therefore, all guild members on the origin server will be eligible to transfer to the same destination server, ensuring that the guild has the opportunity to stay together.
As we mentioned in our blog, the character transfer service will be made available gradually, starting with a small number of origin servers and adding more until all servers eligible for transfer are available in the service. We know everyone is excited for the opportunity to transfer their characters, but it is critical that we do this gradually to ensure both a smooth transfer as well as a great player experience on the destination servers.
Eligible servers will be listed as they become available for transfers at www.swtor.com/transfer, which will go live on Tuesday. This is to prevent potential server load issues.
Please note that we will not be dividing the population of an origin server onto multiple destination servers for this free character transfer process.
Additionally, players need not worry about rushing to transfer as free character transfers between selected servers will remain available for as long as it is needed to help balance server populations naturally. Rest assured that if we ever decide to stop this free character transfer service, players will be given plenty of advanced notice.