1.3 features coming .. your thoughts?

So in reading and looking at 1.3 update ... I see the what I assume they are talking about is a LFG thing but they are not saying if its cross server or not.

One of the issues I have been facing is not being able to pvp cause no one on this server when I am available to play .. it used to take 5-15 minutes to get into pvp now its like an hour or more depending on when I play.

What I have not seen them mention is cross server pvp so we can get these queues moving .. anyone heard anything about this? And mind you I hadn't pvped for over 10 years but found it fun here, but now its rough to find a group.

A cool thing will be moddable slots for your appearnce gear aka social gear, and now maybe with a LFG you can get some ops and social stuff going .. but its kinda the cart with the horse ... but its progress... unless on a dead server like ours... they did also mention server transfers but that is pointless to me since I wanna stay in this guild.

The real issue is no cross server lfg unless that is coming .. its somethign this game really needs for the smaller server populations like ours.

Anyways just my ramblings and thoughts would love to hear yours ...

I think the following may answer your question. It's from the Community Q&A for May 25th.

Mallorik: What is your philosophy on cross server LFG tools? Are we getting a same server tool just to hold us over while you work on cross server tech or is this just a test to see if a same server tool will do the job?

Daniel: Although we’re certainly willing to entertain the idea of cross-server LFG tools if the need arises, it’s a last resort for us. We firmly believe for cooperative play it is important to have a community and social responsibility that you simply can’t have with players appearing and disappearing from your reality. Instead we are pushing hard on servers that are massive compared to the ones we launched with. Early tests show we’ll be able to raise the peak concurrent user cap above what it was at launch. Combining that with server transfers to enable players to move to these new servers and fill them to the brim, we should see some fantastic, vibrant communities develop where Group Finder will always be able to find someone for your content.

Thanks for the update, kjmk. I am wondering if they mean by filling the servers to the brim they are planning on consolidating some of the low pop servers. As they have recently laid off a fairly large group of employees because of all the subscriber losses, I'm not sure how they expect to "raise the peak concurrent user cap above what it was at launch" when they couldn't fill the servers they started with and then opened the Oceanic servers which is what caused the population crashes to begin with. But I could be absolutely incorrect in my opinion on this which wouldn't surprise me in the least and I hope I am wrong because it will mean things are looking up! (except for the fact that server transfers aren't going to be free and they expect subscribers to pay even more money to fix a problem they didn't create) ;)

Yeah, I've been wondering about some of the logistics behind everything. I've heard mention (probably rumor, can't remember where I've heard it) of having clusters of servers that connect with each other. I'd be surprised if they merged servers because how would you handle characters with the same names and legacy names?

Probably by forcing a name change, highlighting the inefficiency of making its name the only unique thing about your character.

So if I read it right ... the server transfers are to the new servers where they think they will get a high pop on those now ... its really not going to help our server out at all, we will just have more rats fleeing the ship ... boo hiss cry and whine lol.