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Unexpected Maintenance Part 2: Tonight

June 29, 2012 by

UPDATE: Make that 7pm-11pm AEST now…

It’s no fun to report that for the second night in a row we’re facing a maintenance downtime. This one’s meant to definitely be staying within the four hour timeframe – here’s hoping.

Times:

AEST: 5pm-9pm
AWST: 3pm-7pm
NZST: 7pm-11pm

The full details:

We will be deploying a patch and performing an unscheduled maintenance this Friday, June 29th, 2012. Patch notes will be made available shortly after the servers come back up.

The servers and SWTOR.com will be down for four hours on Friday, June 29th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). There is a possibility that the maintenance window (start & stop times) may shift later than posted here. If that occurs, we will update the messaging immediately. All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.

Maintenance

Date: Friday, June 29th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

There is a possibility that the maintenance window (start & stop times) may shift later than posted here. If that occurs, we will update the messaging immediately.

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This game maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

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Unexpected SWTOR maintenance tonight

June 28, 2012 by

A six hour unexpected downtime to deploy a patch to 1.3. There’s not a lot more details than that but here’s the lowdown from BioWare:

AEST: 5pm-11pm
AWST: 3pm-9pm
NZST: 7pm-1am

And as per below you’ll have a patch to download afterwards:

We will be deploying a patch and performing an unscheduled maintenance this Thursday, June 28th, 2012. Patch notes will be made available shortly after the servers come back up.

The servers will be down for four hours on Thursday, June 28th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.

Maintenance

Date: Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

All game servers will be offline during this period. This game maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

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1.3 Maintenance Downtime Extended (Updated AGAIN)

June 26, 2012 by

UPDATE 3: Servers are now up.

UPDATE 2: there’s now no end time for the maintenance at this stage – “At this time, we do not have an estimate for the end of the maintenance. Thank you for your patience”. That said – the forums are up and you can view the full 1.3 patch notes right here.

UPDATE: a further hour has been added – now looking at midnight AEST

The screenshot from Twitter says it all – a 2-hour extension to the downtime. I was surprised it was only a four-hour maintenance anyway, given the size of the update. Let the countdown to 11pm AEST begin!

 

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SWTOR 1.3 to drop this Tuesday

June 23, 2012 by

In case you hadn’t heard, BioWare have announced that this Tuesday’s maintenance downtime will be the point at which SWTOR 1.3 hits the game servers.

Even better, it’s a standard four-hour downtime, albeit with the chance of an extension if things don’t go totally smoothly.

The time conversions as always:

AEST: 5-9pm
AWST: 3-7pm
NZST: 7-11pm

The full details from BioWare:

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

Game Update 1.3: Allies introduces new features for all Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ players including a Group Finder tool, Legacy Perks, Ranked Warzones, and Adaptive Gear! Now you will be able to quickly find groups to take on Flashpoints, Operations, Warzones, and Planetary Heroic Missions. The Legacy System incorporates new bonuses including Advancement Perks which allows you to customize your leveling experience. With Adaptive Gear, social gear can now be used in combat, by fusing it with corresponding armor bonuses and creating slots for modifications. These are just a few of many exciting features of Allies! Learn more about Game Update 1.3 here

After this maintenance is over, restart the game launcher to patch to Game Update 1.3.

Scheduled Maintenance
Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).
All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.
Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

As always we’ll be covering all the news around 1.3 as it happens!

Over to you: are you excited to see 1.3 drop?

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Server transfers: updated list

June 19, 2012 by

We’ve not reported extensively on this the past week, mainly because the majority of Oceanic players had the first free transfers a couple of months back. That said, it’s worth posting the list of server transfers as they stand now, to give an idea of the scale of things.

Not surprisingly, two of the server casualties were The Jekk’Jekk Tarr and Swiftsure, which were two of the three unofficial Oceanic servers prior to us getting our own. The third unofficial server, The Harbinger, is one of the destination servers so will have no shortage of players for the first time in a while since the Oceanic exodus.

Here’s the full list:

Origin Server –> Destination Server

  • NA Server

    East

    PVP
    Anchorhead –> Prophecy of the Five
    Belgoth’s Beacon –> The Fatman
    Bondar Crystal –> Prophecy of the Five
    Cho Mai –> The Fatman
    Darth Malak –> The Fatman
    Davik’s Estate –> Prophecy of the Five
    Death Wind Corridor –> Prophecy of the Five
    Firkrann Crystal –> The Fatman
    Gardens of Talla –> Prophecy of the Five
    Hedarr Soongh –> The Fatman
    Helm of Graush –> Prophecy of the Five
    Infinity Gate –> Prophecy of the Five
    Iron Citadel –> Prophecy of the Five
    Kinrath Spider –> The Fatman
    Naddist Rebels –> Prophecy of the Five
    Port Nowhere –> Prophecy of the Five
    Rwookrrorro –> The Fatman
    Saber of Exar Kun –> Prophecy of the Five
    Sword of Ajunta Pall –> Prophecy of the Five
    Terentatek –> Prophecy of the Five
    The Deadweight –> The Fatman
    The Twin Spears –> Prophecy of the Five
    Thendys Noori –> The Fatman
    Vulkar Highway –> Prophecy of the Five
    Veela –> Prophecy of the Five

    PVE
    Anturi Reach –> Corellian Run
    Assassins of Sion –> Canderous Ordo
    Axial Park –> Jedi Covenant
    Colonel Tobin –> Corellian Run
    Crevasse City –> Corellian Run
    Darth Bandon –> Corellian Run
    Dreshdae Cantina –> The Shadowlands
    Eidolon Security –> Jedi Covenant
    Elysium –> The Shadowlands
    Firaxan Shark –> Corellian Run
    Fort Garnik –> Jedi Covenant
    Giradda the Hutt –> The Shadowlands
    Grand Master Zym –> The Shadowlands
    Hanharr –> Jedi Covenant
    ICE Breaker –> Corellian Run
    Juyo –> Canderous Ordo
    Kaas City –> Canderous Ordo
    Kathol Rift –> Canderous Ordo
    Keetael –> Jedi Covenant
    Keller’s Void –> Jedi Covenant
    Khoonda Militia –> Jedi Covenant
    Ki-Ta Kren –> Jedi Covenant
    Krayiss Obelisk –> Canderous Ordo
    Krayt Dragon –> The Shadowlands
    Master Dorak –> Canderous Ordo
    Mind Trick –> Corellian Run
    Nathema –> Jedi Covenant
    Sedyn Kyne –> Jedi Covenant
    Shadow Hand –> The Shadowlands
    Shii-Cho –> Jedi Covenant
    Sith Meditation Sphere –> The Shadowlands
    Sith Wyrm –> Corellian Run
    Tarro Blood –> Corellian Run
    Telos Restoration Project –> Jedi Covenant
    Thana Vesh –> Corellian Run
    The Constant –> Canderous Ordo
    The Corsair –> Canderous Ordo
    The Courageous –> Canderous Ordo
    The Defenestrator –> Jedi Covenant
    The Razor –> The Shadowlands
    Whitebeam Run –> Canderous Ordo
    Zez-Kai Ell –> Canderous Ordo

    RP-PVE
    Kath Hound –> The Ebon Hawk
    Lord Adraas –> The Ebon Hawk
    Rubat Crystal –> The Ebon Hawk
    Sanctum of the Exalted –> The Ebon Hawk
    Shien –> The Ebon Hawk

    RP-PVP
    Ven Zallow –> Jung Ma

    West

    PVP
    Black Vulkars –> The Bastion
    Daragon Trail –> The Bastion
    Dark Reaper –> The Bastion
    Infinite Empire –> The Bastion
    Mandalore the Indomitable –> The Bastion
    Nadd’s Sarcophagus –> The Bastion
    Rakata Mind Prison –> The Bastion
    Shadowtown –> The Bastion
    The Crucible Pits –> The Bastion
    The Maw –> The Bastion
    The Swiftsure –> The Bastion
    Warriors of the Shadow –> The Bastion
    Wound in the Force –> The Bastion

    PVE
    Darth Sion –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Darth Xedrix –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Empress Teta –> The Harbinger
    Fa’athra –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Gauntlet of Kressh –> The Harbinger
    Hyperspace Cannon –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Kaiburr Crystal –> The Harbinger
    Krath –> The Harbinger
    Lord Praven –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Master Gnost-Dural –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Mask of Nihilus –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Master Zhar Lestin –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Namadii Corridor –> The Harbinger
    Perlemian Trade Route –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Soresu –> The Harbinger
    Space Slug –> The Harbinger
    The Jekk’Jekk Tarr –> The Harbinger
    Veeboo Lunx –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge
    Wall of Light –> The Harbinger
    Zaalbar –> The Harbinger
    Zakkeg Beast –> Drooga’s Pleasure Barge

    RP-PVE
    Lord Ieldis –> Begeren Colony
    Vrook Lamar –> Begeren Colony

    RP-PVP
    Ajunta Pall –> Jung Ma

  • European Server (German)

    PVP
    Blotus the Hutt –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Brianna –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Darth Revan’s Mask –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Darth Traya –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Exis Station –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Gnawer’s Roost –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Pius Dea –> Jar’Kai Sword
    Loramarr –> Jar’Kai Sword
    The Krath Enchanter –> Jar’Kai Sword
    The Restoration Zone –> Jar’Kai Sword

    PVE
    Darth Andeddu –> T3-M4
    Dreypa’s Oubliette –> The Jedi Tower
    Exar Kun –> T3-M4
    Force Harvester –> T3-M4
    Handmaidens of Atris –> The Jedi Tower
    Lenico Gargantuan –> T3-M4
    Murakami Orchid –> The Jedi Tower
    Odacer-Faustin Academy –> T3-M4
    Opila Crystal –> The Jedi Tower
    Sith Triumvirate –> T3-M4
    Stereb Cities –> The Jedi Tower
    Supreme Commander Stantorrs –> T3-M4
    The Cinzia –> The Jedi Tower

    RP-PVE
    Cassus Fett –> Vanjervalis Chain
    Zayne Carrick –> Vanjervalis Chain

  • European Server (English)

    PVP
    Ahto City –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Basilisk Droid –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Bloodworthy –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Chuundar –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Hex Droid –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Kai-kan –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Legions of Lettow –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Niman –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Scepter of Ragnos –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Senator Contispex –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Starstorm One –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Tassaa Bareesh –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    The Ravager –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    The Shadow Runner –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    The Kumumgah –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    The Exile’s Crystal –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Tott Doneeta –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Trayus Academy –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Ula Vii –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
    Uthar Wynn –> Tomb of Freedon Nadd

    PVE
    Bacca’s Blade –> Nightmare Lands
    Bao-Dur –> Nightmare Lands
    Dune Bantha –> Nightmare Lands
    Dxun Battle Circle –> The Red Eclipse
    Eye of Ashlanae –> The Red Eclipse
    Flames of the Crucible –> The Red Eclipse
    Frostclaw –> Nightmare Lands
    Goluud Corridor –> The Red Eclipse
    Hidden Beks –> Nightmare Lands
    Hydian Way –> Nightmare Lands
    Kellian Jarro –> The Red Eclipse
    Ludo Kressh –> The Red Eclipse
    Luka Sene –> The Red Eclipse
    Peragus Mining Facility –> Nightmare Lands
    Rogue Moon –> The Red Eclipse
    Sith’ari –> Nightmare Lands
    Sluis Shipyards –> The Red Eclipse
    The Arkanian Legacy –> The Red Eclipse

    RP-PVE
    Shaltin Tunnels –> The Progenitor
    Trask Ulgo –> The Progenitor

  • European Server (French)

    PVP
    Atris –> Darth Nihilus
    Baron Deathmark –> Darth Nihilus
    Dol Grenn –> Darth Nihilus
    Hrakert Rift –> Darth Nihilus
    Mecrosa Order –> Darth Nihilus
    Princess Galia –> Darth Nihilus
    Star Map –> Darth Nihilus

    PVE
    Hssiss –> Mantle of the Force
    Kissai Caste –> Mantle of the Force
    Phateem Halls of Knowledge –> Mantle of the Force
    Vodo-Siosk Baas –> Mantle of the Force

    RP-PVE
    Kessel Run –> Battle Meditation
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Server Downtime: June 19th 2012

June 18, 2012 by

Another week with a standard four-hour maintenance, which not surprisingly means 1.3 won’t drop. The time conversions for you:

AEST: 5pm-9pm
AWST: 3pm-7pm
NZST: 7pm-11pm

The full details:

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Tuesday, June 19th , 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

This weekly maintenance is done in order to make general improvements and to check performance of the game so that we can continue to provide a consistent, quality experience. Quite often (but not always) after a maintenance period there will be a patch to download. After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

Enjoy the game!

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First character transfer servers announced

June 12, 2012 by

With the first batch of character transfers about to get underway, BioWare have announced which servers will be eligible to transfer:

Keller’s Void (PVE – US East)
Hedarr Soongh (PVP – US East)
Soresu (PVE – US West)
Rakata Mind Prison (PVP – US West)
Stereb Cities (PVE – Europe)
Eye of Ashlanae (PVE – Europe)
Phateem Halls of Knowledge (PVE – Europe)
The Restoration Zone (PVP – Europe)
The Shadow Runner (PVP – Europe)
Mecrosa Order (PVP – Europe)

If you go to your Account Management tab on SWTOR.com, you can see the destination servers, which at this stage are:

Keller’s Void to Jedi Covenant
Hedarr Soongh to The Fatman
Eye of Ashlanae to The Red Eclipse
The Shadow Runner to Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Rakata Mind Prison to The Bastion
Soresu to The Harbinger
Mecrosa Order to Darth Nihilus
Stereb Cities to The Jedi Tower
The Restoration Zone to Jar’Kai Sword
Phateem Halls of Knowledge to Mantle of the Force

It’s obviously a short list, but its understandable for a first try at transfers, but it looks like it may be quite a wait for some.

Over to you: are you waiting for a transfer?

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Server Downtime: June 12th 2012

June 11, 2012 by

This week’s downtime is a 5-hour one – it’s highly doubtful it’s 1.3 dropping but I’m sure there’s some preparatory work going on. Here’s the time conversions and you can see the full post from BioWare below:

AEST: 5pm-10pm
AWST: 3pm-8pm
NZDT: 7pm-12am

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 7AM CDT (5AM PDT/8AM EDT/1PM BST/2PM CEST/10PM AEST). All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than five hours, but could be extended.

This weekly maintenance is done in order to make general improvements and to check performance of the game so that we can continue to provide a consistent, quality experience. Quite often (but not always) after a maintenance period there will be a patch to download. After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 7AM CDT (5AM PDT/8AM EDT/1PM BST/2PM CEST/10PM AEST)

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than five hours.

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Server Downtime: 5th June 2012

June 4, 2012 by

Another standard four-hour maintenance this week. The full post from BioWare below, but the local time conversions are:

AEST: 5pm-9pm
AWST: 3pm-7pm
NZST: 7pm-11pm

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Tuesday, June 5th , 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

This weekly maintenance is done in order to make general improvements and to check performance of the game so that we can continue to provide a consistent, quality experience. Quite often (but not always) after a maintenance period there will be a patch to download. After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

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Server Downtime: May 30th 2012 and things to do

May 28, 2012 by

Another standard four-hour downtime tomorrow night:
AEST: 5pm-9pm
AWST: 3pm-7pm
NZST: 7pm-11pm

If you get bored waiting, why not check out our latest podcast episode, watch some SWTOR video news, read a great opinion piece on SWTOR’s subscription numbers, or check out BioWare’s latest round of answers to community questions.

The full downtime blurb from BioWare:

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that we will be performing scheduled maintenance for four hours on Wednesday, May 30th , 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.

This weekly maintenance is done in order to make general improvements and to check performance of the game so that we can continue to provide a consistent, quality experience. Quite often (but not always) after a maintenance period there will be a patch to download. After the maintenance, please login via the launcher to download the latest patch. If your launcher was open during the maintenance, you must close and reopen it for a fresh login.
Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

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Server Downtime and Podcast: None For This Week

May 21, 2012 by

In case you don’t get the memo, there’s no server maintenance this week. So enjoy some uninterrupted Tuesday night SWTOR playing. You know it makes sense!

Onto our very own Flash Point podcast, I owe you an apology for no episode this week. It’s purely due to my inability to get us all in the same room to record. That said, we’re on schedule to record this weekend, so expect Episode 33 to hit your feeds late Sunday or early Monday morning AEST.

Also, a big thanks to those who have rated the podcast on iTunes the past few weeks – it’s always appreciated!

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Server Downtime: 15th May 2012

May 15, 2012 by

Another nice standard four-hour downtime this week:

AEST: 5pm-9pm
AWST: 3pm-7pm
NZST: 7pm-11pm

The full blurb below as always!

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Time: 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8 AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST).

All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours.

Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

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