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Quick patch incoming plus extended maintenance on the 31st January

January 28, 2012 by

If you’ve played SWTOR over the past week you’ve probably heard some murmurs of discontent around the game’s performance, if not experiencing it yourself. Actually murmurs have been shouts in some quarters and there’s not doubt BioWare is listening as they’re bringing down the servers sometime Saturday night Australian / New Zealand time – once we have a confirmation of an exact time we’ll post it.

Additionally, there’s an extended weekly maintenance of eight hours or so:

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Time: 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) until 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

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

So that’s:

– 7pm on Tuesday 31st until 3am Wednesday 1st Feb AEDT
– 4pm to midnight AWST
– 9pm to 5am NZDT

So tonight don’t plan on any extended playing time in SWTOR and Tuesday is out too. Never fear though, we’ll have plenty of SWTOR info for your to trawl through, including a brand new podcast being recorded Sunday night.

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Rise of the Rakghouls server downtime is back on

January 18, 2012 by

It’s back on after the postponement on Tuesday – the 1.1 patch that sees Rise of the Rakghouls become reality:

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Time: 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

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

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

So that means no access for Australians between 7pm Wednesday 18th January through to 3am Thursday 19th January.

For New Zealanders, you’re locked out between 9pm Wednesday 18th and 5am Thursday 19th.

In the meantime, be sure to have a listen to our latest podcast dissecting the patch, or have a read through the patch notes.

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UPDATED: Server downtime this postponed: bring on Rise of the Rakghouls

January 16, 2012 by

UPDATE: due to glitches with the 1.1 update, the downtime has been pushed out a ‘few days’. Thanks for the heads-up Ben!

The usual server downtime is on Tuesday evening, but it’s an extended one due to the 1.1 update being put live. Here’s the announcement and the time-zone conversions after that.

Scheduled Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Time: 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET) to 10AM CST (8AM PST/11AM EST/4PM GMT/5PM CET)

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

So that means no access for Australians between 7pm Tuesday 17th January through to 3am Wednesday 18th January.

For New Zealanders, you’re locked out between 9pm Tuesday 17th and 5am Wednesday 18th.

In the meantime, be sure to have a listen to our latest podcast dissecting the patch, or have a read through the patch notes.

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Server downtime – here’s what to do

January 10, 2012 by

In case you didn’t realise, it’s time for SWTOR’s regular scheduled maintenance downtime:

On 1/10, the servers and SWTOR.com will become unavailable for scheduled maintenance at 2AM CST (12AM PST/3AM EST/8AM GMT/9AM CET). Maintenance is scheduled to end at 8AM CST (6AM PST/9AM EST/2PM GMT/3PM CET). Patch 1.0.2d will be implemented during this downtime. To check the status of your server, visit the Server Status page.

Locally that means the game will be down:

AEDT: 7pm to 1am Tuesday night 10th January
NZDT: 11pm to 5am Tuesday night / Wednesday morning 10th/11th January

While you’re waiting for the servers to come back up, why not:

1. Read the 1.1 Patch notes for what’s coming up in the game

2. Read in-depth about every companion in-game

3. Download some cool SWTOR wallpapers for your PC or iPad

4. Give your 2-cents worth on where the official oceanic launch location should be

5. Listen to our latest Flash Point podcast

If none of that takes your fancy, tell us what you like to do during server downtime in comments!

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Server downtime December 15th to 22nd

December 16, 2011 by

Bioware have just announced three windows for server downtime between now and the 22nd December.

Here they are with Aussie and NZ times plugged in for you – the quoted areas are Bioware’s direct statements on the likely length of the downtime:

Maintenance Window #1: Friday, December 16th

7.00pm AEDT or 9.00pm NZDT

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than two hours, but could be extended.

Maintenance Window #2: Tuesday December 20th

Time: 11.00am AEDT and 1.00pm NZDT

This will be a five-hour downtime:

All game servers and SWTOR.com will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to complete before 11PM CST, and will mark the end of Early Game Access for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

Maintenance Window #3: Thursday December 22nd

7.00pm AEDT or 9.00pm NZDT

I have to say I’m liking these downtimes i.e. they’re relatively short and not knocking out a whole evening. Post your thoughts in the comments!

[picture via Techmonkeys]

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