{"id":771,"date":"2025-10-31T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.str8jaktjim.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:04:31","slug":"swtor-apac-server-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.str8jaktjim.com\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"SWTOR APAC Server Returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally published on RoundTableCoop.com on 16th November 2023<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Australian Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) players rejoice! It\u2019s been 10 years since the Australian servers closed but a SWTOR APAC server is returning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a time of big change for SWTOR. This year has seen the development team move from Bioware to Broadsword<\/a>, along with a raft of quality of life updates, like the 64-bit client<\/a> and testing of cloud servers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SWTOR APAC Server Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In an announcement on their website<\/a>, Executive Producer Keith Kanneg outlined when Aussie gamers will be able to roll a new character on the SWTOR APAC server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribers will be able to log into the new SWTOR APAC Server Shae Vizla from 6am AEDT on Friday the 17th<\/sup> November. All other players will be able to log in from 6am AEDT on Saturday the 18th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Character transfers will not initially be allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But will a SWTOR APAC server survive? Won\u2019t there be the same population issues as last time? Why will an APAC server work now but didn\u2019t 10 years ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Need For PvP & PvE Servers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The state of the servers when the game first launched was very different to what it is now. SWTOR\u2019s standard was to have three servers in each region. Australia had Master Dal\u2019Nala for PvP, Dalborra for PvE and Gav Daragon for PvE role playing. That meant the Australian player population was spread over three servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the current game PvP and PvE groups have been combined into one but there are different instances for the PvP and PvE playstyles. That means when it comes to grouping for Flashpoints, Operations, or other group content, both PvP and PvE players can enter the group finder together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Server Technology Has Changed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SWTOR has been testing cloud servers<\/a> for a while now. They specifically tested a SWTOR APAC server in the cloud<\/a> back in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloud technology is a game changer for online games. The basics behind it is that space in a company\u2019s server is rented. In this case SWTOR is using Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is responsible for the physical upkeep of the servers while SWTOR can store their game data there. SWTOR can remote to the server to do software updates and if anything physical needs to be done AWS can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is this different to SWTOR running their own costs? Servers must be physically located in the region they\u2019re servicing to keep latency to a minimum. If SWTOR ran their own, they would need staff in every region to service those servers. They would also need to pay for server maintenance and upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By using AWS, their staff maintain the physical servers and have local staff on hand to do that. AWS also have economies of scale. SWTOR isn\u2019t their only client (AWS is one of the biggest cloud computer services in the world) which means they can offer SWTOR a better rate than if the game owned all its own infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a long way of saying that cloud servers have reduced server operating costs, making it more cost effective to run a SWTOR APAC server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SWTOR APAC Server A Win For The Region<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been playing SWTOR since its beta<\/a>. I was there for the launch of Australian servers and have suffered through 300ms ping on North American servers because I love the game and the story. I jumped on the cloud server testing back in April and was thrilled with the 50ms ping I was getting (I live across the country to where the servers are).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard mode content was out of reach for me because of that ping. The launch of a SWTOR APAC server will allow be to experience everything the game has to offer and take my gameplay to the next level. I can\u2019t wait to jump in with my friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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