Developers have been quiet on the SWTOR official forums these last couple of weeks. Besides the weekly scheduled Q&A sessions and a few augment questions that were addressed, BioWare’s Dev Tracker has remained fairly empty.
Players have been awaiting more details about Game Update 1.3, especially information regarding the two features that are considered extremely needed by most of the community– a group finder tool and server transfers. Simply put, many of SWTOR’s servers are becoming rather threadbare due to the absence of both features. Instead of being rewarded with a detailed blog post, video, or a new PTS update, the community has been left with a handful of vague “coming soon” and “in the process of” statements, along with a very noticeable lack of forum updates.
Last week, this thread popped up in the General forums, questioning the lack of updates, and the issue of developer silence in general. Low and behold, it got a developer reply:
Originally posted by JovethGonzalez (Source)
Hey folks,I just wanted to clear up some things and let you know that we are listening and that more information regarding Game Update 1.3 will be coming soon. We’re in internal testing on the major features right now, and we’re getting closer every day to deploying Game Update 1.3 to the Public Test Server – but we can’t guarantee there won’t still be hurdles. We’re also working on several new developer blogs about Game Update 1.3 that we know you want to hear more about (including one about character transfer details). We know that you’re looking for specific details, but we want to avoid releasing any information that is incomplete. Rest assured that we are absolutely listening and are working to bring you the information you want.
We appreciate your discussions here on the forums and we’ll try our best to step in wherever we can (and we’re always here reading, gathering your concerns, and passing them on internally), but there will be times when we really can’t say anything. As a result, you’re going to be hearing a lot of “soon” and “we’re working on it” because that’s as specific as we can get right now. When we can get more specific, we will. If we’re quiet, it doesn’t mean we’re not listening and it certainly doesn’t mean we’re not working to bring you more information – our goal is to always bring you accurate information as soon as we can.
Thanks for your patience as our developers continue to work diligently on maintaining the quality of Game Update 1.3 and releasing it to you soon.
Yep, another “soon,” and interestingly enough, an admittance of silence. Later on, the thread received another developer reply. This one’s a bit more specific:
Originally posted by JovethGonzalez (Source)
To clarify, we are working on a blog about character transfer details in ADDITION to development blogs about Game Update 1.3. The two are not necessarily tied together.
From this bit of information, and an earlier date regarding the promise of character transfers taking place in early summer, we can assume that character transfers will be taking place before Game Update 1.3, and the group finder, which is part of 1.3, will take place some time after that.
Until we hear more, it seems we’ll have to play the waiting game a little longer. In the meantime, here’s a player-created list containing all of the information gained so far about Game Update 1.3.
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