Server Forums Incoming (Kind Of)

When Star Wars: The Old Republic finally launched on December 20th, along with it came a revamp of the official forums on SWTOR.com. The changes include the inclusion of more gameplay-specific categories, but seemed to be lacking what many thought was a slam-dunk: server forums.

Well, BioWare has been listening and is implementing some forum changes, including a nod to server communities, this week:

In the layout we have now, things like Guild Recruitment and Server Events are spread out and can be difficult to locate. We’ve also seen some requests for places on the forums where players can go to discuss things more closely with others on their particular server, and for a place for suggestions for the game. To start addressing some of these concerns, we will introduce a new forum section: Server Group Forums, and will place the Suggestion Box back in its rightful place under General Discussion.

The Server Group Forums will be divided by server type (PvE, PvP, RP, and RP-PvP), and then alphabetically by the server listing. We have grouped several servers of the same types together to provide areas where players can more easily talk with others on their server (and other players on the same types of servers) – about crafting items, grouping up, hosting events, and more. Each Server Group Forum hosts several servers. If your server’s name falls in the alphabetical range in the forum title, that’s where you’ll post! 

We’re not sure if this change will happen with the normal scheduled maintenance window on Tuesday, but that seems like a safe bet. Head over to the official forums to read about some of the other forum changes planned.