EA Staff (Retired)Hi All - tested with multiple characters - but completed the 4 requested criteria with 2 (a level 40 & a level 80).
Compared to an existing server, how is the performance?
Performance was amazingly fast - much faster than connecting to the US and European servers.
Any specific areas or planets where you feel the performance has lessened?
As it is a local server the performance in all areas was better.
What region/country do you reside in?
Australia (Melbourne)
Provide a comparison of ping from existing servers to Shae Vizla.
Shae Vizla is 18ms.
Tulak Hord is 288ms.
The Leviathan is 282ms.
Satele Shan is 230ms.
Darth Malgus is 244ms.
Star Forge is 227ms.
Is grouped content working properly?
The aspects that I was able to get into were fine.
How quickly can you get into a match or Flashpoint you’ve accepted?
Once the matches spawned it was no trouble getting into them.
Spawning of matches was somewhat haphazard.
My level 80 character had no trouble getting into GSF matches. These spawned within minutes and performance was great.
I was finaly able to spawn an Arena match after several play sessions - and it was over an hour wait from queuing to spawning.
My level 40 character had the opposite issue. A warzone spawned within 20 minutes of her first session.
After several sessions she was able to spawn & play GSF within 15 minutes of queuing.
The flashpoints spawned almost instantly and worked as expected.
Is travel to any location (planet, Stronghold, Fleet, etc…) hindered?
Not that I experienced.
Are there any issues with the UI such as missing assets or loss of functionality?
Not that I could tell.
Are there any issues with visuals or sounds with the cinematics?
Not that I could tell.
Other results:
Character features in combat worked as expected.
Conquest objectives worked as expected.
Crafting & Crew missions worked as expected.
Reputation gain and Crew Influence was normal.
Travel to Strongholds, ship travel, Map travel etc all fine.
I even managed to sell something on the Global Market successfully.
Summary
The only significant issues I had were getting into GSF with the lower level character - and into Warrzone/Arena's for the higher level character.
