Yea i did put US in my profile. I've read that some people in Australia have beta tested it so i don't think IP-blocking in full effect and i remember reading that they're not planning to as well. Unless those players used proxy to connect. I suppose we'll see what happens in couple days.

It's a real damn shame to be honest, if you go to their forum, there is already an elitist attitude among the players. People are saying we're not the targeted audience and have no right to beta or say in anything. Never thought i'd see the day where gamers are being openly discriminated on the basis of their country of origin.

Alpha version ( Very early version with alot of bugs and unpolished )

Yeah,but if like that,wheres the fun in playing the game? lol

Remember f2p has some crappy limitation , don't get carried away with 1-50 , it has 1 character limitation and few others. Read up in MMO-Champion forums

Now they can have heaps of asian players in the realm which can be a good or bad thing , lets wait and see

Highly depends on how dedicated you are to the Star Wars series.
The first 30 levels was interesting for me. So it only took me a week to get there. From 30 to 40 it was on and off .
Level 40 to 50 was very slow for me, Hoth while being a beautiful ice world but a boring world to quest in .
I do say it takes me a month roughly.
Having 5 characters at lvl 50 now its safe to say I dont have anymore incentive to level another new character and I am done with SWTOR .