Bioware has launched patch 1.6.2, bringing with it all sorts of bug fixes, balance changes, and miscellaneous changes. Chief amongst the updates in the patch notes is the revelation that Bioware will now be enforcing character slot restrictions. Why now, after all this time? That’s not important. What is important is that free players are restricted to two characters per server, with preferred status players capped at six and subscribers capped at twelve. In a completely unrelated move to the newly enforced cap on character slots, players are now able to purchase character slots from the cartel market for 600 coins.
Here is where the situation becomes confusing. For subscribers and preferred status players who already had more than the default amount, you still have access to your characters, but you still have to buy that character slot if you want to extend your limit on that server. Still doesn’t make sense? Let me explain: Say you are a preferred status player with seven characters on a server prior to today’s update. Your seventh character isn’t locked, but if you want to create an eighth character you are going to have to purchase two character slots, the first to cover your seventh and the second to cover the eighth.
(Source: The Old Republic)
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