MrSchmo Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 You know where you can stuff it bud. Down under? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKfourtyseven Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mm, what exactly is this patch doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eszi Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mm, what exactly is this patch doing? Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeyees Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Could have taken one of the servers that has no population on it and made that the free trial one and left the paying customers out of it. But no they affect all of us the pay their salary. and now we cant play what we paid for I think some compensation is in order. but i guess people at bio ware cant think outside the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beannor Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 i was hoping they were doing some kind of event patch for st. paddy's I have a green light-sabre for just that reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhakalock Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hey Bioware, we have lost faith in you. Thank you! I think youre being a little bit over dramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sullyhood Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I don't know what side to take. I'm USAF stationed in Europe... I suppose instead of jumping into an argument I will just jump onto the PS3 for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokta Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Is BW too lazy to split their server downtimes between US and Europe? Other companies (cough... cough...) do so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiabloMuerto Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Not for nothing but why do us PAYING customers have to suffer so you can patch in some crap for some free weekenders who may or may not ever subscribe to the game? Further more, why wasn't this all done properly during the standard weekly maintenance cycle? Bringing the servers down to provide free service for some promotional weekend is hardly what I would consider an "emergency" situation. I'm already paying for the service, let those people wait, push that weekend back or at the very least do this downtime in off-peak hours. Honestly, how do you justify bringing servers down in peak time to patch in some fix to improve the experience of people who are not even in the game yet and not paying customers, the hell...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humandevil Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well like I said, to be fair to our EU brethren, this is an absolutely RIDICULOUS reason to have maintenance during peak times. The whole reason for the patch is to help their recruiting efforts this upcoming weekend -- that's a big pile of junk IMO. I totally understand where their rage is coming from at least. pile of junk. you think your solo sub can keep this mmo rolling on? they need as many subs as possible. if they wanna make this game last more than a yr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmbn Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mm, what exactly is this patch doing? Probably updating Bowdaar so he can smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamturo Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Everyone - we apologize for the inconvenience. We do everything we can to avoid taking the servers down for maintenance outside of our regular weekly maintenance, but in some cases (like this one, unfortunately) we can't avoid it. This patch is necesary to ensure a good experience for all players during our Weekend Pass Trial weekend. We never take interrupting your playtime lightly, and this is no exception. Emergencies do happen occasionally, and we are working as quickly as we can to bring the servers back up so you can continue enjoying the game. In the meantime, we'll keep you updated with any new information that becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to ensure everything goes smoothly this weekend. The problem here is that it looks like you are saying that free player are more important than paying customers. Please, next time an "emergency" like this happens, split the patching time and let EU players play the game they pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yograin Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Fixing the game for free trials next weekend Also maybe the "defend the shipment" quest on Ilum.. (just kidding its broken as reminder how game was when released) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistressKiki Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That would be sick! Absolutely - why I know of no other mmorpg who would stoop so low. Umm... wait a minute Brewday anyone.......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesar Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Bad timing no doubt but normal person can understand. Watching football not whining here, but still number of whiners amazes me that tweet link brought me here... oh well, carry on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hxxr Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Good thing we now have one less day of raiding this week. 19.oo on a thursday night and servers are shut down for the convenience of people who arn't subscribed yet is something I will remember if another interesting game hits the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leostad Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 you bunch of dolts. the only people on earth that care about you being unable to play your video game are employed at BIOWARE-Austin and are, at this very moment, working to remedy your TOTALLY inconsequential predicament, in real time, even as you weep tears of self-entitled fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethal_ghost Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 so will BW keep doing patchs/fixs in EU prime time and keep shafting EU players ? and have rage threads all the time it happens ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shegoy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) you all know bioware have already explained why the servers went down so they could implement the free pass weekend for non subscribers no major bug fix etc Ha Ha SWTOR = Free to Play Edited March 15, 2012 by shegoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saurakk Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Could have taken one of the servers that has no population on it and made that the free trial one and left the paying customers out of it. But no they affect all of us the pay their salary. and now we cant play what we paid for I think some compensation is in order. but i guess people at bio ware cant think outside the box. OR just maybe you cannot think inside of the box. Friends sent out free invites to other friends to see if they like the game. I am sure if you wrack your brain you can figure out what servers these people want to test the game on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luggypm Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 If BW cant split the patching then they should. ROTATE the downtimes. The emergency downtimes happen during the US workday when the devs are around. Make the nextone during the US evening, then next one the US night. I have never got up in the morning and seen tweets saying an emergency patch was deployed during 3AM GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolil Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 General whine Generic insult about some part of the world Some sort of complaint about being a 2nd rate customer There, I now feel like I've made a positive contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaugling Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 whoever decided to tell us,our game is down due to catering for new players really didnt think that one through. annoyed me more than no info, although i wouldnt tell people about an exploit im trying to fix,even after its done, which i think is the real case. /hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMason Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Due to BW allowing access to all region servers on one client That cant happen as patching the different zones at different times would make the clients incompatible. (Simplified reason). No matter when, how or what is done, people will whine. Now that is dead interesting and certainly explains why patching is world-wide simultaneous. Love the stuff Bioware do (ME3 is great) but was that really a sensible design decision? Most big MMOs in recent times maintain separation (US players on US servers for example) to minimise inconvenience. That being said, if this is an emergency patch, it has to happen now; it's just a shame the rage is building up because regular european maintenance is at an inappropriate time (because of above reason). Ho hum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eszi Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Mm, what exactly is this patch doing? They will increase the damage of force lightning by 500% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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