Cypherix Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So much for having a TEST SERVER. Guild Wars 2 cant come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalTorrak Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 apparently those of you who are new to the whole online MMO gaming experience know nothing of the headaches, and general problems with launching a new game, much less doing a major update to one, so do yourself a favor, stop complaining about not being able to play, we all pay to play, and sometimes things happen that just happen, its not fair to BW, LucasArts, or any of us to have to listen to your complaints here, or when the game finally does get back online. When another major MMO was launced back in the day, it would go down for days, yes i said DAYS sometimes, and often with no explanation at all for it, feel glad that BW is ontop of the issue and working to get the issues fixed. remember that this is a game, its not the end of the world if you have to skip a day of play, youre not the only ones affected by this so stop taking it so personally And the whole thing could be avoided if A) They didn't hire some amateurs that do not know and or test their code and B) ACTUALLY RE TEST THE STUFF ON THE TEST SERVER. C) Fire everyone involved and hire people that can actually do their job. I really do blame EA or at least BW Management though as if all the money didn't go to the voice acting we would have got a SOLID Engine (not this BS Hero engine) like the CRY engine, solid working game with a LOT less bugs than it has (yes all games have bugs on release, not this many) and we would be all a lot happier than we are now. Pure n simple they did this game on the cheap (other than the voice acting) and it shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebrei Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Senior Game Designer of SWTOR, wonder what his thoughts are to this problem? http://biobreak.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/wallace.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziguarath Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I was on 7 day trial and decided the game was worth giving a shot, so I purchased the full version today at Lunchtime. Now I have finished work and thinking Im going to have some Star Wars related fun imagine my dissapointment when I see the servers are down and look like they will be online again when I will be fast asleep (as I dont fancy staying awake to midnight to see if there is a possibility of logging on). Either I am extremely unlucky or I finally realise why I left MMOs in the first place and should have saved myself the £25 and gone to the pub instead of not playing the new game I bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJemegency Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I hear the test servers are online... Downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusMeanB Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So, no update for endgame, 30days free play. How will they make up for the downtime, i wonder? I for one would opt for a 200% increase on XP gain for 8h. at least they've acknowledged and provided free game time, in WOW u dont get nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickdoff-Tank Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) You realize it's the same people who can't figure out how to cancel their subscriptions that are working on and implementing an outdated version of the software, right? So try to understand that the people crying out against this are doing the EXACT same thing you're doing right now, just from the other side of the fence. LOL. to quote my BH: "You'll never make a living on that sense of humor" But keep telling yourself that. Edited April 13, 2012 by Tickdoff-Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satanski Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 At this rate 1.3 will simply delete all our characters. But hey I bet we'll get a free month out of it! Pray you have characters to delete after today ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llesna Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) But I wants mee tauna little thingy, no wait, a taun taun mount...No wait, a RAKGHOUL MOUNT! Can you mount a rakghoul? No, wait...don't answer that. I think you're invoking rule 34... or at least rule 35! Edited May 3, 2012 by llesna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 It would be nice to get more information on this and why they can't just roll back todays patch which broke everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediSen Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Does anyone know if servers will be up earlier then listed.:eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathandshadows Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 to all those who are complaining.. if you can do a better job of game design, coding and public relations feel free to woo us all with your genious and put your money where your mouth is. Otherwise grow up and be patient instead of reverting to the mentality of 2 year old children... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhanax Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 apparently those of you who are new to the whole online MMO gaming experience know nothing of the headaches, and general problems with launching a new game, much less doing a major update to one, so do yourself a favor, stop complaining about not being able to play, we all pay to play, and sometimes things happen that just happen, its not fair to BW, LucasArts, or any of us to have to listen to your complaints here, or when the game finally does get back online. When another major MMO was launced back in the day, it would go down for days, yes i said DAYS sometimes, and often with no explanation at all for it, feel glad that BW is ontop of the issue and working to get the issues fixed. remember that this is a game, its not the end of the world if you have to skip a day of play, youre not the only ones affected by this so stop taking it so personally It's also pretty obviousl you have no business mentality what soever. How hard something is, is not a relevevant argument, its an excuse, and quit refering back to games in the day because they also have no relevance on the matter. Just means they are even more incompetent that they havent learn anything over the years of mistakes made by other mmo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemby Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 They are going down because something with this patch caused a rollback of the servers. Therefore, they need to take them down to fix the problem. Unfortunately, this means all of the idiots will come out of the woodwork and start complaining first because the patch screwed something up, then start complaining that they can't play because BW is taking down the servers to fix it. Sometimes, I wish they would put an age restriction on forums. Or at the very least require people to take a psychological exam before they can post to make sure they are at least mature enough to. As predicted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemcleod Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hopefully none of them. These things happen, I've done stuff like this myself and I've seen our best and most senior developers do these things too. I know they happen, mistakes do. It just depends if it is a mistake the person has made more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cFiveSense Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 They should give the guy who closes threads down a new job....He should keep the servers up...Seems like he is the only one doing anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE-GIRL Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 i was gunna unsub, but... Free tauntaun! hellz yeah! Totally makes up for anything I, or anyone else has to complain about so everyone quiet down and wait for your tauntaun to arrive in the mail. I just hope BW remembers to poke some holes in the box... lol YA:( FRREEE TAUNTAUNS? ohhh...wait...can i bring it with me when i go to play TERA ONLINE on may 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckiecharm Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 You gotta be kidding me....down until 6PM CST?? I hope that someone got fired over this cause I know if I screwed up like this in my job I would be gone in a flash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llesna Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 at least they've acknowledged and provided free game time, in WOW u dont get nothing Double negative. Don't get nothing = you get something. Only in old English did multiple negatives reinforce the negative. In modern English, double negatives negate each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeaster Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I think you and I have a totally different understanding of the word "bug". Let me tell you that this in no bug in IT terms. This is called a major **** up, a disaster. the disaster is not the downtime itself but the handling of the community. a little note along the lines of: "sorry people, we kindda screwed up. we are working on it asap. to make up for this, XP and Credit gain for 24h is on 200% after the servers are up." would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolanthel Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I was on 7 day trial and decided the game was worth giving a shot, so I purchased the full version today at Lunchtime. Now I have finished work and thinking Im going to have some Star Wars related fun imagine my dissapointment when I see the servers are down and look like they will be online again when I will be fast asleep (as I dont fancy staying awake to midnight to see if there is a possibility of logging on). Either I am extremely unlucky or I finally realise why I left MMOs in the first place and should have saved myself the £25 and gone to the pub instead of not playing the new game I bought. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberjag Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 to all those who are complaining.. if you can do a better job of game design, coding and public relations feel free to woo us all with your genious and put your money where your mouth is. Otherwise grow up and be patient instead of reverting to the mentality of 2 year old children... I'm staying subscribed just because this is better than the Comedy Channel. However, after SOE, SWG and the NGE, you'd have thought someone would have learnt from history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlebeast Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 bacon is my passion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkallex Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Breaking news report : Freddy Krueger lately seen around Austin !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbkrbk Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I love how everyone is complaining about the unexpected downtime yet nobody here mentions how other mmos had MORE downtime heck WoW in it's first couple months had 4x the downtime to the point where they had to give free days (yes there were at least a full day of downtime every few weeks) this happens to all mmos you need to remember mmo's are the most complicated software there is. I agree. See I came from a little game called DC Universe Online. It was managed by SOE, which was headed by a little guy named John Smedley, a.k.a the dueling banjos kid from Deliverance. Unless you people have played that game, and endured the pain of SOE defecating all over EVERY SINGLE player, you cannot comprehend what suffering at the hands of a gaming developer is. This. Is. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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