Senden Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Looks like they've upped the server capacity.. I was about 397 in queue then suddenly I was in the character select screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lboston Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm so f...ing fed up with these queues.... My preferred server has a queue of 1000+ and I have moved 50 places in the last 30 mins. I did what BW asked and rolled a character on a different server so that I could at least play the f...ing game, and quess what.... that one has a long queue. So should I change server again? This is ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelAnne Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It would be great if the estimated time would be correct. On my server the wait is about 90 min, still it says 20... I doubt a person who is new and full under control of his mind, would queue at a 90 min server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proviant Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Got 15 minutes waiting displayed and now 1 h is passed Still not in. Edited December 20, 2011 by Proviant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhim Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Odd, was in a queue, just now, that said 40 min wait time and was in after 5 minutes (Legions of Lettow, EU) BW is upping the caps this morning, I am pretty sure, they just can't up them in all the servers at once. This is going to be the worst day, probably, because they need to check at every time if the caps are right ot not, until they balance the queues. Probably tonight the waiting time in the most heavily populated servers will be less than an hour (and that is still a lot), but we will have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigalot Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 SO are the ques bugged as this morning I was trying to join nightmarelands.I was 87th in ques with an estimated < 15min que time. After 20min I was in 57th position.After the next 45min of waiting I was still in 57th position in the que. It just didn't seem right.So I restarted my computer and game and now find myself in 367th position with an estimated < 25min(joking right more like 2hrs).Well at least now the que has moved a couple spots. As with most people I play when I have time and these que's basically narrow the limited time I have to play.I can't sit here for hrs waiting to play if I only have an hour here and there between trying to look after 2 toddlers. The statistic's BW may look good on paper that all is running well. But really it's not when most people can't get on to play am I not correct? I dont think there are any real bugs in there but what do you define as a bug? from wikipedia "A software bug is the common term used to describe an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result" When i log in to play i expect to be able to play as such waiting in a queue is an unexpected result so yes queue is a bug that they need to fix now. I say if they don't give a response by the time this thread hits the limit (somewhere around 250 pages) we should start putting in tickets as they have no intention of reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affics Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 They simply need to increase server capacity; they told us about 80-100 thousands peoples for server. Where are they? I dont think, that right now on eu on every server with queue playing 10k+ or 5k+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irweasel Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I just cancelled my half year subscription and if the queues is not gone when my 30 days free gametime is over i stop playing this game.... sadly cuz i really love it but im not going to queue up every day to get in game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevithanC Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I hope this is more or less all going by their plan: Phase 1, Stress Test: The capacity of the servers is tested, they're figuring out that i.e. a max. number of 10k players can play in parallel on the servers. Phase 2, Early Access: Servers are created and their max. players number is set to i.e. 7-8k, everything above goes into the queue. Because of the queues the players are "balanced" on all servers. Phase 3, Launch: New servers are created, the max. players number of the old servers is reduced to i.e. 5-6k, queues are now more likely to happen (even in the morning times) and longer. The new players are choosing the new servers because of that. Phase 4, shortly after launch (pre-order players and normal buyers all have their chars now): Server caps are raised to 9-10k, the number that the stress tests showed to still be fine. Queues are disappearing or much smaller. I assume that this is their plan ... or at least i really hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelAnne Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Does anyone of you know, why my server got a yellow flag at the guild tab in the server window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernunno Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) I get that long wait times happen at launch. Everyone and their mothers are trying to get on and see the game and over time (especially after the holydays) that will probably get less but I still wonder how a server can have a 20 min wait time before breakfast. Even during a holyday that is just unlikely activity as people who don't go to work tend to get up later (I just checked out of curiousity before going to work). Are many US players logging into EU servers now? (I would understand tbh; 6 hour wait times is too long even for a launch.) Anyway; once people have leveled to a certain point I doubt they want to have to go through the same storyline yet again (it gets tedious after a few time and I for one didn't pick my class for the story but for the role and I have RL friend on my current server so I realy don't want to move and they don't want to leave their pre-launch guilds whic is also understandable) so many probably stick. Especially when they have friends on that server. I realy think that free migrations would help but only once enough server capacity is available (and people stop advertising to people to claim a server as a specific language server even when it's already full; come on, socialise outside the world you know and expand your horizons) Edited December 20, 2011 by Kernunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielsdna Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Hi BW, please, open the migration please!!! you dont fix nothing if only open new servers, the ppl that are in full servers continues with the problem. Let the ppl move. Agree'd more and more people coming today onto Servers that are Full already, let us move our characters to Light Servers so we dont have to start over again. Also im a Digital Deluxe player myself. So this isnt for me but, I do think CE players should get Que jumping privilages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawded Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Just jumped from 1240 in queue to 580, so suppose they are finally raising the server caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niennnasil Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Fix this queue now or give me my money back. I did not buy this game to sit and wait for hours in a queue I can't agree more.... Epic fail... there is a free mmos out there with no queue wait time and with more ppl on servers. epic fail BW Tech Team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoFrez Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 come on i moved from tom of freedom nadd, to artho city just to end up in a freeeeaaking queee again, what is this kind of sh*******t game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geohydratmo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Ahto City now has a queue of 430. I would consider moving servers (if we were able to, that is) but Ahto is where I want to be with my Agent. And until I finish levelling my Agent I'm not even considering creating other characters on any server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-iddqd- Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Queues just got worse today, 20th december (launch day).. 11.50am cet, 557 in queue on Hex Droid (EU). (Estimated wait 35min) - I'm down to 400 after 20min. I am really hoping to see some actions being made on this matter, no promises have been given, though many solutions have been made by the community, please make this a priority BW. Solutions like: - Lock the ability to create more characters on certain servers. (seen in other mmo's) - Let us migrate entire guilds. For those of us who've already build a community in the past 7 days. - Give us paid server transfer. So we can handle it ourselves, if the above is not doable. - I've heard talk, abeit probably rumors, about increasing server capacity. Maybe combine this with the first option i listed. It is truly ruining the gaming experience for many of us, that in order to actually play the game we have to wait in queues, that are not only too long, but also horribly estimated. 35min estimate means roughly 2hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senden Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 They simply need to increase server capacity; they told us about 80-100 thousands peoples for server. Where are they? I dont think, that right now on eu on every server with queue playing 10k+ or 5k+... They just have increased the server capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longeman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 lol said 15 min and 1h later im in pos 66 well itäs launch day it will fix itself when all the haters leave after a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timuk Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 This is completely ridiculous - "estimated wait time 20 mins" Been queuing now for over an hour - at 10am in the morning! I could see this happening from the start of EGA - why they didn't bring the servers on all at once at that time to spread guilds and groups with friends more evenly is beyond me is beyond me. 40+ people in the guild at levels between 20 and 40 - cant all re-roll now on a "light to standard" server. Wont be subscribing if Bioware can't organise better than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoOhm Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 HAHA, Resonanble??? So now i face selecting a new server and hope it wont be totaly spammed to OR wait for 5 hrs? OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erevan_Kindelar Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Does anyone of you know, why my server got a yellow flag at the guild tab in the server window? Because you have said that you are part of a particular guild, and that guild has been created on the server with the yellow flag. You are not forced to start there... that is just where the guild is located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadWishD Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have been in 3 queues already, i always get a server error which put me at the back of the line again. I am "Playing" on the Ludo Kressh server if an admin would read this and maybe fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankestift Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Agree'd more and more people coming today onto Servers that are Full already, let us move our characters to Light Servers so we dont have to start over again. Also im a Digital Deluxe player myself. So this isnt for me but, I do think CE players should get Que jumping privilages. true that, personally saying because I have a CE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide_slug Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Well the game has been officially released now, and there's still server queues. Strangely, with the early guild deployment scheme, my guild was initially placed on the now highest population server. I think something went wrong with deciding which server to shove guilds. I would have thought sprinkling them around equally would have been better. Instead of stockpiling them. It's currently 11 am on a working day and I am position 600 on the queue into Bloodworthy. Queues are a major problem. For starters, they discourage people wanting to play the game as they are unable to. As it's a subscription ran game, this is serious. Players do not wish to pay £8.99 a month (or however expensive it is) just to sit in a 3 hour queue. This is a lot of business Bioware is going to lose. This can potentially kill the MMO. The launch of this MMO has been smooth compared to other MMOs.The queue times are severally crippling it at the moment. I got an impression that Bioware have tried having a grace-period to iron out any potential problems with the launch; early client download, early access play period. I would have thought because of these strategies, that they'd have a solution in place to solve the obvious issue of server overwhelming. My solution is to offer free server transfers on all servers/high population servers to low. Rift has free character server transfers, why can't SWTOR. WAR had server transfers within a week of launch for high population servers. Don't disable new players creating characters on full servers. You have communities of players who played early access with friends who didn't play early access. You're just going to put players in a tough choice; abandon their friend (which they never will if they're true friends) or abandon their character who'll be level 15->50. Bioware needs to solve this problem now, or risk severely destroying their launch of a new MMO. WoW doesn't have queues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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