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trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
We're currently experiencing some issues with the Great Race that we added this morning. Players are failing the race partway through, occasionally not getting boosts from the rings, and occasionally not getting the reward at the end.

We have fixes for all of these in the works -- we hope to have them live as soon as we are able. In the meantime, if the boost doesn't sound when you go through a ring, you can trigger it by backing up and going through again. This is just a temporary behavior, the fix will make it unnecessary.


Thank you all for your patience. This fix will go live at 6PM PDT.

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  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Any chance an UNTIL hoverdisk can be made available to players?
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I'll keep an eye out for that fix. Happifun failed twice at that hairpin turn between the buildings - I was thinking that perhaps you autofailed if you didn't adhere closely enough to the path (which would make the need to fly at full speed between the buildings a bit of a hindrance...).

    Then again, that wouldn't explain his first race, when he failed before reaching the second ring...
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  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,621 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Failed because prototype vehicles were not considered when the race was made.
  • aetharburnaetharburn Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Would be nice if you added something for heroes without flight powers and/or vehicles. I feel left out.
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  • zerojadzerojad Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Maybe a direction or indication to show where the race is, would help.
    I kinda found it because i saw the pictures on the website post and saw another player near the platform.
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  • selpheaselphea Posts: 1,229 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    bioshrike wrote: »
    Any chance an UNTIL hoverdisk can be made available to players?

    Sky command pops with only 1 player in queue. You can go in and pick up a hoverdisk from there.
  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited April 2013
    Maintenance to implement this fix will begin at 6 PM PDT.
  • malvoumalvou Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Wasn't the Vigil for AngelofCaine supposed to be at 6pm PST?
  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited April 2013
    malvou wrote: »
    Wasn't the Vigil for AngelofCaine supposed to be at 6pm PST?

    As far as I'm aware, the vigil is tomorrow, the memorial CC is today. I'm trying to contact Flare to let him know about this, find out what the timing is.
  • malvoumalvou Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Doh! Thought today was friday.
  • cybersoldier1981cybersoldier1981 Posts: 2,501 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    How long is that maintenance gonna be?
  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited April 2013
    How long is that maintenance gonna be?

    I'm not certain. I'm guessing an hour to an hour and a half, though.
  • cybersoldier1981cybersoldier1981 Posts: 2,501 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I'm not certain. I'm guessing an hour to an hour and a half, though.
    Too long. Start striking them with sticks, make them move faster.

    Any way you can ask about the 'metal only' texture on the new Gladiator pieces? That was a huge bummer.
  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    selphea wrote: »
    Sky command pops with only 1 player in queue. You can go in and pick up a hoverdisk from there.

    I realize that, but I hate having to use "work-arounds" just to get something to work like it really should have from the get-go.
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  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited April 2013
    The servers are about to come back up. Thanks for your patience, everyone.
  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited April 2013
    Servers are 100% open, folks, get in-game and get racing!
  • cybersoldier1981cybersoldier1981 Posts: 2,501 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Sorry, but it's not fixed. You still fail the race for finishing it.
  • hocofaisanhocofaisan Posts: 190 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Sorry, but it's not fixed. You still fail the race for finishing it.

    Come on Cryptic... that's shameful.
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  • hyperstrikecohhyperstrikecoh Posts: 472 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Color me...unsurprised.

    Hurray! Broken, half-tested content for a limited time!

    But at least it's SOMETHING! Right? Right?

    :rolleyes:
  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    That's just inexcusable.
  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    hocofaisan wrote: »
    Come on Cryptic... that's shameful.

    Hm... it seems someone's bubble of delusion has finally popped.
  • sistersiliconsistersilicon Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Hm... it seems someone's bubble of delusion has finally popped.

    Yeah, well the race event just showed me that the legacy CTP that I spent months grinding for at exponential material requirement rates to get to Rank 3 has been working at Rank 2 speeds for heaven knows how long, so... DEBUGGING!

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  • jedite2012jedite2012 Posts: 334 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Isn't that what public test is for, you test out all the bugs before going live
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  • caycepollardcaycepollard Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    That's just Cryptic World being their usual selves...

    Sorry, couldn't resist a snarky edit. I'mma go stand in the time-out corner now. :redface:
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    jedite2012 wrote: »
    Isn't that what public test is for, you test out all the bugs before going live

    Nope. Where did you came with that idea?
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  • sekimensekimen Posts: 306 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Can we lower the Open Mission cooldown to 5 minutes at least until this is fixed?
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    And someone would think 'Didn't they learn nothing from the last "Event"?'
    And then get few years worth of flashbacks.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    what's the problem, I've got a 3 page RP letter written.... and the other 4 page one to finish.....
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  • draogndraogn Posts: 1,269 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    This "great' race isn't all that great. Aside from being an obvious attempt to sell more vehicles, there really isn't any reason to do this more then once. The rewards from the reward box suck, and the race it sell is too irritating.
  • guyhumualguyhumual Posts: 2,397 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Yes, I'm still failing the race before I hit the first race marker. So not fixed. Mind you I only have a tier 1 flight power, no vehicle, and probably the false assumption that this would be a mission open to all heroes (not just the ones willing to spend money on lock boxes and vehicles).

    It's cool if this isn't open content for everyone, I mean folks that are free to play and lifers like me aren't going to spend money on lock boxes so I can understand the need to reward those su . . . super fans that are, but you could be at least up front about it. Say: "This mission requires a vehicle to complete" or something like that.
  • roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    So, a R3 flier or teleporter can't finish the mission in time to qualify for the reward?

    Not even R3 rocket boots/jetpacks?
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  • keikomystkeikomyst Posts: 626 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    R3 Flight, R3 Jet Boots and R3 Jet Pack are confirmed to work for the race. I personally confirmed those myself. :P
  • roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Cool, thanks.

    If you don't have a flying toon, you can get a hover disk from carrier assault, or buy a temporary become device with flight from the AH.

    Heck, you could even retcon a toon to get flight just for the race, if you wanted, and were smart enough to always keep your travel power as your last one chosen.
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  • keikomystkeikomyst Posts: 626 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Actually, the UNTIL Hoverdisk doesn't work. It doesn't get the boosts for some reason. >_> At least that's how it was when I used it.

    Probably to make us buy vehicles.
  • spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    keikomyst wrote: »
    R3 Flight, R3 Jet Boots and R3 Jet Pack are confirmed to work for the race. I personally confirmed those myself. :P

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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    keikomyst wrote: »
    R3 Flight, R3 Jet Boots and R3 Jet Pack are confirmed to work for the race. I personally confirmed those myself. :P
    So basically, this is another one that was initially tested primarily by 40s (which is, IIRC, when you get an R3 travel power). That explains why my lvl 37 toon, with the R2 Jet Pack, sucks so badly at this race...
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  • neuraldamageneuraldamage Posts: 590 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    guyhumual wrote: »
    It's cool if this isn't open content for everyone, I mean folks that are free to play and lifers like me aren't going to spend money on lock boxes so I can understand the need to reward those su . . . super fans that are, but you could be at least up front about it. Say: "This mission requires a vehicle to complete" or something like that.

    LOL. I'm F2P and hardly what one would consider a "su...super fan" and even I have been able to pick up a vehicle in the now months since they became available, didn't spend a dime of real money. But then perhaps I'm not as lazy or "making a statement" as some.

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  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,621 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    It works for me now even with the fast vehicle. Still don't noticed the boosts.

    Even though I should feel good that we are at least getting something every 3 weeks instead of nothing for months, I'm not. And that's because we got vehicle racing before character racing.

    I know they are just trying to validate vehicles existing because if they did character racing instead, then it would only solidify that having them in the game is pointless.
  • cryptickalidorcryptickalidor Posts: 76 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I have rainbow clouds on a character (yeah, wanna fight about it?? :p) and before I get to the first ring it says I failed. But I was able to win it with Jet boots and Power Flight
  • flamingbunnymanflamingbunnyman Posts: 2,035 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    So, a R3 flier or teleporter can't finish the mission in time to qualify for the reward?

    Not even R3 rocket boots/jetpacks?

    I easily finished it with T3 flight. I failed before the first ring with T1 Rocket Pack.
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,797 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    So basically, this is another one that was initially tested primarily by 40s (which is, IIRC, when you get an R3 travel power). That explains why my lvl 37 toon, with the R2 Jet Pack, sucks so badly at this race...

    Don't feel bad, Jon. Zed has Flight R3 but my hand-eye coordination has never been good enough for these sorts of tasks.

    Personally, I think Sapphire should just give a Flying Disc (30 min limit?) to anyone who accepts the task. No, wait, she's up in the air. So then someone on the ground should be offing the disc if you agree to go talk with Sapphire. Or something like that.
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  • guyhumualguyhumual Posts: 2,397 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Stop crying, you aren't missing much anyway. :tongue:
    I'm not "crying" but I am complaining. I don't want a vehicle, they're ugly, and with an exception of the nighthawk jets, don't really fit the super hero genre. They look like something out of a space fighter game. I'm not willing to waste my stipend on any of the current vehicles (certainly not on keys for lock boxes) and as I said I'm not even that angry that there's a special mission just for vehicles, what I do wish is that they'd been up front and explained exactly what you needed to complete the mission however.
  • sparhawksparhawk Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    So, a R3 flier or teleporter can't finish the mission in time to qualify for the reward?

    Not even R3 rocket boots/jetpacks?

    You can do it with R2 flight (barely) also if you stay on the race course. I finished with 3 or 4 seconds left. Of course, I screwed up the first five times I tried the race course. The race really needs better course markers.
  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I don't know how people are able to win with regular TPs. I tried it w/ R3 jetpack and the Until Hoverdisc, and never won once. I tried it with the Hovertank Tsunami and Protype Hawkwing Interceptor, and never *failed* it... so what am I not "getting" about this race?

    For the record, w/ the Hawkwing, my best time is finishing w/ about 49 secs to spare.
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  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Posts: 484 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    sparhawk wrote: »
    The race really needs better course markers.

    On my first go at it I didn't even notice there were markers until the last stretch that was up in the sky. Those gold dots just blend right in to the buildings at street level.

    Thank goodness for people who know the course and are using rainbow flight.
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Just target someone who knows the route and press F....
    It works? Right?
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  • drgmstrdrgmstr Posts: 886 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I just did the race on my lv 20 with Rank 2 Flight and just passed with 5 seconds left. So R2 is the minimum at least for non vehicle flying powers.

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  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Posts: 484 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    flyingfinn wrote: »
    Just target someone who knows the route and press F....
    It works? Right?
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    Since you have to go through the rings and missing one will cause a fail I wouldn't trust the pathing of follow.
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  • mersenneprimemersenneprime Posts: 110 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    bioshrike wrote: »
    I don't know how people are able to win with regular TPs.
    Follow the dots.

    After the first couple times through I had no problems. The first time was before the fixes, so I didn't get the reward even though I finished, and the second time I failed partway through. However, once I knew the route (and the fixes were implemented), I succeeded on 17 toons.

    I've finished it with a toon with R2 Rainbow Cloud, so it's definitely doable.

    I even finished (in first, ahead of some vehichles!?!) using ice slide, though I wouldn't recommend it, cause ice slide is even more annoying than normal for this (took me a couple tries before I managed to start the race with ice, and then 2 tries racing to finish).

    I have not run it with a vehicle, since I don't have one. Well, I have a prototype one, but I have no intention of racing with that toon since I don't want to waste the double XP buff she has. :P

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  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    mersenneprime, I don't know if you have a hideout or not, but I was just putting one of my vehicles into account storage to pass it between my alts, for the race...
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