ALSO: Dear Cryptic: please scratch whatever that other secret project is you're working on, you obviously can't even afford enough servers for 3 games.
That moment when things are so tragic you can't help but to laugh out of discomfort.
Seriously, Cryptic, what the hell is going on over there? Did someone spill coffee on your only server? Earthquake? Wild bonobos get loose in your server room? What? HOW IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A COMPANY?
I know it is because of Neverwinter, but can it not be fixed?
I am really happy I have held off giving any money for the new game. If this is the quality of the product I doubt I will be putting in any money as Neverwinter seems to be crashing and cheapening the quality of my superhero game:mad::mad:
Unfortunately gamers seem to put up with crappy quality. Wal-mart demographic I guess.
All I wanna know is, why are all three games on the same game engine or even hooked up to the same LAN line? And if they are not ran on the same engine, why in the hell are they even in the same building on the same internet connection?
I think Cryptic owes this community something for this BS.
Hell, I'm stilling waiting for those free respecs from the last two times this happened.
You know the server will not be up and going again for another 5 hours from now...which is just about my bed time. It's how it has been playing out the last two times.
"Server Crash 20% off Sale Bonanza!* Now you can buy those Vehicles that no one is buying in a game that doesn't have vehicle content in a game you can't even play right now."
I think Cryptic owes this community something for this BS.
Everyone will receive a free complimentary Login Lockbox, with a 0.1 percent chance of getting a [Successful Login]. Other great drops will include the much sought-after great race costumes pieces (0.4%), Recognition tokens of a tier that is not pointless (o.5%), and the ever popular rank 1 vehicle mods (everyone else)!
BONUS: 0.01% chance of actually getting [Successful Login] during US peak hours!
Jack Emmert:
[...]
But with free-to-play, I?m attracting a far wider audience. I?m a little nervous about Neverwinter, to be honest. I?m thinking about ordering more servers."
We agreed to scheduled down time, not down time due to incompetence. Just sayin...
Read the ToS. It states that they can't account for unscheduled downtimes and by hitting the agree button you agreed to just deal with it if/when they occur.
It's like that with literally EVERY MMO out there.
I really and truly hope these guys aren't going to try and pull a Sim City/Diablo3 with NWO.
They've had AMPLE evidence that trying to "push" existing infrastructure for rollouts is a REALLY EFFING BAD IDEA! (On the order of "Home Vasectomy Kit" bad.)
"Server Crash 20% off Sale Bonanza!* Now you can buy those Vehicles that no one is buying in a game that doesn't have vehicle content in a game you can't even play right now."
*The sale only discounts vehicles.
Does it come with a bonus broken costume piece too? If so, sign me up! *derp*
I'm not 100% certain, but I don't think the outage is directly related to Neverwinter.
Not Neverwinter as such but adding Neverwinter to the same system as STO and CO seems to have broken the camels back. What ever system Cryptic uses it cant cope with 3 mmos at once.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
And yet all of these problems started when Neverwinter went open beta. Pardon me if I take your PR with a healthy mountain of salt.
Entirely fair, and with the outward-facing evidence, I'd think that too. From what I've seen of the incident report -- although I'm not allowed to talk about business stuff like that -- I don't think it's related to Neverwinter, surprising as it is. I could be misreading the report, though.
"It seems that out of date tech is interfering with server stability here at Cryptic. We have found out the problem and will be removing that tech as it has no consequence to the current state of our games."
Two hours later, Champions Online gets removed from the servers.
I'm not 100% certain, but I don't think the outage is directly related to Neverwinter.
Directly or not. The fact is that Cryptic's uptime, stability and playability has taken a MANLY flush once NWO opened up.
Start hammering them to review and upgrade their provisioning NOW.
If not, you're probably going to have YET another botched Cryptic launch on your hands.
And, as some added sauce on the poop taco, you're going to look like complete freaking idiots in light of the aforementioned issues with Diablo and SimCity.
But hey, if you ACTIVELY want to chase potential customers away, knock yourselves out!
I'm never allowed to discuss business, but trust me, these aren't just being swept under the rug. We're well aware of how much this is hurting both players and business, and that's not a state of affairs that we like. At all.
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EDIT: Never mind, it seems that it indeed is down. Lovely.
Just bombed out.
"Champions-Online and Star Trek Online contained hundreds of hours of mediocre content!"
and "nothing was polished".
--Jack Emmert
Yep', I think it's down. I just got disconnected as well.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
That moment when things are so tragic you can't help but to laugh out of discomfort.
Network related Request times out at node 12.
This is starting to get ridiculous.
I am really happy I have held off giving any money for the new game. If this is the quality of the product I doubt I will be putting in any money as Neverwinter seems to be crashing and cheapening the quality of my superhero game:mad::mad:
Unfortunately gamers seem to put up with crappy quality. Wal-mart demographic I guess.
I was in the middle of a tough-a$$ battle when it booted me, too. Grrrrr :mad:
I'm sticking with hamster related downtime.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
Welcome to CO.
UNable to authenticate at the login screen
Unable to establish connection to patch server...
server status when the page was up, was green
Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
Git Gud M8!
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Cause I'm worth it. Playing since 2009.
"Owe" is really not the right word for this. You agreed to accept downtime when you started playing.
Hell, I'm stilling waiting for those free respecs from the last two times this happened.
You know the server will not be up and going again for another 5 hours from now...which is just about my bed time. It's how it has been playing out the last two times.
*The sale only discounts vehicles.
Everyone will receive a free complimentary Login Lockbox, with a 0.1 percent chance of getting a [Successful Login]. Other great drops will include the much sought-after great race costumes pieces (0.4%), Recognition tokens of a tier that is not pointless (o.5%), and the ever popular rank 1 vehicle mods (everyone else)!
BONUS: 0.01% chance of actually getting [Successful Login] during US peak hours!
We agreed to scheduled down time, not down time due to incompetence. Just sayin...
I was just playing neverwinter, so I thought I would log in here and find out its affecting all their games again.
Oh well. I have a steam backlog I can get to.
Seems that did not end well. :rolleyes: I really hope the fix that problem before May 21.
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Yeah, but how often do games go down because of other games?
Read the ToS. It states that they can't account for unscheduled downtimes and by hitting the agree button you agreed to just deal with it if/when they occur.
It's like that with literally EVERY MMO out there.
They've had AMPLE evidence that trying to "push" existing infrastructure for rollouts is a REALLY EFFING BAD IDEA! (On the order of "Home Vasectomy Kit" bad.)
"Champions-Online and Star Trek Online contained hundreds of hours of mediocre content!"
and "nothing was polished".
--Jack Emmert
Does it come with a bonus broken costume piece too? If so, sign me up! *derp*
So if they wanted, NW could change into Hello Kitty Dungeon Adventure, and you've agreed to put up with it.
That's not going to stop reasonable ire about it, though.
Wicks and Things: NW-DI4FMZRR4 : The Fenwick merchant family has lost a caravan! Can you help?
Beggar's Hollow: NW-DR6YG4J2L : Someone, or something, has stolen away many of the Fenwicks' children! Can you find out what happened to them?
Into the Fen Wood: NW-DL89DRG7B : Enter the heart of the forest. Can you discover the secret of the Fen Wood?
And yet all of these problems started when Neverwinter went open beta. Pardon me if I take your PR with a healthy mountain of salt.
Not Neverwinter as such but adding Neverwinter to the same system as STO and CO seems to have broken the camels back. What ever system Cryptic uses it cant cope with 3 mmos at once.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
Entirely fair, and with the outward-facing evidence, I'd think that too. From what I've seen of the incident report -- although I'm not allowed to talk about business stuff like that -- I don't think it's related to Neverwinter, surprising as it is. I could be misreading the report, though.
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Two hours later, Champions Online gets removed from the servers.
This.
Make it so. NOW.
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Directly or not. The fact is that Cryptic's uptime, stability and playability has taken a MANLY flush once NWO opened up.
Start hammering them to review and upgrade their provisioning NOW.
If not, you're probably going to have YET another botched Cryptic launch on your hands.
And, as some added sauce on the poop taco, you're going to look like complete freaking idiots in light of the aforementioned issues with Diablo and SimCity.
But hey, if you ACTIVELY want to chase potential customers away, knock yourselves out!
"Champions-Online and Star Trek Online contained hundreds of hours of mediocre content!"
and "nothing was polished".
--Jack Emmert
Hmm...
Looks like they need a Doctor...
CellarRat33 :: formerly Bsquared
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