Well, I'm pretty pissed about the queue times. I payed money to get in to play the beta and I'm sitting in a queue of 12000. That is BS!!!!!
It is beyond me why every single launch to a game, players have to deal with issues like this to get into a game. This should be the first priority for developers to get right the first time with no exceptions. The gameplay comes after this is 100% ironed out. What good is a good game, if you can't even get in to play it. Then to have payed money on top of that to not be able to get in is unacceptable in my opinion.
Then I check my queue number again, and I'm at 198,000 WTF!!!!!!!!
shower,eat,mk. love,movie..check que again..repeat previous steps..
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aesclealMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited May 2013
I agree with mcfae (and possebob now too). I'm really laughing out loud. This is a game people. A free to play game. Yes, many paid money for the packs, but that was a conscious choice to pay money for Beta access with some cool bobbles. There is a hurdle or 10 to overcome right now for Cryptic/PWE, but they are communicating with people so nobody is surprised when servers come down.
So I feel bad that people are crying so loudly for this reason or that, but fact is, they are telling you the server(s) are coming down for maintenance. Why are people crying about THAT?
Free to play. This game didn't exist a few days ago. What were you doing with your time last week when you couldn't log in?
Go read (or re-read) the Neverwinter novels.
It's almost as if these forums just burst into flames with trolls crawling out of every little hole. It's a game, and I seriously doubt Cryptic is doing any of this to intentionally aggravate people, since if you can't get in, you can't spend money. And since they are a business, they need money to sustain themselves. So sit back and relax... maybe ease up on the caffeinated drinks some too.
Before you know it thing will smooth out and Neverwinter will be full of adventurers tripping over one another and lining up at dungeon entrances to get in. Haha!
Less Caffeine!
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frozentothecoreMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 9Arc User
edited May 2013
LOL 4 hour maintenance. Great start so far PW!
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gmajorplayzMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 8Arc User
Then I check my queue number again, and I'm at 198,000 WTF!!!!!!!!
Its bugged dude as stated in many posts. I don't completely agree with everything as the queues are expected, but only the hero pack gets priority access which I don't think is right.
i hope this ridiculous queue finish after maintaince. been waiting 20 min 1st time now trying to log in 2nd time ,already 30 min in queue and still on 7k+ position so probably give up coz maintaince starts in 1hr time.
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grozethMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 1Arc User
edited May 2013
Bah... even though I'm guardian pack owner I don't mind sitting at que... I mean... they clearly said what you would get with each pack and prio to que was not part of it for Guardian pack buyers.... Sure it would have been nice way to reward ppl who pay that 60$ though : )
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aesclealMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 0Arc User
What good is a good game, if you can't even get in to play it. Then to have payed money on top of that to not be able to get in is unacceptable in my opinion.!
What good is a game that you can get logged into that isn't polished? And I'm sorry you paid money for early access to a BETA. But funny, I paid a monthly fee for DDO and WoW at launch and had similar problems... oh wait, EQ also... and DAoC. Hmmm....
I'm waiting patiently so I can get in and find bugs and things that unbalance the game! Ooh, I can't wait to be so upset at them about it too.
I so agree with you Aescleal. I don't think people understand what a Beta Test means. I means that they are tying to locate all of the bugs... therefore the servers will be up and down until the bugs are fixed. That is you job as a beta tester. Find things that are broken, so that when the game goes live there will be much less flaws. So please remember... if you find a bug like we did last night... PLEASE report the error.
hey guys! i'm very satisfied with the game. i managed to reach level 123504!!! but its strange, they call them queue position? first game i've seen to call "levels" a queue position. well no time to lose, i think i can get queue position 150000 today! such a fun way to experience forgotten realms world!
Why do maintenance that pushes into EU prime time? You expect people to queue for most of the evening after the servers 'maybe' come back up by 8pm GMT?
Good luck with that.
Because the hardware in the western US. Are you so new to MMO's that you're shocked that American based and run mmo's have maintenance times that are less impactful to the playerbase in its home country?
Same stupid argument in every single mmo to come down the pipe.
Well, I'm pretty pissed about the queue times. I payed money to get in to play the beta and I'm sitting in a queue of 12000. That is BS!!!!!
It is beyond me why every single launch to a game, players have to deal with issues like this to get into a game. This should be the first priority for developers to get right the first time with no exceptions. The gameplay comes after this is 100% ironed out. What good is a good game, if you can't even get in to play it. Then to have payed money on top of that to not be able to get in is unacceptable in my opinion.
Then I check my queue number again, and I'm at 198,000 WTF!!!!!!!!
hmmm you do relize that it is NOT a launch? that it is an OPEN Beta for all? the game is not launched yet as a fully game. i am amazed how many peeps complain about the "bad launch day" when it isnt a launch. this open beta is for really testing how they will manage to deal with all, they work there *** off to help us. so stop youre biggering whining and just deal with it as the rest.
We can all cover behind the word beta right? but we all know that this is the actual release.
TBH it was going smoothly (except the ****y launcher) till 3 hours later that hell broke loose..
Insane lag (1000-1500 ping) to the point that the game was unplayable ..
I only played in BWE 3 and i have to say that the game is like 50% better now, it feels more solid.
Other than that i managed to reach lvl 7 and i had to log out due to extreme ping. I hate the fact that they chose to patch during EU prime time
I only have my 3 hours of smooth gameplay to remember....
We can all cover behind the word beta right? but we all know that this is the actual release.
TBH it was going smoothly (except the ****y launcher) till 3 hours later that hell broke loose..
Insane lag (1000-1500 ping) to the point that the game was unplayable ..
I only played in BWE 3 and i have to say that the game is like 50% better now, it feels more solid.
Other than that i managed to reach lvl 7 and i had to log out due to extreme ping. I hate the fact that they chose to patch during EU prime time
I only have my 3 hours of smooth gameplay to remember....
yeah i can understand that its not good for the EU prime time, but they base in USA so they start the mantance for them at 7 in morning. dont think that alot of devs for other games in same line would do same, well most of em :P hehe
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arkamjfMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 15Arc User
edited May 2013
nice
sooooooooooo nice
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m3gas3v3nMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 2Arc User
What good is a game that you can get logged into that isn't polished? And I'm sorry you paid money for early access to a BETA. But funny, I paid a monthly fee for DDO and WoW at launch and had similar problems... oh wait, EQ also... and DAoC. Hmmm....
I'm waiting patiently so I can get in and find bugs and things that unbalance the game! Ooh, I can't wait to be so upset at them about it too.
This.
EVERY game release has the same problems. They just underestimated the size of the player base.
This might seem bad but for the devs this is actually a great thing.
I'd rather plan small so the costs to PW do not overcome this free-to-play game.
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botmaster55Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 1Arc User
edited May 2013
cant wait! i wonder if the $60 pack gets you to the front of the queue as well
Because the hardware in the western US. Are you so new to MMO's that you're shocked that American based and run mmo's have maintenance times that are less impactful to the playerbase in its home country?
Same stupid argument in every single mmo to come down the pipe.
Not a stupid argument at all.
Global MMOs should cater for globally friendly maintenance. This is launch and beta so it is to be expected that urgent ad hoc maintenance is carried out. Once the game settles regular maintenance should be planned to avoid always hitting the same user population all the time. Many small IT companies manage to do this, so it is not unreasonable to think that major MMO ones can too.
Im glad that there is always being work done to keep the improvement going.. from having played closed beta the game looks well polished (look wise) and im excited for the more to come ... i dont mind the wait times!! would deff prefer a queue countdown timer rather than place in line .. lol .. but i just go do something else while i wait patiently ^_^ hope the maintenence today goes well so i can hop back in and game to my hearts content
*Raises her eyebrow and stares at you as you read her signature* You don't just Rush through a dungeon!! You enjoy the complexities brought to it and transport yourself there.
I find it amusing that people in the EU complain about the downtime and scheduled maintenance being during eu peak time... from what I have read the downtime is to reduce queues and make the game a smoother play.. from my perspective as a eu player, I don't care when the maintenance is, ANY maintenance and bug fix downtimes, just make the game better for one and all. As far as I am concerned there is nothing to complain about.. the game is not going anywhere and what I don't do today, I can do tomorrow...
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thevlakaMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 0Arc User
yeah i can understand that its not good for the EU prime time, but they base in USA so they start the mantance for them at 7 in morning. dont think that alot of devs for other games in same line would do same, well most of em :P hehe
Well... U don't have to defend them m8, we know that patching in prime time is a bad tactic. We r in 2013 and there are ways to avoid
patching in a pick time.. If we keep tolerating with **** like this then we are to be ignored and treated as a second class customer.
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9877 queue on line take like 1 hour then.BTW server has miantenance in 2hours right?
It is beyond me why every single launch to a game, players have to deal with issues like this to get into a game. This should be the first priority for developers to get right the first time with no exceptions. The gameplay comes after this is 100% ironed out. What good is a good game, if you can't even get in to play it. Then to have payed money on top of that to not be able to get in is unacceptable in my opinion.
Then I check my queue number again, and I'm at 198,000 WTF!!!!!!!!
So I feel bad that people are crying so loudly for this reason or that, but fact is, they are telling you the server(s) are coming down for maintenance. Why are people crying about THAT?
Free to play. This game didn't exist a few days ago. What were you doing with your time last week when you couldn't log in?
Go read (or re-read) the Neverwinter novels.
It's almost as if these forums just burst into flames with trolls crawling out of every little hole. It's a game, and I seriously doubt Cryptic is doing any of this to intentionally aggravate people, since if you can't get in, you can't spend money. And since they are a business, they need money to sustain themselves. So sit back and relax... maybe ease up on the caffeinated drinks some too.
Before you know it thing will smooth out and Neverwinter will be full of adventurers tripping over one another and lining up at dungeon entrances to get in. Haha!
Less Caffeine!
Its bugged dude as stated in many posts. I don't completely agree with everything as the queues are expected, but only the hero pack gets priority access which I don't think is right.
What good is a game that you can get logged into that isn't polished? And I'm sorry you paid money for early access to a BETA. But funny, I paid a monthly fee for DDO and WoW at launch and had similar problems... oh wait, EQ also... and DAoC. Hmmm....
I'm waiting patiently so I can get in and find bugs and things that unbalance the game! Ooh, I can't wait to be so upset at them about it too.
Because the hardware in the western US. Are you so new to MMO's that you're shocked that American based and run mmo's have maintenance times that are less impactful to the playerbase in its home country?
Same stupid argument in every single mmo to come down the pipe.
Order of the Silver Dragons - Dragon Shard
hmmm you do relize that it is NOT a launch? that it is an OPEN Beta for all? the game is not launched yet as a fully game. i am amazed how many peeps complain about the "bad launch day" when it isnt a launch. this open beta is for really testing how they will manage to deal with all, they work there *** off to help us. so stop youre biggering whining and just deal with it as the rest.
Peace!
TBH it was going smoothly (except the ****y launcher) till 3 hours later that hell broke loose..
Insane lag (1000-1500 ping) to the point that the game was unplayable ..
I only played in BWE 3 and i have to say that the game is like 50% better now, it feels more solid.
Other than that i managed to reach lvl 7 and i had to log out due to extreme ping. I hate the fact that they chose to patch during EU prime time
I only have my 3 hours of smooth gameplay to remember....
yeah i can understand that its not good for the EU prime time, but they base in USA so they start the mantance for them at 7 in morning. dont think that alot of devs for other games in same line would do same, well most of em :P hehe
sooooooooooo nice
This.
EVERY game release has the same problems. They just underestimated the size of the player base.
This might seem bad but for the devs this is actually a great thing.
I'd rather plan small so the costs to PW do not overcome this free-to-play game.
Not a stupid argument at all.
Global MMOs should cater for globally friendly maintenance. This is launch and beta so it is to be expected that urgent ad hoc maintenance is carried out. Once the game settles regular maintenance should be planned to avoid always hitting the same user population all the time. Many small IT companies manage to do this, so it is not unreasonable to think that major MMO ones can too.
You don't just Rush through a dungeon!! You enjoy the complexities brought to it and transport yourself there.
What happened to the 'stress test' and 'crash the server' data go during the beta weekends?
Going to be a hard climb back up after this.
Well... U don't have to defend them m8, we know that patching in prime time is a bad tactic. We r in 2013 and there are ways to avoid
patching in a pick time.. If we keep tolerating with **** like this then we are to be ignored and treated as a second class customer.
Servers are capping.. they dont want to crash them.. is this a serious question or are u just that stupid?
The problem is that I know it's PWE's fault. they are a cheap asian company who u should have never published with.