Ok, I am all for taking servers down to help improve the gameplay and stability and all that... but is it really necessary to take it down during the prime time of playing? For 4 frakking hours? I mean really? NOBODY at the office was like "Hey Jim, this... its probably a bad idea."? I mean come on, prime time is 8-midnight. Unless someone put their d!ck in the hardware again and crashed the game, there is no need for stupid decisions like this. Come on!
It's only your country that suffers 4 hours, better that than the whole of EU.
If this truly were an open beta, you would not be able to purchase things from the Cash Shop and all content would be available to test. All characters would be wiped upon release and a release build would be compiled behind the scenes. None of this is happening so it leads me to believe that...
This is not an open beta.
You misunderstand the purpose of open beta then. Generally for an MMO open beta, it's to test server capacity, not content. Hence content needs not be fully available, only enough to ensure a large playerbase. Server capacity also includes that of payment systems, hence cash shops. (for example on open beta weekends, GW2 even gave players temporary cash shop currency so they can buy from cash shop)
abramerlinMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited May 2013
Ah the usual Todger Measuring between US and Non-US Players , "Everything changes, but stays the same!"
If you live outside the US and cannot do the quick conversion for the times and you are running Win7 or 8 (Vista may also but leapfrogged that lemon) L-Click your Clock on the Desk-top, at the bottom of the Pop-up is "Change Date and Time settings" L-Click that, on the top of the window that comes up is a tab labeled "Additional Clocks" select that then show an additional clock with the selected time zone of "(UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)". Label it as "Neverwinter Server Time" if you need to. Select Apply and exit out of there. Now whenever you mouse over your Clock Server time will be displayed. :cool:
As to Selection of When this Maintenance has been selected to run as mentioned previously Real Life Happens, Some potentially game destroying problem or exploit obviously raised its ugly head and in anybody's book I see an unexpected 4hr downtime even in US Prime Playing time better that the potential of a message along the lines of "Sorry Folks All your invested Time/Money is all for nothing because that Smouldering Pile of Metal and Plastic over there is all we have left!"
Anyways back to your Bickering.... because like my Mother-in-law there are many people out there who are not happy unless they are Vocally unhappy about Something!
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jujakukeMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 4Arc User
soo one person that's too lazy to search is suddenly prove of anything about statistics -.-
we rest our case once again as we just smile and wave at the "overwhelming" intellect shown here...
fyi there is a huge difference depending on where in europe you are pointing, although the general understanding of euro from americans is lacking to say the least, some even go so far to think europe is a country -.- there is a good reason most of the world have a negative view of ***americans***... and this thread is just proving it over with TONS of people complaining about prime time while not giving a fck about how many maintenance* is done in eu prime time, most doesn't even know the eu timelines which is just sad -.-
this whole thread is one big hypocrite* mess of idiocy
Yet some people that live in the continent of Europe consider the country of USA a continent though it is a country and name others as being idiots because of the idiotic ones that bring their attention to the front. I'm sorry to point it out I am agreeing that there are dumb Americans but there is also dumb Europeans. So let's end this with an American who made a fool of himself but was doing it in all honesty to try to bring us closer together than push each other apart further than the miles it takes," Ich bin ein Berliner" by President Kennedy himself, for people who don't understand he was trying to say I am a person from Berlin but what he said I am a Jelly donut.
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pinkysansbrainMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 3Arc User
edited May 2013
The difference between beta and open beta is in the word OPEN, folks. Stop arguing it's not in open beta until you learn what open beta really means.
I wanted to play last night and servers were down. Now its Sunday arvo and I finally finish the shopping, get home and servers go down. MMOs suck, uninstalling
hattarasMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 2Arc User
edited May 2013
I cant believe the questions that come up below information that has already been provided. Why don't you learn how to read.
"Why this time?
This is not our normal maintenance time, but unfortunately the maintenance needs to be performed ASAP to ensure that the servers remain stable with the current traffic we are seeing."
That says it all, as to why now. Try not to go Full HAMSTER next time.
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oarsmenMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 10Arc User
Put down the Kool-Aid. It doesn't matter how many times you say BETA BETA BETA BETA, but when real money exchanges hands the game is live and real. If you want to play the "it just launched" card then fine, but they get about 10 days to fall back on that before people start wondering if they're going to be able to pull this off.
So far, great game and I'm having a blast, but I can't stay up until 3:00 am to log back in.
Smite was selling in Beta. Great game. Minecraft was selling in alpha. Steam green light. The game is Beta, and was selling before it was even closed beta.
" Ich bin ein Berliner" by President Kennedy himself, for people who don't understand he was trying to say I am a person from Berlin but what he said I am a Jelly donut.
Anything you said is rendered irrelevant because of this comment.
There is a misconception that Kennedy made a risible error by saying Ich bin ein Berliner (emphasis added): the claim is made that Kennedy referred to himself not as a "citizen of Berlin" but as a "jelly doughnut", known in Berlin as a "Pfannkuchen" but as "Berliner" in the north and west and as "Krapfen" in the south of Germany and in Austria. Kennedy should, supposedly, have said Ich bin Berliner to mean "I am a person from Berlin", and so adding the indefinite article ein to his statement implied he was a non-human Berliner, thus, "I am a jelly doughnut". However, while the indefinite article ein is omitted when speaking of an individual's profession or residence, it is still necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as Kennedy did. Since the President was not literally from Berlin but only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, "Ich bin ein Berliner" was correct.
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daemonspadeMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 0Arc User
Shutting down during prime time gaming? Come on... especially for 4 hours? I understand it is beta and all but 8pm to midnight? that is the dumbest time to shut down your game. Especially on a Saturday. Who is making these decisions? They should really reconsider the times they are deciding to shut down the game. If you want players to stick around, don't shut down your game when everyone is wanting to play. Regular maintenance is understandable, and even random maintenance is ok, But not during PRIME TIME!!! If you're really trying to keep your fan base, this was not the best decision....
Theres two types of Beta's Closed and open. Closed Beta is when players characters get wiped not in open Beta. A few companys let players buy things from item shops before the game fully Releases. Its upto the developers to add the zen shop or not in beta's. THe game is still in open Beta. Perfect world Is advertising it. The admins will tell the players when the game is fully released after they find from the developers.
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smarylinMember, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero UsersPosts: 28Arc User
I just wish there was some way to access the Foundry during this time. I would have liked to got some more work done on my Foundry quests while the game is inactive.
Right, GW2 open beta never had to pay for anything because they were testing content. They wanted people to test the cash shop without having to incur expense on the players because EVERYTHING WAS BEING WIPED ON RELEASE.
And...what are we doing here? Are we paying to test content? Will everything be reset to 0 on "release"?
No one said you must buy enchanted keys, or whatever you bought, and you could buy gems to get keys during the open beta weekend (which were refunded on launch). I don't claim to know whether they'll reset everything to 0 or not.
Ok so what its a stability fix now a lot of you are qqing over nothing now answer this small question when the game is live properly what are you going to be moaning about when you find out maintenance is during peak time in europe or visa-versa I bet alot wont be happy then you see gaming companies will work out a plan of action and if its during your peak time theres not alot you can do about it they have to give and take in this day an age so as gamers we should be doing the same as respect to those people who work very hard giving us the games we play now.Now I'm about to show my age anyway I remember when there wasn't any internet when I was a lad and the only things we as children had to entertain ourselves were dropping sticks into the river and watching to see whos stick passed under the bridge first and also atari had a console that once plugged in and fired up played a game of tennis with a solid line one side of the tv screen and same for player 2 and a square dot that went from side to side and you had to get said dot passed other players bat and those who are now reading this and are showing signs of looking blank then you didn't know the half of what we old school gamers had to endure 30 odd years ago you'd of hated to of lived then but we survived as we had the outside of the house to explore :P
An open beta for free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game Neverwinter will begin April 30, Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios announced today.put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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It's only your country that suffers 4 hours, better that than the whole of EU.
IT'S 4 HOURS. IT'S OPEN BETA.
OPEN BETA
OPEN BETA
OPEN BETA
You misunderstand the purpose of open beta then. Generally for an MMO open beta, it's to test server capacity, not content. Hence content needs not be fully available, only enough to ensure a large playerbase. Server capacity also includes that of payment systems, hence cash shops. (for example on open beta weekends, GW2 even gave players temporary cash shop currency so they can buy from cash shop)
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
If you live outside the US and cannot do the quick conversion for the times and you are running Win7 or 8 (Vista may also but leapfrogged that lemon) L-Click your Clock on the Desk-top, at the bottom of the Pop-up is "Change Date and Time settings" L-Click that, on the top of the window that comes up is a tab labeled "Additional Clocks" select that then show an additional clock with the selected time zone of "(UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)". Label it as "Neverwinter Server Time" if you need to. Select Apply and exit out of there. Now whenever you mouse over your Clock Server time will be displayed. :cool:
As to Selection of When this Maintenance has been selected to run as mentioned previously Real Life Happens, Some potentially game destroying problem or exploit obviously raised its ugly head and in anybody's book I see an unexpected 4hr downtime even in US Prime Playing time better that the potential of a message along the lines of "Sorry Folks All your invested Time/Money is all for nothing because that Smouldering Pile of Metal and Plastic over there is all we have left!"
Anyways back to your Bickering.... because like my Mother-in-law there are many people out there who are not happy unless they are Vocally unhappy about Something!
Yet some people that live in the continent of Europe consider the country of USA a continent though it is a country and name others as being idiots because of the idiotic ones that bring their attention to the front. I'm sorry to point it out I am agreeing that there are dumb Americans but there is also dumb Europeans. So let's end this with an American who made a fool of himself but was doing it in all honesty to try to bring us closer together than push each other apart further than the miles it takes," Ich bin ein Berliner" by President Kennedy himself, for people who don't understand he was trying to say I am a person from Berlin but what he said I am a Jelly donut.
BLOOD neverwinter wiki - http://neverwinteronline.wikia.com/wiki/NeverwinterOnline_Wiki
You don't see a big red light next to Server Status on the login dialog like the rest of us?
~~ I am, the open beta,
~~ And I'm gonna throw my poo at ya,
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
"Why this time?
This is not our normal maintenance time, but unfortunately the maintenance needs to be performed ASAP to ensure that the servers remain stable with the current traffic we are seeing."
That says it all, as to why now. Try not to go Full HAMSTER next time.
Anything you said is rendered irrelevant because of this comment.
Wiki Wiki Wiki Win!
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
An open beta for free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game Neverwinter will begin April 30, Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios announced today.put that in your pipe and smoke it.
nope........