To be fair, it's a bit of a joke really. Cryptic obviously haven't got the server requirements for their customers. They've raved recently about how much work they've done on their servers, but we've still got a lot of people queuing.
I signed on about 2:30pm (GMT+1), I had a short wait then, though have recently attempted to switch character so I can grind through some dailies. I'm not stuck in a queue of 20k+ :rolleyes:
so this is the second day of getting put at 19k on the login queues. i'm just wondering if they are doing this deliberately. I get in after however long and play for10 mins then get dc'ed and get put back to 19k. I get in play for 30 mins decide to change toons and BAM what do you know back to 19k. with all of the problems over the past few weeks with the whole NW and LOR beta server crashes one would think that they would upgrade their servers to handle the increase in players to said games. but sadly no they would rather just enrage 20k customers and risk losing players and profits in the process. don't get me wrong I understand that thereis going to be an increase of players due to the expansion, but to have 22111 players in the queue ( it is 3:25 pm est. 5/22/2013 for the record ) waiting to play a game is just a downright slap in the face when all this could have been prevented with just a little preparation.
The real problem is not free to play vs. pay, nor booting... apparently their programming team didnt take into account the idea of having overflow (without instanced, individual servers)... max $ for work that way!
LOL... did you notice one of the things they had to quickly fix yesterday?
"Updated the name of the Romulan Legacy Pack in the C-Store.
*Previously it was displaying as the "Founder's Pack.""
Well, thank god thats taken care of. Now we all can breath a sigh of relief.
goes down ever so slowly ive been in a que now for just over 3hours and only gone down from 25k to 22300 at this rate I may get to play sometime next month
I'm #21,622 in the queue of 21,961. This is ridiculous.
An Hour? I figure 5 hours of waiting to get in...might as well never log out...oh wait that's what happens in asia, then never log out they just tag off players to keep going 24/7
While I'm glad that STO finally gets it's well-deserved popularity, unless something changes, all those new players will move out and never look back. No one will wait 20k+ queue. Cryptic will be back to square 1.
Last night when they first re-re-re-launched.. (LOL) as soon as the server came up i logged in and was stuck in a que 1K of people that quickly.. their server must be really small and can only handle very few people at that rate.. today (Just now) over 25K people waiting in line..
Now dont get me wrong but Ive been playing about 6 months.. never have i ever seen a que.. instanat login always..
Sure this is a 'new release' update release.. sure many are probally excited to see it.. but their servers cant handle it and leave 25K people waiting in line that will most likely give up?
Something has to give.. I wonder what the chances are of them reducing slots to try and improve their sale stats for LTS, Monthly and so on???
Would not suprise me esp with the 'big sale of LT' that just so happend to come out just beause of the new launch..
A login queue pisses people off period... bad tactic... how would any individual enjoy waiting 1 to 2 hours to get on an alt and start DOFF assignments, then wait the same to return to one's main?
Hi all,
I'm a free to play guy. I know this makes me less than targ TRIBBLE, but still I have to say something. I was a paying member for 2 and a half years, was going to get a life time membership. I was really hopeing that I would get a chance to play with all this new content, but no! I and alot of other people will sit on the sidelines just waiting to see if ower number is called. I have been and always will be a fan of Star Trek. But have to tell you that this sucks!!!!!! I f you just would tell us that for the next month, we the no names would have to wait to play. We would. But no, for us who were here when there was no content to stay and play and do the same thing over and over again mean nothing to you. I get it, we didn't pay to play. But, we will be here when all this turns to dust. But I wouldn't show any love to the free players.
Take care all, maybe I will see you in game. Ha, not really...... But still hears hopeing.......
This would have been my second day on STO. Monday when i started playing i loved it and even thought about treating myself to some of the real money only stuff when i have played for a few more days and got into it. Instead however i get home from work at 6 press login wait an hour for it to patch then wait for an hour on the Que to get from 24k to 22k well done cryptic/perfect world you just lost yourself a willing to pay customer.
I'm not a "gold" member but i have spent more than 100$ in this game...they really must adjust the queue accordingly. Being 23453 out of 23894 is ridiculous!!
Cryptic get your **** together!!!
If i have paid for something i expect to get priority login at least!
cryptic knackered it up yet again...clap..clap...clap well done guys.
and NOT ONE response from the powers at be at what they intend to do about it.
you have peed off sooooooo many players that it will be hard for them to trust you at all after this letdown.
why you couldn't repair all the bugs and issues that were in effect prior to the release of this latest installment is beyond me.
why did you feel that a new hud design was needed?
the old version was way better, had that star trek feel about it, now I have to draw my curtains just to see anything, it's so dark.
it looks good, but if it ain't broke...why fix it?
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I signed on about 2:30pm (GMT+1), I had a short wait then, though have recently attempted to switch character so I can grind through some dailies. I'm not stuck in a queue of 20k+ :rolleyes:
Wtf?
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
"Updated the name of the Romulan Legacy Pack in the C-Store.
*Previously it was displaying as the "Founder's Pack.""
Well, thank god thats taken care of. Now we all can breath a sigh of relief.
An Hour? I figure 5 hours of waiting to get in...might as well never log out...oh wait that's what happens in asia, then never log out they just tag off players to keep going 24/7
Now dont get me wrong but Ive been playing about 6 months.. never have i ever seen a que.. instanat login always..
Sure this is a 'new release' update release.. sure many are probally excited to see it.. but their servers cant handle it and leave 25K people waiting in line that will most likely give up?
Something has to give.. I wonder what the chances are of them reducing slots to try and improve their sale stats for LTS, Monthly and so on???
Would not suprise me esp with the 'big sale of LT' that just so happend to come out just beause of the new launch..
Ahh the dilemma of the login queue
A long login queue incentivises staying on, thus making the login queue even longer since nobody logs off.
It's not just that. Even SWITCHING CHARACTERS dumps you back into the queue.
So does getting disconnected. Or crashing.
A queue system that incentivises wasting server resources by never logging out is more harm than help.
I'm a free to play guy. I know this makes me less than targ TRIBBLE, but still I have to say something. I was a paying member for 2 and a half years, was going to get a life time membership. I was really hopeing that I would get a chance to play with all this new content, but no! I and alot of other people will sit on the sidelines just waiting to see if ower number is called. I have been and always will be a fan of Star Trek. But have to tell you that this sucks!!!!!! I f you just would tell us that for the next month, we the no names would have to wait to play. We would. But no, for us who were here when there was no content to stay and play and do the same thing over and over again mean nothing to you. I get it, we didn't pay to play. But, we will be here when all this turns to dust. But I wouldn't show any love to the free players.
Take care all, maybe I will see you in game. Ha, not really...... But still hears hopeing.......
Mark 88th Fleet
dropped 200 in 10 minutes lets do this math
100 every 5 minutes times 12 = 1200
times ten hours = 12000
8700 left
1200 times 7 more hours = 8400
17.5 hrs to wait
17688 NOW after 30 minutes
faster about 5000/30 minutes
500/3 minutes or about 170 per minute
about 2hrs if the connection remains stable for a total time of 2.5 hrs
Now, if this was a motorway, and the average length of a British car is 4.7 meters:
4.7metre x 22,741 = 106882.7miles = 66mi 728.34yd
So, effectively, Star Trek Online's traffic que is 66 miles long if you were to compare it to a Motorway/Highway...
However... if you add at least 1 meter space between each vehicle across 3 lanes:
1metre x 106882.7 miles / 3 = 35627.56666666667metres = 35627.56666666667m = 22mi 242.78yd
So, in total, our humble traffic que is the equivalent of:
66 + 22 =
88 mile tailback.
Oh, and by the way, the que is still rising.
Roughly how many people can the sto servers handle anyone know a rough number?
I got from 16k to around 14k in the queue then it timed out and I am at 22k now.
Cryptic get your **** together!!!
If i have paid for something i expect to get priority login at least!
cryptic knackered it up yet again...clap..clap...clap well done guys.
and NOT ONE response from the powers at be at what they intend to do about it.
you have peed off sooooooo many players that it will be hard for them to trust you at all after this letdown.
why you couldn't repair all the bugs and issues that were in effect prior to the release of this latest installment is beyond me.
why did you feel that a new hud design was needed?
the old version was way better, had that star trek feel about it, now I have to draw my curtains just to see anything, it's so dark.
it looks good, but if it ain't broke...why fix it?
In my state college graduation happened two weekends ago, high school graduation was last weekend and as of today all kids are out of school.
I just tried an it is now capped at 22805, not even moving I was at least able to make my romulan character.
I bet I won't play him for 2 more weeks.