I think he's hinting at a capacity issue. It's the same thing that caused the forums to break immediately after the game went down, too many people trying to get on at once. From a business perspective, it's somewhat hard to justify spending on capacity when it may only reach those peak levels 2-3 days out of the year for a few hours.
Thanks for the reply. I really enjoy this game. It's the first MMO I ever played and the only one I keep coming back to and playing. I hate to see this kind of stuff happen. I appreciate you taking the time to explain the issue a little for me.
Shaka when the servers fell.
Sinda! Nerds face black, their eyes red!
Chaka, when she feels for you.
Timba, his arms wide.
Merath with sails unfurled.
Nerds, at rest.
:P
Damn it Cryptic. Good job completely TRIBBLE up today. I spent more time waiting for the problems to be fixed than I did playing. Only got to run the new FE twice!
Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
They need to remove this 15 day grind bull**** not everyone has 15 days to grind for that ship Cyptic you failed so hard on this event it is not even funny... most likely going to end my subscription because of this :mad::mad::mad::mad:
The problem with network issues are they can be time consuming to fix properly. I am guessing with as many issues today, they don't have the necessary equipment to fix the issue correctly and have just tried to patch it together. Unfortunately that never lasts long at all especially with the amount of traffic they're having to handle today.
The 4th anniversary event should have been seperate from the release of Season 8.5.
From a business perspective, it's somewhat hard to justify spending on capacity when it may only reach those peak levels 2-3 days out of the year for a few hours.
Then, in that case, you don't launch:
-a new season with a solo mission (which means more instances, so more stress on the servers),
-revamped missions featuring a known actor related to the series,
-a new PvP map,
-new interesting features,
-an anniversary event,
-a giveaway,
-a master key sale,
-a new lock box
-etc...
at the same time.
That can only end in total capacity disaster if you're not a big name in MMOs like Blizzard with strong infrastructure and financial assets.
Well extending the event time wouldn't be that unreasonable. I can't quite recall but didn't they do that for a previous event/season release which had a similar case of exploding-network syndrome?
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Damn it Cryptic. Good job completely TRIBBLE up today. I spent more time waiting for the problems to be fixed than I did playing. Only got to run the new FE twice!
Blame their network issues, not Cryptic. Cryptic did the best they could in order to prevent this, you can't always be perfect on preventing this from happening.
Only a suggestion, perhaps someone could edit/quote post 143 & 225 & any further updates into the op.
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It's obvious they will give everyone a free Special Requisition Pack - Borg Tactical Cube as a sorry for all the downtime.
**** that, I want the Special Requisition Pack - Tranya Guy Ship. :P
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I think what you just said violates forum rules.
Thanks for the reply. I really enjoy this game. It's the first MMO I ever played and the only one I keep coming back to and playing. I hate to see this kind of stuff happen. I appreciate you taking the time to explain the issue a little for me.
"Remember the old days, when you could just slap Omni-Gel on everything?!"
Maybe, in mirror universe
Sinda! Nerds face black, their eyes red!
Chaka, when she feels for you.
Timba, his arms wide.
Merath with sails unfurled.
Nerds, at rest.
:P
maybe heres right ha ha ha if sto worked the way it was spposed to how many people would be outta a job....
just dont sack brandon i like him.
OK. Cya later!
The 4th anniversary event should have been seperate from the release of Season 8.5.
You seem a little upset. Anything like this person?
http://pizzacomedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/canada-protest.jpg
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FAW still isn't properly fixed. FAW crit rate is still WAAAY lower than autofire. Someone on Tribble suggested it was an acc overflow issue.
I miss the old days.
-a new season with a solo mission (which means more instances, so more stress on the servers),
-revamped missions featuring a known actor related to the series,
-a new PvP map,
-new interesting features,
-an anniversary event,
-a giveaway,
-a master key sale,
-a new lock box
-etc...
at the same time.
That can only end in total capacity disaster if you're not a big name in MMOs like Blizzard with strong infrastructure and financial assets.
no u
see i can do it too
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Lifetime Subscriber since 2012 == 17,200 Accolades = RIP PvP and Vice Squad
Chief of Starfleet Intelligence Service == Praise Cheesus
Well extending the event time wouldn't be that unreasonable. I can't quite recall but didn't they do that for a previous event/season release which had a similar case of exploding-network syndrome?
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Blame their network issues, not Cryptic. Cryptic did the best they could in order to prevent this, you can't always be perfect on preventing this from happening.
I reserve the right to have a completely different standpoint depending on my mood.
You just said something negative.
I went out and sat in the lounge room with everybody else, and the room fell silent... no one knows what to do now.
I'm thinking of getting a t-shirt made up to wear on these occassions...
"I'm only here because the game server is offline... again!"
Hey, I don't remember having this many kids...!
**** that, I want the Special Requisition Pack - Tranya Guy Ship. :P
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