The server is still not up. OVer an hour late now.
The big patch is over two weeks late.
More than half of the promised upgrades are not being released today.
There is no new content and they have yet to complete the fixes for the content they pulled.
This is very very sad. Some might say pathetic and yet others might say criminal given the way this product has been marketed and sold.
Cryptic should be ashamed if this is the best they can do.
All the posts left by fanbois saying how great this is are either delusional or planted posters from cryptic.
Cryptic forced me to take a 2 gig download this week and I allowed it thinking there would be no big download on patch day....another diappointment. I'm sitting here watching my PC try and get another 2 gig download.
The state of online gaming is a mess. If people genuinely believe this has been a good roll out with chargeable content then I believe it's time for folks to take a second look.
Imagine buying a car in this manner.
Hi I would like to buy this car.
Ok that will be $20, 000. Pay now please and we will deliver your car in the next few weeks depending on how busy we are.
Hello, I just recieved my car and it took a month for you to get it here.
Congratulations on the purchase of your shiny new car, you love it eh? Everyone tells us its great.
Well, it hasn't got any seats or a steering wheel and no tires so all i can really do is admire it from afar.
Yes well due to our busy schedule we won't be offering seats for another 45 days and tires and a steering wheel should be ready in about 6 months.
Really?
Cryptic, you really suck. You need to stop patting yerself on the back and do some actual coding. Stop charging people for a game that isnt even half finished. Stop lying to your customers saying that you are bringing new content. The new content you are promising may be available this summer...or not? This is ridiculous!!!! I really hate the way you ruined this IP for me.
The server is still not up. OVer an hour late now.
The big patch is over two weeks late.
More than half of the promised upgrades are not being released today.
There is no new content and they have yet to complete the fixes for the content they pulled.
This is very very sad. Some might say pathetic and yet others might say criminal given the way this product has been marketed and sold.
Cryptic should be ashamed if this is the best they can do.
All the posts left by fanbois saying how great this is are either delusional or planted posters from cryptic.
Cryptic forced me to take a 2 gig download this week and I allowed it thinking there would be no big download on patch day....another diappointment. I'm sitting here watching my PC try and get another 2 gig download.
The state of online gaming is a mess. If people genuinely believe this has been a good roll out with chargeable content then I believe it's time for folks to take a second look.
Imagine buying a car in this manner.
Hi I would like to buy this car.
Ok that will be $20, 000. Pay now please and we will deliver your car in the next few weeks depending on how busy we are.
Hello, I just recieved my car and it took a month for you to get it here.
Congratulations on the purchase of your shiny new car, you love it eh? Everyone tells us its great.
Well, it hasn't got any seats or a steering wheel and no tires so all i can really do is admire it from afar.
Yes well due to our busy schedule we won't be offering seats for another 45 days and tires and a steering wheel should be ready in about 6 months.
Really?
Cryptic, you really suck. You need to stop patting yerself on the back and do some actual coding. Stop charging people for a game that isnt even half finished. Stop lying to your customers saying that you are bringing new content. The new content you are promising may be available this summer...or not? This is ridiculous!!!! I really hate the way you ruined this IP for me.
A. It happens. They found a completely unexpected bug that was slowing it up. It was only a tentative release time anyways.
B. The patch is most certainly not 2 weeks late. They've had the 18th through the 25th as the release week on the calendar the whole time, so technically, it's not late at all.
C. I only see a handful of things from the Tribble Release notes that aren't on the holodeck release notes.
You are completely correct. STO is not a good game. Some may quibble over 'technically' but in reality it is a badly flawed product. I was saying this over a month ago, as were many others. I am glad that I "just don't get it", in the arrogant words of the lead Dev.
Actually it was not poor planning at all. The netops guy, thoroughly angry at the prospect of having to stay longer (he is a very angry/scary person), dug through our system to figure out what was keeping it.
Turns out it was an unforseen circumstance after all. Granted the resolution he fixed does not let us go back in time an hour but we have moved on to the "test the patch to make sure everything works" portion of the maintenance.
This does not affect the ETA mind you, I am keeping that where it is ... just in case.
Sounds like an unforeseen bug to me. The gm's message implies a bug in the system that the server guys had to find.
They did say its going to be 8am pst 3pm gmt so its not 3 yet so its not late since the last update.
Sorry but this happens on hosted enviroments when maintanence takes place get over it go do sumit while you wait its not all that bad although i am work so realyl not bothered
And would you really buy a car with no seats or windows?
The game is playable a car with no seats or windows isnt drivable yeah theres a lot to do but its same as all other games they get better overtime.
Patience is something most people dont understand. Sad that with technology today, people are used to instant self-gratification. I would suggest drinking a beer, smoking a bowl, watching TV, playing GoW3, something else but whining about the issues doesnt make it go any faster, and only stirs up trouble.
May the next hour or two go quickly for you impatient one..
The expected release time is in 10 minutes now. The gm did say that it could go over that as well, but the patch is now in testing to make sure it's working on all servers. That's the last stage of adding a patch.
I don't think you can read the forums ... cause infected has been beefed up and made harder ...
The Cure has been added ..
you fail for your doom thread ..
please just cancel your sub and never return.
Please don't post nonsense like that. Telling people to leave is not helping the game grow in any way. I have never understood why players tell others to leave.
You are completely correct. STO is not a good game. Some may quibble over 'technically' but in reality it is a badly flawed product. I was saying this over a month ago, as were many others. I am glad that I "just don't get it", in the arrogant words of the lead Dev.
What is the point of having a research server (Tribble)?
It was to avoid unforseen problems. So far all it has really done is fragmented the player base forcing folks to choose between playing on a buggy reasearch server or a content lite 'fixed' server.
Cryptic is showing us how much they lack a true understanding of the fan base as well as trying to push the service limits of MMO gaming. Yes we have all come to expect poor response from MMO as well as buggy content that is grossly over priced. But we keep paying for it. All I am saying here is that no one has a right to try and stop the opinions of paying customers. IF this were a F2P game I would agree that we would have nothing to sqawk about however Atari decided to go with a monthly fee schedule. As a result we have every right to expect the servers to be available since WE are paying for them. We have the right to expect enough content to make the price rational (obviously not the case here).
If Cryptic wants customers to stay they had better stop jerking us around.
BTW the info regarding why the server is late in being available is not easily found and the fool who said that should be banned for life. This sort of info belongs on the login screen. As a PAYING customer I should have to search high and low for this sort of basic information.
Many applaud the recent efforts by cryptic to keep the players better informed. I on the other hand think its deplorable that they needed such comfort. If the game was truly sellable none of this would be needed at all.
Stop calling a pig a purse....this pig don't even have lipstick...that wont be released until summer....maybe.
Patience is something most people dont understand. Sad that with technology today, people are used to instant self-gratification. I would suggest drinking a beer, smoking a bowl, watching TV, playing GoW3, something else but whining about the issues doesnt make it go any faster, and only stirs up trouble.
May the next hour or two go quickly for you impatient one..
Waaaaa...get a grip..world is NOT perfect..yr maid is late too..so go cry about that as well..Your a spoiled little triibble , go eat more wheat and take a pooh...!
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A. It happens. They found a completely unexpected bug that was slowing it up. It was only a tentative release time anyways.
B. The patch is most certainly not 2 weeks late. They've had the 18th through the 25th as the release week on the calendar the whole time, so technically, it's not late at all.
C. I only see a handful of things from the Tribble Release notes that aren't on the holodeck release notes.
Not knowing/misjudging how long it takes to deploy the patch to the server farm is hardly what I'd call a bug.
just sayin
You are completely correct. STO is not a good game. Some may quibble over 'technically' but in reality it is a badly flawed product. I was saying this over a month ago, as were many others. I am glad that I "just don't get it", in the arrogant words of the lead Dev.
Sounds like an unforeseen bug to me. The gm's message implies a bug in the system that the server guys had to find.
Oh, well Cryptic has a great track record for tracking down bugs, so the servers should be back up by July o'clock.
I don't think you can read the forums ... cause infected has been beefed up and made harder ...
The Cure has been added ..
you fail for your doom thread ..
please just cancel your sub and never return.
Cryptic is getting a record for these 'unexpected bug' problems. Nuff said.
That's laughable. They've hardly done anything that they could be sued for.
Sorry but this happens on hosted enviroments when maintanence takes place get over it go do sumit while you wait its not all that bad although i am work so realyl not bothered
And would you really buy a car with no seats or windows?
The game is playable a car with no seats or windows isnt drivable yeah theres a lot to do but its same as all other games they get better overtime.
Yeah, that's why I wish it would happen. I'd buy tickets.
"Your honor, because this patch was over an hour late, my client is asking for a thousand billion dollars in damages."
May the next hour or two go quickly for you impatient one..
For what? Selling a game that doesn't live up to people's standards isn't a crime.
Please don't post nonsense like that. Telling people to leave is not helping the game grow in any way. I have never understood why players tell others to leave.
Agreed on all other points though.
For the patch being over an hour late, I guess. That seems to be what the OP is getting at.
Hell i had a job once that should have only taken me 30 odd mins to do and ended up taking six hours.
**** happens.
Yet here you are...odd don't you think?!
But imagine buying a car that way. Because cars = online gaming, amirite?
Exactly. My brother works in IT. Jobs take longer than expected sometimes. Dealing with servers is no easy task.
It was to avoid unforseen problems. So far all it has really done is fragmented the player base forcing folks to choose between playing on a buggy reasearch server or a content lite 'fixed' server.
Cryptic is showing us how much they lack a true understanding of the fan base as well as trying to push the service limits of MMO gaming. Yes we have all come to expect poor response from MMO as well as buggy content that is grossly over priced. But we keep paying for it. All I am saying here is that no one has a right to try and stop the opinions of paying customers. IF this were a F2P game I would agree that we would have nothing to sqawk about however Atari decided to go with a monthly fee schedule. As a result we have every right to expect the servers to be available since WE are paying for them. We have the right to expect enough content to make the price rational (obviously not the case here).
If Cryptic wants customers to stay they had better stop jerking us around.
BTW the info regarding why the server is late in being available is not easily found and the fool who said that should be banned for life. This sort of info belongs on the login screen. As a PAYING customer I should have to search high and low for this sort of basic information.
Many applaud the recent efforts by cryptic to keep the players better informed. I on the other hand think its deplorable that they needed such comfort. If the game was truly sellable none of this would be needed at all.
Stop calling a pig a purse....this pig don't even have lipstick...that wont be released until summer....maybe.
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Waaaaa...get a grip..world is NOT perfect..yr maid is late too..so go cry about that as well..Your a spoiled little triibble , go eat more wheat and take a pooh...!
wow glad you don't work for me...
really a job that takes 30 minutes... took you 6 hours... wow just wow