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?
Was less than 500 when I tried this morning. Came back later in the morning and it was 3,000. Now it's nearly 23,000. No, I won't wait. I may not be a "pay to play" person but I AM a guy who has spent plenty of $$ on ZEN. If this is what Perfect World calls an improvement they're going to lose me... and this is the only PW game I'll play specifically BECAUSE I'm a Star Trek fan. These improvements are ruining the experience and removing the fun.
Can someone from cryptic please explain the reason for these queues? I find it hard to believe that 20 thousand new players suddenly decided to join overnight.
Can't switch characters, because that counts as 'logging out' and dumps you back in the queue.
Can't crash, because if the game crashes you're back in the queue.
Can't get disconnected, because if you do you're back in the queue.
With a queue over 22 THOUSAND strong and inching along slowly, the above are STRONG incentives to get on a character, find a quiet spot where nothing happens (to prevent crashes), and do doff missions and nothing else all day, while hitting spacebar periodically to make sure you don't get logged out.
A five minute or so (maybe less, depending on average loading times) window where you could log back in after crashing/getting disconnected/switching characters without having to go through the queue again would do a lot to alleviate player frustration, and might help somewhat with people deliberately hogging resources by refusing to log out no matter what.
Every time I get disconnected I look at this message: "We are aware there is a queue to log in at this time. We are working to get you in-game as soon as possible."
And after being disconnected I think, "Maybe that's how they are getting some players 'in-game as soon as possible' ... by forcing some of us to get disconnected."
I'm not being serious ... but I am getting increasingly annoyed that I paid for the Legacy Pack so that I could start on day 1 with the best possible ships and now I can't even login.
In the immortal words of Captain Sisko: "It may not be what you believe, but that doesn't make it wrong."
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
If you do manage to get in avoid the sol system like the plague, I got in after waiting for an hour +, finished a couple missions, tried to transwarp to the sol system and it booted me out back to the bottom again. I have been waiting for about 2 hours to get back in, sucks
lol im 4000 of over 23k been staring at this reading forums and job hunting since 11am pacefic time XD
btw when i started my que it was at 13k so patience grasshopper or in my case go back to sleep with the wife
I finally got in late last night after waiting in queue for a bit and start getting my new romulan character ready for some questing and then the dreaded "server going down in 15 minutes for maintenence for 2 hours". LOL I would've rather not got in at all.
That's why I pulled over to the side of the road to laugh at the other drivers.
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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.
This!
45 mins ago, I was 17500th in line, now I'm 13000th. Moved up 4.5k in 45 mins=100 places per min. 13,000/100ppm=Over 2 hours wait time still. The queue is almost to 24000, so someone just signing in now has an almost FOUR HOUR WAIT!
I'm never logging out again if I can help it. You can forget about my silly Rommie Lieutenant, too... I'll be playing my main toon.
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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.
Can't crash, because if the game crashes you're back in the queue.
Can't get disconnected, because if you do you're back in the queue.
With a queue over 22 THOUSAND strong and inching along slowly, the above are STRONG incentives to get on a character, find a quiet spot where nothing happens (to prevent crashes), and do doff missions and nothing else all day, while hitting spacebar periodically to make sure you don't get logged out.
A five minute or so (maybe less, depending on average loading times) window where you could log back in after crashing/getting disconnected/switching characters without having to go through the queue again would do a lot to alleviate player frustration, and might help somewhat with people deliberately hogging resources by refusing to log out no matter what.
Every time I get disconnected I look at this message: "We are aware there is a queue to log in at this time. We are working to get you in-game as soon as possible."
And after being disconnected I think, "Maybe that's how they are getting some players 'in-game as soon as possible' ... by forcing some of us to get disconnected."
I'm not being serious ... but I am getting increasingly annoyed that I paid for the Legacy Pack so that I could start on day 1 with the best possible ships and now I can't even login.
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
Afk, going to play Bridge Commander.
"Have you tried reversing the polarity of the neutron flow?" - T'Raava, captain of the U.S.S. Gordon Shumway
btw when i started my que it was at 13k so patience grasshopper or in my case go back to sleep with the wife
Hell ya, think I'll join ya.
don't worry, all is ok, "They are aware" /sarcasm
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and what you want them do say?
"we are sorry but we are to cheap to have servers..go play neverwinter ,that game is running fine"
or "we dont like to have success"
or "we dont like many people see our work"
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45 mins ago, I was 17500th in line, now I'm 13000th. Moved up 4.5k in 45 mins=100 places per min. 13,000/100ppm=Over 2 hours wait time still. The queue is almost to 24000, so someone just signing in now has an almost FOUR HOUR WAIT!
I'm never logging out again if I can help it. You can forget about my silly Rommie Lieutenant, too... I'll be playing my main toon.