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The Apperently New Login Queue

ronanobrienronanobrien Member Posts: 117 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So since when is there a login queue? Don't you think that it would have been good to warn us of its implementation instead of putting it in and watching them pile up, making me-one who could EASILY resub to this game if I so choose, as one who has in the past-sit here as the 62nd person of AT LEAST 66???

This is why I hate it when companies start using their gaming population as guinea pigs! It leads to things getting a little out of control...I am not upset about the queue, far from it, I think it's a good idea. But I'm just wondering WHY its implementation was not told to us prior to its implementation.
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  • thexarkunthexarkun Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Login Queues have been in game since before I can remember. Just a bunch of people playing STO now. "game is dead" hah.
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Yeah this isn't something new. You just don't see it unless there is too many people trying to play. Last time I saw it was when LoR launched.

    Surprise to see it now. Didn't realize Delta Recruitment was that much of a draw.
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  • moskatamoskata Member Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    Yeah this isn't something new. You just don't see it unless there is too many people trying to play. Last time I saw it was when LoR launched.

    Surprise to see it now. Didn't realize Delta Recruitment was that much of a draw.

    Nice to see the game growing :D
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    Yeah this isn't something new. You just don't see it unless there is too many people trying to play. Last time I saw it was when LoR launched.

    Surprise to see it now. Didn't realize Delta Recruitment was that much of a draw.

    Delta Recruitment and the Double XP week.
  • aoax10aoax10 Member Posts: 271 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    Yeah this isn't something new. You just don't see it unless there is too many people trying to play. Last time I saw it was when LoR launched.

    Surprise to see it now. Didn't realize Delta Recruitment was that much of a draw.

    DR is not a draw. It's old servers that are the problem.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    aoax10 wrote: »
    DR is not a draw. It's old servers that are the problem.
    They do not have "old" Servers. STO's Servers are rented from and maintained by Cogent, they are not owned by Cryptic. There are literally hundreds of companies who use Cogent as their host. This is not a question of Cryptic not wanting to buy newer Servers.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • zipagatzipagat Member Posts: 1,204 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Server queues have existed for as long as STO has.
  • ummaxummax Member Posts: 529 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Okay the login q thing is something that has existed since game launch. The fact that its occuring means there are lots of people trying to login to the game and play. Login q's are present in all MMO's because there are times when they in fact do need to kick in.
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Confirmed, these have been here as long as I can remember.

    I'm LTS/Gold and I have to wait in line too, not a big deal really.

    What IS bugging me is the apparent server crash -- I keep getting timeouts when I try to connect.
  • frontline2042frontline2042 Member Posts: 219 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Best way to avoid a queue is to subscribe. Subs get priority
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    Let the stupid suffer
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    frontline2042 wrote: »
    Best way to avoid a queue is to subscribe. Subs get priority

    That dosen't mean we don't get to stand in the queue... Just that we skip the silvers.
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  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    In-game queues aren't popping any faster. Either a bunch of low-levels for the recruitment bonuses, or Cryptic reduced logins to try and battle the lag
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Wait, is this a doom thread?
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    chalpen wrote: »
    Wait, is this a doom thread?

    ANY thread on this forum is a Doom Thread.

    I noticed that there seems to be more low-level folk around, but I am not seeing the queues pop. So either we have a zergrush of new players, everyone has decided to delta-grind today or Cryptic changed the login limits because of server issues.

    Either way, matters not. Doom, gloom, damnation, not going to spend money until devs cater to my insanely specific and wildly difficult to implement idea, this game is finished blah blah blah season ten is the last season and so on. :D
  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    They should make a game to play when you are in a login queue.
    Maybe a game with territory control and open balanced pvp
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    chalpen wrote: »
    They should make a game to play when you are in a login queue.
    Maybe a game with territory control and open balanced pvp


    People actually still play PVP? I thought we had killed that dead already.

    Well then time to try harder. If they won't make this game RP friendly, then you can't have your PVP.

    [flamethrower=FAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH] :D
  • ronanobrienronanobrien Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I stand corrected, I've only been signed up for the game for about a year, with not that full year logged in this game. I've taken a bit of hiatus from the game, just coming back slowly now. But thanks, just was a bit upsetting to see that pop up when I've not seen that before, you know?
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    ronanobrien wrote: »
    So since when is there a login queue? Don't you think that it would have been good to warn us of its implementation instead of putting it in and watching them pile up, making me-one who could EASILY resub to this game if I so choose, as one who has in the past-sit here as the 62nd person of AT LEAST 66???

    This is why I hate it when companies start using their gaming population as guinea pigs! It leads to things getting a little out of control...I am not upset about the queue, far from it, I think it's a good idea. But I'm just wondering WHY its implementation was not told to us prior to its implementation.

    Um, they've been around since the STO open beta in 2010. They're nothing new, and if you read the LTS FAQ, it mentions LTS have priority when said queues are enabled. The last time we saw them was in the early days of the LoR expansion release.
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  • captainoblivouscaptainoblivous Member Posts: 2,284 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Is it not possible that the server capacities were lowered somehow, rather than there being more people? Perhaps or combo of both?
    Or maybe, just maybe there were more people on tonight! [/shock][/horror]
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    thexarkun wrote: »
    Login Queues have been in game since before I can remember. Just a bunch of people playing STO now. "game is dead" hah.

    It is dead didnt you read all those doom threads?

    i mean its been dead 1,2,3...potato times?

    Yeah its seriously dead this time :D
  • seriousxenoseriousxeno Member Posts: 473 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I have 2 distinct memories of login queues. The first for me was the launch of season 6 (starbases) and then Legacy of Romulus. I remember sitting well over an hour in the queue for season 6 with my fleet mates lol
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    edited April 2015
    I had to wait not even a whole 30s to play when I was number 142 in the login queue.... RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!! /sarcasm

    get over yourself
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  • medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Yep... this is proof the game is dead, or dying.

    Queue waits that you haven't seen since the game's launch :P
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,472 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    A great big finger in the eye for the doom-sayers indeed. Had my fleets talking alot with a copious amount of laughter. I'm just waiting for someone to try to mention that Steam stats only showed 1k people logged in at the time!!! I mean, we've already seen people say they've lower the amount of people that can play at anyone time....ROFL!!! Excuses, excuses, excuses. Time to grow up and count the people doom-sayers. It's over for YOU!

    Great work Cryptic...still loving this game after 5 years!!
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Having to deal with a login queue every time I change characters? Another anti-alting change, huzzah. :rolleyes:

    Though since it doesn't look like there are any more people in the game than before (according to number of zones), I'm guessing cutting corners by leasing less server space from Cogent instead.

    Best ever and the players love it!!!
  • rheeparkrheepark Member Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    LOL a queue.
  • thegreatrajathegreatraja Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Love being in a Que for 5 minutes only to be dc'd the minute the game starts. Whut??
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I see it for maybe 1 or 2 seconds before getting in - probably different for non-gold.

    It seems to kick in around 3600 on steam charts - which is a goodly number but shouldn't be enough to fill the servers unless they are putting on a gate to reduce the lag.
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  • dylantrinidydylantrinidy Member Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    they are limiting the amount of players in the game anyone who thinks it's because "the game is growing" is delusional
  • xapocalypseponyxxapocalypseponyx Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    unless they are putting on a gate to reduce the lag.

    IF that is the case: Fail

    As crazy as it sounds, it may just be new/returning people. Seen quite a few, including in our fleet.

    Regardless, the important thing to remember is, whatever the reason for the queue, the lag will persist.
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