Worst Launch Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

snowmanflvb14_ESO

asdf0716 wrote: »

snowmanflvb14_ESO wrote: »

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

the Orignal EQ launch was fine, especially compared todays games and taken into context of the infancy of MMO's. EQII had a fairly clean launch as well. It's only problem was that so many people were in the starter zones playing that it was hard to complete quests do to lack of mobs.

That's EVERY MMO- I remember it took FOOOOREEEEEEEEEEVER to do the quests in Aion for the first several days because you could NEVER find anything you needed.

I know. My point was that was the only issue at launch

ThePonzzz

Wait 2 to 3 weeks before making any judgment. That's the truth of it. The game is worth playing through. hopefully consoles can support the grouping needed for end game though.

Headberg2174

Be careful. "They" Might edit your post. Tell me about it bro. As we speak I am still on the damn load screen!!!!! Ready to go to Game Stop and get my money back. Already talked to them today about it.

mklundub17_ESO

I'm playing eso on ps4, played on pc at release, and I must say I'm almost embarrassed for some of you pc players. Every response is some variation of, "Oh it's every mmo, get over it console nub". I've played more mmos than even most hardcore mmo players, eq from launch (zones crashes were common not login servers fyi for the page 1 argument), eq2, eqoa, vanguard, wow, neocron, fom, swtor, anarchy online, aion, runescape, so many more.

Let me tell you, complain all you want console players. This was a bad release, not the worst I've seen (anarchy online) but very bad and considering the escalated pricing for this game and crown store not to mention already having been released on pc platform for over a year you could honestly classify it as terrible.

The login and server issues are obviously the biggest problem, especially considering the midnight release screwu was completely their idea and so failure. The psn names in place of character names is another, can't tell me the psn names could be used as they are but as a hidden attribute and character name showing as a superfluous string that players see instead. The pc transfers with unlimited gold copy, allowing gold farmers to legally dupe millions into a fresh game is yet another terrible decision.

Complain and complain some more, on forums and social media. Until you begin putting a dent into either a company's image or bottom line, nothing will change.

ThePonzzz

Hopefully they offer consoles some extra playtime like they did for the PC due to the issues.

RedTalon

First week was like this on the pc after early access ended if it makes people feel better

trinta

JD2013 wrote: »

Final Fantasy XIV had no problems?! . . . I . . . Really?

I read his post as far as that, then I died of laughter, spent four seconds googling, was reminded of even more problems than I remembered, and died laughing again.

Literally. I'm a double-ghost now.

Hawk269

ThePonzzz wrote: »

Hopefully they offer consoles some extra playtime like they did for the PC due to the issues.

Huh? You don't have to pay a sub to play the game. For those that paid for ESO Sub, I agree that perhaps they should give paying members a special mount or something along those lines.

JD2013

trinta wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

Final Fantasy XIV had no problems?! . . . I . . . Really?

I read his post as far as that, then I died of laughter, spent four seconds googling, was reminded of even more problems than I remembered, and died laughing again.

Literally. I'm a double-ghost now.

I wish there was still a LOL button. Have a LOL.

Double ghost. You cracked me up.

coryevans_3b14_ESO

lordrichter wrote: »

SirGreenDay wrote: »

Illumous wrote: »

Someone has never done an MMO release before...

FFXIV never had server issues. I have never, to this day, had to wait to log in. I've never been in a login que.

This game is a mess.

kotaku.com/early-final-fantasy-xiv-launch-goes-surprise-badly-1198833060

The game is not a mess. It is actually quite the opposite, which is why it is unfortunate that some people are having problems. The problems will be sorted out and resolved, and many already have been. This is not nearly as bad as the PC/Mac launch, and even that one was not the worst MMO launch.

zdarma wrote: »

I am now 1060950 in the queue and I will be connecting in 1 second

Just for the record, I would not under any circumstances consider these numbers to be anywhere even remotely close to being in the same neighborhood as accurate. This is why they will be fixing them as soon as they can release a patch, which will probably be in 1 to 2 weeks.

There really needs to be a PWND button, cuz you just PWND that guy HUGE. All these guys that say they've played every mmo and then say there weren't problems with launches that were CLEARLY amass with issues drive me bonkers.

Psychobunni

mklundub17_ESO wrote: »

Complain and complain some more, on forums and social media. Until you begin putting a dent into either a company's image or bottom line, nothing will change.

You know, if this were another company I might agree with you. However, some of the "new" console complaints....have been pc complaints for over a year. PC STILL has things broken from launch...I think complaints literally bounce off

DKboz

I love how everyone is saying expect problems and that's mmo. How about no. I paid for a game and I expect it to be playable. If it not they should be offering refunds.

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asdf0716

DKboz wrote: »

I love how everyone is saying expect problems and that's mmo. How about no. I paid for a game and I expect it to be playable. If it not then they should be offering refunds.

You must be new here...

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BigM

DKboz wrote: »

I love how everyone is saying expect problems and that's mmo. How about no. I paid for a game and I expect it to be playable. If it not they should be offering refunds.

First MMO isn't it?

If it is welcome to our world!

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Cervanteseric85ub17_ESO

SirGreenDay wrote: »

Illumous wrote: »

Someone has never done an MMO release before...

I GUARENTEE I've done more than you.

I've been gaming for 35 years and I've owned every console and PC MMO.

This crap about there being server issues with every launch, is just fanboys trying to defend their game.

FFXIV and DCUO never had server issues. I have never, to this day, had to wait to log in. I've never been in a login que.

And your forgetting 1 very important point. This IS NOT a new game. Its been out for over a year. Plenty of time to get their megaservers in line.

The problem is with Zenimax. A law firm, trying to act like a game developer. This game got horrible reviews for PC. That's why they dropped the subscription. They're trying to save their game.

This game is a mess.

Yea for FFXIV they just has to rebuild the ENTIRE game and fire almost the entire staff, no big deal though xD. Also I played DCUO on console at launch and let me tell you there was definitely a que that was atleast 1 hour long every night for a solid 3 weeks. What about when you were traveling to fast with super speed or flight and the world would load so slow you would go right through it, that's apart from the obvious balence issues it launched with

bedlom

Are you kidding me? This launch has been amazing compared to most big online based games.

ShinChuck

JD2013 wrote: »

Final Fantasy XIV had no problems?! . . . I . . . Really?

Apparently our buddy, who has not been back into the topic, missed the fact that both XIV vanilla and the ARR relaunch had massive issues. A quick Google could have told him that, since he apparently wasn't actually there after all!

ARR even had a particularly amazing setup... it acted like there was a queue and assigned you a number, but how it worked was this: every so often, they'd release a bunch of spots, and whoever tried to log in in that timeframe would get in, regardless of how long they had been in the nonworking queue. People were trying to log in and succeeding because they timed it just right by pure fluke, and others were waiting hours and hours only to get jumped in line when SE suddenly released spots right after they had quit the game/had to restart/had to leave and come back/whatever!

There was much forum rage, and many news articles covered it.

Gidorick

I totally read this threads title in this guys voice:

RazzPitazz

SirGreenDay wrote: »

Illumous wrote: »

Someone has never done an MMO release before...

I GUARENTEE I've done more than you.

I've been gaming for 35 years and

This crap about there being server issues with every launch, is just fanboys trying to defend their game.

I have never, to this day, had to wait to log in. I've never been in a login que.

Ok. I'm already at the point where I am sick to death of these people and it hasn't even been a full week.
Your're a 35 year gaming vet? You have owned EVERY PC mmo? Every single launch?
***, I had que times playing shooters on xbox and those have actual lobbies.
You are either a very fortunate individual or just full of ***, but either way you should probably give a little less grief to the community that made the game suck less than it did or just go the *** back to kindle.com and find someone who wants to listen to this garbage again and again and again.

Hlaadriel

OP is gonna play the game for the next 6 month, complains about 2 hours lost

Spottswoode

Man, I love these threads.

Destiny launch anyone?

Phinix1

zdarma wrote: »

Worst Launch Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

I beg to differ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE

bertenburnyb16_ESO

keep hearing about these Q's but I've had no sight of them, just log in and play on rpime time

wesly.backersb16_ESO

coryevans_3b14_ESO wrote: »

Had to throw the panda in again. Even though it's a fake, it haunts me.

Fake?! It's not a real panda?!

ChillsSilvertail

Maybe I'm lucky, but I have experienced none of the problems I read about, making this, in fact, the best launch ever.

Let me rephrase that, like OP should've: best launch I ever had the pleasure of experiencing. *results may vary*

limbolime

Meh, I've logged about 25 hrs so far on the X1 with this game. I've had the login and disconnects problems like everyone else, but considering the MMO launches I've experienced in the past this one has been much better. Perfect? No, but an improvement over most MMO launches.

limbolime

Thumbs Up ZOS!

Korah_Eaglecry

Tiveria wrote: »

BigM wrote: »

Tiveria wrote: »

You know it been so long since daoc release I dont remember many problems with the servers and at that time it was a huge release on the other hand wow was so bad it was lagged out so bad .I thought rift had a decent launch also. Even pc eso was decent just had a lot of bugged quests etc..

Bots killed the launch on PC/MAC!

There were alot of bots in eso when it when live but they took care of that fast imagine if they fixed the game as fast!

Not fast enough. It was the reason I put the game down the first time on PC. Two months in and it was still allowing botters to run free. There were times where it felt like there were more botters then players.

The ESO Launch for Console has been really stable. The only serious issue is that too many players are attempting to get into the game at one time. And honestly I dont see that as something that would majorly take away from an MMOs launch. Heck this is kind of what you want as a company that puts out games. You want people clamoring to get your product. If people are patient things should level out after the first week as people return to their normal schedules.

Personally, Ive been able to log in every time since 4 in the morning on the 9th after doing the work around. Ive been able to get my Main up to level 16 in that time. Only had one friend struggle to get into the game and that was because he didnt know the work around and then tried to get in at peak hours. It sucks that there are still people out there experiencing the login issue. And they more then likely are unable to get to the game outside of peak hours. But the games brand new. The worst part of the login issues hasnt even arrived, the first weekend, if people think its been bad so far. Just wait til tomorrow afternoon.

ESO is huge on console. Only time will tell how many will stick with it or play it regularly. My fingers are crossed that many of those currently playing will stick with it. Id like to see it succeed there as it feels at home on Console.

freespirit

coryevans_3b14_ESO wrote: »

Had to throw the panda in again. Even though it's a fake, it haunts me.

Nooooo.........



My True Love fake?

ItISLupus

Defiance you could not log into for almost a week after launch. And when you did there was upwards of 20 seconds of lag.

So, I'll just leave this herehere

http://www.trionworlds.com/defiance/en/2013/04/11/day-29-its-tricky-to-rock-a-rhyme-thats-right-on-time-so-heres-a-patch-to-address-that/