3 days early access...a joke

blofthouse2004
well i think as social media suicide you've done a great job. taking the EU servers down at 7:00pm on thursday for launch on friday is a joke.

everyone who works has just got home to play and you do this???

not a good start.
  • Zilas
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    3 Days early access... to drool at login screen.
  • MrSalty
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    dont feel bad the 5 day early access people got screwed too
  • BritLord
    BritLord
    Soul Shriven
    This has happened twice for me as an EU player you are shutting servers down at PRIME time. Work all day to relax in game. It wasnt cheap to participate in the 5 day early access and I have lost 2 out of my 5 days play time.
  • Grageeky
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    Yeah, I don't get it...12 hours of downtime for maintenance/patch, then 3-day/5-day early access cut short on Thursday before April 4th launch. And not advance warning or explanation that they were going to do this.
    "Perhaps his egg spent too much time in the shade before his hatching." -Wareem-
  • Hadria
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    5 day early access here and I don't feel screwed. I love this game!
  • Madluna
    Madluna
    Soul Shriven
    Standard for any US based company to patch their servers at prime time for Europe :)
  • Grageeky
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    BritLord wrote: »
    This has happened twice for me as an EU player you are shutting servers down at PRIME time. Work all day to relax in game. It wasnt cheap to participate in the 5 day early access and I have lost 2 out of my 5 days play time.

    Yes, this is a legitimate concern. We PAY for access and any non-announced/non-scheduled downtime, should be compensated for back to the customer.
    "Perhaps his egg spent too much time in the shade before his hatching." -Wareem-
  • Niri
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    5 Day Early Access here as well... I understood the deal, the industry, and clicked the user agreement. I knew the deal, understood, and enjoyed the heck out of when I could play.

    I'm loving this game as well!
  • Siguno
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    The 5-days early access was great XD. i LOVE this game!!!! :D
  • Veakoth
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    the whole point of early access is so you aren't wading through tons of other players trying to get done the same quests as them on release day. early access achieved that by being up at the start of those release dates. job well done
  • Drewf91
    Drewf91
    At least you got to get to play the game, i've been stuck looking at launcher hit 100% then go back to 0% and download some more, then 100% then over, then over. Still haven't been able to hear from ANYONE whether this is normal or not. So i just uninstalled it and gave up.
  • jbubeckb16_ESO
    jbubeckb16_ESO
    Soul Shriven
    Madluna wrote: »
    Standard for any US based company to patch their servers at prime time for Europe :)
    Only for the ones that don't need European customers...

    This downtime and patch 1.01 should have been combined for less downtime. And you don't need to patch servers dedicated to different time zones all at once.
    I can live with bugs. Bugs happen. Something like this must not.
  • Draconiuos
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    Madluna wrote: »
    Standard for any US based company to patch their servers at prime time for Europe :)

    Really tired of seen this stupid remark. I am a US based client and can tell you in America there is no such thing is prime time anymore. Our citizens work shifts through out all hours of the day and have people on games at all our of the day. This effects the US as much as anyone else. I got 5 day early access and haven't been able to play but maybe 2 days, because down time have always been when I can play.

  • NicoNine
    NicoNine
    Soul Shriven
    Early access 3 days is a comercial selling point for ppl that buy the preorder. Removing 1 of those 3 days (for ppl that have jobs) is a bad move according to me. Do the damn maintenance during US night time instead.
  • Draconiuos
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    NicoNine wrote: »
    Early access 3 days is a comercial selling point for ppl that buy the preorder. Removing 1 of those 3 days (for ppl that have jobs) is a bad move according to me. Do the damn maintenance during US night time instead.
    I agree it was poor planning to do the launch mainentance in the middle of the last day of early access. It sucks more for the US players who just had a 14 hour down time due to a database issue.
  • Willow
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    I have a better one.

    5 days early acces
  • Severia
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    To be fair, maybe Zenimax just doesn't understand the concept of time zones. It is a pretty hard concept. And where is this yourope place anyway? Is that a social media site?
  • reggielee
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    so glad i stayed and played a few hours this morning tho I was tired and wanted to put it off for tonite when my sister came on and we could group. geeze, well... i guess its a good sign we all want to continue playing so bad we are peeved off about downtime
    Mama always said the fastest way to a man's heart is through his chest.
  • Vodkaphile
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    Grageeky wrote: »

    Yes, this is a legitimate concern. We PAY for access and any non-announced/non-scheduled downtime, should be compensated for back to the customer.

    You haven't paid for access yet. The pre-order granted you early access, which was free. Tomorrow, the 30 days that you also received for free upon purchase of the game kick in, in which after those 30 days, your subscription will kick in.

    I got over 36 hours of play in over the 5 day early access, and I work full time. It's not nearly as bad as people are saying.
  • blofthouse2004
    how the hell did you manage that, i work till 6, play from about 7 till 11, thats 4 hours a night, tuesday, wednesday..so i got 8 hours in on a 3 day headstart.
  • WyeVxndzz
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    You guys have all received "early access."
    I fail to see the reason for screaming about it.
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  • Grageeky
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    Vodkaphile wrote: »

    You haven't paid for access yet. The pre-order granted you early access, which was free. Tomorrow, the 30 days that you also received for free upon purchase of the game kick in, in which after those 30 days, your subscription will kick in.

    I got over 36 hours of play in over the 5 day early access, and I work full time. It's not nearly as bad as people are saying.

    Wrong! I PAID for early access and it was advertised as such. So they failed to give me what I PAID for and failed to give me the customer adequate warning or explanation as to why I can't currently USE THE SERVICE THAT I PAID FOR.
    "Perhaps his egg spent too much time in the shade before his hatching." -Wareem-
  • Terroni
    Terroni
    Vodkaphile wrote: »

    You haven't paid for access yet. The pre-order granted you early access, which was free. Tomorrow, the 30 days that you also received for free upon purchase of the game kick in, in which after those 30 days, your subscription will kick in.

    I got over 36 hours of play in over the 5 day early access, and I work full time. It's not nearly as bad as people are saying.

    You either pay full price with zenimax or get a discounted imperial from say green man to get 5 day early access. That is paying more than you would normally.
  • Threelibras
    lolololol^
  • Mememe
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    I agree actually. It's not a bonus. People pay a premium at launch for the "Early access". As you can guarantee weeks after launch the price will drop on the likes of Amazon. Not providing the access and taking down the servers on the last day of early access to launch the game is not on.

    All I can say is THANK GOODNESS for the fact I paid half the price Zenimax were asking for this game at £25< I can live with that. I would have been mighty annoyed if I had of paid £50 odd that the publishers have been asking.

    I expect many people would've shopped around or waited a month, for launch to pan out rather than pay £50. I would be feeling pretty ripped off too.

  • blofthouse2004
    i still dont get why they have taken them down now for an EU launch at midnight. who will play at midnight, why not launch at 8:00am friday, be much more sensible.
  • Terroni
    Terroni
    i still dont get why they have taken them down now for an EU launch at midnight. who will play at midnight, why not launch at 8:00am friday, be much more sensible.

    Official Launch Schedule

    North America (East): 7:00 PM EDT, Thursday, April 3rd
    UK/IE: 12:00 AM WEST, Friday, April 4th
    Central Europe: 1:00 AM CEST, Friday, April 4th
    Sydney, Australia: 10:00 AM AEDT, Friday, April 4th
    Singapore: 7:00 AM SGT, Friday, April 4th
  • blofthouse2004
    see i can understand the 7:00pm and even the 7:00am one but the others...just stupid.
  • blofthouse2004
    actually just looking at that...it really does just scream 'we dont give a toss about EU'
  • Baird11b
    Baird11b
    WyeVxndzz wrote: »
    You guys have all received "early access."
    I fail to see the reason for screaming about it.
    How about those who had 5 day early access and couldn't even play once?

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