SE dropped the ball

[Kiroh]

[Cousinjimmy]

Another maintenance coming after this one. Maybe it's time for us to drop the soap to synchronize with SE's ball-dropping.

[Malix]

rather play the game now than have extended phase 4. early access is doing th ejob of stress test while giving everyone access to the game. After a few days this will just be a distant memory.

[Killswitche]

Well I've enjoyed launch so far. I woke up when servers came up and played about 4 hrs without issue. Then took a break for the 1st maintenance. Played some more and I'm taking a break now for maintenance again. I'm kinda looking at it as a good think otherwise I wouldn't pull myself away to eat and give my brain a small rest. I got a lot done when I was in the game and didn't experience any lag or drops at all. I encourage people to be patient and let them do what they have to stabilize the servers. Read some stuff on fan sights while you wait to pass the time.

[Rjain]

Many of these problems are associated with congestion. The best servers in the world are not immune to congestion issues. The game could of been in beta testing for the next 3 years and it would not be ready for this.

Every MMO during its launch period has issues. Hell, WoW had bigger issues than this during its regular patches, let alone an entire launch. SE's doing pretty good so far in my opinion, and FAR better communication lately than other companies.

[Joji]

A fortune teller? No, I am an educated young adult...

You might understand JP/US economics, but you fail to understand that most MMO's if not all have something in common. Bugs, errors and server capacity adjustments.
I agree that they must act quickly on these matters, but other than that, everything is perfectly normal.

Most people know that alpha and beta testing phases are done in order to avoid this from happening, though some expect smooth launches right from the get-go. The biggest test is when it all goes live, and with the big patch between phase 4 and early access, I anticipated this to happen by previous experiences with other alpha and beta tests iv'e been part of.

I too will be disappointed with SE if they take too long to fix these problems.
But bashing a game the first day of launch/early access is simply stupid.
I have my quarrels with the amount of casual approach this game has, but that's where it ends.

[Sakiura]

SE-Japan does not = SE-America. For those who are like "Y JAPAN NOT HAVING THESE PROBLEMS?!" Well my friend that is because SE-Japan is run by the oh..yea YOSHI who is JAPANESE and his fellow devs/gms are Japanese and they created this game thus they aren't having any of these issues. WE however are having these issues because we are getting a "translated" copy of the game which SE-America is trying to play liaison for and are doing horribly at it. Sure they're fast to take down maintenance and fix things, that's definitely a plus but with any game that's being run "alternatively" to the "original" which don't kid yourselves the Japan one is the original, there's ALWAYS going to be issues like this. MMO launches man...mmo freakin launches~ Get over it <3

[Rydin]

The servers have been up a lot of the day with 0 issues..

(All times quoted are EST)

5:00am Servers go live
10:30am Instances start to fail. (5.5 hours of game time)
11:00am - 1:00pm First Maintenance. (2.5 hours of anti-game time)
1:00pm - 6:00pm 5 hours of no instances in a game where all content is instanced. (up to 7.5 hours of down time)
6:00pm - 8:30pm 2.5 hour second maintenance (Down time up to 10 hours)
8:30pm - ∞ Who the hell knows?

So thats 10 hours of "no game" versus 5.5 hours of "game"

Granted "a lot" is a subjective phrase... so would you care to clarify?

WE however are having these issues because we are getting a "translated" copy of the game which SE-America is trying to play liaison for and are doing horribly at it.

That's right... its SE of America that is to blame. SE communicates perfectly with them and they just lack comprehension.
Except.....

Stephane D'Astous, Founder of Eidos (See: Thief, Deus Ex) who recently QUIT, had this to say of SE:

"The lack of leadership, lack of courage and the lack of communication were so evident, that I wasn't able to conduct my job correctly. I realised that our differences were irreconcilable, and that the best decision was unfortunately to part ways."

Check out the Full Article here

[RedAntares]

Anyone else getting that the server can't find the NA/EU list error again? I've been trying for a while now and can't seem to connect.

EDIT:Never mind, the servers are down T_T

[Wordheartdx]

How dare you call SE cheap, talk about entitlement minded. SE let you play free for how long? They have bent over backwards to get this game to the fans. And what is your great contribution? Try turning that judgeMENTAL microscope on your life of accomplishment, why don't you?