Something I Noticed That Is Deeply Saddening

[Ragnarohk]

This launch has to be one of the worst in MMO history. Not the client itself but the servers. I have never encountered a game where you spend more time trying to log on rather than play the game. One o the things I noticed, though, is this launch has driven a wedge into one of the most tight knit communities I know. Beforehand everybody was pretty friendly and helpful. Now we have people infuriated with trying to get on. Hate and disdain for the people who AFK. AFKers who are douchey enough to troll people for either A) not being able to log in or B) choose to log out and give others a shot when they complain they can't get in. It's saddening really because I enjoyed FF XI, great community. I enjoyed 1.0, a tiny yet great community. But now we have this snafu of a launch and the once great community bickers amongst itself due to high emotional levels. I really hope that once everything is said and done and everything is smooth that we are not a community set against itself.

[DrPancakes]

This thread is fresh and original.

[rabbitzero]

Two words to all those that keep going on how this is the worst ever, Hellgate... London. Aw, you can't get into servers? Try bluescreens every play session. Imagine if everyone got legacy status, with the perks of collectors, because something similar happened at random in Hellgate. There were server troubles too, but that makes this look like a cakewalk. Random exploits? Yep, you didn't even have to know you were doing them to have them happen.

The game here is fine and stable, the servers are the only real issue. Doesn't even come close to worst ever.

[Syfin]

Why are you letting people you dont know make you deeply sad? My advise is to evaluate your feelings. Also, once the servers are fixed all will be forgiven.

[Evtrai]

I read these threads when every MMO comes out, then afterwards it's like everyone is brainwashed and the next comming MMO is the worst launch ever.

[Treble]

Sim City.

I was gonna say Diablo 3, but we're pretty on par, if not beyond D3 atm.

[Seig345]

2.0? The worst?
1.0 would like a word with you.

[Ragnarohk]

Didn't have an issue with Hellgate London at launch. I can say the same thing for D3 and Simcity. For some reason I didn't have issues with those.

[DamnCats]

Things to consider:
-Launches are always going to be this bad. It was this bad for Ragnarok Online, Star Wars, Lineage 2, TERA Online, and just about every Blizzard game ever. Servers will forever be woefully inadequate to handle the launch week stress because..
-After a month or so, the population culls. People either figure this game isn't right for them, or whatever. After that, if a dev has all these extra servers and no one on them, they're just burning money. See: Star Wars the Old Republic, TERA

I'll go kill some time on LoL.

[Lucifurr_Siam]

Two words to all those that keep going on how this is the worst ever, Hellgate... London. Aw, you can't get into servers? Try bluescreens every play session. Imagine if everyone got legacy status, with the perks of collectors, because something similar happened at random in Hellgate. There were server troubles too, but that makes this look like a cakewalk. Random exploits? Yep, you didn't even have to know you were doing them to have them happen.

The game here is fine and stable, the servers are the only real issue. Doesn't even come close to worst ever.

So fucking glad I'm not the only one to remember that abortion ...

Didn't have an issue with Hellgate London at launch. I can say the same thing for D3 and Simcity. For some reason I didn't have issues with those.

Sir, I would like to shake your hand, as you are quite literally the ONLY person I have ever heard say that, about any of those 3 games. I personally experienced Hellgate and Diablo 3, though SimCity was never my style, so I missed out on that.

Things to consider:
-Launches are always going to be this bad. It was this bad for Ragnarok Online, Star Wars, Lineage 2, TERA Online, and just about every Blizzard game ever. Servers will forever be woefully inadequate to handle the launch week stress because..
-After a month or so, the population culls. People either figure this game isn't right for them, or whatever. After that, if a dev has all these extra servers and no one on them, they're just burning money. See: Star Wars the Old Republic, TERA

I'll go kill some time on LoL.

Those games aside, what we should all really remember, S/E admitted "Hey we fucked up with 1.0," but instead of a oh sorry, we got "we are going to destroy our own world, make it part of the actual story, and try to earn back your collective trust." Which takes balls that even Superman could not punch into the sun. I applaud that at the very least.

And I'm not white knighting here,I do see the valid, reasonable complaints of S/E's ill preparedness for these problems. But as so readily pointed out, shit like this is somewhat expected during a launch. As I saw in another thread, I'll just keep on keepin' on. It's the petulant ones I ignore. I suggest we all do the same. Plus, Free to play with be going away eventually, which will weed out a large portion of the populace,

And OP, I completely agree with you... For now, I'll just bide my time, and give them a fair shake to get things running smoothly. I hope everyone else does the same, and later we can all laugh at this. Doubtful, but a cat can dream, can't he?

Plus, look at all the leve's we will have saved in the down time, right?