Server Issues and Limitations

[Aldora]

Thank you, thank you! I'll be in town all week. /em rimshot

We know they are working on the server issues.
We want them to keep on working on the server issues.
We will be patient as they are working on the server issues.
But at the same time, we'd also like them to tell us what those server issues actually are.

The impatience doesn't stem from them not fixing it, it stems from them not telling us what they are fixing.

It's like being delayed on a airplane, and the pilot saying :

"We're going to be delayed because the plane is having issues taking off. Once we fix those issues we'll be up in the air."

versus

"We're going to be delayed because our communications computer is having trouble maintaining contact with the tower. As soon as we get a team here to swap it out, we'll be ready for take off."

The first response will likely piss people off, the second response less so.

Now, please read your 2nd response again and be completely honest when i ask this... Would you really want to know that the communications computer is having trouble maintaining contact with the tower when you are sitting inside a plane? I sure as hell wouldn't... (Because i'm comparing that situation with playing a game. You are already in it...) There are somethings that are better of on a "need to know"-basis. When the issue is resolved and we have arrived safely at our destination, THEN they can tell me that the problem was caused by the communications computer not being able to maintain contact with the tower.

The same goes for the server issues as well. We don't need to know "exactly" what the "server related issues" are. That they acknowledge them and are doing their best to fix it would be sufficient enough. Same goes for the timeline as well. If SE would give a serious response that they are fixing the server issues and that it will take another 6 to 12 months, all "hell" would break lose for (probably) the majority of the "demanding" player base.

Improving the server stability and performance with each update is all i would ask for. If the game is running as smoothly as a baby's bottom when the PS3 version is released, i'd be a happy camper.