2002 is 100% unacceptable

[KizuyaKatogami]

Ever considered that they are only doing bandaid fixes because that is the only thing they can do at the moment. The actual fix is more servers, and probably by the hundreds based on the congestion and queue times since each world needs tens of servers. Also, the compensation will likely increase from 7 days; the 7 day compensation announcement even states that additional game time would be given based on the continuation of the congestion.



Right, because they should definitely be able to conjure hundreds of servers out of thin air like magic. They are evolving into Blizzard because they are affected by the global chip shortage like every industry that relies on semi-conductors.

Again, server issues have been a thing for YEARS. They did nothing about it then and then act all surprised when this happens. They oversold their product and instead of saying that and owning up they instead now have to resort to bandaid fixes. They need to take responsibility, there’s really no defending this. Also global chip shortage? Was that a thing 2 years ago? 4 years ago? 6 years ago? Funny how a lot of games are able to get a chips, just seems to me like it’s SE not willing to pay for it.

[Hayden]

REALLY!? It is!? WOW I had no idea! Thank goodness YOU created ANOTHER thread to complain about it.... /sarcasm

[Yahallo]

Again, server issues have been a thing for YEARS. They did nothing about it then and then act all surprised when this happens. They oversold their product and instead of saying that and owning up they instead now have to resort to bandaid fixes. They need to take responsibility, there’s really no defending this. Also global chip shortage? Was that a thing 2 years ago? 4 years ago? 6 years ago? Funny how a lot of games are able to get a chips, just seems to me like it’s SE not willing to pay for it.

The global chip shortage started in 2020 and is still ongoing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E..._chip_shortage

If you are suggesting that they should have limited sales, that would have been an even worse idea with even less justification. I feel that the complaints they would get from that would be worse than now. I rather be able to make the decision to deal with congestion than be told that I can't buy a game because of congestion.

Shadowbringers was an incredibly smooth launch. The game was handling itself fine until the sudden influx of WoW refugees during the summer brought the servers to its knees. They managed some optimization for that, but now we have even more players as a bunch of players returned to the game. The influx of WoW refugees during the summer was unexpected and well beyond their predictions; if that didn't happen, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[KizuyaKatogami]

The global chip shortage started in 2020 and is still ongoing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E..._chip_shortage

If you are suggesting that they should have limited sales, that would have been an even worse idea with even less justification. I feel that the complaints they would get from that would be worse than now. I rather be able to make the decision to deal with congestion than be told that I can't buy a game because of congestion.

Shadowbringers was an incredibly smooth launch. The game was handling itself fine until the sudden influx of WoW refugees during the summer brought the servers to its knees. They managed some optimization for that, but now we have even more players as a bunch of players returned to the game. The influx of WoW refugees during the summer was unexpected and well beyond their predictions; if that didn't happen, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Again though, servers were having problems long before this. Shb had a smooth launch sure but that’s due to them finally thinking about instances, but that didn’t solve the overall problem of the server congestion and instability. Look at SB and Raubahn ex for that. It was a known problem, they just put a band aid on it for ShB and ignored it again until now. Like they always do.