Entitlement

[Zezlar]

I mainly just want to see the video. Only thing i've been waiting on. Here's hoping for more then a 1min 30 sec vid with 1 min 20 sec footage that we've already seen.

I knew this was bound to happen, so i'm not worried or angry. Hell i'm happy this damn game is finally going down!

[Alerith]

This seems to be flying over people's heads.

Yes, you are entitled to a good, final event. SE dropped the ball here.

No, you are not entitled to anything and everything just because you were playing from day one.

[Kallera]

This seems to be flying over people's heads.

Yes, you are entitled to a good, final event. SE dropped the ball here.

No, you are not entitled to anything and everything just because you were playing from day one.

How about a final event? I hear they are in short supply these days.

[Menchi]

Or you know, they should have properly planned for an event which they made silly decisions like letting EVERY single account holder log on. Yes, they've realized that was a pathetic decision now, but, perhaps devs with a little foresight and knowledge of their servers would have known that was a bad choice in the first place!

[Sinsain]

oh yes because an apology will definately fix everything.

How dare you people get mad because the game crashed during an event that you were planning for a long time now. You all have no reason to get mad that the servers are shitty and definatly shouldn't blame the person in charge

[Ryuko]

I get what the OP's saying, but here's where I think SE messed up:

They know the servers are weak. We all do. When did they think having a big 'end of the world event', and inviting inactive players to come back and witness it, was a good idea? I've said all along they should have made a cutscene for people to witness, or released a final video for only subscribed players (or people who have ever had an account). This would have been within 1.0's limitations, and it would have made everyone happy.

Unless SE specifically wanted us to see where 1.0's failures were in order to make us more excited for ARR, this was terrible execution. It's not necessarily the tools you have at your disposal, but how you use those tools. This was a square peg in a round hole.

Anyway, I don't feel a sense of entitlement because I have the CE edition, or because I have Legacy status, or because I have been paying since release, or because I have a relic that I earned before server save... this is just common sense. I think I was looking forward to this just as much as any other player was, and I understand why they are disappointed...

And disappointment is where it should end. Anger, or that sense of entitlement, is unrealistic and... odd, for a game.

In order to save face, SE is going to have to do SOMETHING to give us an 'end of the world' surprise. I'm sure they're already talking with their developers to make some sort of CS or movie that we can watch to make up for it. Yoshi's not stupid and he's not going to let the 'last event' go down in flames.

[Mrfox0707]

[QUOTE=Lighten up.

P.S. You also don't get to keep the relic.[/QUOTE]

I laughed so hard at your P.S. note

[Gramul]

Please stop apologizing for them.

They really screwed up with this. They forced a very large group of people through a small space, knowing very well the limitations of the old server.

[Maxthunder]

Im sorry SE and yes yoshi didnt think about this and they screwed everyone in the process. Yoshi should have known better but it seems he did not and there is nothing he can do to save face with the players. Seriously Yoshi can make all the excusses that he wants but at the end of the day its still an excuss. You know what they say excusses are like assholes everyone has one. I know I am not the only one thats bullshit about this mess that was created by Yoshi in his wonderful desion and Im willing to bet they will lose players because of this. So the big question will be will this happen again in 2.0?

[Draxis_Fallspear]

I just wish there weren't so many value judgements here.

1- People are allowed to be pissed about the fact that an event which has been marketed for the past year has ended in a dismal failure. I understand why people are talking about the entitlement thing, but the truth is anyone who has been paying since they started charging has every right to feel like they've been screwed over. Moreover, alot of people played specifically because of this promised event. This should have been foreseen (if only by thinking back to the fact that THEY MERGED SERVERS!!!!) by the dev team and measures taken (schedule different end of world events per region and balance it according to the data they have - i.e. less EU/NA or JP players, have less mobs - which is information that any videogame company would be tracking).

2- If going to bed late isn't a problem for you, great! But you are not the only person out there. I go to work early in the morning during the week and so I'll go to bed around 10 pm most days. My body is conditioned to do that and staying awake was something I did exceptionally (and will only probably be repeated for xmas and new years). Not everyone has the same sleep cycle, so please keep that in mind before criticizing people for being annoyed and tired).

Anyhow, I'm going to bed now, and I'm not happy with how things are going. I'm fairly confident that they will figure out a way to make this right.