Thi is nonsense.. This is NOT beta anymore..

[WiseWolfHolo]

To have 2 emergency maintenance in the first 24 hours of launch is laughable.

2 and what was fixed nothing was. They had all this time to plan and could even estimate player numbers because of sales of pre orders, beta applications, follower on twitter and facebook and so on. It comes down to 1 thing, either they wanted to play it cheap and not go full blown for the server because who knows how many will actually still play once the free play expires or they just did not prepare enough because not enough care. Building a game up which has been advertised for way over a year, not learning from 1.0 errors and issues but still thought everything was going to run "according to plan," ultimately has ruined it for a lot of new players. Some players from my 1.0 LS are now not even going to play because they cannot play with their friends who are new to the game because of server restrictions. Call it what you want, but early access is release, some customers cannot cancel their preorders, so essentially it is paid for already, but with everything stated, this release was a total flop.

[Valiant]

2 and what was fixed nothing was. They had all this time to plan and could even estimate player numbers because of sales of pre orders, beta applications, follower on twitter and facebook and so on. It comes down to 1 thing, either they wanted to play it cheap and not go full blown for the server because who knows how many will actually still play once the free play expires or they just did not prepare enough because not enough care. Building a game up which has been advertised for way over a year, not learning from 1.0 errors and issues but still thought everything was going to run "according to plan," ultimately has ruined it for a lot of new players. Some players from my 1.0 LS are now not even going to play because they cannot play with their friends who are new to the game because of server restrictions. Call it what you want, but early access is release, some customers cannot cancel their preorders, so essentially it is paid for already, but with everything stated, this release was a total flop.

i have to agree with you... My LS might even disband because of it... I know a few people already are not gonna play 2.0... guess it'll be fun for alot of 1.0 players to look for new LS's or finding ways to hop servers

[walkerdog]

I'm glad some of you are having fun and enjoying the wait. I'm not. I can't get into the game at all. Not even load screen because my pre-order code (ordered and entered in July) is not valid. I have played in 3 betas. This game is a 2.0 version. This means they had a 1.0 (which I played and quit). This is not a new release MMO. This is a revamped game which was messed up in the beginning. And looks like it still is. I so enjoyed beta.

If someone promised you something, gave you a taste of it, took it away and gave you something different. Something you didn't expect. Why wouldn't you be upset? If you're chipper after all that, what does that say about your mentality? That promises don't matter to you?

btw, if you're on something, send it my way. I need to be a little bit chipper as you can see.

[Solace]

Would like to point some of those issues you mentioned are not even Square's fault. For example the cinematic issue with half being displayed. That was a horribly done security update by Microsoft involving video securities. It is not just this games cinematics that were affected by this.

"Some" would be plural.
You pointed out one..
Just sayin...lol

Don't get all bent out of shape people.
The game is going to be great when they iron the bugs out.
Just hang in there..
We hung in there this long.

Side note:
Am I crazy or do some of these posts, seem like they must be from people,
who work at SE or something?
Just the wording alone is suspect.
Then you throw in the post count

Why would someone make this topic their very first post?
It makes no sense.
They obviously came to the technical section of these forums for a reason..
Registered for a forum account for some reason, other than to post in this topic..
Why would the first post be here of all places?
Makes absolutely no logical sense to me. XD

Spock from Star Trek 2000:
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

[Krystal_Storm]

Am i the only one that is slightly concerned about the amount of influence the duty finder server has on the rest of the game? I tried to get my Chocobo today. I bought the issuance and went to turn it in only to find he wasn't responding because somehow it was also governed by the Duty server. So the duty finder server covers pretty much anything to do with cutscenes, story or other wise, plus dungeons, character placement and god knows what else.

No wonder it crashed when nearly every aspect of the game must check in with this server. They need to assign more processing power to these servers considering their vital importance to the running of the game. I found it very concerning that these servers were carrying such a large part of the game. Why did the JPN servers get off scott free? Because thay have the same amount of servers dedicated to one region as the whole world. They need to spread the load a little. -.-

[Livi]

[Sneakaboo]

The pre order bonuses and early access are a marketing tool to get you to buy the game earlier.
This will give them a bit more of a clear view about how many people are interested and already some cash.
It also plays on the hype and the nature of most MMO players, being there at the start.

I wouldn't view upon this as a 'mercy gift'' or 'good guy SE doing me a favour'.
Neither do I understand the need to defend SE in the way some do.

I understand that some people couldn't care less if the servers are down for a while, they will just do something else and don't feel entitled.
In fact I applaud that, though you're not one of them if you feel the need to to log on the forum and tell others to shut it.


People that pre order are usually following a MMO for longer and are very eager to play.
When your pre order code is not being sent,open beta didn't work for you and the servers being taken down 3 times while you could barley play you can get disappointed.
If people feel like expressing their disappointment, why not let them?



If you don't like reading this don't go to the forum, don't open these threads and don't post.
At best you're just fuelling topics which basically makes you intentionally or unintentionally a forum troll.

gz

[Krystal_Storm]

[QUOTE=Livi;1056212]

This is not general discussion no one cares about these silly pics that contribute nothing nor accomplish anything.

[Poisonous]

I don't see what the big fuss is over. Problems are occurring, but video games and especially MMORPGs are always going to have problems. The problems are being dealt with and there's still plenty of playtime available. What is there is very polished, functional, and fun.

This is a relatively smooth launch.

[Lucke]

The fanbois are strong with this one. I guess it's too much to ask for a working product. The beta is over, been over for a week so you can't use that excuse anymore, find another one. These issues shouldn't be happening. SE could have and really should have had Open beta 24/7 to test server loads at all times of the day.