SE dropped the ball

[Voqar]

First time at an mmo EA/Launch?

This and welcome to MMORPGs!

Yes, it sucks.

Yes, this kind of stuff usually pops up during launch.

I only logged on briefly at 2am to make sure I could and that my account was as I left it. Just woke up to log in and everything has gone to hell. Not surprised at all. No point in getting worked up over it since it's typical of launch.

You would think that with EA requiring pre orders that they'd have some idea of the numbers involved. You'd think that they learned about some of the problems they'll encounter with OB. But as is often the case, the host has underestimated the number of players and overestimated the power of their hardware and network.

"this is definitely one of the more smoother launches I've experienced"

I've done many MMO launches and would not agree with this. The multiple crappy websites you have to deal with just to get the game setup, the problems with codes all week and sites down/up, OB problems (some not resolved during OB), telling us they know there will be outages and queues instead of handling the situation better (when they know it's not going to be smooth), continual shoddy communication - all fairly poor. I've experienced far better many times. It's still not a big deal.

[SkyeWindbinder]

Seriously though, everybody. This sort of thing happens every single time a AAA MMO title is released. Not just some of the times, every time it happens. Always. Without fail. SE dropped the ball, you say? I agree. Then again, there hasn't been an MMO that hasnn't fumbled at release in one way or another.

I'm not saying this to White Knight SE, or give them an excuse, or anything like that. I'm just saying that we all really need to calm the heck down and wait for the issues to be resolved. In fact, truth be told (unless this is your first MMO), you really should have gone into this expecting there to be some issues. That way, you don't start hyperventilating and losing it when said issues do occur. Everyone, just relax. Things will be resolved soon enough.

[KnaveSkye]

It's amazing how far people will go to defend a failure. "Oh its SE, you should expect things like this, atleast it isn't as bad as X". This is not a company launching their first MMO, and it isn't even their second if you want to consider 1.0 and 2.0 separate launches. They have a reasonable idea what to expect and decided that the game was ready for the masses. I am not getting upset and flaming SE, but I still think its a very poor way to start things off.

[Vess]

LMAO at you think 100,000 concurrent players is a record for an open beta. Diablo 3 and Battlefield 3 both had over 500k concurrent players and handled it so much better than SE is. Face it. People preordered to get early access and now they dont have it. SE Dropped the ball

Pretty sure there is a slight difference between BF3 and a persistent MMO world ... and wasnt BF3 hosted on local servers or was that bad company I always get confused with those games.

Also you need to check your facts about the d3 release / beta, I was maybe able to play a total of 5 hours between the first few days of d3 release and beta because of how much their system shat its pants because they couldnt handle all the single players being forced to use their online gateway crap.

[Gramul]

Show me an MMO that has absolutely no issues on launch day (no maintenance, no server restarts, no hotfix patches) and I will shut up and say everyone's anger is justified.

Just because it's a problem with others doesn't stop making it a problem. The fact remains, the companies are responsible for what happens.
I'm not angry at Square. I'm not bitter about the wait. I'm just keeping the blame where it's due.

Square isn't bad or evil for this. They just made another mistake. One I hope they can learn from to make the experience better in the future. That's all.

[PantherFlash]

Show me an MMO that has absolutely no issues on launch day (no maintenance, no server restarts, no hotfix patches) and I will shut up and say everyone's anger is justified.

I'll mention one from my experience, Uncharted Waters Online(Global version) Now, since the expansions, I'm suffering an "Failed to Install necessary data" error. It's a program error that Koei should be coming into Netmarble's aid....

[Valmonte]

no balls were dropped in the making of Early Access.

SE did however go in into Early Access Half Cocked and clearly counted there Chocobo's before they hatched.

[Ryuko]

It's amazing how far people will go to defend a failure. "Oh its SE, you should expect things like this, atleast it isn't as bad as X". This is not a company launching their first MMO, and it isn't even their second if you want to consider 1.0 and 2.0 separate launches. They have a reasonable idea what to expect and decided that the game was ready for the masses. I am not getting upset and flaming SE, but I still think its a very poor way to start things off.

This is their first time launching an MMO with regional datacenters in Montreal. The JP servers were tested for a long time before launch, which is why they've worked out the kinks. That's why the JP servers have no issues while the NA/EU ones do. I'm personally happy that they've finally decided to put datacenters in NA. As a player on the East Coast with a not-so-great ISP, getting hit by AoEs in Ifrit (Extreme) no matter how much I dodged due to latency was probably one of the more frustrating things about 1.0. They're launching these servers to alleviate these problems and make a better game.

I won't say... "It's SE, you should expect things like this." I will say... "It's Launch Day for an MMO, you should expect things like this."

Three hours guys. Three hours.

[PantherFlash]

This is their first time launching an MMO with regional datacenters in Montreal

And here I'm not surprised.

[InVizO]

like how all of u say QQ more when u know at heart that this was completely avoidable with a longer open beta that they didnt provide. It was a mistake on their part and u guys defend them blindly. Here is to smooth sailing for the rest of launch.

Peace!