Early Access = Beta Phase 5

[FullHornet]

In all the MMORPGs that I have played in my life, I have never played one where it did not have problems at the very beginning. I have come to accept it as just a necessary evil from wanting to get in the game from the start.

[YankeePankee]

In all the MMORPGs that I have played in my life, I have never played one where it did not have problems at the very beginning. I have come to accept it as just a necessary evil from wanting to get in the game from the start.

Agreed. But this one has been extra rocky. It's my opinion that SE would benefit a lot from a little communication. We were supposed to be able to log back in almost an hour ago, yet many, if not most, of us are unable to get past the character screen. No explanation. No timetable. Keep in mind that, for Europe, it is the middle of the day. Prime play time for EA customers.

While I am happy I was able to play for a few hours, and highly disappointed in the number of issues and the response from SE.

[Jotunhammer]

Agreed. But this one has been extra rocky. It's my opinion that SE would benefit a lot from a little communication. We were supposed to be able to log back in almost an hour ago, yet many, if not most, of us are unable to get past the character screen. No explanation. No timetable. Keep in mind that, for Europe, it is the middle of the day. Prime play time for EA customers.

While I am happy I was able to play for a few hours, and highly disappointed in the number of issues and the response from SE.

You obviosuly miss games like Rift and Neverwinter. It was smooth launches.

[Honeymonster]

Running smoothly is one thing but atleast i was able to play others

[YankeePankee]

You obviosuly miss games like Rift and Neverwinter. It was smooth launches.

You obviously misunderstood what I was saying. The vast majority off MMOs have had issues at launch. The exceptions do not make the rule.

[Ruspar]

Am I ever glad I cancelled my order with another company and bought it from SE to insure I got early access.

Not only did I give up an awesome looking poster, I gave up free shipping.

I paid an extra $12 in shipping fees, and lost out on cool stuff, for this early access. and so far I've gotten 15 minutes of play time.

We aren't even guinea pigs at this point, the servers have to be on for us to be guinea pigs. The best label we can hope for, at this point, is "Sucker"

[ShinkuTachi]

Welcome to a MMO launch, nice to meet you.

[Sansho]

Welcome to a MMO launch, nice to meet you.

True, no idea what these people expect, no online service runs smoothly this early. It's just a pity the forums didn't have these problems too lol. Welcome to the internitz....

[ShinkuTachi]

True, no idea what these people expect, no online service runs smoothly this early. It's just a pity the forums didn't have these problems too lol. Welcome to the internitz....

Indeed, all people can do is bear with it. Complaining and QQ or whatever isn't going to fix things, or make things get better any faster.
For comparison sake though, this launch is going swimmingly compared to others I have experienced.

[Jotunhammer]

True, no idea what these people expect, no online service runs smoothly this early. It's just a pity the forums didn't have these problems too lol. Welcome to the internitz....

....RIFT. It ran smootly at start