Worse Launch Ever?

[Sigma_Draconis]

To those saying AO was the worst, +1. The whole one big server mess (that was eventually made into multiple servers) and just bugs up the chocolate highway. It became a much better game as time went by, but the launch was absolutely horrid.

[Iwazaru]

To those saying AO was the worst, +1. The whole one big server mess (that was eventually made into multiple servers) and just bugs up the chocolate highway. It became a much better game as time went by, but the launch was absolutely horrid.

Hopefully the new engine falls through soon I'm getting tired of waiting...not enough people playing to even make a party anymore (unless it's for powerleveling hecks ~_~)

Worst launch I've personally experienced was probably gw2 honestly, I've never been affected by launches...or at least for the most part but I couldn't even get on to play gw2 for several days when it first came out lol I think it took a good week for them to fix that stuff. I played aion at launch but I never had to wait for a queue, I played rift and never had any of those weird issues, etc. and in this game I was fortunate enough not to have any issues besides the server being full which was just recently.

[Sigma_Draconis]

Hopefully the new engine falls through soon I'm getting tired of waiting...not enough people playing to even make a party anymore (unless it's for powerleveling hecks ~_~)

Wow, AO is still going? I may go back in and check it out, just for nostalgia. =D

[Anoron]

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes still holds the Crown for worst launch ever, it also holds the crown for biggest letdown, crown for greatest potential...unrealized and the Grand Master Trophy for Taking the Best Ideas from every MMO ever made, putting it into one game, then completely failing at making it playable in the first 3 months.

[chaotic_zero]

Yes, yes it is the worst launch ever. The game launched in 2011, the whole thing had to be redone. That's pretty bad.

I dont dislike the game at all though. Its my favorite game, and best experience ive found in a game.

[nekomimi43]

I thought "Launch" was Tuesday the 27th.

[Laduca]

I thought "Launch" was Tuesday the 27th.

The official launch is not till Tuesday, but I was wondering in the history of MMO's what would be considered the worse launch by far.

[TheRoku]

This is one of the best actually. I expected much worst.

[StarDrake]

This is one of the best actually. I expected much worst.

Ehhh, I wouldn't go that far. These are still very substantial issues, and while the game is perfectly playable at some times, it's mostly during off-peak hours when not as many people are logged in (and the servers are still VERY lively during that time!) During primetime, the game is really suffering right now.

It'll get sorted eventually, I'm sure, but I would definitely call this a "middle third" launch. I've seen far worse, but the problems are significant and shouldn't be underplayed either.

[Teroril]

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
World of Warcraft


So far, I haven't experienced a launch worse than those two.