Quote Originally Posted by Talaris View Post
thats great for next week, but im already 3 days behind my friends, and a week from now cuts out a good chunk of the free month, 14 days, what have you. not something that should be going on. Ive been through the worst of the worst launches. I went through Luclin launch in EverQuest back in 2001, and while this isnt nearly as bad, at least SOE didnt lock out people from playing entirely because people were taking up space AFK.
It's true, I've been through some good launches (WAR) and some GREAT Launches (Conan.... game was awful but he launch was painless.) and some bad launches (LOTRO, DDO) In none of those launches was I unable to log on for entire days while the servers were up and running.

There is one other launch I did that was possibly this bad... that locked me out while the world was up and my friends were on... that frustrated me so horribly that I did indeed stop paying for a game I truly enjoyed. FFXIV's first launch.

In the end, it doesn't matter what you do right, what improvements you have made, or how great the story is. If your player base cannot play, they will not pay. None of what is right with this game, is worth anything, if you cannot log on and experience it.