Demanding More Sub Time Due to Servers

[LaughingValtyr]

The game has only been out a week they won't just give you a full month.

And if so, they will likely lose many subscribers due to their lack of desire to address valid grievances.

[Norack]

I would be grateful they are giving any time at all, Most companies don't do that. Heck when my Microsoft Xbox 360 account got hacked and someone stole all my money, Microsoft had to lock my account for 2 months to track and give me my money back. After those 2 months they sent me a e-mail saying that it happened due to one of there employees not actively securing a number of peoples accounts with there standards encryption rating. They gave me my money back (not because i returned something that I didn't like, the money that the person stole from me that hacked my account) and 2 months have been ticked off of my yearly account status.

[nivekx666]

If they can fix this, and give me another free month for the COUNTLESS hours of wasted time of my life trying to log into this damn game, i will be happy and they will retain me as a player.....if they make me pay for this next month im going to be one unhappy camper...

[Arminus]

If they can fix this, and give me another free month for the COUNTLESS hours of wasted time of my life trying to log into this damn game, i will be happy and they will retain me as a player.....if they make me pay for this next month im going to be one unhappy camper...

This is exactly my point, and it would likely have this same effect on a LOT of people who have decided to not bother playing after the free trial. They slapped everyone who supported their game by buying at or a few days after launch in the face by offering NO compensation for the wasted time and added frustration of this week. Everyone who buys the game after they fix the server issues will have the same 1 month of trial time that we will all have after their "7 days compensation" except they won't have had even a second of the frustration. So we'll have the same thing as players buying the game after the server issues, except we get the bonus of all the frustration and wasted time without any form of compensation for it. They could stand to sway a lot of players into changing their minds about not playing this game after all this if they'd just offer reasonable compensation. 7 days after we haven't been able to play 8 days is exactly equal to offering NO compensation at all, and in fact those who bought the game on launch day end up losing a day of their trial month anyway (Since the servers are supposed to be fixed on the 4th and the 27th of August to the 4th of September is 8 days, since there are 31 days in August).

[Zangerfain]

If they can fix this, and give me another free month for the COUNTLESS hours of wasted time of my life trying to log into this damn game, i will be happy and they will retain me as a player.....if they make me pay for this next month im going to be one unhappy camper...

why would you think they should give you a whole month? You already know there are issues and its your own choice to keep trying to log in. NO one is pulling your arm or making you press the button. The problem should be fixed wendsday or so yosh says. everyone just needs to calm down and be paitent

[Robinthehood]

The fact that some of you think you should get a free month for a week worth of issues that will be compensated with another free 7 days worth of subscribtion is down right laughable. Just be happy that they are doin' everything they can to make up for their mistake of not having enough servers for everyone to play on. Be happy that they worked so hard to bring this amazing game to us and stop complaining about things thats being worked on already. Its pointless.

[Arminus]

The fact that some of you think you should get a free month for a week worth of issues that will be compensated with another free 7 days worth of subscribtion is down right laughable. Just be happy that they are doin' everything they can to make up for their mistake of not having enough servers for everyone to play on. Be happy that they worked so hard to bring this amazing game to us and stop complaining about things thats being worked on already. Its pointless.

Not compensated with another free 7 days, since I will have not been able to play for 8 days at that point. Meaning that not only did I not get to use those 7 days that were returned to me (RETURNED TO ME, NOT COMPENSATION, RETURNED WHAT WE RIGHTFULLY SHOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IN THE FIRST PLACE) but i'll be shorted 1 day anyways. As I said, for North American players who bought on the 27th of August, when they fix the servers on the 4th of September exactly 8 days with these issues will have passed (there are 31 days in August). I don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for people to understand. You're not being compensated at all, you're just being refunded the time that you should have had access to in the first place. In fact the only people who actually make out alright are those who buy the game on the 4th AFTER they fix the server issues, since they'll have the same amount for free trial days as us, except they will have been spared the frustration of all the server problems and wasted time that everyone before that had to suffer through.

[Robinthehood]

Not compensated with another free 7 days, since I will have not been able to play for 8 days at that point. Meaning that not only did I not get to use those 7 days that were returned to me (RETURNED TO ME, NOT COMPENSATION, RETURNED WHAT WE RIGHTFULLY SHOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IN THE FIRST PLACE) but i'll be shorted 1 day anyways. As I said, for North American players who bought on the 27th of August, when they fix the servers on the 4th of September exactly 8 days with these issues will have passed (there are 31 days in August). I don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for people to understand. You're not being compensated at all, you're just being refunded the time that you should have had access to in the first place. In fact the only people who actually make out alright are those who buy the game AFTER they fix the server issues, since they'll have the same amount for free trial days, except they will have been spared the frustration of all the server problems and wasted time that everyone before that had to suffer through.

Atleast you're gettin the 7 days returned to you and should be happy with that. I know I am. If we happen to get more days than that then its a plus.

[Mailstrum]

Not compensated with another free 7 days, since I will have not been able to play for 8 days at that point. Meaning that not only did I not get to use those 7 days that were returned to me (RETURNED TO ME, NOT COMPENSATION, RETURNED WHAT WE RIGHTFULLY SHOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IN THE FIRST PLACE) but i'll be shorted 1 day anyways. As I said, for North American players who bought on the 27th of August, when they fix the servers on the 4th of September exactly 8 days with these issues will have passed (there are 31 days in August). I don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for people to understand. You're not being compensated at all, you're just being refunded the time that you should have had access to in the first place. In fact the only people who actually make out alright are those who buy the game on the 4th AFTER they fix the server issues, since they'll have the same amount for free trial days as us, except they will have been spared the frustration of all the server problems and wasted time that everyone before that had to suffer through.

you do know its the 4th JP time which is the 3rd here... so 7 days. What do you think you are entitled to more? you agree'ed and acknowledge when you signed up for the game that access to the servers are not guaranteed. Be happy they are refunding us 7 days of missed time. further more have you missed 168 hours of game time... NO thats 7 days worth of game time. I know i dont game 24 hours a day. i game maybe 4 to 6 at most i missed 42 hours of game time. but wait... i did play part of that at least 2 hours a night so i missed a grand total of 28 hours in those 7 days of 1017. and they are thankfully giving me 7 whole free days.

[Treanna]

As was said earlier, SE covered any legal obligation to 'repay' for time that there was no access to the server. So i would be thankful for the 7 days they're giving...

As for the person who was saying you'd be shorted a day: Are you awake and gaming 24 hours a day? if so, color me impressed, because i'd have no idea how a human coudl actually function that way. Again, be grateful for the 7 days they're giving.

In truth, i applaud SE for doign what they have to keep the game playable during these issues... they had every capability and reason to simply close the game down for all players and say, "okay, we underestimated the numbers, so we're going to shut the game down for two weeks while we scramble to get more servers in place to handle the extra load."

But they didn't. They kept the servers live, and implemented login restrictions not to shut players out, but to keep those servers from breaking. Is it SE's fault that people are being greedy about "Their game time" and refusing to logout when they sleep or go to work? no, blame the players for that, not the company or the game.

Should SE implement an AFK timer? Yes, and i believe they will. When They are ready to.

In all honestly i think it's really sad that so many voices on these forums have yet to show the 'patience and understanding' that SE has thanked us for in their updates. But, it is never the people who are Calm, Rational, and Patient who speak loudest...