excimer
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OK, all of my wentworths transactions have gone since the servers came back up - anyone else got this?
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Quote:If we try, there is the possibility of success. If we fail to try, there is no hope.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Honestly you over estimate the cost of bad press. Sure we can tell our friends at relatives, warn them about getting involved with NCSoft properties but would they listen? Would they care? Look we couldn't get them interested in the game for more than a few months. And it's not like NCSoft is the only company that pulled the plug on MOGs. Console game companies (well EA) routinely shut down older franchises to force players to upgrade to the most recent <sport> <year> game or FPS war sim. Link Link Link.
Of course the majority of those games have single player modes.
And many MMOs have closed as well but I haven't heard of any sustained bad press about of the publishers who pulled the plug. Link Link Link
Yea, we can make noise. We can try to intervene when we see someone looking at an NCSoft product in a store. But in a year or two when Blade and Soul and WildStar come out, how many of us will remember to do it?
Maybe it's all Cryptic/Paragon's fault the way we feel. If they didn't let us to personalize our characters to such an extreme that they felt like old friends we wouldn't be so damn attached to them. Maybe if NCSoft didn't buy out Cryptic's share and kept the game going for another 5 years, maybe we wouldn't feel so much loss knowing they are going to be taken away.
I'm sure some of you will make noise about this. The question is for how long and whether it affects enough people to make a difference.
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Just hang in there guys, the corporate world is complex and has very odd rules. The best thing that we can do is remein vocal but responsible and one of the best ways that everone can contribute to is to keep playing.
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This does smell to me like a move to shut us up. Even if there is no chance, i will go on fighting for CoH - we all have to keep at it. I would also be interested to hear from Titan etc.
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I never really got into the forums all that much but you clearly did much more than anyone could ask - best of luck with the future.
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Thank you for bringing this news to us Golden Girl - i recognise that it is by no means some kind of salvation for CoH but it is heartening to see.
As for the campaign to 'Save CoH', it is imporatant to understand that the demographic for this kind of endevour is well understood - the people responsible for pulling the plug are expecting us all to lose heart, fade away and buy a copy of GW2. In order to have any chance of success, the pressure has to be maintained.
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Thats amazing, what a great thing to do
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saw this on the sals fb page - have gone for it. Great initiative there! I'm off to tell more people about this.
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Thank you so much for your efforts guys - this is great news for all of us.
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I've sent my email, we must keep going at this and it is great to see people being so inventive, thank you
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Quote:Very much agreed! Any encouraging news is gratefully recieved and will be spread around. I would be happy to spend more on my sub - even contribute a little cash if it would help keep this wonderfull game going.Originally Posted by Junker
A spec of hope that was badly needed thanks for the update Golden Girl. I'll try to rouse those I can in my SG and beyond. To the depth of even Telnet itself shall I go!
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In a realignment of company focus and publishing support?? How warm and sentimental of them - i can't believ this at such short notice
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Quote:Thanks so much, exactly rightOriginally Posted by viper_kinji
I am not on test but I believe all new content that will be featured through the Paragon Market on Live needs to be "bought" from the test server's Paragon Market. You should have unlimited PP on test for that purpose.
It is done so that the devs know whether or not the purchase on live will behave as expected.
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I have a bit of a problem with the test server - i have installed it but when i log on, i have no access to the new powers - bio armour etc. Could anyone help me with this please?
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This is a long maintenance - is there any information about when it will finish or are we in the dark?
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Quote:Got to say BA - almost glad that ITF got cut off :POriginally Posted by Black_Assassin
Was somewhat fun despite the mean villains ganking me and not giving me any drops! how villainous is that!
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Quote:Yeah, that is some consolation for sureOriginally Posted by Brickwall3
ok good, i was freaking out, i thought my computer had gone kaput again
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ugh...Union is down.
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Still, it would be nice for someone to confirm that this won't be an extended downtime.
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30 mins overtime and still no meaningless announcement thanking me for my patience...
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Quote:Exactly, good call.Originally Posted by Devin_Wilson
Stop trolling.
We have valid gripes and THIS is where we can post them.. Im sure for you, this is no big deal. Youll go play Gears 3, yell down stairs to mom when you want lunch and then play tonight only to rinse and repeat tomorrow. But the rest of us who work have limited playing time and have a right to be angry. -
Its not really the downtime that bugs me, it's the lack of proper planning and communication.
Multiple lengthy downtimes and failed efforts to remedy long term problems suggest that no-one is looking far enough ahead to create contingencies for the problems that they should see coming.
Players such as myself are becoming frustrated because no-one is giving us sufficient advance warning of situations like todays. This server transfer has got to be big enough so that it has been planned for at least a week. If we had been told then, alot of angst could have been avoided.
Someone at a mangement level has decided that it is better for the company to keep these details back until the last moment.
Oh, and by the way - this thread is a prefectly natural place for people to vent their feelings. If this annoys you and causes you to make snide or insulting remarks then perhaps you should go elsewhere? -
Quote:Wow, i wish that i could be as relentless in defence of the people in charge as you are. You're wonderful.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Yes, because the Devs can honestly peer into the future and minutely schedule every downtime to suit every single customer b-
No, wait. IF they could do that, they wouldn't be running a game, they'd be running the whole damn world. Jesus H pogo-sticking Christ, people, get some damn perspective.
Much though you might like to think it, the globe does not centre nor revolve around your little lives and daily gripings, your overgrown sense of entitlement will not magically get the Devs to grovel in the dirt at your feet for clearly being so wrong all the time, and all it will do is reinforce the image that every other person on the internet is an absolute nit with the patience of a ADHD squirrel drugged up on speed and caffeine.
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I hate to moan but a message saying the servers are still down is not that usefull when the servers are clearly still down :P We would like an approximate ETA plz dev's.
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And some kind of update would be appreciated dev's. I don't have any kind of Beta's or VIP areas on my system and would like to know whether I should just turn off the PC and watch a film or something...