Unscheduled Maintenance Today All Live Servers!
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Ael Rhiana,
Posted on: 2007-07-26 13:05 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Let me also take this time to point out that - whereas I am happy that you are addressing the lag, it would also be very nice for the invasion admin spam messages be limited to one channel. Some will say that I am whinning, however, to them I say: I pay for the game which I play - I also took voiced my concerns about the Admin spam before it went live. That being said - who in their right mind is going to pay for a product or service and let the one being paid (the provider) dictate what they will let them do with it? The way this works is: My dime - your time - I pay to play - you should pave the way.
Actually all I am saying is - 'Is it really necessary for the Admin Spam to be on EVERY Channel? No?! I think not either - please limit it to one channel and let me decide when and if I wish to be spammed.
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that makes me cry.... admin spam FTL!
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That being said - who in their right mind is going to pay for a product or service and let the one being paid (the provider) dictate what they will let them do with it? The way this works is: My dime - your time - I pay to play - you should pave the way.
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If you complained about this in Test, you already know the answer: Not enough time or in-game resources to make it happen in a timely manner.
This is how all commerce works. "Here's what I can or am willing to do for what you are paying me. If you don't like it, you'll have to pay me a lot more or just go away and find someone who will do what you want for the amount you're willing to pay."
Your monthly subscription doesn't make you CEO. You're just a customer. If you don't like the service, go elsewhere. So, no. It *doesn't* work the way you think it should work.
Try pulling that line with your plumber: "I'm paying you $40 an hour so you should have all the piping in my house replaced in one day." And he'll inform you how it works in real life, and not the fantasy world you're living in.
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Nice one, guys... I didn't notice the [Admin] DANGER!: Servers are about to shut down in 15 minutes. All those who don't want to be rejected from a timed mission should type in "/quit" to avoid whining in the forums. message at first.
Yay. Now I can finally take a break and cook some lunch/dinner.
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander:
Would it be possible to just stick the Admin Alerts in the global section of the chat window instead of both?
I don't know how much rewriting that would take or whatnot, but it'd leave the regular chat window open and people could simply expand that one so they don't have to see the alerts constantly.
Just my two cents. If I'm being a stupid head, I'll shut up.
Edit: Oh, and for the record, I LOVE i10! This has been some of the most fun I've had since starting the game! Much love to you guys and thanks a bunch!
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Agree with Akry Invasion is sweet keep it coming please some of us are really liking it. The "spamming" adds to the wholeness of the problem. Plus I have people posted in a few zones it is nice to know when they get there
I am on the TF w/ Blue Thunder. Tree Thorn was half defeated! That part sucks, but awesome that lag is being addressed so soon! Thanks.
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Constructive notes:
Lag seems to be directly related to AoE type effects...
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I have found the same problem: With Death Shroud and Opressive Gloom running, it is a bear... add in a Hand Clap and it turns glacial in speed.
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Has an ETA for the servers coming up been released?
Chello!
I've only been playing CoH for a week today...kudos on I10 and I too have noticed a considerable improvement even since yesterday afternoon on the lag during the Ritki raids.
Keep up the good work guys!
Tony
<< Your monthly subscription doesn't make you CEO. You're just a customer. If you don't like the service, go elsewhere. So, no. It *doesn't* work the way you think it should work.
Try pulling that line with your plumber: "I'm paying you $40 an hour so you should have all the piping in my house replaced in one day." And he'll inform you how it works in real life, and not the fantasy world you're living in. >>
Or try to buy liquor from my workplace with no ID. Same deal. Just because society these days has preconditioned the consumer units to believe that they're always 'right', the reality of the situation is that laws of man and physics still apply, and are largely immutable.
Personally, I appreciate the ability to comment on bugs, concerns, and other issues. Other MMorpgs that I've been on not only discourage the discussion actively, but implement far far worse to try and fix it.
At least here, some of what we bring forward does get addressed at some point, and the GM support has been the best of any of the online things I've been involved in short of text-Muxing.
My suggestions about the Admin spam messages.
Is there anyway to filter them on dev-side? So only Heroes get Hero alerts and Villains get Villain alerts? Also having them come during an indoor mission is fairly pointless.
On that note... would it be possible to set up RV-type maps in the Vanguard lobbys? Showing where the alerts are.
My suggestions about lag: During an alert stop the random driving cars. At this point anything you can do to conserve computing power would be good. Also the randomly running civilians should head indoors and off the streets.
As for the RWZ it would be nice if the other factions would actually fight the Rikti as opposed to ganging up on you when you agro both.
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The estimated downtime is approximately one hour.
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I wasnt sure why they took the servers down but being there the first day Issue 10 went live i was witness to the lag it caused.
My SG (The Endless on Pinnacle) got on to have a lil Event and formed teams to fight Rikti, the many people gather caused very noticable lag.
Many commented on it and even in morning when lag was not a problem, i have experienced a variety of lag issues since i10.
Thus, I'm very grateful for the patch and hope we can all enjoy more i10 goodness without lag very soon. (=>
this is actually the first issue since issue 6 where i havent noticed a massive lag and framerate performance drop. im liking issue 10 so far.
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This couldn't have waited until later tonight or early tomorrow?
They just have to bring down the servers for a non-critical patch (yes, lag is bad but the game is still playable) at the beginning of prime time?!?!
The patch is a good thing but the timing sucks.
That's good. It's not so bad for my tankers...some of my characters, my controllers and defenders for instance, it's hard to function in all that lag, effectively Trying to even see when somebody's health was going down, much less heal them, was ridiculous--I wound up on my illusions/rad just setting healing aura on auto and hoping for the best. Less lag would be muchly pleasing!
Thanks Mr_Kaz, didn't see that O.o
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I hate sitting on a rikti raid when all i can do is see SALVAGE Spam My Screen! Well Thank You
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If they fix the lag, what excuse will I have for my shortcomings?
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That sir.... Made me:
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Constructive notes:
Lag seems to be directly related to AoE type effects...
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I have found the same problem: With Death Shroud and Opressive Gloom running, it is a bear... add in a Hand Clap and it turns glacial in speed.
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And yet everytime I goto the market there are 5-10 people standing around with all their AoE auras blazing.
The mothership lag was kinda expected, it's the Invasions in regular zones that lag me out to the point where it isn't even fun. Hopefully this is made better.
Regarding the timing of this maintenance: remember that not everyone is in the same city as you. (Although it feels that way!) :-) People all over the world are playing CoH. It's the middle of the night for half the world.
theres also a prob with the recharge of abilities when fightin the rikti if someone already posted this sorry
Wait they found a cure for my alt-itis I was in the char creator screen and just ready to go to Outbreak when "BAM" DBserver disconnect. I prob lost all my hours of painstaking work just to get this BS/DA Scrapper to perfection...yea they ruined me
...I know I know he he he now I can use this time to do some research on the char background story 
But yea YAY!!! for lag fixations 
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The most important thing about this thread... is that it exists. Downtime is necessary, we all know that... but when we are directed to the forums for more info, and that isn't here we get cranky REAL fast.
That said, I agree with a statement made above. The more people around, the more the powers lag. My personal pet theory is that the GM code which balances out your targets level with your own is going nuts with so many people of different levels to track in so many different parts of the zones. Just my sneaking hunch.