Issue 15 on the Training Room today
By
AlienOne,
Posted on: 2009-05-27 10:41 in The Global Training Room Test Server
You forgot Klingon in the languages!
poSmoH DaH
Tech/KK
Maybe I'm blind but I only see one Spanish language. Are you counting Portuguese and Romanian as "Spanish" maybe?
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Im thinking this is a bad sign for I15. Having this much trouble getting the "beta" started points to some unexpected issues. A reasonable person could reasonably conclude that I15 is going to be a bit problematic.
Of course i hope that is not the case because I am really looking forward to new content. Even if it is only a couple of costume pieces and some TF/SF action.
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We know they have to do some database work...They're stripping a bunch of badges, among other things they may be doing to MA. And Test Sever 2 is a copy of Freedom (so they might be seeing how long the processing takes on that many characters).
So it's possible this bodes poorly. Or it may not.
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You used three Spanish languages, that doesn't count...
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What?
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Pacchi noto wa kureru ga watashi tachi kudasai? Onegaishimasu?
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...I'm out.
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You're right, they are different languages, amateur at best over here
Perhaps the server opening will be delayed so much that I'll come back home and miss nothing at all.
I'm perfectly happy with putting off the dom buffs until like forever.
And by 12PM Pacific, they meant 12PM Hawaiian time 
Not to sound like sour grapes here, but this has been very poorly handled.
First, we're told that the big 5th anniversary is going to coincide with the next issue release. So everyone expects something pretty significant.
Let's face it, i14 was MA and nothing else. So if you were one that didn't really get into writing your own storyarcs, or filtering through the mass of "meh" created content to find the few really nice ones, there was nothing there for you. So i15 should be something very nice, including not only some new content, but perhaps a new zone, powerset proliferation, etc.
Then we get the overview notes, and it's nothing more than a single TF/SF (although a very nice one, bringing back the 5th Column), a few costume/character design things, and a bunch of bug fixes from i14. I'm sorry, but that is NOT the level of content we've come to expect with a new issue release--especially since the new creative team took over.
Then the release didn't coincide with the 5th anniversary...unless you count possibly hitting in the same month as coinciding. So not only were some folks underwhelmed by the content, it was late to boot.
So now they actually try to put it on open beta, and are currently 2 hours over their own estimation. Granted, technical things can happen. But come on....for the little bit of content and vid fixes, there's no way it should take that much longer.
Add in that the only thing we've heard about coming down the pike is an expansion that we'll have to pay for (and nothing about what may be coming in the next REAL issue), and it's a very disappointing day all the way around.
Sorry this is so pessimistic, but I've come to expect better from the current creative team. This whole thing has a slapdash, disorganized feel to it that I've not seen since Statesman left. 
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And by 12PM Pacific, they meant 12PM Hawaiian time
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Yes, 12PM IN the Pacific.
Oh no! You mean things might happen during development that push an *estimated* time back!
Say it ain't so! Obviously that never happens *Anywhere* else.
Go visit the dairy section, you're in danger of running low on cheese to go with that.
Oh, by the way... we had to pay for the *last* expansion - NOT ISSUE - as well.
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Oh no! You mean things might happen during development that push an *estimated* time back!
Say it ain't so! Obviously that never happens *Anywhere* else.
Go visit the dairy section, you're in danger of running low on cheese to go with that.
Oh, by the way... we had to pay for the *last* expansion - NOT ISSUE - as well.
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This. But I would have said it a bit more nicely .. .
lol, who am kidding? 
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Not to sound like sour grapes here, but this has been very poorly handled.
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TL;DR version
DOOOOO0000O0O0O0MMMMMM!!!!!!!111!!!ELEVENTY-ELEVEN!!11!!!
~film at Eleven~
lets start a farming debate to pass the time
No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded...
"The potato goes in the FRONT."
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2 new costume sets and 20 faces.. *click*
ARGH!!!
ARBITER FABULOUS DEMANDS NEW FASHION TRENDS NAO!
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Teehee.
Wow, that took surprisingly long for the doom to start.
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Wow, that took surprisingly long for the doom to start.
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Two things:
1) Rock my body, LaserJesus. Hehe
2) Doom.
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Not to sound like sour grapes here,
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Too late!
(It almost sounds as if you did want it to sounds like sour grapes by stating otherwise 
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Oh no! You mean things might happen during development that push an *estimated* time back!
Say it ain't so! Obviously that never happens *Anywhere* else.
Go visit the dairy section, you're in danger of running low on cheese to go with that.
Oh, by the way... we had to pay for the *last* expansion - NOT ISSUE - as well.
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See what you did!? You made Memphis mad!!! Now i15 won't come out until he's good and ready for us to have it. Thanks a lot!
On a more serious note, I have to agree with everything you said.
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Not to sound like sour grapes here, but this has been very poorly handled.
*snip*
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You're complaining that an issue with very little content in it (so it would seem) is a few hours late and that it was poorly handled, when there's all that really poorly-handled stuff flying around? (I'm looking at you, MA badge changes and MA farming issues.)
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Oh no! You mean things might happen during development that push an *estimated* time back!
Say it ain't so! Obviously that never happens *Anywhere* else.
Go visit the dairy section, you're in danger of running low on cheese to go with that.
Oh, by the way... we had to pay for the *last* expansion - NOT ISSUE - as well.
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I never said an estimation couldn't be inaccurate, if you care to actually finish reading before you start formulating your response. All I said was that for the minimal amount of content contained in this issue, missing an estimate by 2 hours is pretty poor.
And I never suggested that we didn't have to pay for the last expansion. Again, Reading Comprehension 101 comes in handy. What I said was that we haven't been told anything that is coming down the pike except for the expansion (which, of course, we have to pay for just as we did the last one). That doesn't tell us anything about what we can expect in future issues, which is something this creative team has done several times over the last year or so.
A little information, even if it's just an idea of things to come, would go a long way to helping smooth what has been a fairly erratic series of events from many people's perspective.
The Twilight Avengers, Guild Leader
@Wulf 1 or @Wulf 2
www.twilightavengers.com
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Not to sound like sour grapes here, but this has been very poorly handled.
First, we're told that the big 5th anniversary is going to coincide with the next issue release. So everyone expects something pretty significant.
Let's face it, i14 was MA and nothing else. So if you were one that didn't really get into writing your own storyarcs, or filtering through the mass of "meh" created content to find the few really nice ones, there was nothing there for you. So i15 should be something very nice, including not only some new content, but perhaps a new zone, powerset proliferation, etc.
Then we get the overview notes, and it's nothing more than a single TF/SF (although a very nice one, bringing back the 5th Column), a few costume/character design things, and a bunch of bug fixes from i14. I'm sorry, but that is NOT the level of content we've come to expect with a new issue release--especially since the new creative team took over.
Then the release didn't coincide with the 5th anniversary...unless you count possibly hitting in the same month as coinciding. So not only were some folks underwhelmed by the content, it was late to boot.
So now they actually try to put it on open beta, and are currently 2 hours over their own estimation. Granted, technical things can happen. But come on....for the little bit of content and vid fixes, there's no way it should take that much longer.
Add in that the only thing we've heard about coming down the pike is an expansion that we'll have to pay for (and nothing about what may be coming in the next REAL issue), and it's a very disappointing day all the way around.
Sorry this is so pessimistic, but I've come to expect better from the current creative team. This whole thing has a slapdash, disorganized feel to it that I've not seen since Statesman left.
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When you get your own MMO, you can set the development priorities and say what should and should not be in each release.
Oh, and nerdangst FTL.
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Its in "UNKNOWN" status..............
what is there NOT to know???? We want in ....lol
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Unknown is more like "Limbo". Hovering between life and death.
Test Server...step away from the light! Come back to us, test server! Arise!
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I knew I should have taken Resurrect sooner on my empath.
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Flameboxer Aura LVL 50 SS/Fire Brute
Ice 'Em Aura LVL 50 Ice Tank
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