Double XP Weekend Server Instability Issues
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Posted on: 2009-08-03 13:43 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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How about you let me decide whether or not I want to mission in or out of AE? That'd be nice, thanks.
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Originally Posted by Purple_Lynx
It would be nice if they DON'T do this for AE. I was hoping that this would be a weekend where people came out of that building and actually did real content for a change. Seeing that DXP was in AE was a serious letdown. I saw few taskforces forming, fewer teams. Add that to the instability on Champion, made for a not so interesting weekend. I remember when we had these and people would use the task forces to level their toons, and not just running AE missions all weekend long.
Otherwise I am very glad to see another coming, lets hope that the instabilities have been addressed.  |
What server stability issues? DOOOOM! Don't give us more DXP.
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here here!
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Originally Posted by Pogothulu
I would like to ask the devs that, since everything else reward-wise was doubled, can we please have double-merit rewards also? Most of the weekend was very hard getting a tf together as almost EVERYONE was either pl-farming or AE'ing.
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Wooohooo! Got 4 new 50s on the last one, wonder how many I can add to that with this one. 
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Originally Posted by Thunderpeel
Umm so far this week every time I try to play coh it its down or I am being kicked off in 5 minutes or I have to download another upgrade. My best friend reinstated her account and after we were told 5 minutes all servers will be down. This is not good practice to keep customers that have been playing 3+ years.
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Ah, nice to see this. I was busy over the last Double XP weekend, as seems to be the case every last weekend of July, so I'm definitely glad for a second chance.
Especially with the new powersets and whatnot!
Fantastic.
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My bigest problem is that alomost no one was out of AE, and while I have no problem with AE, I would like to see a bit more content being done instead of everyone just staying in that building.
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Originally Posted by biff10426
How about you let me decide whether or not I want to mission in or out of AE? That'd be nice, thanks.
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@Purple Lynx
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Originally Posted by Purple_Lynx
My bigest problem is that alomost no one was out of AE, and while I have no problem with AE, I would like to see a bit more content being done instead of everyone just staying in that building.
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In a tragic accident, the MA just gets deleted from the game. Where will the people go? Assumably, they will start doing normal missions again, whether just for fun or to farm.
Where do normal missions take place? In instanced indoors missions. These are completely separate from the normal zones, far away from broadcast range. People will spend about 90% of their time there. Atlas Park may end up being deserted, but so will everything else be, simply because we're too busy doing stuff in instanced missions.
I get where you people are coming from. It LOOKS like everyone went to Atlas Park to farm the AE, but that's misleading. It simply looks that way because you see people there to begin with. What you don't see is the countless people in instanced missions just doing what they wanna do.
I try to refrain from anecdotes because I recognise they are highly subjective, but during the Double XP weekend, I managed to do three TFs. Two were planned, one just kinda happened and I got into it.
To reiterate, the people that play outside the MA are still there, they're just busy, you know, playing outside the MA. You have to seek them out, because chances are, they won't seek you out.
Yay! Double XP again!
(I guess I will have to wait before customizing my powers 'till that's over, of course.)
I would like to say thanks as well for this new opportunity as every time there is a double XP weekend as invariably, someone in my family needs my full attention on those special days. (Don't they understand? I have priorities! My girlfriend loves when I say, Sorry, Babe, Paragon needs me. :P )
The mapserver issues DID seem a little more than usual, now I understand.
Also, kudos for the idea of double merits...I have a 50 and several toons who are very high level and kinda feel like I missed out on some of the merit rewards. Granted, I haven't done much as far as TF/SFs so I am not blaming anyone but myself.
As far as AE overload, HERE is an interesting idea:
During the double XP weekend, the PPD around the AE building in Atlas 'disappear' and there is an invasion by Malta Sappers and a Dev run Hamidon.
Wouldn't THAT be fun? (Bwahahaha!). >
FNORD
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Now was that you really, really dreaming for that to happen, or did you really misread? :P Haha.
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Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Good grief! I misread that as saying that Double XP would stay on until after I16 launched! >.<
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This would be nice my connection to the east coast servers was so bad I quit early. Since Pinnacle and Infinity are my main servers this is very discouraging even to normal play.
Pinnacle
Arch light L50 INV/SS
Psiberia L50 Kin/Psi
Screaming Mentallica L50 Sonic/MM
Infinity
Arc Voltinator L50 SS/Elec
Mind Fire Kinesis L50 Fire/Kin
Flaming Screamer L50 Fire/Sonic
Well this is GREAT!!! Thank you!
Any estimated date so I can ask off work?
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I agree with this. It does look empty during the weekend, however - at times during switching missions I saw quite a few of people entering and or leaving a few busy hubs - somewhere between 10 to 15+ people per spot - think about the hubs near the sea like the boats and submarines; the portals to bases, the entrance and exits of Pocket D, Vaults, trainers, and so forth ... seriously, they're there ... and even more so during xp weekend.
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Originally Posted by Noxilicious
See, this is what I don't get. So here's a scenario, just bear with me
In a tragic accident, the MA just gets deleted from the game. Where will the people go? Assumably, they will start doing normal missions again, whether just for fun or to farm. Where do normal missions take place? In instanced indoors missions. These are completely separate from the normal zones, far away from broadcast range. People will spend about 90% of their time there. Atlas Park may end up being deserted, but so will everything else be, simply because we're too busy doing stuff in instanced missions. I get where you people are coming from. It LOOKS like everyone went to Atlas Park to farm the AE, but that's misleading. It simply looks that way because you see people there to begin with. What you don't see is the countless people in instanced missions just doing what they wanna do. I try to refrain from anecdotes because I recognise they are highly subjective, but during the Double XP weekend, I managed to do three TFs. Two were planned, one just kinda happened and I got into it. To reiterate, the people that play outside the MA are still there, they're just busy, you know, playing outside the MA. You have to seek them out, because chances are, they won't seek you out. |
Alright! This is great news. I may actually get one of my Protector toons to 50 :-) *huge grins*.
Thanks, people!!
Well since every double XP weekend seems to be a complete lagfest and has server crashes, what makes the last one different? I don't mean to sound ungrateful. It's great to see the Devs show us some love, but what exactly will be different after issue 16 that will make the double XP experience better?
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I'm sorry you decided to play right before the servers got taken down for a) regular maintenance, or b) emergency maintenance. I was playing all that week, and, newsflash, I had zero problems staying connected.|
Originally Posted by Thunderpeel
Umm so far this week every time I try to play coh it its down or I am being kicked off in 5 minutes or I have to download another upgrade. My best friend reinstated her account and after we were told 5 minutes all servers will be down. This is not good practice to keep customers that have been playing 3+ years.
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Newsflash 2: every MMO has regularly scheduled maintenance.
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| Champions is here soon. I dont wanna give up my time here but there seems to be nobody here that cares. 14.99 a month plus taxes for 33 months is alot of money and I cannot play again. |
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| Oh btw I got to pay 199.00 for liftime on Champions. That is almost the exact same price for paying 14.99 a month on COH/COV in a year. |
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Originally Posted by JDub
Well since every double XP weekend seems to be a complete lagfest and has server crashes, what makes the last one different? I don't mean to sound ungrateful. It's great to see the Devs show us some love, but what exactly will be different after issue 16 that will make the double XP experience better?
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Originally Posted by Back Alley Brawler
Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
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Allthough i admire the thought, giving out another DXP to NA servers due to problems.. i can't help but feel a bit left out by the fact that the "new" dxp will be given to them after i16, unless it's gonna be for us all and we've just not been told (at least not as far as i've been able to see searching the forums)...
In a perfect world we'd all be given that to make our new power-proliferations go off with a bang!... but ye, in a perfect world... :P
@EU Brimmy - Union and Exalted servers
Though double XP is always a good thingy, the DAILY stability issues should warrant triple XP. Also how about personal vault storage for tickets !
So lifetime means life time? One fee of 200.00 lets me play for life or is it just marketing gimmicks?!
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Well, the lifetime of the game. Could be years or it could be less. |
Originally Posted by Shadow Wail
So lifetime means life time? One fee of 200.00 lets me play for life or is it just marketing gimmicks?!
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Personally I'd say CO will be around a while. Sure it has its problems, but it's certainly not a bad game.
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Even though i play on US servers, im still EU, and i highly doubt this double XP thingy is anything but propaganda vs CO.
EU ppl play cox, play games in general, create games, and or distribute games... (EU companies such as Ubi soft, are about to launch Aion and more...)
And they (EU dudes) wont get the XP x2 event....
I dont know if the word 'derail' exist in english, still,
I believe that not being truthfully devoted to a (monthly paying) fanbase is a mistake, in any cases.
This is just my opinion.
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Ho, And by the way, why this is not annouced to all?
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Originally Posted by bracass
Even though i play on US servers, im still EU, and i highly doubt this double XP thingy is anything but propaganda vs CO.
EU ppl play cox, play games in general, create games, and or distribute games... (EU companies such as Ubi soft, are about to launch Aion and more...) And they (EU dudes) wont get the XP x2 event.... I dont know if the word 'derail' exist in english, still, I believe that not being truthfully devoted to a (monthly paying) fanbase is a mistake, in any cases. This is just my opinion. |
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Some of us have been having connectivity issues since late July. This had a serious impact on the DXP weekend. I have had an open ticket on this since then. I highly doubt its a CO issue.
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Originally Posted by bracass
Even though i play on US servers, im still EU, and i highly doubt this double XP thingy is anything but propaganda vs CO.
EU ppl play cox, play games in general, create games, and or distribute games... (EU companies such as Ubi soft, are about to launch Aion and more...) And they (EU dudes) wont get the XP x2 event.... I dont know if the word 'derail' exist in english, still, I believe that not being truthfully devoted to a (monthly paying) fanbase is a mistake, in any cases. This is just my opinion. |
Pinnacle
Arch light L50 INV/SS
Psiberia L50 Kin/Psi
Screaming Mentallica L50 Sonic/MM
Infinity
Arc Voltinator L50 SS/Elec
Mind Fire Kinesis L50 Fire/Kin
Flaming Screamer L50 Fire/Sonic
I assume that recoding the XP system to be able to differentiate between them would take a helluva lot of effort and could throw up some serious bugs.