Extended maintenance = Early GR?
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Posted on: 2010-08-16 07:50 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Chocolate_Bacon
HOW DARE YOU BE AMUSED or have any sort of 'fun'. Only jaded bitter people are allowed to post from now on. If you find yourself smiling at anything other than someone else's misfortune or stupidity you must delete your forum account.
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*looks at the delete button warily*
The above is only my opinion, please don't hate me for it
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GhostRaptor: Server populations have been trending upwards since Issue 13 release. There are no current plans for any server mergers and we're looking forward to Issue 14 and the rest of the year.
no its not
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..and those people could simply, get over it.
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Originally Posted by MunkiLord
But I'm sure there are some people out there who wouldn't feel the same way.
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It all comes down to entitlement issues I suppose. Some people who pre-ordered the game, although they have been able to use two of the new powersets for the past couple of months, feel entitled to even more extras, such as perhaps early access (even though they already received early access to GR beta), and other compensation (like getting the Item Pack for free because GR was "delayed").|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Define "a lot." Because "a lot" of people pre-purchased Going Rogue and, technically, already own it. A lot of people would, therefore, be very happy if it launched today, rather than tomorrow. And why would anyone be unhappy, really? Because other people got to try the game first when they bought first? Are we back to happiness being drawn from other people NOT having stuff?
When I preordered City of Villains, I got a three-day head start. For the entire game, I might add. I fail to see why those who pre-purchased can't get a head start today. Not to mention the fact that they could simply list Going Rogue on the PlayNC store as they said they would either way. At the end of the day, I'd rather have it all done today, than having to sit on my hands all day tomorrow, too. I'm off work, people! |
Meanwhile, those in the camp the pre-ordered from retail are entitled to free RL and in-game items in addition to the GR Items Pack, to the lament of those that pre-ordered the game.
So which camp is right? Which party has more entitlement to than the other? Who's the better fan? What metric shall we use?
The truth is: a per-order is a pre-order. Neither party is more entitled than the other, regardless of the justification. I'd agree with your premise if there was a pre-order launch in retail like there was for CoV... but there wasn't.
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See, this is what I've failed to wrap my head around all week. Why take down your bids? Did they not say everything was going to be dropped in your transaction inventory with the listing fee returned? Why pull them down, then? Fear that they'll "disappear?"|
Originally Posted by MunkiLord
For example I put about 250 bids on recipes last night hoping to get as many as possible and then take down all the bids later tonight. I also have yet to document everything I bid on so if everything got pulled a day early it would cause a lot of confusion for me.
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I've had it up to here with doomsaying about a future of missing items. That same fear is why the market's been up a creek all last week. Everyone's bids will be waiting for them when the servers launch back up.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Better safe than sorry? While I have no doubt they would restore lost inf and items, that might take time and I hate waiting.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
See, this is what I've failed to wrap my head around all week. Why take down your bids? Did they not say everything was going to be dropped in your transaction inventory with the listing fee returned? Why pull them down, then? Fear that they'll "disappear?"
I've had it up to here with doomsaying about a future of missing items. That same fear is why the market's been up a creek all last week. Everyone's bids will be waiting for them when the servers launch back up. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
The game is up. I can log into Freedom and Pinnacle and create Praetorians on those servers, and its the live game.
YES!!!!
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Just logged in and have the option to create a Praetorian. It's live. 
Don't care about markets. Absolute worst case scenario: Something goes wrong, and they roll it back. I can guarantee they tested the bajeezus out of that part of the conversion.
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Think again
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
Anyone who thinks GR will launch early, given that people using the market aren't expecting it to go live until tomorrow, given that retailers won't be selling boxes until tomorrow, etc., is probably a tad delusional. You'd piss a lot of people off.
Move along, nothing to see here <Directs people towards the pub> |
Badging in a PvP zone?
If you are treasure hunting on a battlefield wearing an enemy uniform, there is a high probability that you will be attacked.
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I'll get on that bandwagon... once I finish watching these Slayers movies again.
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Originally Posted by Decorum
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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it looks like its up now, GR and all.
Well i just tried logging in EU side and it still says that i don't have access so the QA team must be taking their time :/ so not fair.
Edit: Announcement link: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=3122581 so apparently it is live, awsm!
The above is only my opinion, please don't hate me for it
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GhostRaptor: Server populations have been trending upwards since Issue 13 release. There are no current plans for any server mergers and we're looking forward to Issue 14 and the rest of the year.
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<Eats his own words>|
Originally Posted by Oya
Think again
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Well hell... so this is what I get from ordering from Gamestop :/
Eh, at least I'll have that spiffy mousing surface and some cool low-level IOs.
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Better safe than sorry is what made the Market essentially shut down for a week. I've never been an opponent of safety, outside of cases where it's hugely detrimental to my enjoyment, as well as that of other people.|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Better safe than sorry? While I have no doubt they would restore lost inf and items, that might take time and I hate waiting.
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One of the bad things about having an economy - it takes players to run it, and if players get spooked with irrational fear, it dies. And then we can't blame the developers for it. We can only blame the players.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Start of the global MOTD.
| Going Rogue, Issue 18: Shades of Gray and Merged Market Through the extended maintenance today (August 16th), access to Issue 18: Shades of Gray and City of Heroes: Going Rogue as well as the Merged Hero and Villain Market have now been enabled on all live servers! This was done to facilitate the official launch of City of Heroes: Going Rogue tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 17 2010, and make sure it is smooth and successful. |
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Lol,|
Originally Posted by Obsidius
<Eats his own words>
Well hell... so this is what I get from ordering from Gamestop :/ |
My wife is gonna be mad. I got hers from GameStop and mine through the pre-order here.
Badging in a PvP zone?
If you are treasure hunting on a battlefield wearing an enemy uniform, there is a high probability that you will be attacked.
This is an enjoy-the-ride game. "50" is only a number, not the goal of the game. - Noxilicious
<passes Obsidious the Salt>
we all been there.
GR is up, its live and its gonna be crazy.
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Sounds just like real life's markets. |
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Better safe than sorry is what made the Market essentially shut down for a week. I've never been an opponent of safety, outside of cases where it's hugely detrimental to my enjoyment, as well as that of other people.
One of the bad things about having an economy - it takes players to run it, and if players get spooked with irrational fear, it dies. And then we can't blame the developers for it. We can only blame the players. |
But honestly player psychology has been a major reason why the Black Market has behaved oddly for years compared to Wentworths.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
Yes!!! ^_^
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This is odd. Weren't the Alpha and Omega costumes supposed to be the only GR-only costumes? I logged into the character creator and couldn't find any of the new costume pieces.
Think I'll go tell my boss I ate something at lunch that doesn't agree with my tummy and I should go home.
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Heh, thanks. At least college will keep me occupied tonight, and I can pick up my box tomorrow after classes.
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Originally Posted by MrYukon
<passes Obsidious the Salt>
we all been there. GR is up, its live and its gonna be crazy. |
It's alive!
My monster its alive!
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