You really got to be kidding me....
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Posted on: 2011-04-08 16:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I hate to agree because Im pretty pro Paragon, but in this case, I have to.. down so long and so many times and these issues werent found in the weeks of beta testing?
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Originally Posted by Protonic_Flux
The problem with character transfers better be a damn major one.
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I moved a GravTA from Freedom to Champion, the game saw my slots as "full" so the character was in limbo for a day until the GMs were nice enough to help out. Additionally needed to free up a slot to get it done.
If people are being locked out of their toons on arrival, that's pretty big.
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Yeah, this is getting a little old. I am also pro paragon, but dang. This is not stuff you could have taken care of in the other 12 or more hours of down time this week? This is swiftly falling into poor customer service.
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Originally Posted by Neuronia
It is.
I moved a GravTA from Freedom to Champion, the game saw my slots as "full" so the character was in limbo for a day until the GMs were nice enough to help out. Additionally needed to free up a slot to get it done. If people are being locked out of their toons on arrival, that's pretty big. |
Wait, it shouldnt even be possible to transfer a character to a full server. How'd you manage that trick there sparky?
I'm glad you didnt lose the character altogether. Still, I dont see that issue as so important as to take the game down going into prime time US on a weekend.
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Originally Posted by Protonic_Flux
Wait, it shouldnt even be possible to transfer a character to a full server. How'd you manage that trick there sparky?
I'm glad you didnt lose the character altogether. Still, I dont see that issue as so important as to take the game down going into prime time US on a weekend. |
If it was your toon you might think otherwise...just saying
And hooray! I'm not affected by the shutdown! I work at nights so...less downtime in the morning is fine by me (yes I'm biased :P).
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I had three slots open.|
Originally Posted by Protonic_Flux
Wait, it shouldnt even be possible to transfer a character to a full server. How'd you manage that trick there sparky?
I'm glad you didnt lose the character altogether. Still, I dont see that issue as so important as to take the game down going into prime time US on a weekend. |
The game indicated them as locked.
Had to get another slot free at recommendation of GM team.
It's probably not game-breaking, for sure. Maybe they didn't want to wait a week.
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
And hooray! I'm not affected by the shutdown! I work at nights so...less downtime in the morning is fine by me (yes I'm biased :P).
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Originally Posted by Neuronia
I had three slots open.
The game indicated them as locked. Had to get another slot free at recommendation of GM team. It's probably not game-breaking, for sure. Maybe they didn't want to wait a week. |
OOOH! So you had open slots on the server but the game considered them locked and moved your toon into limbo? Yep, now that I can see as a good reason to take the game down.
/removerage.
Still, Vet rewards! ARRGGHH!
Like I said in the previous post, glad you didnt lose the toon altogether.
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There is allways going to be more to an emergency shutdown than what they say. Zwillinger said something about free slots being accidently handed out. AND someone mentioned peeps getting auto-Alphas when logging in a 50. SO, most likely: 'Sploits!?! That's a pluggin'. :P
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Originally Posted by redtornado
There is allways going to be more to an emergency shutdown than what they say. Zwillinger said something about free slots being accidently handed out. AND someone mentioned peeps getting auto-Alphas when logging in a 50. SO, most likely: 'Sploits!?! That's a pluggin'. :P
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Honestly, considering the large changes to some of the core game systems that i20 brought what with leagues and the other new mechanics i'm not surprised that there are some serious bugs that didn't show up until the issue hit the live servers. Annoying, yes, but not really surprising.
i think it was in something like issue 3 or 4 where the first week involved constant rubberbanding and frequent zone and/or server rollbacks. As well as hotfixes being rushed live. And that issue didn't have as many obvious changes to game systems.
i always expect increased downtime and gameplay glitches the first week after any game releases a major update.
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I am willing to bet any amount of inf you care to name that if something in the game breaks that is a direct revenue stream, it gets A-One, Red Ball, All Hands On Deck priority.
Character transfer slots? Yeah, they sell those. They want to sell more.
I would put the ability to buy/implement respecs in the same category. Certainly not a gameplay-altering experience, but people are paying extra for the service. If it went down, I am dead certain it would get the same primetime damn-the-torpedoes fixit schedule.
It's a business. And cash-in-hand from people willing to pay (over the course of the whole weekend, I would imagine) trumps any two hours of primetime gaming.
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Originally Posted by Blue Lava
I hate to agree because Im pretty pro Paragon, but in this case, I have to.. down so long and so many times and these issues werent found in the weeks of beta testing?
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And getting hammered they are.
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stop ragin and be happy geez
So obviously this week has been a bit irregular with all of the unplanned maintenance. First off, we do sincerely apologize. We know that a lot of people come home and just want to log into CoH and spend some time with their friends.
Please know, if we're bringing servers offline in an unplanned way, we're only doing so because to leave them online without a fix could potentially be worse. We take these unplanned maintenances very seriously and do not bring them down on a whim.
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I don't envy you guys, I bet it's been a really hectic week there at PS that now seems to be spilling into the weekend as well.
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So obviously this week has been a bit irregular with all of the unplanned maintenance.
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Only for those that can view them. Several players have problems with the PS Ustream chats due to laggy audio and video. The problem exists with the archived chat as well for some.
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The live chats have been a good substitue for in-game entertainment
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This is clearly the fault of the devs rather than the individual internet connections of the users having issues.
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Friday night and you guys are running a "emergency" patch that's going to last 2 hours, and for what? Something to do with Character transfers and the Vet reward.
Really? That's what's so major that you have to take the whole game down going into North American prime time for a 2 hour patch?
I'm really starting to wonder about some of the decision making going on over there. The problem with character transfers better be a damn major one.
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