Credit for all the downtime

I take it that all these people who say I pay for 30 days and they want 30 days,actually play 24/7 if they do fair enough I will agree with them in their demand for compensation,but if they do not then all this downtime does not impact on the time they have paid.Being in the EU,London area actually all down times come into our prime time so perhaps we should be compensated every time something happens and causes the servers to go down.Although the past couple of weeks have been dogged with problems,you have still had your playtime,true while the servers have been down you could always extend your playtime once they come back up.I,m sure that you could always get in your average playtime in no matter what happens .

When you agreed to subscribe, OP, I'm pretty sure you agreed to accept any and all downtime that Paragon decides is necessary.

I think the devs should claim credit for the downtime, not the players.

There's a wise old saying, "Speak with your wallet." So, after looking at all the petty compensation demands in this thread, I put $5 more Paragon Points in my account.

Anyone care to join me for some contrariness?

No thanks the Stockholm syndrome hasn't kicked in for me.

But it's a nice thought.

I can be compensated with Street Justice, yes?

While this thread does have it's amusing moments, I do have to agree that it is ****** that the EU gets pooped on all the time in this regard.

Funny thing is if this happened to NA like it does to EU during peak times then you would see a cry moar riot unleashed.

I do not agree with being "credited" **** happens get over it...

Oh lord, not this thread again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrjMkeXGfGM

*epic eyeroll...

Man, talk about complainers.

Look, it's really simple. When you sign up for the game, you have to understand that there will be times during which they do regular maintenance and you won't be able to play. There will be times during which they do extended maintenance for special purposes and you won't be able to play.

You most certainly do not pay for "30 days of service" (in a 30-day month). You pay for 30 days, minus scheduled and unscheduled downtime. If you honestly thought that your 15 bucks entitled you to a full 30 days of service without any sort of downtime whatsoever, or even that it entitled you to 30 days of service with a guarantee of just one or two hours a week, you were wrong, not NCsoft or Paragon Studios. They never promised you anything else, it's not bad customer service as it's standard industry practice, and you're going to have to just suck it up and get over it.

Hopefully, confronted with this new* truth, you'll get on with your life and continue having fun in the game like every other normal person would. If you find it simply intolerable, then cancel your subscription. Personally, I think it's kind of dumb to do so, but it's certainly your prerogative.

*I don't buy for a second that you honestly expected the game not to have downtime, even extended downtime around issue releases. That's just dumb. It sounds to me like you're just trying to get something (Paragon Points, credited time, whatever) for nothing, while deliberately neglecting all of the something we have gotten for nothing specifically because of the downtime associated with the issue release. Nice try, it didn't hurt to ask, but it didn't work. Give it up already, because this thread had degenerated from, "Hey, that would be nice..." to people coming across as petulant whiners.

Just to put this on the table, for some people the downtime has actually hamstrung their play for this month. For whatever reasons they only had so much time to alot and the downtime happened on the days they could play. So for them this isn't just a few hours of downtime, it's the whole month.

You would find this extremely frustrating as well.

The servers will be down again tomorrow for another 8 hours to complete the server upgrades.

Now, I understand that we are not entitled to compensation, and the EULA states that we are not entitled to any, Paragon Studios is a business.

Business only stay in business by making money, and angering your customers is NOT a good way to do that. Now, I'm sure PS understands that many people are angry at all the constant downtime (and another 8 hours is scheduled tomorrow).

If PS wants to continue to keep business, they will consider compensating the playerbase. They don't HAVE to, but it makes sense for them too.

Should they give money back or add more game time? No, I don't think they should. That would hurt their bottom line. Giving everyone something like 80 Paragon Points or a free costume piece or something sounds like a MUCH better idea.

A free costume piece, like an aura or a new CoT Pope hat or something would mollify some of the player base, and show goodwill, and understanding that all of this downtime is NOT something that the players should expect as a regular thing.

Also, a little more clarity on this topic would also be appreciated. While we don't need to know technical details, keeping us in the loop is not a bad thing either.