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TERA |OT| F2P starting in February! Were you expecting a parade?

NeOak

NeOak

Member
Haly said:
They have a point though.

Troubled release after troubled release, you'd think companies would start to notice a trend in MMO launches and take steps to make sure that their infrastructure are ready to handle what come may.

Because if there's one thing that's been proven time and time again, it's that there are always more players than you expect who will want to play your game.
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Do you even know how many things can go wrong? Just one of them can poop the game. Specially when the fault is not under your control since the game is played over something that is not reliable. Handling a live database is like playing with fire with your bare hands.

Yes, the internet is not reliable, and i'm talking about the hardware/software part. UDP drops, congestions in nodes, DNS not updated, etc etc etc etc.

There are hiccups, but even Blizzard with months of testing can launch a patch and suddenly the whole server goes down.
 
J

Johnlenham

Member
Einbroch said:
Seriously? Wow. Does not instill confidence at all...

It's been down for 13 hours, and they didn't do anything? Fuck it. Keep it down for another six hours and get it done before our subscription time gets eaten up.
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Im sure they will refund a days worth of time, they usually do with stuff like this in other mmos.

Still cant decide wether to go NA or EU version.. hmmm.
 
H

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
NeOak said:
Do you even know how many things can go wrong? Just one of them can poop the game. Specially when the fault is not under your control.
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I'm not even talking about bugs, I'm talking about server overload and queue times.
 
H

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
I hope everyone is hammering the "Enter Server" button so we can overload VoT even more.

*clickclickclickclickclickheyitslikeplayingdiabloclickclickclickclickclick*
 
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Jackl

Member
So glad I rolled on BC. Learned that lesson from the early days of Blackrock.

One thing extra to the conversation. Yes those problems were 7 years ago, but persisted well afterward as well. It used to be the big joke on every WoW expansion when the most popular server would chain crash after each major update when they were slammed with mass traffic.

All is fun and well until you manage million dollar integrated data centers where one problem can cascade into a cluster fuck.

Offered new server.
Offering free transfers.
Canceled update to bring servers live.
Offered apology for downtime.

It isn't even launch yet, what else do you want them to do sacrifice their first borns?
 
U

Unknown Soldier

Member
Jackl said:
So glad I rolled on BC. Learned that lesson from the early days of Blackrock.

One thing extra to the conversation. Yes those problems were 7 years ago, but persisted well afterward as well. It used to be the big joke on every WoW expansion when the most popular server would chain crash after each major update when they were slammed with mass traffic.

All is fun and well until you manage million dollar integrated data centers where one problem can cascade into a cluster fuck.

Offered new server.
Offering free transfers.
Canceled update to bring servers live.
Offered apology for downtime.

It isn't even launch yet, what else do you want them to do sacrifice their first borns?
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Too many people these days don't understand the scale on which MMOs operate, even small ones. As launches go this one's actually not completely terrible, it's actually pretty average for an MMO launch. If anything you want your game to be so popular that servers get filled up, have 2 hour queues, and crash. It means people WANT to play your game and are DDoSing your servers trying to get in and play it.
 
H

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
I imagined happy fuzzy sunshine land of Popories when I saw "Poporia".

Boy was I wrong.
 
H

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
They're upgrading the servers to remove all queues forever.

I wish.
 
Q

QisTopTier

XisBannedTier
Arksy said:
I hope Poporia isn't the Popori home city. My panda would be so sad. :(
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It's kinda dead now, so it doesn't really mater. You could always go hang with the elins at this place.

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I find it funny that Poporis grow on trees though
 
V

vitaminwateryum

corporate swill
Wait...are all the login servers down or something? I was playing just fine with a buddy but went to switch servers real quick and I can't get back in.

Oh:

We're actively working to fix the ongoing accessibility issues with our PvP servers: Basilisk Crag, Jagged Coast, and Valley of Titans.
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A

Absoludacrous

Member
So after putting some time in I get the impression there's no branching zones? Like every alt will follow the exact same leveling path?

I'm still in the first "real" area after the main city, so maybe options appear later?
 
S

Scum

Junior Member
Warrior lvl 28 and loving it, like I thought I would. Just visited Sinestral Manor and picked up gold boots on first run. :D
 
T

Tempy

don't ask me for codes
Been playing fine on Dragonfall. Shame I have to go to bed now :p

Took a quick look at Pora Elinu - so pretty.
 
A

arimanius

Member
Anyone mess around with their gama? I usually have to lower it but I think I might actually have to raise it. I just can't get a good gauge of how it's suppose to be.

*edit raised it up to 48 and seems to be better.
 
T

Tendo

Member
Made a shiba inu lookin archer named Indieband on dragon fall. Sorc is named buttered.panda. So far I'm really enjoying both. Not sure which I will focus on but I'm preffering archer more.
 
D

DrBo42

Member
Tendo said:
Made a shiba inu lookin archer named Indieband on dragon fall. Sorc is named buttered.panda. So far I'm really enjoying both. Not sure which I will focus on but I'm preffering archer more.
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Archer is legit. Is there ever an ability evolution that allows you to move while firing?
 
T

Tendo

Member
DrBo42 said:
Archer is legit. Is there ever an ability evolution that allows you to move while firing?
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I have no idea but I'm enjoying it the most so far. My fireball tossing panda will have to wait. I like the challenge of keeping a specific range on targets for max damage rather than just hold back and shoot.
 
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