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They should've put minimum net speed as 384K DSL instead of 56K modem. All the freaking 56K bastards dragged the servers to the ground.
 
Originally posted by: Acanthus
The problem is people see the word HIGH next to their server when they are making a new char and click "continue". Then bitch about waiting in lines.

Mal'Ganis has not has unscheduled downtime since i began playing 4 weeks ago.

The problem is server population, not anything with the servers themselves. They are talking about forcing splits and moving entire guilds to new servers.
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Yup. Ive never even seen a queue screen, dont even know what they look like. Lag is non-existent. If the server goes down, its likely every other server went down.

The realm I play on is...better not say!
 
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
 
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Acanthus
The problem is people see the word HIGH next to their server when they are making a new char and click "continue". Then bitch about waiting in lines.

Mal'Ganis has not has unscheduled downtime since i began playing 4 weeks ago.

The problem is server population, not anything with the servers themselves. They are talking about forcing splits and moving entire guilds to new servers.
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That would be a stupid move on their part. They should expand the server farms for each server, and split up zones. IE: Certain zones now should be split up and run on different servers.
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Each "server" or "realm" is in fact 7 dual cpu servers.
 
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
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Well its called, atleast some companies, monthly content, basically an expansion each month. You can keep a game going by releasing new content and having an arching story line that goes along with it.
 
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
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Got broadband? That costs more. You use it? we use the game.

Grow up.
 
Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
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Got broadband? That costs more. You use it? we use the game.

Grow up.
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i kind of see his point. paying 15 a month for a game is kind of ridiculous.

of course, the best online games INO are free.
 
Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
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Got broadband? That costs more. You use it? we use the game.

Grow up.
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Yes, I have broadband. I make money with my broadband. What do you make with your WoW subscription? 😉

I can understand the 'active content' thing posted above. If the story or whatever changes...well, to each their own, I guess. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Acanthus
The problem is people see the word HIGH next to their server when they are making a new char and click "continue". Then bitch about waiting in lines.

Mal'Ganis has not has unscheduled downtime since i began playing 4 weeks ago.

The problem is server population, not anything with the servers themselves. They are talking about forcing splits and moving entire guilds to new servers.
Click to expand...

That would be a stupid move on their part. They should expand the server farms for each server, and split up zones. IE: Certain zones now should be split up and run on different servers.
Click to expand...

Each "server" or "realm" is in fact 7 dual cpu servers.
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Duh, why do you think I said they need to expand the server farms for each server.

Im not aware if 7 dual cpu servers is correct, if it is, well thats the problem right there. There are games out there with 18+ dual cpu servers per game world.

Like I said, they need to expand the server farm, and split up the zones(server boundaries).
 
Originally posted by: toant103
hmmmmmmmmm, Can they just buy a bunch of server? I guess if they could, problem would be solved by now
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Its not as simple as that, they'd have to restructure parts of their server and load balancing code to utilize an expanded server farm.

 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Originally posted by: hungfarover
Originally posted by: TheNinja
Is this one of those games that you buy and then have to pay a monthly fee to be on their servers, or is it a deal that once you buy the game you can go online free?
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$14.95/month
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you people are getting robbed. :Q
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i still have never bought a game that requries a monthly fee. What a waste.
 
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: Blammo300


The reason the game has so many problems is that the game is so popular and it is so popular because the game is so good. No other game can compare to the size and features of WoW and I have played every MMRPG released since UO.
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BS. EQ2 is a much bigger game, both in content and server population.

Beside, each server has a population limit, or projected limit, and when it reaches capacity, what they do is open another server. The problem isn't they're out of servers so they're overpacking each server, the problem is that they don't know how to properly load and balance the current servers. And infact, i think the problem is hyperbolize... i don't play WoW, but i know almost a dozen people that do, and they don't complain... or complain much.
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EQ2 lacks alot of the features WoW has, and WoW lacks alot of features EQ2 has.

 
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
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This is the best online game I've played since the advent of FPS's over the internet in the form of Quake. I don't have a problem paying for a game that keeps me entertained for hours daily. I do have a problem with paying for a game and have extended unplanned downtime on an all-too-often basis.

Oh yeah, and has anyone said they use Bittorrent to distribute patches? Yep, they do.

I've always been a big Blizzard fan, but the downtime is getting old quickly.
 
Originally posted by: Stark
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Originally posted by: hungfarover
Originally posted by: TheNinja
Is this one of those games that you buy and then have to pay a monthly fee to be on their servers, or is it a deal that once you buy the game you can go online free?
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$14.95/month
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you people are getting robbed. :Q
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i still have never bought a game that requries a monthly fee. What a waste.
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Have you bought an expansion pack after a year of a game being released? What they pass off as expansion packs these days are about 1-2 months of content updates for most MMOGs.
 
Originally posted by: hungfarover
Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Ok, so this thing costs $15/mo? I never understood the point of paying for a game...again...and again...and again. Month by month? Do you realize that's $179.40/year you guys pay to play a game...that you've already bought?

That's like paying Microsoft to boot up your copy of Windows each startup. Of course, in MS' case, that'd be an astronomical amount of cash everyday when it crashes. 😉 J/K 😛
Click to expand...

This is the best online game I've played since the advent of FPS's over the internet in the form of Quake. I don't have a problem paying for a game that keeps me entertained for hours daily. I do have a problem with paying for a game and have extended unplanned downtime on an all-too-often basis.

Oh yeah, and has anyone said they use Bittorrent to distribute patches? Yep, they do.

I've always been a big Blizzard fan, but the downtime is getting old quickly.
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There hasnt been a major MMOG launch without these problems. With the exception of maybe EQ2, and well the launch of WoW drawfs all other launches 10 to 1. Sure its been about three months, but it took almost a year to correct the server problems in UO. 4 months for EQ. Anarchy Online had alot of problems if I recall. The launching of these games is not an exact science, more so when you get twice as many customers than planned for.
 
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