Game is completely unplayable online

[sciux]

I've owned this game since it first appeared in steam store and i understand that game currently has unprecedented level of players. But come on this was expected... it's an official release and game is in an unplayable state. To be honest i think this is unacceptable, devs should have been preparing for this and be ready for 5 times the amount of players than the current 162K... disappointing to say the least

[Dyrhos]

yeah, its starting to be frutrating

[Rarlitt]

I played it all last night and this morning. Only serious downtime was from shortly after release until around 5PM CST while they fixed the matchmaking. Not sure what you're doing wrong.

[Alexandru83]

I'm getting super pissed off now, going from zone to zone is the most disgusting experience I've ever had in a video game, you change zones every few minutes so this is COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

[Ragox]

It's not a big developer, and I'm pretty sure they didn't expect this much commercial success.

[sciux]

well i don't know what i am doing wrong but i walked to forsaken trail 4 times and matchmaking error at the end each time... best part is i'm not matchmaking im playing alone...

[Judaspriester]

Originally posted by Alexandru83:

I'm getting super pissed off now, going from zone to zone is the most disgusting experience I've ever had in a video game, you change zones every few minutes so this is COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

Be glad, you seem have to missed the New World launch. Against the issues there, the LE launch issues are a piece of cake.

Anyway, it's 8:30AM now over there, so bigger parts of the team should come to work and hopefully fix the remaining issues.

[Kanij]

Only took me 13 minutes to enter the portal to unlock my mastery.

Edit - Still at loading screen gonna be longer.

[voldalin]

They will have to hire an intern to fix it

[Neronh]

it was always slow or online, with 1.0 it would be no different. Play offline or refound.

[sciux]

surely if a player is playing alone most of the game should be on local device and not require to connect to server every time instance changes etc... i'm sure eventually they will sort it out , nonetheless its frustrating to say V1 is out full pledged game, but well sorry we have too many players...

[steel_burn]

Originally posted by Ragox:

It's not a big developer, and I'm pretty sure they didn't expect this much commercial success.

So, they sold 1m copies - that's AT LEAST $35million in revenue. Which they celebrated.

I would have EXPECTED them to plan for at least 20% i.e. 200k logging in and playing the game they paid good money for. Wouldn't any business?

Also this a Global launch and not just NA, so when NA is asleep the expectation is what? The Rest of the World does not play? You would have thought they would have a back up team to take care of it when others are sleeping no? Wouldn't any global business?

Sorry I just don't buy these arguments.

[Zartanyen]

Originally posted by Ragox:

It's not a big developer, and I'm pretty sure they didn't expect this much commercial success.

They say they had 1 million copies sold before launch, you would think using some common sense, that you would have or lease a server that could handle at least one third to half that number.

They knew how many potential players they could have max, yet didn't prepare for that number, half that number or even one third that number.

Lack of funds to get that type of server, incompetence, or just not caring, can put pretty much put what ever you think here but in the end this is 100% their fault for letting this happen as it could have been avoided with a little basic forethought and basic math skills.

[Becomeagoat]

It's sad that this has become the norm. I think all of us get it to one degree or another (games now utilize more layered systems than ever before, which can cause conflict/issues), and it sucks that we are expected to make allowances for failed launches. Such is life.

I like the game, I think it nails a niche that a lot of players find comfortable and accessible, and I want to support the development as much as I can. At the end of the day though, the game needs to be playable first and foremost. Offline mode is appreciated, but undesirable if it means running the same content all over again to catch up in Online play. My 2 cents anyway.

[HazE_DayZ]

I'm having a blast to be honest. But, things like this are how games live or die. But, I'm loving the Beastmaster, not sure what my mastery's gonna be though

[NiohFriedRice]

we need a reading list of good books to read while waiting for zones to load.

It's a good game though. And Im sure it will settle down.

I like the game so wont be going back to D4.

And for that, I can put up with a bit of short term frustration for a game that has way better end game and much better systems.