Originally posted by Mouth

I simply cannot log in - my request doesnt even reach authentication. I heard from my friend who was able to log in really early this morning that the game is laggy as hell.

Not going to score the game on this, but so far ... extremely bad of course. Going back to The Secret World (which had a 10/10 launch) for a while, but itching to try GW2 ( though I don't think I will like the cartoony "little mouse characters" things, but we'll see). I loved gw1 to bits, but have a bad feeling about gw2 - especially now after tsw launch.

Yeah its not been good so far.

They might should have rolled out early access a batch of people at a time like TSW did to prevent these problems. I used to think it was cheap to open, maintain, or close a new game server as needed but then WOW released operating costs not so long ago that made me question that assumption. I know they likely anticipate demand slacking off after a few days and may be trying to alleviate the need for future mergers by holding off on doing so. The overflow server isn’t cutting it (particularly in Europe right now) so there is a clear and present need. Immediate demand was underestimated.

I play games from the US and I am not currently playing GW2. I am waiting to read opinions on the game here at MMORPG.com before potentially investing in it later this year. However, almost every MMORPG I have played on early release or retail release day has had similar issues. Rift dealt with high demand very well and swiftly, for example, but suffered for catering so readily to players a bit later during mergers. TSW had the issue during peak hours and were very “spartan” about opening new dimensions. SWTOR managed but Diablo 3... need go unmentioned.

ArenaNet and NCSoft are likely considering options right now. Hang in there. I know it can be very frustrating but this isn’t an unusual fail or disaster it’s potentially just a hiccup depending on what they do. I used to hate being disconnected after playing a few minutes the most and that would leave me a little “irrate” internally because new fun is so precious and it was a mean tease. LOL. But keep it in perspective. Star Trek Online was a disaster (remember the fake credit card charges and downtime.) This is just an annoying hiccup "so far. " Give em time.

Hope some of you are having fun.

A lot of mentioning of TSW.  I tried it on a free beta weekend although I've vowed never to give Funcom another dollar after seeing how they had a blatant policy of lying to customers with conan.  Let's not even mention the steaming pile that was called AO. I wouldn't be surprised if Funcom has shills frequenting and posting on the gw2 forums.  If real people like playing it then fine.  But it's not for me.

I'm sure if gw2 will recover from this rocky head start and be solid.  I'm looking forward to many hours of playing enjoyment.  If for someone unforseen reason gw2 continues to have serious problems (a long shot) and I stop playing it, even then, I'd rather give up gaming forever than play TSW or any other lame egg layed by Funcom.

Originally posted by Zohdi118
NO, it's a launch failure when 99.9% of folks trying to log in can't.  Launch 1/10 rivaling Anarchy Online.

1) Its not "launch" yet. its a 3 day head start.

2) YOU does not = 99.9% of players. The hordes of people running around with me doing DEs in various areas think youre full of crap.

Originally posted by Doggett
Was playing just fine this morning as well, had to log out to do an errand. Guess I should've just let it stay logged in since the auth server doesn't seem to be responding anymore.

Yeah same. I managed to kill 2 centaurs on the way to the tavern before the baby woke up and I had to log. Now I can't get in - I guess this is what people meant by there being no end game :P

Serioulsy though, not too stressed. First day teething problems and overloaded servers etc... c'est la vie.

Oh and people comparing these first day problems with their experiences with TSW - TSW had and still has some problems. But I'm not knocking that game either - it's a great game and once this is up and running smoothly I'll be dividing my time between the two.

Originally posted by Coman

Originally posted by Reizla
Quite the impatient one, posting this 43 seconds AFTER launch aren't we..?

It's 43 minute now after launch and still the same though, but still far from calling it a failure though....I think they should award us some free play time!!!!!

lol

Originally posted by tordurbar
Been trying to log in for 20 minutes now (on US Servers) - no luck. Sigh. Typical AAA MMO launch :)

Pretty much. Anytime so many people are looking forward to a game, this happens.

It's a failure alright, but it's the sort of failure where the companies have to spend so much money to avoid that it doesn't make much financial sense to actually try and avoid it. In a week things will smooth out and no sensible company will spend a crapload of money to thin out the overcrowding that happens in the first few days, only to be left with a lot of redundant hardware and alarmingly lighter wallets after that. :)

Originally posted by Mouth

I simply cannot log in - my request doesnt even reach authentication. I heard from my friend who was able to log in really early this morning that the game is laggy as hell.

Not going to score the game on this, but so far ... extremely bad of course. Going back to The Secret World (which had a 10/10 launch) for a while, but itching to try GW2 ( though I don't think I will like the cartoony "little mouse characters" things, but we'll see). I loved gw1 to bits, but have a bad feeling about gw2 - especially now after tsw launch.

I agree with you, MMOs are not the thing for you.