Originally posted by pupurun

I just registered at the website and full of joy and with a thrilling sensation i pressed the download button...Only to see after a while:

 

Download Speed:   11.00 KB/sec

 

Is this a joke? Tgey seriously expect us to take them seriously and give them our money? And don't give me the usual " its beta/its the start/its new and there is a tremendous load on the download server'' crap , because i remember online games with a much bigger hype and logiacally server loads that had a much bigger upload rate at all their players (US and EU).

Trion with RIFT for one...Fastest closed/open beta download of a client ever...(played RIFT for a month-don't like it so much).

oh god... the game is free to play and it's in 1st day of open beta. I don't get why people tend to QQ so much when they don't get something instantly.

It's okay, it's not the end of the world, it's just a game!

Now to the point of your DL speed... I downloaded just fine with 1.3 MB/s just 12 hours ago, but I probably wasn't downloading at their rush hours so just suck it up and postpone the download and run it at wee hours in the night :D

People have gotten so ridiculous when it comes to Betas.  They expect finished products with super high performance for a BETA.  This isn't the official release, it is a BETA which means you should expect problems.

So many spoiled, self-entitled children these days.

Originally posted by pupurun
they are selling a product.

nope

Originally posted by pupurun

I just registered at the website and full of joy and with a thrilling sensation i pressed the download button...Only to see after a while:

 

Download Speed:   11.00 KB/sec

 

Is this a joke? Tgey seriously expect us to take them seriously and give them our money? And don't give me the usual " its beta/its the start/its new and there is a tremendous load on the download server'' crap , because i remember online games with a much bigger hype and logiacally server loads that had a much bigger upload rate at all their players (US and EU).

Trion with RIFT for one...Fastest closed/open beta download of a client ever...(played RIFT for a month-don't like it so much).

so, how much money do you give em exactly?

i got my key for free. thought that's notmal since they are still in ... uh wait nm, nothing you wanna hear :P

uh and btw, when i loaded the game (closed beta) the servers were working quite good. i'd call it "a mass of people loading from the same source" ^^

and for the indi part: when blizzard does a game. they have like 11 million $ backup, no prob to set up a server with that much money.

when indi companies release a game, they get their money either by pre orders or by releasing the game, so i'd say they dont actually HAVE alot of money yet.

this is grinding gear games' first game. obviously they can't afford a server that would hold up to the hype of a "diablo killer" (just check some forums and you will see why i refer to PoE as DK)

I got around 100k~200k per sec

It's slower than I expected though.....it was much better in CB.....I guess they have more participants in OB than expected.

Originally posted by pupurun
As a 40 year old child i got one thing to say to you. Indie or not..they are selling a product. And adding bandwidth means spending money. If they want to earn money they have to spend some

If you don't know the difference between beta and production, and the concept of F2P with cash shop... you've got some reading to do.

Originally posted by NaughtyP

Originally posted by pupurun
As a 40 year old child i got one thing to say to you. Indie or not..they are selling a product. And adding bandwidth means spending money. If they want to earn money they have to spend some

If you don't know the difference between beta and production, and the concept of F2P with cash shop... you've got some reading to do.

That's true, but beta is so abused now it's not a really good shield argument.  When a company soft-launches a game (accepts cash shop payments), then they should be ready for prime time criticism.  If they aren't then money shouldn't be changing hands.  The sub-free feature shouldn't excuse any company from scrutiny.

For people to tout it's strengths and proclaim it a Diablo successor in one breath, and then defend flaws, weaknesses, and criticism with the shields of "beta" and "indie" in the next breath is disengenuious at best.

Originally posted by pupurun

I just registered at the website and full of joy and with a thrilling sensation i pressed the download button...Only to see after a while:

 

Download Speed:   11.00 KB/sec

 

Is this a joke? Tgey seriously expect us to take them seriously and give them our money? And don't give me the usual " its beta/its the start/its new and there is a tremendous load on the download server'' crap , because i remember online games with a much bigger hype and logiacally server loads that had a much bigger upload rate at all their players (US and EU).

Trion with RIFT for one...Fastest closed/open beta download of a client ever...(played RIFT for a month-don't like it so much).

WHAT MONEY! ITS FREE! Time to upgrade your internet i had my game downloaded and upgraded in under 1hr...[mod edit]

Originally posted by pupurun

I just registered at the website and full of joy and with a thrilling sensation i pressed the download button...Only to see after a while:

 

Download Speed:   11.00 KB/sec

 

Is this a joke? Tgey seriously expect us to take them seriously and give them our money? And don't give me the usual " its beta/its the start/its new and there is a tremendous load on the download server'' crap , because i remember online games with a much bigger hype and logiacally server loads that had a much bigger upload rate at all their players (US and EU).

Trion with RIFT for one...Fastest closed/open beta download of a client ever...(played RIFT for a month-don't like it so much).

Let's see free game that is only about 1000 times better then D3 could ever be!  A way better launch then D3 was! O best part is a company that has no where near the money that blizzard has could make a game 1000 times better. But wait they failed because you got a slow download speed? 

Welcome to the generation of "gimme now or I will rage"

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by NaughtyP

Originally posted by pupurun
As a 40 year old child i got one thing to say to you. Indie or not..they are selling a product. And adding bandwidth means spending money. If they want to earn money they have to spend some

If you don't know the difference between beta and production, and the concept of F2P with cash shop... you've got some reading to do.

That's true, but beta is so abused now it's not a really good shield argument.  When a company soft-launches a game (accepts cash shop payments), then they should be ready for prime time criticism.  If they aren't then money shouldn't be changing hands.  The sub-free feature shouldn't excuse any company from scrutiny.

For people to tout it's strengths and proclaim it a Diablo successor in one breath, and then defend flaws, weaknesses, and criticism with the shields of "beta" and "indie" in the next breath is disengenuious at best.

I agree with this. PoE has been launched. No character wipes and working cash shop = Launch. Beta or not, they have launched the game.

I downloaded gameday patch at ~4mbps, but the 1.10 patch I only got upto ~1mbps :(

There's alot of players playing and downloading updates and such right now.  It's just like any launch, you're going to get disconnected, it's going to take awhile to download anything, and the game can lag sometimes.  Overall, I haven't had that bad of a time.  I get disconnected from time to time, but I never lag :)

Edit: Shadow + Whirling Blades = awesomesauce!

Originally posted by pupurun

I just registered at the website and full of joy and with a thrilling sensation i pressed the download button...Only to see after a while:

 

Download Speed:   11.00 KB/sec

 

Is this a joke? Tgey seriously expect us to take them seriously and give them our money? And don't give me the usual " its beta/its the start/its new and there is a tremendous load on the download server'' crap , because i remember online games with a much bigger hype and logiacally server loads that had a much bigger upload rate at all their players (US and EU).

Trion with RIFT for one...Fastest closed/open beta download of a client ever...(played RIFT for a month-don't like it so much).

Can't say I agree. My friend and I had no problems patching/playing the game last night. I think you were just unlucky.

Is it really necessary to publicly complain about every imperfection and annoyance? Seriously, why are there so many wet blankets on the internet?

Others seem to have managed to download the game. If it was slow for them, they didn't scramble to the forums and start a QQ thread about it.

Just don't play it if it's such a big deal to you OP. You won't be missed.

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Originally posted by Dreamion
you're the joke.

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Agreed.

Is this your first time on the internets? Sheet happens. Get over it or give some feedback but don't make a federal case out of it.

Originally posted by Psychow

Is it really necessary to publicly complain about every imperfection and annoyance? Seriously, why are there so many wet blankets on the internet?

 

Others seem to have managed to download the game. If it was slow for them, they didn't scramble to the forums and start a QQ thread about it.

 

Just don't play it if it's such a big deal to you OP. You won't be missed.

Let me put it to you as simple as i can. I am not raging JUST for the fun of it. I m trying to find similar voices through these forums so that some things regarding game launching might be changed one day. And yes i DO believe that most game developers read these kind of forums. As many should agree, once you have a cash shop and you are promoting a "product" you must have the basics running. I never asked for perfect from the start....But at least an average download rate and for the game to launch.Thats 2 basic things that imo are a must. Believe me many times i DON'T get to see those 2 things from some mmos who hide their weaknesses behind the ' we are an indie company/we re in beta" masks.

Dont get me wrong..I am excited about the game and i trully hope it succeeds.  I just think they rushed it. And thats my fear. 

If i open a cafeteria , i should be serving coffee. Might not be great at first...might be late on serving..but hey..i should have the courtesy to serve something....If i don't have enough chairs...just stop accepting people...No excuse there.

And for the last time......JUST BECAUSE IT'S FREE TO PLAY and has a MIni Shop  it doesn't mean they are NOT a business!!!