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Zerai Novice Member Joined: 1/18/09 Posts: 9	2/27/09 11:51:12 AM#21 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by junzo316 Sad, actually. AV could have avoided most of the issues if they did proper testing on the game and their ordering system. Their rush to release the game could be their biggest mistake and brings back memories like Vanguard. /agree I think they got backed into a corner with the first release date, not sure what happend with Audiovisual, and they very much needed an open beta. A PR rep wouldn't have hurt either. And someone to update the website. And, well... The actual game itself, once its running, seems to be quite good. At least, what I'm looking for.
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Zerai Novice Member Joined: 1/18/09 Posts: 9	2/27/09 11:52:39 AM#22 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Herodes Originally posted by Zerai Damn indie developers! Be careful with your wishes Ah, true. I shall, thanks.
jinxit Novice Member Joined: 9/07/06 Posts: 843	2/27/09 11:54:46 AM#23 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Zerai Originally posted by junzo316 Sad, actually. AV could have avoided most of the issues if they did proper testing on the game and their ordering system. Their rush to release the game could be their biggest mistake and brings back memories like Vanguard. /agree I think they got backed into a corner with the first release date, not sure what happend with Audiovisual, and they very much needed an open beta. A PR rep wouldn't have hurt either. And someone to update the website. And, well... The actual game itself, once its running, seems to be quite good. At least, what I'm looking for. More like they were backed into a corner by there investors... We want to see a return on our investment.... ....put up now or else. Don't know if you can run it? Go here http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
XImpalerX Apprentice Member Joined: 2/15/07 Posts: 512 "As you think, so shall you become"	2/27/09 11:59:37 AM#24 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Bill_pull 20 out of WOW's 88 servers were down at least an hour during it's first weekend. Those 20 servers were all up at least 50% of the time. Players on the other 68 servers were unaffected and even players on the 20 servers with issues were able to play a great game for hours at a time. Blizzard also had it's forums up and were giving hourly updates on server issues. Probably over 80% of WOW's initial players were unaffected by the problems at launch. 1 out of 1 Darkfall server has been down for almost 48 hours straight since launch. The only time it has been up, most players couldn't even move, and the ones that could move were busy exploiting mobs that couldn't move. Darkfalls forums have been down since launch, and in the past 48 hours we have had 3 updates... all saying nothing. Probably about 0% of Darkfalls initial players were unaffted by the problems at launch. I played WOW at launch. The only thing 'wrong' was that it took 5-10 seconds to loot a mob. The gameplay was excellent, they mobs fought back, I could finish quests, I could move anywhere i wanted to. For 80% of players, that is exactly what they experienced. In Darkfall, and it's 1 server.. players can't log in, if they do, most can't move. The ones that can move can't fight mobs who fight back, all they are doing is swinging at 'target' dummies and making gold. qft
Zerai Novice Member Joined: 1/18/09 Posts: 9	2/27/09 12:05:06 PM#25 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Report! - Gamespot reports game is "wracked by problems"! Other news report says game is "dogged by server issues"! Damn indie developers! Nice try, but you obvioulsy have no understanding of context. Blizzard was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Aventurine excplicitly limited the number of players so they woudln't have to " try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for". At this time, Darkfall's one world cannot adequately support the fewer than 10k players trying to play. As such, has Aventurine met their goal of being able to guarantee a good gameplay experience for those few players who've actually been able to log in and play? No. ~Ripper Context? Aventurine was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Imo, that pressure was one of the biggest factors into a rushed launch. And, I think, maybe, my "indie developer"(while somewhat inauspicious) might have have had something to do with context. Well, maybe, contrast even. Peace.
RoYkO Novice Member Joined: 12/07/04 Posts: 69	2/27/09 12:07:23 PM#26 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Other games communicate better.
xzyax Novice Member Joined: 10/02/08 Posts: 2298	2/27/09 12:20:05 PM#27 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Report! - Gamespot reports game is "wracked by problems"! Other news report says game is "dogged by server issues"! Damn indie developers! Nice try, but you obvioulsy have no understanding of context. Blizzard was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Aventurine excplicitly limited the number of players so they woudln't have to " try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for". At this time, Darkfall's one world cannot adequately support the fewer than 10k players trying to play. As such, has Aventurine met their goal of being able to guarantee a good gameplay experience for those few players who've actually been able to log in and play? No. ~Ripper What was the point of the "Limited Release" if it didn't prevent the problems? Weren't they limiting pre-orders and sales so they could "Guarantee a good gameplay experience"? I guess I'm just completely baffled at the thought process of Tasos and Aventurine. If you are going to do a limited release... make darn well sure that it is limited enough so that the amount you limit it to can play! (Kinda goes hand in hand with that guarantee part). Just out of curiosity... does anyone know of a P2P MMO that Released with a more limited amount of players? 1 server... how many did they limit it to? I haven't seen numbers over 25k... most are saying a lot less. So, anyone know of a P2P MMO that Released will less? It's not a knock on DarkFall or Aventurine... just wondering if that would be the smallest P2P MMO Release or not. How many did these MMOs have for Release? ArchLord Roma Victor Hellgate London Those are a few recent kind more niche MMOs that I remember. Anyone remember the Release numbers for those MMOs?
absolut187 Novice Member Joined: 7/21/07 Posts: 109	2/27/09 12:31:13 PM#28 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by xzyax Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Report! - Gamespot reports game is "wracked by problems"! Other news report says game is "dogged by server issues"! Damn indie developers! Nice try, but you obvioulsy have no understanding of context. Blizzard was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Aventurine excplicitly limited the number of players so they woudln't have to " try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for". At this time, Darkfall's one world cannot adequately support the fewer than 10k players trying to play. As such, has Aventurine met their goal of being able to guarantee a good gameplay experience for those few players who've actually been able to log in and play? No. ~Ripper What was the point of the "Limited Release" if it didn't prevent the problems? Weren't they limiting pre-orders and sales so they could "Guarantee a good gameplay experience"? I guess I'm just completely baffled at the thought process of Tasos and Aventurine. If you are going to do a limited release... make darn well sure that it is limited enough so that the amount you limit it to can play! (Kinda goes hand in hand with that guarantee part). Just out of curiosity... does anyone know of a P2P MMO that Released with a more limited amount of players? 1 server... how many did they limit it to? I haven't seen numbers over 25k... most are saying a lot less. So, anyone know of a P2P MMO that Released will less? It's not a knock on DarkFall or Aventurine... just wondering if that would be the smallest P2P MMO Release or not. How many did these MMOs have for Release? ArchLord Roma Victor Hellgate London Those are a few recent kind more niche MMOs that I remember. Anyone remember the Release numbers for those MMOs? Another difference between Aventurine and Blizzard: "Blizzard apologized at length on the official World of Warcraft forums before implementing a stopgap fix." Meanwhile Tasos blames his customers, saying it is their fault because they cant spell their own names.. More BS from AV. Dear Aventurine: Your customers/fans would cut you a lot more slack if you stopped blaming them for your mistakes, kept them informed, and stopped lying to them. ----- Its funny how people who hate Darkfall spend so much time talking about Darkfall. I guess being a fat troll means having no friends, no girls, and nothing better to do than spew hate on internet forums..
Cik_Asalin Novice Member Joined: 8/29/04 Posts: 3091	2/27/09 12:35:37 PM#29 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by colep53 No Darkfall is the only game to ever have launch problems. Current inpet developer performance should not be justified with past inept developer performance.
rhinok Advanced Member Joined: 2/01/07 Posts: 1790	2/27/09 12:42:46 PM#30 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Zerai Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Report! - Gamespot reports game is "wracked by problems"! Other news report says game is "dogged by server issues"! Damn indie developers! Nice try, but you obvioulsy have no understanding of context. Blizzard was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Aventurine excplicitly limited the number of players so they woudln't have to " try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for". At this time, Darkfall's one world cannot adequately support the fewer than 10k players trying to play. As such, has Aventurine met their goal of being able to guarantee a good gameplay experience for those few players who've actually been able to log in and play? No. ~Ripper Context? Aventurine was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Imo, that pressure was one of the biggest factors into a rushed launch. And, I think, maybe, my "indie developer"(while somewhat inauspicious) might have have had something to do with context. Well, maybe, contrast even. Peace. In general, Tasos has stated that the demand exceeded their expections. That, however, is not the case for the launch, since the launch was limited to an extremely small number of players. As such, Aventurine only has to handle a tiny player base and, up 'til now, they've yet to demonstrate that they can do so succesfully. That's context. ~Ripper
xzyax Novice Member Joined: 10/02/08 Posts: 2298	2/27/09 2:19:01 PM#31 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Originally posted by rhinok Originally posted by Zerai Report! - Gamespot reports game is "wracked by problems"! Other news report says game is "dogged by server issues"! Damn indie developers! Nice try, but you obvioulsy have no understanding of context. Blizzard was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Aventurine excplicitly limited the number of players so they woudln't have to " try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for". At this time, Darkfall's one world cannot adequately support the fewer than 10k players trying to play. As such, has Aventurine met their goal of being able to guarantee a good gameplay experience for those few players who've actually been able to log in and play? No. ~Ripper Context? Aventurine was trying to handle a huge amount of players and unexpected demand. Imo, that pressure was one of the biggest factors into a rushed launch. And, I think, maybe, my "indie developer"(while somewhat inauspicious) might have have had something to do with context. Well, maybe, contrast even. Peace. In general, Tasos has stated that the demand exceeded their expections. That, however, is not the case for the launch, since the launch was limited to an extremely small number of players. As such, Aventurine only has to handle a tiny player base and, up 'til now, they've yet to demonstrate that they can do so succesfully. That's context. ~Ripper Yup. The only number that matters right now is the number that Aventurine allowed to pre-order, download, and make an account for. You know that part where Tasos just 2 weeks ago said: "We won’t try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for..." Since they've disabled the forums and the any new orders... the only number of players they are dealing with right now is a number of their own choosing.
ShuttleXpC Novice Member Joined: 7/25/07 Posts: 90	2/27/09 2:19:58 PM#32 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by colep53 No Darkfall is the only game to ever have launch problems. No, but it surely is the one that has done it best. I guess if you wanna say they are #1 at something, that would surely be #1 at failing to launch a game
JeroKane Elite Member Joined: 2/21/06 Posts: 3448	2/27/09 2:27:12 PM#33 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ShuttleXpC Originally posted by colep53 No Darkfall is the only game to ever have launch problems. No, but it surely is the one that has done it best. I guess if you wanna say they are #1 at something, that would surely be #1 at failing to launch a game I agree. Not that I am defending Blizzard or anything. BUT! Blizzard was truly suprised by the amount of boxes they sold on day 1 and thus the amount of people suddenly all wanna log in at the same time! Their servers were just litterly overrun. Pure and simple! Big big difference! As Aventurine limited their pre-orders to a small select number to exactly avoid these kind of problems wasn't that right? They were also bragging that they didn't need any real beta nor open beta for stress testing as their AI bot programs we so much better. Rest my case.
sharif Novice Member Joined: 9/04/08 Posts: 28	2/27/09 2:27:16 PM#34 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by RexNebular Aha! Now we can see who's better! WOW had 20 servers down at launch, in case of Darkfall only one has problems You do know its 2 days past launch? When will someone wake up and and realize that this is a huge failed launch.
gillen033 Novice Member Joined: 8/30/07 Posts: 9	2/27/09 2:44:55 PM#35 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Maybe I was just lucky, but the game was very stable for me . . . yea the syncing sucked but I still managed to play. It was tough but I managed to kill quite a few mobs, and from what I could tell there were alot of people able to run around. I didn't run into any other problems besides the syncing thing.
AzraelSTX Novice Member Joined: 2/27/09 Posts: 31	2/27/09 3:03:13 PM#36 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Raizeen gg darkfail gg raiztard Try reading the links next time.