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Launcher crashing, patcher incredibly slow and crashing, crashing at the character screen.

Third weekend in a row of server down times and errors stopping play.

Any of you guys sign up for the weekend? Did things go well so far?

I'm used to not even trying to play CO on weekends now, but this can't be good PR for the game.

Originally posted by Die_Scream

Launcher crashing, patcher incredibly slow and crashing, crashing at the character screen.

Third weekend in a row of server down times and errors stopping play.

Any of you guys sign up for the weekend? Did things go well so far?

I'm used to not even trying to play CO on weekends now, but this can't be good PR for the game.

 

They also did it on a weekend of an STO playtest.  Do the two share a launcher?  Anyway, seems Cryptic put a lot of stress on their download launcher.  People trying to download for the playtest and for the free weekend.  Crazy!

My son and I are both in this category. We saw the free weekend announcement and were eager to try it out.  We've spent all of today attempting to download the game without much success.

I understand server load issues, but it certainly makes me wonder that if they can't manage this, how well can they manage day to day operations?

I played it quite a bit this weekend and didn't have any crashing. Some rubberbanding, but that's it. Fun game, but I won't go out and buy it. Characters don't feel very super heroish and some of the power sets flat out suck.

I have to agree, when I saw the announcement I decide to try the game. I went to the website and download the client 2 days before oct 30 when the free weekend start, but the client didn't patch until the 30 and it was soooooo slow that I quit.

You would expect a company, after an Open Beta, Headstart and Launch, that they would get the hang of this and able to cope with high loads.

I guess that doesn't apply for Cryptic.

Originally posted by trix

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I agree.  The only thing roper ever did right was Diablo 1 and that was over a decade ago.  He's a deuche.  DC Universe will be better anyways.

Originally posted by Sauronas

Originally posted by trix

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I agree.  The only thing roper ever did right was Diablo 1 and that was over a decade ago.  He's a deuche.  DC Universe will be better anyways.

That's why I am still baffled. Even today. Why in earth they hired that idiot at Cryptic.

He ran Flagship Studios completely into the ground by miss-management.

And now, he will run Cryptic Studios into the ground by miss-management.

This guy is just a total dissaster!

But like it is with guys like Brad McQuaid, Richard Garriott and Bill Roper. They once were in charge of a great game. Became some sort of legend.

And we all know what happens to these so called legends with their super inflated egoes.

Brad McQuaid blew it with Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

Richard Garriott blew it with Tabula Rasa.

Bill Roper blew it with Hellgate: London (and now again with Champions Online ... prolly STO next after that).

Cheers

 Haha don't forget to buy your special autographed lifetime subscription for all of billropers games that close within the first yr

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Originally posted by Sauronas

Originally posted by trix

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I agree.  The only thing roper ever did right was Diablo 1 and that was over a decade ago.  He's a deuche.  DC Universe will be better anyways.

 

That's why I am still baffled. Even today. Why in earth they hired that idiot at Cryptic.

He ran Flagship Studios completely into the ground by miss-management.

And now, he will run Cryptic Studios into the ground by miss-management.

This guy is just a total dissaster!

But like it is with guys like Brad McQuaid, Richard Garriott and Bill Roper. They once were in charge of a great game. Became some sort of legend.

And we all know what happens to these so called legends with their super inflated egoes.

Brad McQuaid blew it with Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

Richard Garriott blew it with Tabula Rasa.

Bill Roper blew it with Hellgate: London (and now again with Champions Online ... prolly STO next after that).

Cheers

used to game with some people who worked for roper an claimed he was a great boss.an part of what happened to hellgate wasnt his fault .just like what he inherited with co .theory atm why they hired him?simple if /when co goes wrong they got a scape goat.
 

garriott if court papers are right was done wrong by ncsoft.an the brad well during vanguard he had a breakdown.all three would be guilty of overhyping product.front men have to have a bit of a ego . your not gona listen to a shy quite type push a mmo.

funny people are forgeting about jack whoes the real lead at cryptic.hes the one in intreviews claimeing co was cox2 an corecting some of their mistakes their.funny your laying co mistakes on roper an not jack.most of co developelnt was done before roper was hired.

wonder if co is lighter a few employies after last weeks problems?

The fixation on (botched) events is too much of a coincidence across Hellgate and CO not to be blamed on Roper. Events were the early PR death in Hellgate because they only added cosmetics and a whole lot of unbearable lag, plus endless spam of idiotic consumables in the stash (candy, whatnot) -- not to mention the drain of creative resources that could have been better focused on the core game. There was even a Bloodmoon thingy in Hellgate (a sort of hidden achievement that was not well implemented), so the feeling I have with CO is that Roper has fixations he carries around with him and has a huge say on these high-profile matters, whether he be in charge of design or not. So I am still of the opinion that if CO's boat sinks it will be because of Roper's decisions.