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  • tfox2k1tfox2k1 Member Posts: 215

    OP, grow up and stop throwing a tantrum when things do not go as you please.   If you want treated with maturity and respect by the LOTRO community act mature and respectful.

     

    Own up to being a little bitch and apologize.    Turbine is working hard to resolve this issue, crashes are fairly common in the MMO world, its part of the game.   LOTRO as a whole has far less than ANY other MMO I've experience, and I've played a lot of them.  

     

     

  • bluealien1bluealien1 Member Posts: 526
    Originally posted by solareus


    This is the first real problem since the launch of the game and think they are doing everything correctly to make sure everything is perfect ..

     

    Yeah, first real problem since release my ass, once again your fanboism blinds you.

    lol@you

  • JackdogJackdog Member UncommonPosts: 6,321

    This has been the worst night I have ever experienced with LoTRO and I have been playing since early beta, 2 years in August as a matter of facr. But I have to  say this is more like some crap Funcom would pull rather than Turbine. Only times I remember it being like this even in beta were the stress tests.

    Oh well, enough of frustrating myself, think I will walk down to the corner watering hole and have a couple of cold ones .

    I miss DAoC

  • Die_ScreamDie_Scream Member Posts: 1,785

    Unlike Funcom, Turbine will fix the problem and not break anything else, in a timely manor too, I guarentee.

    Turbine is so far beyond FC in every conceivable way it's a joke to compare them.

    You had bad luck, joining when LOTRO had it's first real problem, I assure you, it's not common place, the fix will be fast, correct and PROFESSIONAL.

    Don't go back to Garbage of Conan, give Turbine a chance and you'll see.

  • subbobsubbob Member Posts: 36

    I've only been playing LOTRO for two weeks, so I can't speak of any performance issues before that time.  However, I've been very happy with what I've seen so far.

    As others have said, major content upgrades are usually accompanied with problems.

    There's no true test except the live server test.  Developers quite often are not able to get sufficient load on the test code to identify performance issues that show up on the production server.

    And it may not even be a scaling issue. It could be something as simple as some area goes over a set number (say 500 or 2000) and that persons "instance" in that area exceeded some static allocation.  Perhaps person 2001 causes severe degradation, which in turn ripples through the server.

    A fictional example, but if that was the problem, a test load of 500 characters would never identify it.

    Am I disappointed?  Sure, it's a Friday night and, like many others here, I wanted to play.  But I understand why it happened and they are taking aggressive action to fix it.

  • ThradarThradar Member Posts: 949

    Comparing Turbine to Funcom is a stretch of epic proportions.  EPIC!!

  • DradiinDradiin Member Posts: 259
    Originally posted by Die_Scream


    Unlike Funcom, Turbine will fix the problem and not break anything else, in a timely manor too, I guarentee.
    Turbine is so far beyond FC in every conceivable way it's a joke to compare them.
    You had bad luck, joining when LOTRO had it's first real problem, I assure you, it's not common place, the fix will be fast, correct and PROFESSIONAL.
    Don't go back to Garbage of Conan, give Turbine a chance and you'll see.

    Glad to see cooler heads prevail in the end. Maybe my comparison to Funcom was a bit extreme for more of the hardcore LoTRO players. Regardless i felt it was pretty on the spot. I do admit not being able to read the developer comments on the main site lead to my frustration, something i have recently been able to read now. forums.lotro.com/turbine_tracker.php

    Good to see there gonna take the servers down again and hopefully they get it fixed... wow 7 hours though.

  • MaGicBushMaGicBush Member UncommonPosts: 689
    Originally posted by Vato26

    Originally posted by Hairysun


      Making a comparison between Funcom and Turbine? 
    Hmmm ........ I'm thinking you lost some credibility points with that one.
     
    ~Hairysun~
     

    OP... you really should be used to getting continual disconnects, crappy customer service, game-breaking bugs, etc... with EACH patch while playing AoC.  However, this is not even close to a usual occurrence with LoTRO.  And, the comparison of AoC's issues with Turbines issues just shows how completely clueless you actually are and your true colors.  Therefore, you have no room for complaining. 

    It's just some issues that cropped up with the game during the last book.  If you don't like it, then unsub.  I guarantee that if you act like this ingame, you will not be missed by the community.

    I just started my free trial on LoTR and this is not looking good, at least in AoC its down for about 2 hours and back up again after a patch every week.  I was really enjoying LoTR at the start of the trial, and today I was actually going to put down some cash for Turbine, bad timing for me or them whichever way you look at it I guess. Not that I am giving up, I will wait out my trial and if this is fixed by the end of that and seems smooth I will still probablly sub, otherwise I will look elsewere(gives them about 10 more days).

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  • WebferretWebferret Member UncommonPosts: 90

    Turbine has done a great job with Lotro, Yes there is issues atm, but they just done a major FREE! update adding in content and such. Today while I was online there was issues with Rubberbanding etc. But I was amazed to see a Dev in a user chat channel that is highly populated advising us they are working on it adn there would be server downtime to fix the issues at hand.

    You can't ask for better Customer service than that. Your issues with forums etc, I not sure there I can always access them and havent had an issue with them ever when teh servers have had issues,

    Turbine wil have it up and running as smooth as a bubs bottom soon enough and all shall be happy once again.  I have played many MMO's in my time and LOTRO is the best one for stability to date for me.

    So I am off to see the big yellow ball in the sky while they fix the issues, havent seen it in awhiles, think they call it the sun. LOL.

    Cheers

    Tan

     

  • Kagutsuchi47Kagutsuchi47 Member Posts: 11

    Ok LOTRO is good AoC is good. Honestly I like them both better then WoW. All MMOs and games in general have problems with BIG patch/addon releases. I know for a fact that Turbine is fixing it because I have been on the site because I play the game. I think you have shitty connection because you have shitty internet or your stealing from someone or someone else is stealing it from u. LOTRO is fun an has had the fewest patch problems other then SWG I have seen a long time. I wish AoC was better but it has only been out for a month. You children who STARTED your MMO playing on WoW don't realize the clusterf@ck it was for the first few months. Its the nature of all MMOs give them a break. If you hate it so bad go get a freaking degree in Computer design and Programming and you figure out how f@cking hard it is to make a game and keep it stable. Your immaturity and ignorance overrules this whole post.....

    /Discuss

  • jarishjarish Member Posts: 526

    In this update Turbine did some things that they have never done before. (This server wide event and the live ones coming) The problems that arose with this new content was not caught early on the preview server because they weren't active yet. Turbine did not want everyone to know what as going to happen, they wanted to be surprised. Well things didn't work out perfectly. They have tried to fix things with taking down the servers a little as possible, but it seems to not be working so they are going to take it down for a good while to get it fixed.

    This is not good for Turbine and they know that they need to get it fixed. Just be patient, this is very much so not the norm for this game.

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  • Die_ScreamDie_Scream Member Posts: 1,785

    You ever see FC reply like this? Professionalism, it's what's cooking!

     

     


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  • PapadamPapadam Member Posts: 2,102

    Im sorry to hear that the US servers are having problems... For some reason we are not having thoose isues in EU... but we had alot of server problems around launch so I guess we are even :P

    seems to me like they are doing a good job keeping you informed about the issues!

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  • Death1942Death1942 Member UncommonPosts: 2,587

    sorry dude but your overreacting.  took me 5 seconds in the game to realise that the server was about to crash.  an in game message confirmed this and so did the launcher (posted twice even) went to the forums for the hell of it and got quite a few database errors.  i expect this may be due to the problems they are facing or too many people on the site at once.  i remember reading somewhere that Turbine has had a bit of trouble with their internet provider before.

     

     

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  • Death1942Death1942 Member UncommonPosts: 2,587
    Originally posted by Dradiin

    Originally posted by tfox2k1


    Happens in all MMOs and tend to happen far less in LOTRO.
     
     

     

    No it does not Happen in all MMOs, especially ones that have been out for over a year. Thanks for your optimism but seriously, i can't play, neither can anyone else on my server.

    uhhh...you ever play WoW?  server crashes happened about once every 2 months or so (at least when i was on).  CoH had a few when i played.  SWG had some spectacular ones.  basically any game with server resets (WoW, SWG to name a few) will experience these problems.

     

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  • SGoodyerSGoodyer Member Posts: 192


    Originally posted by Die_Scream

    You ever see FC reply like this? Professionalism, it's what's cooking!
     
     




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    Not sure about you but I saw FC post every problem with the server posted within 15 mins.
    Now when I say this I'm not just talking about FC... I'm talking about all MMOs and there respected developers. It takes time and a lot of work for ANY game especially MMOs to become polished and working.
    FunCom is doing the best they can and they are doing a respectable job at it, so have Turbine. FunCom did not have the full amount of money to have the launch like LoTRO but that means very little when it comes to the game itself. No one at all should say FunCom, Turbine, Mythic, or Turbine are doing a horrible job and those who do, I want YOU to EXPLAIN IN DETAIL how to fix a said issue with the current MMOs... Yeah thats what I thought. SOE had the money to back SWG and they ruined it, FC did not have the money and had to release early to make some profit and if they didn't you would not see Age of Conan.
    Now because so many bought Age of Conan you will see a continuation of development which will polish the game and have more content released. Oh and guess what, WAR will also be missing content at launch with its own bugs and problems! <Mod edit>
  • TheHavokTheHavok Member UncommonPosts: 2,423
    Originally posted by Dradiin

    Originally posted by tfox2k1


    Happens in all MMOs and tend to happen far less in LOTRO.
     
     

     

    No it does not Happen in all MMOs, especially ones that have been out for over a year. Thanks for your optimism but seriously, i can't play, neither can anyone else on my server.

    Yes it does happen in all mmos, especially after patches.  You suck

  • LogiLogi Member UncommonPosts: 48

    Draedin I dont know how many mmo's you have played in the past, but this happens sometimes after a major patch. Comes with the territory. Maybe you should try a single player RPG, like Oblivion, if this sort of thing bothers you so much.

  • SharkypalSharkypal Member Posts: 1,137
    Originally posted by SGoodyer


     

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    Not sure about you but I saw FC post every problem with the server posted within 15 mins.

    Now when I say this I'm not just talking about FC... I'm talking about all MMOs and there respected developers. It takes time and a lot of work for ANY game especially MMOs to become polished and working.

    FunCom is doing the best they can and they are doing a respectable job at it, so have Turbine. FunCom did not have the full amount of money to have the launch like LoTRO but that means very little when it comes to the game itself. No one at all should say FunCom, Turbine, Mythic, or Turbine are doing a horrible job and those who do, I want YOU to EXPLAIN IN DETAIL how to fix a said issue with the current MMOs... Yeah thats what I thought. SOE had the money to back SWG and they ruined it, FC did not have the money and had to release early to make some profit and if they didn't you would not see Age of Conan.

    Now because so many bought Age of Conan you will see a continuation of development which will polish the game and have more content released. Oh and guess what, WAR will also be missing content at launch with its own bugs and problems! <Mod edit>

     



     

    Puhlease! Funcom are a bunch of lying thieves and Conan is a pathetic, crippled game. Please don't mention Turbine and FuncoN as if they are in the same league.

    OP : In all honesty, it is the title of your post that got people's backs up. I can concur with many of the others here in saying that this is really the first time anything like this has happened and it is just a coincidence that you joined right around when this happened. Stick with it as the game is truly great.

    S

  • niteflynitefly Member Posts: 340

    Well, in any business venture your degree of success is determined by your latest achievement.



    Expectations from the outside world will therefore be heavily influenced by how your latest accomplishment played out and if that was less than a success, that's how you will look.



    You will have loyal consumers who will remember with fondness past achievements and they will forgive mistakes to a certain point but not all are convinced supporters to begin with.



    In my MMO gaming history (about 10 years now) I think it has become very rare these recent years that a content patch caused game servers to be down for several days. Yes, 8 hours, a half day, perhaps as much as a whole day, but several days is so rare as to be remarkable for a game that has launched more than a year ago.



    I think it is pointless to compare one company to another in this regard and instead focus on that this was handled badly, not enough testing had been done, hopefully they will use the data they get from this fiasco before attempting something comparable next time. Live and learn.

     

  • JackdogJackdog Member UncommonPosts: 6,321

    Exaggerating a bit here arn't we nite?

    Friday night the servers were down most of the night. But I played yesterday off  and on from 9 am until 1 am this morning for periods off and on all day as my real life duties allowed. I had a  few hiccups last night with getting items to unattach themselves from the mail and the search function on the AH was laggy. Other wise no issues in about 4 to 5 hours worth of playing time on Silverlode.

    I miss DAoC

  • SharkypalSharkypal Member Posts: 1,137
    Originally posted by nitefly


    Well, in any business venture your degree of success is determined by your latest achievement.



    Expectations from the outside world will therefore be heavily influenced by how your latest accomplishment played out and if that was less than a success, that's how you will look.



    You will have loyal consumers who will remember with fondness past achievements and they will forgive mistakes to a certain point but not all are convinced supporters to begin with.



    In my MMO gaming history (about 10 years now) I think it has become very rare these recent years that a content patch caused game servers to be down for several days. Yes, 8 hours, a half day, perhaps as much as a whole day, but several days is so rare as to be remarkable for a game that has launched more than a year ago.



    I think it is pointless to compare one company to another in this regard and instead focus on that this was handled badly, not enough testing had been done, hopefully they will use the data they get from this fiasco before attempting something comparable next time. Live and learn.

     



     

    The game was down for a grand total of about 8 hours, not days. Please, if you are going to try and make Turbine/Lotro look bad (which is clearly your mission  judging by your post history), get your facts straight.

    Yet another Lotro hater who doesn't even play but is somehow the "world's authority" on it. A quick look at your post history is all that's needed to confirm that you, like several others who chose to post here, don't have a clue.

    - "Small and confined world" - Have you even played Lotro? It is anything but small or confined.

    Then there's your jibes about it being "easy" and "simplistic". Clearly you fancy yourself as the "ultimate gamer"

    *Edit* - I just realised you are a WoW fanboy and think that WoW is "complex" and "difficult". I'm sorry i even bothered replying to you.

    I've been playing MMOs for 10 years as well. Difference is I dont feel the need to hang around in the forums of games I don't even play consistently tearing them down. I will never understand this phenomenon. Pretty much every post you have made about Lotro is negative and uninformed. In conclusion,

    /YAWN

    S

  • XEyeSpyXXEyeSpyX Member Posts: 14
    Originally posted by Rebn77


    You Sir must be new to MMOs. LotRO has had far less patch day problems than any other MMO I have played in the last 11 1/2 years.
    Go back to AoC  

     Amen to that. I echo that comment about far less patch problems than any other game. I've played a lot of games and none of them have gone so smoothly. All games are entitled to one or two technical difficulties. Let's see you create a game a massively successful as this one and never once have a bad patch day.

     

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  • XEyeSpyXXEyeSpyX Member Posts: 14
    Originally posted by Jackdog


    Exaggerating a bit here arn't we nite?
    Friday night the servers were down most of the night. But I played yesterday off  and on from 9 am until 1 am this morning for periods off and on all day as my real life duties allowed. I had a  few hiccups last night with getting items to unattach themselves from the mail and the search function on the AH was laggy. Other wise no issues in about 4 to 5 hours worth of playing time on Silverlode.

      I used to play on Silverlode! I sure hope to be able to get back on there again. I miss the game.

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  • DonnieBrascoDonnieBrasco Member Posts: 1,757

    LOL. Didn't have a single minute of downage on my server  in the EU.

    Codemasters knows the game better than Turbine? :)

     

    DB

    Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is.

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