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MephsterMephster Member Posts: 1,188
in Guild Wars 2
I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

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  • MukeMuke Member RarePosts: 2,614
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

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  • MephsterMephster Member Posts: 1,188
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

    Just more excuses. I understand it hurts to see GW2 launch fail but hey facts are facts. Beta is over, this is the real deal now. Glad to see you understand.

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  • LucioonLucioon Member UncommonPosts: 819

    I am Really surprised, this morning, I got up at 1:30 am, log in without problems, created 5 characters, got them all out of the tutorial. Played for 2 hours before I went to bed. The game was extremely smooth, no lag on Northern Shiverpeaks. It was the smoothest launch for me.

    What happened from 4 am to now??,

    I am at work atm, but still, there was so many people on  earlier that I didn't even realize that people was having problems. 

    Man, I was gonna post that this was the smoothest launch that I have ever been in, but I guess I was always lucky in that I was able to get into SWTOR without problems, same with WOW, same with EQ2 and all the other MMO that I have been in on Head start. 

    Well atleast the game still feel great, even better than It was for me in BWE. So I will definitely be enjoying the game when I go home. 

    Good Luck to you all.

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  • deamiandeamian Member UncommonPosts: 66

    My first impression last night 3 hours early by the way, was fantastic, I lagged, and then I didn't and played for 5 hours having an incredibly immersive MMORPG experience.

     

    In case you've never played mmo's before, at varying times during any given day, month, year. They will be unavailable while the developer of said mmo tries to iron out things, or patch things, or add things all for your gaming enjoyment.

  • AethaerynAethaeryn Member RarePosts: 3,150
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    The main difference is that those games were flawed in many ways aside from launch issues.  Once the servers get sorted there is a good game there that many people have played and enjoyed.  These are different issues from AoC and WAR

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  • ExcessionExcession Member RarePosts: 709
    First impression's mean everything, they really do.

    My first impression of Guild Wars 2, was just before 5am this morning, when I first logged into the game, and made my first character.

    It was great, I created a character, I did the intro, moved into the starter zone, did all the heart quest's there, did all the DE's, went into Rata Sum to sort out crafting, went to the Human stater area, and knocked out all the heart quests/DE's there as well.

    Decided to make a couple more different characters, did the starter area on each of them, then logged off for lunch at about 12.30 ish.

    So yes, first impressions mean everything, and mine was great.

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  • VorchVorch Member UncommonPosts: 793

    Biggest MMO launch of the year down for 2-3 hours during it's first day up with floods of people...

     

    MMO HAS FAILED!

    "As you read these words, a release is seven days or less away or has just happened within the last seven days— those are now the only two states you’ll find the world of Tyria."...Guild Wars 2

  • tyfontyfon Member UncommonPosts: 240

    I'm getting the suspicion that they rushed this to compete with MoP.

    As for the AoC launch, it was actually very smooth for me bar the content gap at level 50-60ish. The engine itself was stellar. 

     

    I bought this one yesterday on a whim when I saw that I would be getting in the head start this weekend. Also everyone have been saying that it would only be released "when ready" so I figured that it would be a quality product. 

    That it doesn't even include DX11 support is a very strong indication that it was rushed and the few voiced scenes that I saw before getting booted sounded like someone reading from a script without any emotion (developers make the voices?)

     

    I'll stay wait a bit and see before I refund or backcharge it. Hopefully I won't have too!.. Anyway.. back to eve for now :)

  • GrayGhost79GrayGhost79 Member UncommonPosts: 4,775
    Originally posted by Mephster
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

    Just more excuses. I understand it hurts to see GW2 launch fail but hey facts are facts. Beta is over, this is the real deal now. Glad to see you understand.

    lol...  yep, head start is pretty bad right now. Is it the end of the world? no. Is it something that can't be fixed? no. Is it something seasoned MMO players didn't see as a possibility? no. It happens, it's not like it's TSW or MO where there were only a small number of players trying to log in and play. They pre-sold a large number of copies and many more were bought last night. Welcome to popular MMO launches. I can handle and understand server crashes, the load can get intense with an MMO with this level of interest. As long as there aren't major issues I can be patient. 

    Yes, gloat if you like. GW2 is doomed to fail because of a failed head start. The first impression has been ruined. Whoa is me. I'll pretend I care :) 

  • kaiser3282kaiser3282 Member UncommonPosts: 2,759
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    As has been said many times, it is not launch yet. Its also far from the worst launch. Its day 1 of headstart, servers had issues, they acknowledged it and have been working on it since. The other games you mentioned, especially WAR basically went like this.... "Hey theres a major issue / bug" "OK, we will get that sometime in the next few days/weeks/months..." years later some of those same issues still exist (bugged elf RvR status and bugged [shooting through walls, attacking stealthers]anyone?). Even worse, some of the "fixed" issues,w ere never even fixed. They simply took those portions of the game out, so you dont see them as an exisiting problem anymore, but removing content does not = fixing the issue so that content works properly.

  • NomadMorlockNomadMorlock Member UncommonPosts: 815

    First impression was great.  My entire guild was able to log in and create characters and play for hours with no issues.

     

    Some of you haven't been a part of major MMO launches..it's obvious.  I remember with SWG I was able to log in once and made it through character creation..and that was it...couldn't get in again until the next day.  Epic crash.

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  • MephsterMephster Member Posts: 1,188
    Originally posted by kaiser3282
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    As has been said many times, it is not launch yet. Its also far from the worst launch. Its day 1 of headstart, servers had issues, they acknowledged it and have been working on it since. The other games you mentioned, especially WAR basically went like this.... "Hey theres a major issue / bug" "OK, we will get that sometime in the next few days/weeks/months..." years later some of those same issues still exist (bugged elf RvR status and bugged [shooting through walls, attacking stealthers]anyone?). Even worse, some of the "fixed" issues,w ere never even fixed. They simply took those portions of the game out, so you dont see them as an exisiting problem anymore, but removing content does not = fixing the issue so that content works properly.

    Everyone knows this is launch except for a few out there. Sure lots of games have problems but launch days it the most important day. Like I said, first impressions mean everything to players. When you fail on launch day your game doesn't last long, that is a proven fact.

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  • frestonfreston Member UncommonPosts: 503
    Nice gloating there. All you need now is an evil laugh.
  • NikkitaNikkita Member Posts: 790
    If not the worst launch, it is certainly one of the worst headstart for this year.

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  • BoldynBoldyn Member Posts: 265

    First impressions mean everything to impatient little brats

     

    Better? Besides the text on your avatar allready stated what you were gonna say before you said it. Life so shallow you have to bash now ey?

  • rutaqrutaq Member UncommonPosts: 428
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

     

    The GW2 launch isn't the worst ever but the lack of communication is embarrassing.    Not even a simple post, splash page, Patcher note, nothing....   

    AAA titles don't launch like this anymore;   TSW,  SWTOR, TERA.   GW2 needs to get it's act together,  that's the funny thing about unbridled hype it can easily change to unbridled hate. 

     

  • korent1991korent1991 Member UncommonPosts: 1,364
    Originally posted by Mephster
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

    Just more excuses. I understand it hurts to see GW2 launch fail but hey facts are facts. Beta is over, this is the real deal now. Glad to see you understand.

    Well, you do know this still isn't launch?

    I know you probably forgot about SWTOR, but it took me 5 - 6 hours to get into the server for the first time... So yeah, this is nothing... The game worked fine in the morning and I was playing for 4-5 hours so it's pretty good...

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  • GhavriggGhavrigg Member RarePosts: 1,308
    Originally posted by Mephster
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

    Just more excuses. I understand it hurts to see GW2 launch fail but hey facts are facts. Beta is over, this is the real deal now. Glad to see you understand.

    Impatience is your excuse for whining. Stop being a baby, wait a little while for them to work out the kinks, and the world will continue to go 'round. 

  • GreenishBlueGreenishBlue Member Posts: 263
    it got worse now, I don't even get the login screen; if it's that bad, the devs should push back the release date and give us a proper early access;  I can put up with some lag and disconnects, but not this nonsense; if they don't fix the issue by this evening I am requesting refund and wait until things look better; glad I bought it with CC

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  • GhavriggGhavrigg Member RarePosts: 1,308
    Originally posted by Mephster
    Originally posted by kaiser3282
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    As has been said many times, it is not launch yet. Its also far from the worst launch. Its day 1 of headstart, servers had issues, they acknowledged it and have been working on it since. The other games you mentioned, especially WAR basically went like this.... "Hey theres a major issue / bug" "OK, we will get that sometime in the next few days/weeks/months..." years later some of those same issues still exist (bugged elf RvR status and bugged [shooting through walls, attacking stealthers]anyone?). Even worse, some of the "fixed" issues,w ere never even fixed. They simply took those portions of the game out, so you dont see them as an exisiting problem anymore, but removing content does not = fixing the issue so that content works properly.

    Everyone knows this is launch except for a few out there. Sure lots of games have problems but launch days it the most important day. Like I said, first impressions mean everything to players. When you fail on launch day your game doesn't last long, that is a proven fact.

    WoW failed for a solid month, let alone launch day, before it was truly playable without many issues. Guess what happened?

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  • ConnmacartConnmacart Member UncommonPosts: 723
    Originally posted by rutaq
    Originally posted by Muke
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    It's really obvious you dont have much mmo experience.

     

    The GW2 launch isn't the worst ever but the lack of communication is embarrassing.    Not even a simple post, splash page, Patcher note, nothing....   

    AAA titles don't launch like this anymore;   TSW,  SWTOR, TERA.   GW2 needs to get it's act together,  that's the funny thing about unbridled hype it can easily change to unbridled hate. 

     

    You do know they've been posting on twitter and facebook about the issues. Sure you can say I don't use those, but that's not the same as them not communicating

  • terrantterrant Member Posts: 1,683

    My first impression was made months ago with BWE1. It's the reason why I'm eagerly awaiting the game today- because I know that I like it that much.

     

    Now. The server situaiton is unpleasant. On the other hand, it's a sign that this game got even more interest than anyone expected. I hope they fix it soon so I can play, but I'm not overly surprised that there's issues. Nor do I think some login server issues reflect poorly on the game as a whole. If we never played games that had issues like this, many of us would ahve never played an MMO. WoW, EQ, UO...they all had their full-day or longer server issues. As have many others.

     

     

  • NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798
    Originally posted by Lucioon

    I am Really surprised, this morning, I got up at 1:30 am, log in without problems, created 5 characters, got them all out of the tutorial. Played for 2 hours before I went to bed. The game was extremely smooth, no lag on Northern Shiverpeaks. It was the smoothest launch for me.

    What happened from 4 am to now??,

    Man, I was gonna post that this was the smoothest launch that I have ever been in, but I guess I was always lucky in that I was able to get into SWTOR without problems, same with WOW, same with EQ2 and all the other MMO that I have been in on Head start.

    i played GW2 for 3 hours w no issues similar to you

     

    I was not lucky w WOW launch, my guild picked one of the most congested servers at launch (Whisperwind)

    I experienced many network bugs during the first launch week and hour waits in server ques

    - wetlands boat dropping players into harbor to drown, WOW client freezing/crashing, players stuck kneeling while looting

     

    I agree this is a bumpy GW2 start with not being to log in on the 1st day of early access

    but its nothing like my *first month* of WOW for game issues

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  • GamayunGamayun Member CommonPosts: 73

    Ironically, one of the ArenaNet devs himself said that you only get one chance to make a first impression.

    I hope they manage to solve the problems today. 

  • MephsterMephster Member Posts: 1,188
    Originally posted by Aviggin
    Originally posted by Mephster
    Originally posted by kaiser3282
    Originally posted by Mephster
    I am pretty much shocked ArenaNet has dropped the ball this hard. I mean ok, I know I wasn't crazy about the game but to have so many issues on launch day is just mind boggling. I personally never would have thought ArenaNet would fail so hard like this. Sure no launch is ever perfect but this has to be one of the worst launches in a long time. It kind of reminds me of AOC launch or Warhammer launch to some extent. ArenaNet had so much time with the game to already and to have a launch like this is inexcusable. Though you can't say you weren't warned, people told you so and the diehards did not want to listen. Hope you guys who are still playing make the best of it.

    As has been said many times, it is not launch yet. Its also far from the worst launch. Its day 1 of headstart, servers had issues, they acknowledged it and have been working on it since. The other games you mentioned, especially WAR basically went like this.... "Hey theres a major issue / bug" "OK, we will get that sometime in the next few days/weeks/months..." years later some of those same issues still exist (bugged elf RvR status and bugged [shooting through walls, attacking stealthers]anyone?). Even worse, some of the "fixed" issues,w ere never even fixed. They simply took those portions of the game out, so you dont see them as an exisiting problem anymore, but removing content does not = fixing the issue so that content works properly.

    Everyone knows this is launch except for a few out there. Sure lots of games have problems but launch days it the most important day. Like I said, first impressions mean everything to players. When you fail on launch day your game doesn't last long, that is a proven fact.

    WoW failed for a solid month, let alone launch day, before it was truly playable without many issues. Guess what happened?

    WoW is one of those exceptions because WoW has a huge and loyal fanbase especially in China. Noone ever has been able to fully recouperate from a disasterous launch day except WoW. That is saying a lot about how Blizzard separates themselves from everyone else when it comes to mmos. GW2 will suffer a lot because of this bad launch.

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