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ArcheAge: Latest Producer's Letter Talks Auroria

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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The latest producer's letter has been published on the ArcheAge site. The discussion centers around this week's release of the Auroria zone and the difficulties players had accessing the game due to a nasty disconnect bug. In the future, the team has started making plans for smoother content releases.

Among the things that we’re doing to avoid this in the future, we have accelerated our plans for a Public Test Server. It will be in place before the next major build is released. While we can’t guarantee that it would have caught this issue, we know that it would have had a higher chance of happening there, and as such, getting that new Test Server out there is among our highest priorities. Stay tuned over the next couple weeks for updates on the new Test Server.

Read the full report on the ArcheAge site.

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  • AthisarAthisar Member UncommonPosts: 666
    Surely coincidental that this comes answering the very topic Massively absolutely slammed Trion for earlier today.
  • toljartoljar Member UncommonPosts: 240

    ouch... people are mad!!! (I own a castle, I can care less)

     

    Gaming community: IRONFIST
    New World: Lilith - US East
    WoW Guild: IRONFIST <Burning Legion> Alliance(We transferred to Illidan)
    WoW Guild: IRONFIST <Illidan> Horde
    SWOTR: IRONFIST <Satele Shan> Empire/Republic


  • PepeqPepeq Member UncommonPosts: 1,977
    Hey!  Now you can own land... on the PTR server!
  • AthisarAthisar Member UncommonPosts: 666

    The tldr version is,

    "Hey everyone. Things went badly this week, we wish it hadn't, but we're not actually going to apologise, just make you think we are. We didn't bother having a test server, so we just threw the patch onto the live server and hoped for the best, but we're not going to do that again (we hope lol!). We're also not fixing anything NA users, sucks to be you. At least EU people are ok. As for hacks, most of you are wrong. ArcheAge is great, by the way.

    Oh, and that 10% discount - you can't have it, but if you spend more on us we'll give you 10% extra, assuming that all works - who knows? We'll just blame XL Games.

    Kisses, Trion"

  • MensurMensur Member EpicPosts: 1,531
    Originally posted by Athisar

    The tldr version is,

    "Hey everyone. Things went badly this week, we wish it hadn't, but we're not actually going to apologise, just make you think we are. We didn't bother having a test server, so we just threw the patch onto the live server and hoped for the best, but we're not going to do that again (we hope lol!). We're also not fixing anything NA users, sucks to be you. At least EU people are ok. As for hacks, most of you are wrong. ArcheAge is great, by the way.

    Oh, and that 10% discount - you can't have it, but if you spend more on us we'll give you 10% extra, assuming that all works - who knows? We'll just blame XL Games.

    Kisses, Trion"

    mmorpg junkie since 1999



  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619

    I think Trion hired the PR guy from Iraq.  You remember him?  Each day he showed up saying how well Iraq was doing in the war.  This producers letter is a slap in the face to all the games players.  

     

    After Rift, I was quite impressed with Trion.  After Defiance I started to think Rift was a fluke but now after I see the way they handle customer support and publishing of this game, I know for sure that Rift was indeed a fluke and Scott Hartman is a lying sack of garbage.

     

    No Tricks, No Traps - Out of labor points?  Buy a potion from our store.  Want to make the craftable chest?  Spend $11 in the store.  No traps here folks, just keep your eyes closed and keep your wallets open.

    "Sean (Murray) saying MP will be in the game is not remotely close to evidence that at the point of purchase people thought there was MP in the game."  - SEANMCAD

  • toljartoljar Member UncommonPosts: 240

    You all knew what you were getting into when you bought items and played the game. Why do you all act surprised? It is not a bad game, just don't play it for a farmville sim, or maybe, just maybe get into a good guild that helps each other out?

     

    Call me a fan boy, but I enjoy my time and experience with Archeage. Do I feel cheated after I bought my way into alpha, beta and what not? Not really, I feel I have got my monies worth and then some. If you hate the game so much, back charge and stop playing, if you enjoy the game, then keep playing, you do not need to spend a dime to get patron status. 

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    New World: Lilith - US East
    WoW Guild: IRONFIST <Burning Legion> Alliance(We transferred to Illidan)
    WoW Guild: IRONFIST <Illidan> Horde
    SWOTR: IRONFIST <Satele Shan> Empire/Republic


  • TheRabidsmurfTheRabidsmurf Member UncommonPosts: 146
    Too nothing, too late.
  • MMOGamer71MMOGamer71 Member UncommonPosts: 1,988

    So anything involving new land in AA will have players having mysteries connection issues with bots claiming alot of if not most of the land.

     

    BTW MMORPG.com you missed Update 15 for LoTRO which has only been out for three days.

  • VolgoreVolgore Member EpicPosts: 3,872
    Originally posted by Talonsin

    I think Trion hired the PR guy from Iraq.  You remember him?  Each day he showed up saying how well Iraq was doing in the war.  This producers letter is a slap in the face to all the games players.  

     

    After Rift, I was quite impressed with Trion.  After Defiance I started to think Rift was a fluke but now after I see the way they handle customer support and publishing of this game, I know for sure that Rift was indeed a fluke and Scott Hartman is a lying sack of garbage.

     

    No Tricks, No Traps - Out of labor points?  Buy a potion from our store.  Want to make the craftable chest?  Spend $11 in the store.  No traps here folks, just keep your eyes closed and keep your wallets open.

    Trion have always been the absolute top spin doctors with their interviews and producer letters.

    If anything, Iraq would hire the Trion CEO for PR.

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  • nebb1234nebb1234 Member Posts: 242
    Originally posted by Mensur
    Originally posted by Athisar

    The tldr version is,

    "Hey everyone. Things went badly this week, we wish it hadn't, but we're not actually going to apologise, just make you think we are. We didn't bother having a test server, so we just threw the patch onto the live server and hoped for the best, but we're not going to do that again (we hope lol!). We're also not fixing anything NA users, sucks to be you. At least EU people are ok. As for hacks, most of you are wrong. ArcheAge is great, by the way.

    Oh, and that 10% discount - you can't have it, but if you spend more on us we'll give you 10% extra, assuming that all works - who knows? We'll just blame XL Games.

    Kisses, Trion"

    tha people's champ!!!!!!!!!

  • thunderclesthundercles Member UncommonPosts: 510
    Wow the 10% thing is going to piss a bunch of ppl off! 
  • SunwolfNCSunwolfNC Member UncommonPosts: 188

    Wife and I stopped playing couple months ago - figured we'd wait for the connection problems and lag issues to be patched up and fixed.

    We'll just uninstall after this, hehe. Thought Trion would handle this better but...yeah..

     

  • ThestrainThestrain Member CommonPosts: 390
    Originally posted by Athisar

    The tldr version is,

    "Hey everyone. Things went badly this week, we wish it hadn't, but we're not actually going to apologise, just make you think we are. We didn't bother having a test server, so we just threw the patch onto the live server and hoped for the best, but we're not going to do that again (we hope lol!). We're also not fixing anything NA users, sucks to be you. At least EU people are ok. As for hacks, most of you are wrong. ArcheAge is great, by the way.

    Oh, and that 10% discount - you can't have it, but if you spend more on us we'll give you 10% extra, assuming that all works - who knows? We'll just blame XL Games.

    Kisses, Trion"

    Owned!

    image

     

  • AthisarAthisar Member UncommonPosts: 666
    Oh god. After all this, and thunderstruck trees going into the cash shop - now someone on their official forums is taking down servers on request.
  • GeladiusGeladius Member UncommonPosts: 29
    What a shit game this turned out to be. Even the land owning system is trash. It's basically if you're lucky enough to buy a house and place it, it's like getting a nice home and placing it in a slum. Just a mishmash of horrible eyesore cluster fuck.
  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619
    LOL, 22 pages of angry players posting in that thread.  Lots of hate aimed at Trion now but I'm sure they made some cash this weekend by putting easy-mode TS trees in the cash shop.
    "Sean (Murray) saying MP will be in the game is not remotely close to evidence that at the point of purchase people thought there was MP in the game."  - SEANMCAD

  • EntinerintEntinerint Member UncommonPosts: 868
    Originally posted by Athisar
    Surely coincidental that this comes answering the very topic Massively absolutely slammed Trion for earlier today.

    Yeah when massively slams its favorite MMO you know things are a problem.

  • MMOGamer71MMOGamer71 Member UncommonPosts: 1,988
    Originally posted by DMKano

    Loving this - hehe.

    So much real raw emotion - makes folks feel alive!

    Also loving the TS tree market crash - oh so many folks are PISSED - hahahaha

    Well played Trion!

    Yeah it is fun watching a F2P game implode on itself .

  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916

    Nice bait-and-switch there on the supposed "10% discount on Marketplace purchases" for patrons. If they can do this so blatantly, what are they likely to do in the future ?

    http://i.imgur.com/keaMQHC.jpg

     

    This benefit has been conspicuously absent ever since launch, but Trion promised (after some vigorous prompting) that it would be introduced Soontm

     

    Turns out what it actually means is a 10% discount on Credit Pack (marketplace credits) purchases !

     
  • grimalgrimal Member UncommonPosts: 2,935
    What a train wreck. It's like reading the headlines that Honey Boo Boo got cancelled.
  • angerbeaverangerbeaver Member UncommonPosts: 1,273
    I bought the cheapie founder pack and had full intentions to keep subing but they lost me a while ago. When it took over a month to get a ticket looked at I already made my choice but the whole expansion thing...yeesh...i hope others either play completely F2P or not at all after that.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Originally posted by DMKano

    Loving this - hehe.

    So much real raw emotion - makes folks feel alive!

    Also loving the TS tree market crash - oh so many folks are PISSED - hahahaha

    Well played Trion!

    Why in the world is that a good thing?

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

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  • NobleNerdNobleNerd Member UncommonPosts: 759
    Originally posted by Entinerint
    Originally posted by Athisar
    Surely coincidental that this comes answering the very topic Massively absolutely slammed Trion for earlier today.

    Yeah when massively slams its favorite MMO you know things are a problem.

    So true. They praised this game up and down.


  • TiamatRoarTiamatRoar Member RarePosts: 1,689
    Originally posted by Iselin
    Originally posted by DMKano

    Loving this - hehe.

    So much real raw emotion - makes folks feel alive!

    Also loving the TS tree market crash - oh so many folks are PISSED - hahahaha

    Well played Trion!

    Why in the world is that a good thing?

    I imagine from DMKano's perspective, it's because it happened in Archeage. And Archeage can do no wrong.  Because Archeage can do no wrong, anything that happens in Archeage, including "so many folks being PISSED", must be a good thing!

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