PostedSun Nov 06, 2005 3:37 am
In their defence (god....am I defending SOE?) they only have 3-4 Test Servers total (this was stated way back when sometime). They've had two up and a third just hasn't been working well. They've also mentioned trying to get one more up too if they get the 3rd working well. I understand the limited number of servers.Illbleed wrote:Well, I'll tell you. I had a hell of a time getting into the damn servers. I understand that testing in any format must be very taxing on people and equipment. There is no reason though that SOE can't add more servers to this mess. It's got me upset. Here they've promised fundamental changes to the game yet only have openings for 400 users? F'ing BS. The last time I heard that the servers were back up I tried logging in and there were no servers live. By the time I clicked again(within 15 seconds) both servers were full to capacity.
From an engineering standpoint when you set out for the testing phase it stands that you should understand the scope of the work and how it will effect others. SOE is not forward thinking(that much is obvious) otherwise they would have given more servers over for this fundamental change to the game mechanics.
It's quite simple. They don't give a shit. They'll get their select less than 1/4 of the population having tested the new CU and their marketing people will proclaim it as the best f'ing thing since sliced bread. They'll push it out not being tested and screw over the rest of us. It's all about money...and they don't give a shit about us really. I'm convinced as was stated before in a prior post that all the complaining and passion will not sway them.
SOE is big business and it's a well oiled machine. They could care less as long as they have your money. Think about all the people they're screwing over..and you tell me they care about the community?
Blah, I've said too much again.
As for the caps, I think it might have to do with the lag from all the instanced start-ups. Everyone is on their own newbie station with Han and C-3PO, so it's working the servers pretty hard. After hearing reports of how laggy it is in this instance, I think I understand the caps now. As everyone rushes to make new characters, these instances would have crashed the server without the cap.
That was good faith Toront.
The Toront that got screwed out of paying for 2 more expansions than he would need would like to add that they likely want to keep the main game as lag free as possible for positive results since it is now twitch based. Also, the less people that get in now, the fewer people that will cancel right away based on negative experience. They might catch another billing cycle out of someone.