Disconnection Issues

To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

Then I can tell you haven't had much experience with major updates in MMO's.

Theres worse, but it's pretty bad atm.I think the servers just completely crashed and booted everyone just now. Impossible to log back in.

I had given up on doing anything gameplay wise, so i was just crafting. Still got booted. >.<

edit: they just fixed it with a small patch.

I think you are forgetting that you are ONE of THOUSANDS of people playing this game right now. Which means 1) there is a lot of stress and launches often go bad, and 2) there are TONS of people who are not having any problems at all (I have not had a single issue). Statistically speaking, I think it's been a success. People without any problems aren't going to make a bunch of forum topics about their joys. So it makes sense there are a lot of posts.

Lastly, if this is your worst launch experience ever, then good for you! This has been relatively smooth, I think.

But, sorry you are having trouble. It sucks when you are the one with the bad luck. I hope things get worked out for you.

Does world of warcraft have these problems with a new expansion???

I've had zero issues other than the occasional disconnect (due to bounties, which have already been disabled) so idk what's the problem tbh.

@mysticeyesx.1346 said:Does world of warcraft have these problems with a new expansion???

Yes.

This launch is even worse than the Burning Crusade launch of WoW back in the past.

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

Um, actually ANet has been posting a fair bit, just not in every thread. They acknowledged there have been some server issues and they've tried to tackle them as quickly as possible. Some instances/servers have definitely been wonky, but it seems to go away reasonably quickly. I'm really sorry that you've found it unplayable, but there are tons of people who are playing just fine (or mostly just fine).

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@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

Let's see... Error 37 Diablo, lots of bugs in WoW, lots of bugs in other games...The only thing annoying so far is the server outage. The resets are expected/real things that are probably dealing with issues.

other than a couple DCs not real issues for me

I think the launch has been good. You all must understand there are thousands of people playing which is causing stress on servers. It is something beyond anyones control. Anet has been working hard to keep it steady and working that is the important part.. I have never seen a single game that has had a perfect launch. We don't live in a perfect world nothing will go off perfectly without a hitch. It is just something we must all accept.

D3 launch was terrible. Eq expansion launches were typically bad. 10's of thousands of people connecting to a new game/version is bound to highlight some issues.

Server is back up for me.

@xikira.3264 said:I think the launch has been good. You all must understand there are thousands of people playing which is causing stress on servers. It is something beyond anyones control. Anet has been working hard to keep it steady and working that is the important part.. I have never seen a single game that has had a perfect launch. We don't live in a perfect world nothing will go off perfectly without a hitch. It is just something we must all accept.

i dont think we must accept that we paid real money to be able to play on launch day, and its lotery who can play and who cant, now im stuck out of game cause i cant log back, got all of the bugs that were listed, not loading instances, infinite load in to instances, srashes before being able to claim reward for story, and i dont think it is something beyond anyones control, its just that anets agrees that some ppl wont be able to play, and that when more will progres to next maps those unlucky that got stuck on first map will be able to join later when there is less population on new maps, but that is something that they just willing to alow.

The biggest failed launch of AAA mmorpg history is probably Warlords of Draenor (WoW) where just going to your garrison could doom your character for an entire day. It took 3-4 days to Blizzard to resolve the problem. PoF launch wasn't smooth at all but it wasnt the worse, by far.

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

Good grief, the hyperbole is alive and well, isn't it? The game is not impossible to play. I was on most of last night and all morning. I had one roll back that took me back about two minutes.

You obviously never play MMOs if you think this is bad.

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

Only shows your lack of experience playing release days. It's normal (if you have enough experience with MMOs to know it) for it to take a week or so to smooth things out. It's how they will handle the first week, and improvements/updates/bug-fixes what determines good and bad devs, and thus far they seem to be busting their assess off. I ain't gonna judge until I see how it will be by the end of the next week.

@fatihso.7258 said:This launch is even worse than the Burning Crusade launch of WoW back in the past.

obviously you weren't on a server that has been down for over a week.

The issues are on EU, and they are terrible, literally taking 1-2h (that's right, HOURS) to load a map with 20-60 secs lag spikes on The Desolation and Vabbi, not to mention the disconnects.And this is not a player or two, guilds have cancelled events like getting the new guild hall because players can't load into the new maps.Half of my guild gave up already and they are playing smth else.

I had a D/C once last night hat was of no consequence, but I just got D/C'd and have to do a lengthy fight and go through a lot of dialogue again.

However, I would not say this is the worst expansion issue I've had by far.

Stormblood (FFXIV expansion) which released in June was worse. A story instance was bugged and only a few people could progress, constant disconnects and more. People complained about it at the time but majority of people have forgotten now.

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

You must be new to MMOs if this is your worst first impression ever in an mmo. I started in 1997 since Ultima Online and trust me, this is far from the worst ;)

@Daniel.5428 said:To be prepared for a situation like this is what makes the difference between Good devs and Bad devs. 2 days and is still impossible to play it. Is just about luck. If the map is full you will just be disconnected. Is impossible to play like this. The forum is full of posts about problems and Anet was just absent. They post only when things are good. In conclusion, it was the worst major patch launch I've ever seen in a MMO game.

You think THIS is bad? FF14, Stormblood release. Instance servers and dungeons were down for days on end, people locked behind story content with the mere hopes and prayers that they could get through. We called the walls Raubhan Extreme and Pipin Extreme. This is nothing compared to that. While we can still do most of the open world and do that sort of thing including dungeons, other instances, etc. here in GW2, it wasn't possible in FF14 for days.

@fatihso.7258 said:This launch is even worse than the Burning Crusade launch of WoW back in the past.

That's not true and not even close.