Interesting Darkfall Update - Page 69

Tearofsoul · 02-26-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lenaldo

I wouldn't say its the worst MMO launch.. It was up for a few hours last night and was down this morning for scheduled maintenance. I mean, did anyone else do AoC launch? DnL? Those were horrible.. this is pretty much par for the course IMO

Age of Tortage had a pretty smooth launch TBH with you.

Toxxulian · 02-26-2009, 11:40 AM

AoC had a great launch, they staggered the release with CE - PO - Release. The CE release was down for a little, but the game was live right when they said it would be. No server lag or instabilities.

~edit

now that i think of it, they did take the servers down for a while when the CE was released, didn't they lie about when the servers were coming back online? It was a while ago..

Elerion · 02-26-2009, 12:01 PM

AoC had the smoothest launch of any MMO I've tried (although I didn't do LOTRO). There was like 30 minutes of bad latency on night 1 of preorder and one zone that trapped people for 12 hours on like day 3. Some people complained about post-launch hardware issues in the forums, but considering not one person in our 120 member launch guild had them, I always assumed they had outdated hardware/drivers. Other than that, the launch itself was pretty much flawless.

Now the game turned out to be a piece of trash above level 40, but that doesn't mean the launch was bad.

Inconsiderable · 02-26-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by egoslicer

It was up for 1 hour the day after launch local time, then down for maintenance. That's pretty bad.

Was is unplayable laggy? Did players constantly fall throu the ground? Did the server constantly crash? Thats what a "bad launch" is. Personally I have no clue about DFs launch as I do not know a single person who bought the game and forums are still down.

Age of Conan for example had a pretty awesome start for a MMO. As Darkfall is compared to Age of Conan here and only complain about "server being down" - it sounds like an awesome start as far as MMOs go.

egoslicer · 02-26-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Inconsiderable

Was is unplayable laggy? Did players constantly fall throu the ground? Did the server constantly crash? Thats what a "bad launch" is. Personally I have no clue about DFs launch as I do not know a single person who bought the game and forums are still down.

Age of Conan for example had a pretty awesome start for a MMO. As Darkfall is compared to Age of Conan here and only complain about "server being down" - it sounds like an awesome start as far as MMOs go.

The reason I call it bad is because they had problems even taking money from people who wanted to play the game. The reasons they gave for why the game was down were inconsistent, and that the brief time it was up there were severe sync issues.

When the billing system itself seems like an afterthought, the primary way to order the game isn't functional, and then the game isn't even live on launch day - that to me, is pretty bad. As for actual performance of the game, it's hard to judge launch day performance when it isn't even live.

Snugglebear · 02-26-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tearofsoul

Age of Tortage had a pretty smooth launch TBH with you.

Weren't the first levels a single player game in AoC?

Funcom screwed up their first launch, they hit it off with the second, but still appear to have tossed out a shit product.

Vatoreus · 02-26-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Snugglebear

Weren't the first levels a single player game in AoC?

Funcom screwed up their first launch, they hit it off with the second, but still appear to have tossed out a shit product.

You didn't play I see. It was a mix between single player scenarios and a lot of group play.

Bobleclair · 02-26-2009, 03:02 PM

Surprised they got no DDOS attacks on launch, guess saying the game is too popular is better for the sales.

Apparently there is a huge synchro problem that makes the game unplayable for most players that managed to get past pre order / patcher. Clearly not a good launch.

And yeah AoC launch was pretty smooth, but the game sucked (not as much as darkfail of course), i fail to see the comparaison btw both.

Ephron · 02-26-2009, 04:02 PM

Is there a way to purchase the game now or are we forced to wait it out until they fix all the problems on their end?

I finally finished downloading the game, took just under a day so I recommend if you plan on trying it out to start the download sooner rather than later.

Saban · 02-26-2009, 06:44 PM

The game is almost unplayable in terms of killing NPCs and even players due to insane sync issues.

If you manage to get your hands on some crafting/gathering tools though, you're golden.

ModernDayDruid · 02-26-2009, 11:24 PM

"Weren't the first levels a single player game in AoC?

Funcom screwed up their first launch, they hit it off with the second, but still appear to have tossed out a shit product."

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Originally Posted by Vatoreus

You didn't play I see. It was a mix between single player scenarios and a lot of group play.

AoC has also become quite a good MMO. If Funcom can stay afloat, AoC will rank as one of the best MMOs on the market.

I'm dying to try DF but happy now that I did not make the pre-order cut. I'd rather play the game when everything has stabilized a bit.

dy fey · 02-27-2009, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ephron

Is there a way to purchase the game now or are we forced to wait it out until they fix all the problems on their end?

I finally finished downloading the game, took just under a day so I recommend if you plan on trying it out to start the download sooner rather than later.

is this the download you were referring to?
because i'm not sure where else to look, to be honest.

Ephron · 02-27-2009, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dy fey

is this the download you were referring to?
because i'm not sure where else to look, to be honest.

That is the correct download link. Expect it to take about a day to finish.

Lenaldo · 02-27-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ModernDayDruid

"Weren't the first levels a single player game in AoC?

Funcom screwed up their first launch, they hit it off with the second, but still appear to have tossed out a shit product."

AoC has also become quite a good MMO. If Funcom can stay afloat, AoC will rank as one of the best MMOs on the market.

I'm dying to try DF but happy now that I did not make the pre-order cut. I'd rather play the game when everything has stabilized a bit.

This is the same story for every MMO since Everquest... the one exception was WoW and surprise it was the most successful...

Ketu · 02-27-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lenaldo

This is the same story for every MMO since Everquest... the one exception was WoW and surprise it was the most successful...

Since the games have/had very different launch issues - comparing only the frustration levels of players on the third day of release, WoW was no exception if you started on Archimonde.

02-26-2009, 11:40 AM	#1022 (permalink)
Toxxulian Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 193 -18 Internets	AoC had a great launch, they staggered the release with CE - PO - Release. The CE release was down for a little, but the game was live right when they said it would be. No server lag or instabilities. ~edit now that i think of it, they did take the servers down for a while when the CE was released, didn't they lie about when the servers were coming back online? It was a while ago.. Last edited by Toxxulian; 02-26-2009 at 11:43 AM..

02-26-2009, 12:01 PM	#1023 (permalink)
Elerion My milkshake Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,093 +6 Internets	AoC had the smoothest launch of any MMO I've tried (although I didn't do LOTRO). There was like 30 minutes of bad latency on night 1 of preorder and one zone that trapped people for 12 hours on like day 3. Some people complained about post-launch hardware issues in the forums, but considering not one person in our 120 member launch guild had them, I always assumed they had outdated hardware/drivers. Other than that, the launch itself was pretty much flawless. Now the game turned out to be a piece of trash above level 40, but that doesn't mean the launch was bad. Last edited by Elerion; 02-26-2009 at 12:05 PM..

02-26-2009, 03:02 PM	#1028 (permalink)
Bobleclair Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 336	Surprised they got no DDOS attacks on launch, guess saying the game is too popular is better for the sales. Apparently there is a huge synchro problem that makes the game unplayable for most players that managed to get past pre order / patcher. Clearly not a good launch. And yeah AoC launch was pretty smooth, but the game sucked (not as much as darkfail of course), i fail to see the comparaison btw both. Last edited by Bobleclair; 02-26-2009 at 03:43 PM..

02-26-2009, 04:02 PM	#1029 (permalink)
Ephron Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: laughlin afb Posts: 153 -59 Internets	Is there a way to purchase the game now or are we forced to wait it out until they fix all the problems on their end? I finally finished downloading the game, took just under a day so I recommend if you plan on trying it out to start the download sooner rather than later. __________________ The cake is a lie.

02-26-2009, 06:44 PM	#1030 (permalink)
Saban Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,343 +5 Internets	The game is almost unplayable in terms of killing NPCs and even players due to insane sync issues. If you manage to get your hands on some crafting/gathering tools though, you're golden. __________________ Saban - Paladin, Dark Iron I does things.

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