Brillig
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Nice screenies - thanks for posting them
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Quote:Nothing's stopping you.Originally Posted by Indiramourning
That reminds me. Since it takes 25 minutes to cook an apple pie at 375 degrees. I should be able to cook an apple pie in 5 minutes at 1875 degrees.
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Not exactly a secret when there's a whole farm built around the concept and a large discussion thread on these forums.
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Wow that was horrible. 10 seconds of research and 30 seconds of typing is what passes for journalism these days.
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Quote:Nope, you're not the only one - I wish I could log in and check out the madness.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
While this all sounds terribly broken... Am I the only one who wants to rush in and play like this?
It's like everywhere is a wild magic area...
Or we've all entered Pandemonium!
Maybe we could always have one server dedicated to this borked client?
Maybe lock certain people from the forums there when they've been bad?
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What server is this on?
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Quote:Nope.Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord
Does that make me an elitist jerk?
It just confirms that you always were one.
But seriously - I might have moved to Exalted if they made the move free, but I'm not paying to move 40+ characters. -
I agree, this sounds like a) the patch got borked on some servers and b) someone misconfigured Defiant and didn't tell it where the subscription DB is.
If that's all, they ought to be able to reconfigure Defiant and re-patch the borked servers without taking everything down.
Edit: Seriously, where the heck are the screenshots?
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Quote:All likely true, since the lawyers get paid by the hour. Since I don't (for posting on the forums), I was abbreviating egregiously.Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Actually, they'd also likely look at the historical uptime/downtime for this game as well.
They'd also likely factor in the reasons for the downtimes, including hardware upgrades, moving servers, completely new systems within the game being added, etc.
Also factor in that the Development team is in California while the servers are in Texas.
Also factor in that NCSoft offices are in Austin while the servers appear to be in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex so it's likely that the servers and technicians are not directly under the employment of NCSoft or Paragon Studios.
There are possibly other things that would factor into decisions about what is a reasonable amount of downtime.
But it's very possible that they'd likely look at downtimes and reliability throughout the MMO industry, not just with the market leaders.
All in all, I tend to think that a rational person weighing all of the factors would find that the recent downtimes are reasonable. -
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=273640
This suggests it's happening in some missions too. -
Quote:Hah, I sense an emergency maintenance coming on.Originally Posted by Madadh
First thing I checked. It's sprint. And the graphics are totally jacked. Blackwand is a Bow. Ninja Run produces an Ouro Portal. Hellions shoot with a broadsword. The list goes on and on.
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Quote:Indeed, if this ever did go into a court, the court might spend some time trying to determine what a reasonable amount of downtime is in this area. They would then look at some of the market leaders, like that really big one that takes the servers down for huge amounts of time.Originally Posted by Doctor Wishbone
Of course its subjective. My entire point was aimed at what is reasonable and what is acceptable and expected in the current MMO climate. But even courts make judgements on subjectives like accepted practices all the time.
I AM NOT venturing into legal realms, only pointing out that my subjective this amount of downtime exceeds an acceptable amount opinion is not without merit. Again, even though it is perfectly understandable, given the circumstances, as a player, I FEEL this recent frequent downtime is in excess of what is reasonable.
And then the case would be over. -
Quote:Silk is good, but I wouldn't rely on it to catch more than half of my load issues.Originally Posted by quickfire
IBM RPT in 2005, 6.1 if I remember right. Lets see...best modern tool? It's speculative, but I'd say my money is on SilkPerformer.
Neither available in 2004. There have been dozens of innovations since 2004.
But you do make a good point. Prediction is still not as good as application. -
Now what I will agree is annoying is that we're now an hour past the scheduled end of downtime without an update.
Someone needs to post the "Sorry, it's taking longer than expected but we're still working hard on it. No ETA at this time" message. -
Quote:That's why I got a hybrid - less downtime.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
If people quit because of these downtimes, then they probably have also given up driving due to all that downtime at the pump.
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Quote:Devs hate Windows.Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
Interestingly enough, the Mac Launcher does not have the 'verify' prompt/step after updating. I was actually going to check it to see what'd happen if you pressed "No"... but I never got asked after updating!
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Quote:Is there any other Brillig?Originally Posted by Madadh
OK, sorry for the WAY OT comment, but I have to ask.
Brillig, is your name a Jabberwocky reference?
OK, now please return to the ever popular, downtime debate.
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Quote:Me eitherOriginally Posted by Roderick
I've never tried.
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Just out of curiousity, what happens if you hit "No"?
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Quote:Did you not understand the phrase "scale matters"?Originally Posted by quickfire
Sensible or not, understandable or not, it does not change the point that it is probably bad timing since players that left the game are returning.
This was not the time to be having these problems. I do not expect players to be as understanding as you are.
No matter when the returning players came, that would be when the problems showed up.
That said, players that will throw a hissyfit and leave over maintenance windows are perfect examples of the type of customers you don't want anyway. -
Quote:Did you report them to the GMs? A big part of the problem is that players tolerate this behavior.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
I ended a long-standing friendship with someone in City of Heroes when I found out her and her super group friends were "okay" with buying inf. I didn't say why, I just stopped communicating. I was disgusted. In a game called City of Heroes, you'd think people would reconsider contributing to real-life theft, in-game inflation, and in many cases, unfair and unhealthy employment practices in China and other countries. It isn't right to do this.
It's a slap in the face. -
Quote:Well, you probably won't enjoy it, but go here http://www.ncsoft.net/global/ir/earnings.aspxOriginally Posted by Kheldarn
Can you point me to that info? After looking for it as long as I did, I wanna see where it's right there in plain sight, going, "Neener neener neener!" at me...
If you dig into the reports, you can see where (for example) the Q2 report shows through end of June. -
Quote:I don't think it should take that long. Then again, I haven't done this (start a new VIP account) in a while. No harm in filing a ticket if it isn't working.Originally Posted by Sockem
Yeah this. I'll keep waiting. It's been half an hour or so.
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Quote:There were AT specific sets in beta, they were a little less than the Purples in terms of set bonuses. They haven't yet appeared in Live yet.Originally Posted by Wing_Leader
The whaaaaa?
Edit: Beta threadage http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=269102 -
Quote:This is why I picked a couple up when they were $1.99 at the NCSoft store...Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I'm honest enough to admit sometimes you can't find dirt cheap copies and the supply will eventually dry up.