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I have SS and Fly on one of my 50's builds... and just hover/ninjarun/combat jumping on the other build.
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QR.. it might be in the middle of the day for the EU players, but its 5am for the engineers over there...
To be honest, I see this kind of complaint raising up ALOT in other MMO's where the *DAILY* 1 hour downtime is in the middle of their peak time. Thing is, its for the *convenience* of the engineers, and NOT for the convenience of the players.
If it was at night time (where load is generally lower, but there are still active players), you would get all the night time players complaining.
There is an acronym for this...
NIMBY... Not In My Back Yard... it refers to people who *want* something to happen, but they dont want it to affect them in any way shape or form.
If the *general* consensus is that its best for the engineers to do it early on in *their* shift, where if anything goes wrong, they are not going to end up pulling a 16 hour shift (necessarily), due to working all through their normal day, and then having all THIS at the end of it, it just makes sense to have it so that it would take up most of their normal working day, instead of all the hours being slapped on top.
Oh, isnt Thursday a normal "maintenance" day? So if anything, just view it as an extended downtime.
When a new Issue gets released, it will make it ALOT easier to have everything in the same building, because then you have ALL the engineers working on the same timeslots to get it sorted out, instead of split shifts with EU (or US) players getting the release earlier, depending on which one completes patching 1st...
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Quote:dooooooom!Originally Posted by judgement_dave
as foretold in the book of revelations of dave the deluded the loss of doooooom-saying amongst cox forumites is a sure sign of impending doooooooom.
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Quote:As a comparison for how much data it *could* be.... Eve Onlines main database is 1.5TB of player data, and considering that they have a daily clean up (removal of database ID's pertaining to destroyed ships/modules/POS's etc etc), I reckon that CoX's ISNT as large.... probably 400-600GB in size to be honest. When Eve Online did a database upgrade just recently, their server was down for close to 14 hours....Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Are you serious about this? Really? You think it's trivial to export, copy, import, test and validate 5 years worth of data from one server to another, especially something as important to people as this?
6 hours is a pretty excellent turn-around time to do something of this order of magnitude, even if they've been laying the groundwork for the last few weeks in preparation. -
QR: One thing i have noticed on a quick check is that TO's dont seem to be picked up when i did a build rip. Strangely enough though, on my L50 which has a mixture of IO's and SO's.. the SO's were picked up.
Only thing i have noticed... but apart from that.. I am still recovering from the shock of how awesome it is.... -
Another person who you *might* remember, wass tempted to reactivate their account as well....
I dunno, but his name was something to do with planes.... -
Love it... I really do.
The captions were done as fast as Kallandra could send me the photos... I must have been on fire for telling the tale! -
Quote:Did anyone take up a pot of wax as punishment incase he DOESNT do it?Originally Posted by White Sand
The official presence would love to see this
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*whistles innocently in the corner*
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Quote:Travel safely... there is a car park *directly* opposite the gaming cafeOriginally Posted by Purple_Pixie
Have just sorted new T-shirt for Shadowe (the old one was looking sadly unrecognisable), checked Pix T-shirt fits over the bump and packed the laptop.
Should be there by 10.30 - 11 ish, depending on traffic and parking etc.
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Hope everyone has a good day/weekend/trip up to the meet. Wish i could be there to wax people randomly, but unfortunately money issues will stop me from making it up.
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Quote:Just to point out a couple of things here though.Originally Posted by Zortel
How about this, my good man Dante? :>
'Yet again, another bonus costume that most of the EU population will have little to no chance of getting, unless they happen to have a good thousand or more sitting away in the bank to make the flight and get the hotels.
Yes, there are going to be people saying that 'It's just a costume code'. And it's true, it's not the code itself that is the issue.
There is a skew towards the US server group (and the individuals that play on them, assuming they aren't EU/Oceanic/Other players there for the more server lists and higher population) when it comes to availability of bonus codes, competitions and opportunity to attend conventions.
This has been especially pronounced since 2008, when the NCSoft Europe offices were gutted in the re-arrangement that followed NCSoft's rearrangement of non-Korean subsidiaries. There has been no UK or European Mainland convention presence in quite some time. However, even then, the only Dev (and now Dev) we've had grace us with their presence were the quite excellent War Witch, and David Nakayama. (Which IIRC was Brighton 2007 for War Witch, and Birmingham 2008 for WW and David N.)
If it was not for the kind individuals who attend US conventions and panels and kindly give some of their time to tweeting or otherwise reporting details from the CoH panels, we would be in a bit of a blind spot.
While server population has seemed higher since the release of Going Rogue, and there has been two contests arranged (the Design an NPC for Studio 55 in Issue 19, and the give away of Party Pack Items that still cause controversy due to pricing, value for money, and the not too irrational fear that it may lead to nickel and dime-ing, what with the effectively slim issue content now compared to issues such as RWZ/Faultline), there is still the worry that the server groups future is still in the dark, and generally neglected.
Couple this with the general quiet of any red name presence on this thread, it gives the impression of a cloud over the game and server group we've put years of money and effort into, with little to allay our fears.
Finally, I am still an advocate of virtual meet and greets. Place on the Test Server that's co-op, throw up a power suppression field and talk in ADMIN red, fielding questions from the players. I'm sure something could be arranged for translations from the French and German server players, e-mails could be sent in game to players with Costume-Codes, and I'm sure spending a couple of hours on the EU test server is much, much cheaper and less time consuming than flying out here.'
Any good?
1) NCsoft have actually had a presence at EU Gaming events... (They were for a fact at the GDC Cologne this year.. the fact that indeed quite possibly that these are more "Trade shows" and *not* fan meet ups it does make it harder work "properly".
2) If I remember correctly from a quick talk with War Witch at Birmingham, she was actually over here using up some "holiday" time that she had left over. So whilst it was "official", it was also very lucky that it co-incided with her being able to make it as well.
3) Virtual meet and greets: Having taken part with a few of these (well more accurately Q&A sessions from Tabula Rasa), there were several downsides to it. One of them being able to properly track questions, and also it *does* mean that you have to be able to login to the test server (something which actually i *CANNOT* do right now). Dont ask me why, the PC just wont let me.
4) Also in conjunction with point 3, would it really be worthwhile just having something like that run for 2 hours... when a proper event can last 4-5 times longer, and be more "real". With the exception that there are only 1 (maybe 2) events each year in the EU that make it worthwhile for NCsoft to travel to fullstop. And those are trade events.
5) For some of the "giveaway codes"... I got mine early evening EU time, and a friend of mine was lucky enough to get one 4 hours AFTER it was posted up on facebook (yes, she got it @ 4am in the morning)
6) Hell, even companies like CCP tend to "announce" most of their stuff either at their Fanfest (held in Iceland) OR US events (notice, not at EU Events). So surely they are doing something wrong, and in terms of "red name" responses, they are probably jsut as bad as NCsoft in this respect.
The plain fact that there are just MORE events US side where its worthwhile for them to go to, I can see why the EU side does get "skimped on".
Hell, if they did a "meet and greet" at the Gamescon Cologne or whereever... i am sure that you would still complain about it... even though it wouldn't be financially viable for them to do a small stop over in the EU. (Being honest, how many people showed up to Memorbelia or Comic Cons over here, even if NCsoft wouldn't be there?). Seriously, doing a Meet and Greet for 10-15 people just isnt worth it.
One thing I would say is that calling for "red name responses" is just childish, especially when the main topic of the thread has now diverted from its original goal.
There just isnt really the critical mass for players over here to really pull something like this off as a "one off" (Notice all the players who complain about bad timings/locations for the "player arranged" events
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Snapped one up off the twitter image that they did yesterday. Took several attempts, but was suprised that i got one in the end
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It went last week, when i started reading the forums.... (again!)
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I dont sparkle either... I am not a bloody pixie/fairy
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Quote:Dont need a wolf tail.. not when i have sharp pointy teeth to rip out girls throats withOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
Welcome home
EDIT: And going by your forum avatar, you might be please to know that the mutant booster pack includes a wolf tail
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is this the thread where people announce themselves coming back? if so.. you never saw me post here
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*hides in the corner whistling innocently*
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I cant talk about controversial topics?
Hmm, sounds like a chance for the chest waxing to come back in force then...
Those who *DO* start anything will be forcibly waxed.... -
TR didnt have a sync at all... that doesnt mean to say that it wasnt possible.
There *is* a video out there on youtube of about 15 people going around on the last day doing /airgutar9000 in various zones. I even made it into a couple D: -
Oh god, there were *so* many nice emotes that Tabula Rasa had.
/airguitar9000
/rave
/ballet
/ymca
/dance
/breakdance
/windmill
/poledance
/robot
*sobs* I really do miss them.... good memories of them
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It's easy to have plot reasons for kill alls.
Building infested by monsters? If you don't kill the lot of them they will just breed more.
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Twisted Pokemon. Gotta kill em all!! (although stuffing them in airtight balls will probably do that anyway)
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I was working at Gamestation at the time, and reading the PC magazines that had covered the US launch.
When it was released over here, i bought it as fast as i could (which was acutally the 14th Feb). Rather unfortuantely my relationship at the time took a nose dive due to it being my 1st MMO and a slight addiction.
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Frilly new emotional costumes, by the sound of it.
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So /poledance and /airguitar9000 wont be in then
(2 of the best emotes i have ever seen in a game i have to admit)
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The multiplayer side of earth only opened up for this one event.
It was normally instanced.
In the US side of Earth they ended up with 5 different instances of it and *still* it wasnt enough to prevent serious lag.
Let put it this way... i shed many a tear tonight... and now i am off to bed to recover. A part of me has been lost and shall never be regain (could be due to the music in 1 certain area though).
TR though *will* live on though through the people that it has brought together in the community... i can promise you that much.