Server Downtime: April 6th 8:10pm PT - Xbox, PS3 & PC NA

[DaFriginPope]

no it says the release of the game is the second tv is 15th aint nuthin about the game being beta till 15th the game is released on 2nd the full game

All this talk of how MMO's always have these problems, they can't be foreseen, blah blah blah. Well then how bout this: In the commercials, on the packaging, say the release date is April 15th; coinciding with the tv launch, but for two weeks we can play the game early for live beta testing if we want. All of a sudden, what is now a source of much frustration and complaint, instead turns into a period of privilege, where we shouldn't have been able to play this awesome game yet but have a chance to dabble with it ahead of the official launch date. We'd be eager to participate in the testing, give feedback, help improve the game. All it takes is being upfront, honest, and accepting of the reality on the company's part that it won't be perfect at launch. Well market it that way. Call it a preplay beta period. Problem solved. I mean really, how friggin hard would that be? It's all about perception. When you overhype and overmarket a game like this, and it fails multiple times a day every day since launch, then you deserve the negative remarks. It's that simple.

[sarious]

cali time, pacific, i think(not sure) -7 gmt

I don't remember Rift being in PDT... Did they just do this because of the location of the game?

[Takehitsu]

why do they not lock these threads?

Quite simple actually it gives everyone something to do while the maintenance is in progress. That's why these threads are fun so many pissed off for reasons they shouldn't be mad at. It's not like someone walked into your room took out their sausage and slapped you in the face with it. It's more like getting interupted because your girlfriend came in and took out your sausage.

But no... people can't face reality. So simply they leave the thread open for all the rants the anger and the illogical people to go blarg.

[bullbythehorns]

I honestly feel like with all this downtime they keep having that we all deserve some courtesy lockboxes and or free bits to do with as we see fit.. Just saying.. I didn't pay $60 to wait a week to play.. -_-

MMO game should be given for free until the game is fixed. At the point they should demand we buy a pass to play further. Limit the hours so people cannot beat the game, or some version of limiting. This way no one can say anything about the downtime.

[Bob duWarted]

I didn't imply it at all, only that there may be more issues with cross platforms that do not exist for others on PC. The fact you saw it as an implication that it is better than Xbox, speaks volumes on "Hardware insecurity" That's winky face to you, my colleague!

[johnny_u]

Doh! I was in for like 5 seconds then it kicked me back out.

[Glennsac26]

What's the Emergancy?

[Ookami Soldier]

I honestly feel like with all this downtime they keep having that we all deserve some courtesy lockboxes and or free bits to do with as we see fit.. Just saying.. I didn't pay $60 to wait a week to play.. -_-

Lockboxes - no
Bits - no
4-6hrs for everyone (because they cant tell who really purchased or not) on ALL bonuses

[DeakonFates]

I wonder whbe I can get through a complete day without anything going wrong... reminds me od the running joke with everquest online adventures and how the servers were powered by hamsters in running wheels... always seemed like they were dropping dead, oh well almost time for bleach hopefully can get on by the end of it.

[Kaysif]

are you serious? ... you can't be serious

Lets see many GameStop returns of Defiance because the "connectivity" and "lag" make the game unplayable. Having the PC version not one single instance of lag or connectivity issues (until this downtime). So yeah.. The PC version is far superior to the Xbox version.