We used to joke in Everquest

[Vulpina]

About the patch to fix the patch..... over 10 years ago

[Vulpina]

Have they learned?

[Bored Peon]

Not a single company learns, lol. They ALL make that mistake.

The funny thing is the whiners are usually those who have no played MMOs long enough to get it to sink in that patches cause problems no matter the title of the game.

People like us are just used to this sorta thing happening. Patch day, means do not plan to play that day.

[Caswallawn]

problem is there is a lot of code in an MMO, changing one simple thing could cause massive problems in a totally unrelated part of the code.

[Ryzaerian]

About the patch to fix the patch..... over 10 years ago

EQ was my first MMO. I miss that feeling - your first MMO. It's never that magical again. Holy crap I sound emo.

[Vulpina]

should this have been an easy stepping stone onto a test server and a determination to to get it correct before we bring it live

[borga007]

haha I remember eq's patching. I can't remember what game it was but they were really good about keeping you updated. They'd post a reply on forums at least every hour. Just to say we're still working on it, instead of we'll have an eta shortly and over an hour later still nothing.. well over an hour is a lil longer than shortly in my book.
ahh now I look back at server status thread agian and there's an update.. still no eta.. blah

[SheikElite]

lol;-);-);-)

[Bored Peon]

Well the problem with giving an ETA is all the whining and complaining when it turns out to be wrong. Take the server down complaints then double them. Giving ETAs that goes wrong is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.

I think it would be great if they gave some ETAs, but I know why they do not. Game communities throw too many fits and complaints when it goes wrong. Goes with the gimmie gimmie attitudes and general lack of respect to others.

The following phrase comes to mind:

"This is why we cant have nice things."

[Ryzaerian]

Well the problem with giving an ETA is all the whining and complaining when it turns out to be wrong. Take the server down complaints then double them. Giving ETAs that goes wrong is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.
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You know it's funny - I never thought about it before, but that's true. "It's 4:07." "4:15 wtf?" "WTF IS POINT OF GIVING DOUNTIME IF U DONT FOLLOW."