Bang Head Here

[kaytysgottagun]

When teams have to crunch on finding a problem, you can't attach a time to it.

they have to:

identify the problem
develop the solution
update the code
implement the solution
revert/modify data
test the code
deploy the code

SNIP...of a good explanation of part or all of the process as far as I can tell..

I'm not a coder at all, not do I play one on TV. But I do know a thing or 6 about troubleshooting (like that trouble tends to shoot BACK...), and this is really reminding me of the big patches on WOW...where it also took them eight hours or so after the patch came out to stomp out all the bugs hiding therein and get the production servers back online. I was not happy with Blizzard then, and I am not happy with Trion at the moment.

Trion, I do NOT want to hear that you just laid off the coder responsible for this patch, and/or that you can't get hold of said person because s/he's on vacation over the long weekend !

This is quickly turning into a great case study on how NOT to launch a video game IMO !

[kaytysgottagun]

There are not bugs in this game just undocumented FEATURES. And they are working their hardest to provide us with more.

Oh, so THIS is where they got the idea for HELLBUGS.....

[Blade of Souls]

I think they're just afraid to say anything at this point to the community. Here's how I see it.

The first dev to step up and say something is gonna get lynched.

The second one is going to be called a liar and chased back into the halls of Trion.

And, finally, the third dev will give us an ETA only to have it take much longer, and the cycle shall start anew.


The internet is a brutal, brutal place ruled by mob law.

[Biznatchio]

The internet is a brutal, brutal place ruled by mob law.

As it should be that's the natural order of the universe.

[Old Hickory]

maybe next time they will do beta test servers so they can test out the bugs. before putting them in game and then putting the servers down all day.

What do you mean "maybe next time they will do beta test servers"? You mean this hasn't been a beta test this whole time? I have played betas that have less problems. Keeping in mind that I think this game has great potential. I have played beta MMOs that have far fewer problems. I am one of the few who feel this game could really be something but I am willing to bet that the need to have the game up and running in conjunction with the show just didn't pan out. As stated above, the process to ferret out problems is time consuming to say the least. This game was not ready for release and the programmers would have known that. So, I do feel for them. I have no doubt that there are more than one that are saying (to themselves) I told you something like this was going to happen. However, despite the warnings of the people who really know what's going on with the program... dead-lines result in flawed code, crashed servers, etc. Once the beta test is done... we are really going to have quite a game.

[Patrick_OConnor]

Then they go and fire a great number of the team members who built the game. Whether this day of missing play was due to that issue or not public perception is not good. Plus they have not updated their website in hours. The twitter feed says Europe might be up soon but no mention of the US where a lot of us are hailing from.

[Dirk Dingo]

dammit...I was mislead by the name of post, I thought their would be some good music jamming when I entered.....fak me runnin, oh well ....*starts Five Finger Deathpunch*....yeahhhhh, that's better