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Patch 1.2.0a is BROKEN! Rerolled to pre-1.2

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Patch 1.2.0a is BROKEN! Rerolled to pre-1.2
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DieAlteHexe
04.13.2012 , 02:35 PM | #1461
Quote: Originally Posted by GrabThemCakes View Post
so then did everything we've done since 1.2 was implemented get lost? (buying gear, gear drops, skills, PVP comms, etc) anyone on to find out? I'm stuck at work for another 3 hours
A quick check just now and it looks like everything is as it was when I was last in-game (about 7 hours ago).
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Benfynyn
04.13.2012 , 02:39 PM | #1462
Quote: Originally Posted by smilefunk View Post
"Un-borked the bork"

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The original patch notes for 1.2.0a are

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1.2.0a Patch Notes
4/13/2012
General
Addressed an issue that could prevent characters from being deleted.
Made improvements to the CS ticketing system.
The dev post about the servers being back up says

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All servers are now back up and running! Please note that you will download a small patch upon login (approx. 200MB).
http://www.swtor.com/community/showt...08#edit3933908

What was removed/fixed/modified? Are the changes from the original patch still implemented or were they removed?
Quote: Originally Posted by JovethGonzalez View Post

After some investigation, it appears that there was some miscommunication between teams and this patch note was not intended to be included in this last patch.

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TheCup
04.13.2012 , 02:43 PM | #1463
Quote: Originally Posted by RepublicChicken View Post
- But with some people getting a free month apparently at random
What do you call it? If I have a lvl 50-char, I get a free month. It doesn't matter if I have played since EA or got the game last week. If you have played 24/7 since EA and have 16 chars on two servers lvl 49, you don't get anything. If this isn't random, what do you call it? And don't give me that "we want you to try warzones" crap. The only thing that counts is if you have a lvl 50 or not. Even if you never cared about PvP, you still get a free month.

- Bioware not caring about us customers
It makes me sad to have to elaborate on this, so just compare Baldur's Gate to Mass Effect 3 to see what I mean. BW have gone more and more over to making standard action-games and have forgotten where they came from. Not to mention they have "RP" servers with no restrictions what so ever. You can probably call your char IHateBioWare and get away with it.

- patches introducing more bugs and glitches than they fixed
The servers went down unexpectedly on a Friday, and will be town until after midnight after a patch. Many other things like glitches have been there since launch, and they still are there.

- important things like a LFG-tool and the Legacy-system taking months to add
It should have been included since launch in December. Now it's April, and it's still not here.

- flashpoints being dead
I assume you don't mind spending over an hour trying to find a group before giving up?

- Flashpoints being boring and pointless after the initial, actually good FP
Esseless and Black Talon are story-driven. The rest don't even have NPCs. Why do you think so many people farm these FPs for social points?

- companion quests being so bugged it's not possible to complete them
I went to Nar Shadda with Kaliyo to help her on a quest, but the map led me to the wrong door. I told BW about this, and two patches later the bug was still there. As far as I know, it still is.

And so on and on, I've had enough. For the first time since I got the game, I've uninstalled it and will not be back. Thank you, BioWare. You have gone from the Kings of RPGs to a mediocre game developer, and now finally so far down that I'm extremely skeptical to buying anything from you again. Way to go.

Again, compare Baldur's Gate to Mass Effect 3. Do you really think they are equal as RPGs? The entire Mass Effect are action games. Dragon Age 2? Action game. DA3? "Will use the best part from DA1 and 2"... aka will be mostly an action game.

My opinion? If you say so, but the facts speak for themselves.
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GrabThemCakes
04.13.2012 , 02:50 PM | #1464
Quote: Originally Posted by DieAlteHexe View Post
A quick check just now and it looks like everything is as it was when I was last in-game (about 7 hours ago).
Cool thanks

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Overtone
04.13.2012 , 03:23 PM | #1465
Quote: Originally Posted by Benfynyn View Post
With the servers back up, and another patch to download, can we get the updated patch notes please?
Patch notes: We think this might fix things. Let's try it out.
Quote: Originally Posted by cashogy_reborn View Post
If I can use blue 46s armorings/mods/enhancements in all of my armor and mh/oh and have competitive stats in a PvP environment, why cant I use that same gear to be competitive in PvE?
Seems like a double standard to me.

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RedWolfs
04.13.2012 , 05:43 PM | #1466
Quote: Originally Posted by verymediocre View Post
I can't speak for LOTRO, but I call bunk on WoW and EQ.

That three-day downtime after one of the early EQ updates ended with a "Hey, it's fixed, you're welcome. Deal with it." and nearly a week of several NA servers crashing hourly after the Ulduar update in WoW required an organized call-in of several thousand for Blizzard to even acknowledge the problem. They fixed it, but started to delete any thread about the subject after that and suspend the account that made it.

Not saying that this wasn't irritating, given I missed most of my free time to play today, but a whole day free to compensate for half that time lost...

Everything went much better than expected.
Lotro gave a month and scented candles (in game buff), I kid you not for an outage in December the year it launched. Right at launch I recall receiving a two day extension with wow, that was wow vanilla right about launch time, before it got big. EQ did say too bad on the first three day downtime, the seven day down time that followed netted a 30 day I am sorry to me at least. These are personal experience, didn't get an extension with STO (have a lifetime, cause who doesn't want to be a borg and play a startrek game?) or with rift. Though the last two had no significant down time.

These are my experiences, they may not be universal, but yes if a company fails to supply the service they better not expect the money. Kuddos to BW for the extension, even if they are not learning from the mistakes of others, at least they are trying to set it right.

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Vincit
04.13.2012 , 06:53 PM | #1467
Quote: Originally Posted by Exterma View Post
According to UK law UK citizens have the right to demand their money back under the Sale of Goods Act 1979:

Under the Sale of Goods Act of 1979, traders are legally responsible to sell goods and services which are

‘as described’, meaning the the actual product must match any description(s) given to the customer before purchase
of satisfactory quality, that is they are of a standard that would reasonably be expected taking into consideration the price paid and description. The law considers goods of satisfactory quality to be free from minor defects, durable, safe, and of satisfactory appearance and finish.
fit for all purposes made known to the seller at the time of purchase as described
The act states that if goods turn out to not fulfill any of these criteria you have the right to demand a refund from the seller as long it is within a reasonable time of the purchase.


and im pretty sure this is not fit for purpose, people that rant give them time and all that you forget you are PAYING for this.
Key word there is reasonable. You aren't being it. It is reasonable that a game played online will have updates and patches with downtime. It is reasonable that bugs will slip through quality checks and require fixes. One of the ways we know this is reasonable is because every MMO out there has patches and downtime and bugs and fixes. Since I first started playing MMOs in 1987 (Gemstone, anyone?) every MMO I've ever looked at has had these same issues. So if it is standard for a 25 year old industry to have such issues, it is reasonable to expect this product to have them as well.

Plus, you got your compensation with an extra day of game time.

So a reasonable person might just think you don't have a leg to stand on with your argument. But by all means go see a barrister, have him tell you the same thing if he's honest, or demand money upfront if he isn't.

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SecurtyQ
04.13.2012 , 06:55 PM | #1468
The patch isn't being dowloaded!! I'm now stuck at the first loading screen and I read a note that says I have to dowload a small patch upon login blah blah blah & I JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO DO IT FOR ****S SAKE!!!!!!!

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ishootlasers
04.13.2012 , 07:01 PM | #1469
Hmm...

Haven't had any issues here? I patched up to 1.2 or whatever the other day, worked fine and I played fine. Logged in tonight and am downloading another patch, which is downloading fine. Have my SWTOR on all high settings with vertical sync and 50% shadows, no down time or issues there. Playing the game has been a dream honestly, it's really fun to play and it looks great.

I do all this on an older laptop with 4gb ram and a nVidia GTX 260m.

I work 40 hours a week and play a few hours a night, been playing every night since I got it last Friday I think. Had a couple glasses of wine and playing through the game last night, it was fun.

So what is the issue? I don't really see the problem...

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Nooblock
04.13.2012 , 07:03 PM | #1470
Quote: Originally Posted by ishootlasers View Post
Hmm...

Haven't had any issues here? I patched up to 1.2 or whatever the other day, worked fine and I played fine. Logged in tonight and am downloading another patch, which is downloading fine. Have my SWTOR on all high settings with vertical sync and 50% shadows, no down time or issues there. Playing the game has been a dream honestly, it's really fun to play and it looks great.

I do all this on an older laptop with 4gb ram and a nVidia GTX 260m.

I work 40 hours a week and play a few hours a night, been playing every night since I got it last Friday I think. Had a couple glasses of wine and playing through the game last night, it was fun.

So what is the issue? I don't really see the problem...
Fortunatly for you for some horribly stupid pathetic reason... laptops download and run the game just fine.. go figure.

Edit: The problem is the game failes to patch correctly. For some they have noticed corrupt files. The game seems download the patch and the display an error with a repair option. However the repair option fixes abou 14 files and then begins download Main Assets 1 (I figure its downloading the entire Assets folder which shouldn't be happening as its all already there. BioWare managed to some how mess up some of our game data thats got a large amount of people in a twist about it and whats worse they are doing nothing to fix it as many may have noticed.
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