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Blaise
04.26.2012 , 03:50 PM | #81
Its actually pretty standard to focus on getting the game to everyone before really working on what needs to be fixed. And its just a matter of priorities, they can only just hope the content that it came with is enough to hold people until they can focus on it again after making sure as many places have it as possible.

Is that better than rolling out consistent patches/content/server issues? BW obviously thinks so.

It also goes back to the fact of people just wanting what they dont have. People who dont have the game in their area, want the game. People who have the game but no good servers, want good servers. People who want to play an unbugged game on good (if FAR TOO MANY) servers, then they want solid patches coming out more than once every couple weeks.

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04.26.2012 , 03:50 PM | #82
You are so wrong, and I’ll tell you why. This game was developed in Canada/USA/Ireland, your comments just show how uneducated and ignorant you really are

Quote: Originally Posted by Dozer View Post
I don't know why people think they are entitled to the same thing as everyone else. Games being developed in the USA should be available to the USA first. If someone tells me about a game developed in China and was released there a year ago but is just coming to the USA I am in no way shocked or appalled. This game was made here and is in development here yet the USA servers are in a shambles and the Devs only focus on expanding to other countries to make easy money off the foreigners
Servers in shambles only represent your opinion and are not fact
My arguments why they are not in "shables" like you say

-the Patch the game every week

http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes (all the patches they've put out since the game has come out)
-They just gave everyone a free month of playtime (thank you bioware)
-Expanded the game play by introducing the infancy stages of the legacy system
-Expanded the crafting system
-Guild banks
-New Content (ops, flashpoints, and new level missions on correllia)
-New amour
-Updated armour features (removable amour on epic gear)
-New War zones
-New Pets
-Two week Rakghoul Event on tatooine
-Better resolution

Also in that same article he stated that he has Multiple team's that can change priorities quite quickly and are very versatile

Quote: Originally Posted by Dozer View Post
Daniel Erickson stated in a an article released yesterday in PC Gaming Mag that server merges aren't a priority. Thats because they are more worried about making sure asian and middle east players can buy the game. I am not saying that other people don't deserve to play the game, but they can wait until its good to go here first...
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04.26.2012 , 03:54 PM | #83
Thanks OP for perpetuating the stereotype that Americans are pompous selfish bastards who don't give a rat's buttocks about anyone else. Stereotypes may not be politically correct but they do exist for a reason. They will cease to exist when folks who are acting like the stereotype stop doing it.
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Rayla_Felana
04.26.2012 , 04:00 PM | #84
Quote: Originally Posted by Criosdh View Post
Where in Europe are the servers going down for primetime? I'm in Norway and most of the maintenance ends around 6 pm in the afternoon for me.
The United Kingdom, France and others.

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Ensquire
04.26.2012 , 04:22 PM | #85
Heres a developers round table on our poor servers and all the things they are doing to make our servers better
http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-dev...pril-23rd-2012

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MasterAidenFlux
04.26.2012 , 04:49 PM | #86
I respectfully disagree. U.S. isn't a priority but neither are the other countries. BioWare is trying to bring equality to all. I feel that they have to be a focus because some countries DON'T have the game at all. Why not let them experience what we have had for months. That certainly isn't too much to ask...thinking of others.
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04.26.2012 , 04:53 PM | #87
Quote: Originally Posted by Dozer View Post
I am not going to go into specifics but there are issues facing dozens of U.S. Servers atm. There are several threads you can discuss those in. I am frustrated that content we were promised was put off, the test server isn't back up, and 90% of the Devs attention atm is Europe, Middle East, and Asia. The rated warzones being pushed back and the servers population status has made this game very unappealing to me atm.

I am glad the rest of the world is getting to experience SWTOR, but can't help but be frustrated at the lack of communication regarding the game breaking issues facing us here. The only communication we get is vague, "In the Future", "We are looking into it", "Some ways away".

Hopefully the Devs will make the U.S. server issues their real priority at some point, with daily communication about whats happening with them and what they are going to do to fix it.
To be fair we have gotten good amount of their time and attention so far. With that said though they are still rolling out the game in those other countries so naturally their attention is going to be more focused in those locales. I'm pretty sure we can hold out a little longer while they at least finish roll out.
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04.26.2012 , 05:11 PM | #88
Quote: Originally Posted by Rayla_Felana View Post
Stop with the America First act already.
Quoted for truth.
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CaptRavenous
04.26.2012 , 05:12 PM | #89
Quote: Originally Posted by Dozer View Post
I am not going to go into specifics but there are issues facing dozens of U.S. Servers atm. There are several threads you can discuss those in. I am frustrated that content we were promised was put off, the test server isn't back up, and 90% of the Devs attention atm is Europe, Middle East, and Asia. The rated warzones being pushed back and the servers population status has made this game very unappealing to me atm.

I am glad the rest of the world is getting to experience SWTOR, but can't help but be frustrated at the lack of communication regarding the game breaking issues facing us here. The only communication we get is vague, "In the Future", "We are looking into it", "Some ways away".

Hopefully the Devs will make the U.S. server issues their real priority at some point, with daily communication about whats happening with them and what they are going to do to fix it.
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StrykerOne
04.26.2012 , 05:18 PM | #90
Quote: Originally Posted by Dozer View Post
Daniel Erickson stated in a an article released yesterday in PC Gaming Mag that server merges aren't a priority. Thats because they are more worried about making sure asian and middle east players can buy the game. I am not saying that other people don't deserve to play the game, but they can wait until its good to go here first...
They don't want to do server mergers. At all. Ever. Server mergers make a game look bad, at least according to the guys in the suits, so they are going to do anything and everything else first. That's why mergers are not a priority... voluntary character transfers (which are a priority and are being worked on right now) are going to be tried first and they aren't even going to begin to consider mergers unless transfers fail to help.

As far as releasing the game in new countries goes, again... not one single person involved in that is also involved in getting character transfers or ranked warzones done. Programmers do not set up new server farms or market the game in new countries. IT techs and marketing guys do not write code. If they stopped expanding into new markets today it would not make any of the features you want show up one second earlier, and if they decide to expand into 50 more countries tomorrow it will not make the features you want show up one second later.
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