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Lost in Translation
At least not the switch-router for the main public traffic. And if you read well , they did not even have a safe copy of the config of that very same switch.
DDO unavailable: Saturday March 30th
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Whyaremypostslagging
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Agreed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this. I love DDO, have absolutely no plans of going elsewhere until the Dev's decide it is time. It's time to reflect as players (and the dev's) that the game is in dire need of work. It is not in a good state, the playerbase (with brains) aren't happy, and clearly the hardware/software isn't either.
Pilbie
Active member
It's just not worth getting all fired up over it. There's plenty in my life that fits that category; I prefer when my leisure activities don't add to my stress. You're free to see that as bootlicking if it makes you happy. I really don't care.
darrett71
Member
I made it there without even know there was something bypassing the patch server on Saturday.
Whyaremypostslagging
Active member
I'm not fired up, DDO is as you, my leisure activity I do after the work day, gym, cooking, etc. Regardless if I am spending 1 cent or $100 to play the game, it needs to be up when I load the launcher. (except during planned weekly maintence of course). The mindset of "**** happens" is how this type of thing continues to happen. Clearly, that isn't very well understood, eh?
Pilbie
Active member
Pretty sure it's hardware malfunction this time, not players' attitudes.
Maybe I'm reading you wrong, but you seem to be saying paying players either should be making demands, or they are bootlicking. I think there are more perfectly reasonable responses for players to have. I disagree that the game 'needs to be up when I load the launcher' outside of scheduled maintenance. Would I like it to be? Sure. My point though, is that your response is not my response, and the next person might have a completely different one to both of us, and that's all okay. You seem to be saying that if I am not making demands then I must be sucking up. I see things in a more nuanced way than that. By all means go ahead with your demands and outrage, but don't expect me to join you just because I spend money on the game, too.
nenetteblackmoor
Well-known member
This isn't trouble, it's an event!
We should think of it as an event.
Stop arguing and enjoy the event!
And remember! The events in DDO!
Weren't they a series of hardships, pain, and training?
Bring me ten Big Macs and 250 potatoes!
Then I'll fire up the server for you!
We should think of it as an event.
Stop arguing and enjoy the event!
And remember! The events in DDO!
Weren't they a series of hardships, pain, and training?
Bring me ten Big Macs and 250 potatoes!
Then I'll fire up the server for you!
BlindBeard the Pirate
Member
Among other things, this is a good reason why I haven't spent any money on DDO since 2017.
SSG's handling of DDO has been unacceptable by virtually every metric. Whether it's baseless nerfs, lack of any attention to player feedback, an abundance of glitches, or technical incompetence, I find that DDO is the worst managed MMO I've played. Why would I spend money to support SSG, when they've done nothing but actively make the game worse?
Sure, there are still vestiges of DDO to be enjoyed, which is why I still play a few weeks out of the year, but I can still enjoy all the old content for free. I'd happily spend money if I thought it'd be put to good use, or if I felt that SSG deserved it. But why on earth would I believe either of those things?
Vote with your wallet. If you don't like the direction DDO has been going, or don't appreciate SSG's track record of mismanagement, then don't give them money. You don't need to get into lengthy arguments or flame wars on the forums; just stop giving SSG money, plain and simple.
Shardrena
Well-known member
Anything which relies on external hardware to run, such as MMOs and other Live Service games, are by necessity left to the vagaries of things happening outside of your control. Even worse, things can happen that were outside the control of the developers too. All the recovery plans, redundancies, and contingencies in the world mean jack diddly if something happens which bypasses or wasn't covered by them occurs. When a person chooses to play an MMO, they are choosing to depend on factors they have zero control over in order to play the game. But you know what? Getting angry about something going wrong doesn't solve anything. Nether does demanding people who are already working tirelessly to fix the issue to be "held accountable".
Know what I find interesting? I can think off several MMOs off the top of my head which also regularly suffer from severe lag. Among them, Age of Conan can suffer from severe lag spikes. As can Everquest 1 and a few others. The interesting part to me is that the games are almost all ones which were originally coded for Windows XP, thus coded for underlying PC architecture which modern Windows does not use. They also are games that never updated the game's base code to the point where the game no longer supports XP and (potentially) Vista. This suggests to me it's not that the servers or network hardware is out of date and causing lag, but that the game's trying to run on modern hardware that struggles to run games designed for Windows XP.
Other games that have similar slow-down issues include single player games like Spore, Knights of the Old Republic, Clive Barker's Undying (this one struggles on Vista too), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and Bloodrayne 2. And that's in addition to graphical glitches and clipping geometry issues caused by old XP games trying to run on a modern Windows OS.
Know what I find interesting? I can think off several MMOs off the top of my head which also regularly suffer from severe lag. Among them, Age of Conan can suffer from severe lag spikes. As can Everquest 1 and a few others. The interesting part to me is that the games are almost all ones which were originally coded for Windows XP, thus coded for underlying PC architecture which modern Windows does not use. They also are games that never updated the game's base code to the point where the game no longer supports XP and (potentially) Vista. This suggests to me it's not that the servers or network hardware is out of date and causing lag, but that the game's trying to run on modern hardware that struggles to run games designed for Windows XP.
Other games that have similar slow-down issues include single player games like Spore, Knights of the Old Republic, Clive Barker's Undying (this one struggles on Vista too), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and Bloodrayne 2. And that's in addition to graphical glitches and clipping geometry issues caused by old XP games trying to run on a modern Windows OS.
Whyaremypostslagging
Active member
Completely valid to be honest. Thank you for the response!
Whyaremypostslagging
Active member
You do you, boo. I simply have a realistic outlook on life. Imagine your phone company shutting your phone service off for 2 weekends out of the month because "oopsies".
The Narc
Well-known member
It wouldnt be some thing you would think odd if you read my original post and the follow ups, they were bang on, and it might explain some of that oddity you are feeling or the mystery others are questioning.
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Shardrena
Well-known member
I have lost phone service because of provider incompetence. But it wasn't 2 weekends out of a month, it was four months strait, because they refused to send anyone out to check when I reported the problem initially. Or the next 50 times I reported the problem was still ongoing. Eventually (using my mom's phone) I convinced them that yes, if they send someone out and the problem is in the apartment building I was living in then I would pay the $150 repair/service fee they were citing. As it turned out, the problem was a blown fuse in a junction several blocks away. A blown fuse which had knocked out phone and internet in a 8 block radius for the last 4 months. While still charging everyone monthly for services they were not receiving for four months. And with no compensation ever given. THAT was something to get angry about. And it caused me to switch providers as soon as there was a competing provider.
An MMO's servers being down for a few days? That's not outrage worthy.
EDIT: And don't try pulling the "I pay money for this" card to justify things either. You have no idea how much money I've thrown towards DDO since it's launch. Actually, neither do I. But it's pretty damn substantial, and I'd just dropped another $90 on the game a week or so ago.
Col Kurtz
Well-known member
the whiners really came out the last few pages
there's quite a few games that only last 3 months now a days, before devs abandon them....no refund, just tough luck
*Perspective * ya'll
I would like to thank the glass 1/2 full crowd ! some fun posts back there helped for sure
the negative side has a 1/2 full glass too > unfortunately that 1/2 is Cod Liver Oil
there's quite a few games that only last 3 months now a days, before devs abandon them....no refund, just tough luck
*Perspective * ya'll
I would like to thank the glass 1/2 full crowd ! some fun posts back there helped for sure
the negative side has a 1/2 full glass too > unfortunately that 1/2 is Cod Liver Oil
Myosin
Well-known member
I always feel DDO is about to take its last breath - that one day they'll just close it down out of the blue - but I've been feeling that since 2014. I am starting to feel they want me to feel that. I think the economic cartels behind the game conglomerate companies don't want people playing the same game forever like I played some 1996 Daggerfall yesterday - or more specifically if they do play the same game it ought be specific types of games that aren't this one.
darrett71
Member
I'm just a person that thinks it is what it is and whining or fanboying over the game isn't going to change anything for anyone. However, it is entertaining to watch.the whiners really came out the last few pages
there's quite a few games that only last 3 months now a days, before devs abandon them....no refund, just tough luck
*Perspective * ya'll
I would like to thank the glass 1/2 full crowd ! some fun posts back there helped for sure
the negative side has a 1/2 full glass too > unfortunately that 1/2 is Cod Liver Oil
Whyaremypostslagging
Active member
So.... correct me if I'm wrong here... but it sounds like you held the company accountable? LMAO
Glad we're on the same page, Shard. Have a good evening.
If your building takes a direct lightning hit, lots of surge protectors/redundancies/etc. are going to fail. Been there, done that. My isp was down for a week because of a direct lightning hit a few years back. I don't know if that was what happened, but I do know a major storm went through around the time ddo went down. So *shrug* I hope when the game does come back up a roll-back isn't required, but until then, I'm trying to wait patiently. *Patience is not my strong suit, but I sure am getting lots of practice at it the older I get.*
Col Kurtz
Well-known member
indeed...any of you ever been close to a Lightning Strike? one hit right next to my home years back...sounded like a 105 mm artillery shell hit