All Shards - Phase 2 of the World Event has Been Delayed

[Iscariott]

I'm really disappointed about this. I switched over from WoW because of a number of reasons, one being that it seemed like Rift wouldn't have delays on patches and events.

Guess I was wrong.

Are you for real?

[bored]

I would really appreciate it if they could at least say, "We can confirm that the event will not start before X PM. Check back then for a status update."
will keep me from checking every 15 minutes until a ETA is given.

Yeah, the longer we go without one, the worse it looks.

[Psalmz]

Software's complicated stuff. Really appreciate the update. Take your time, do it right.

o/

Agreed. Its just a game, get a life people. Warsh your ***.

[QuesterX]

Most people that complain about the necessity of the test server: The issue never occurred on the test server. The complaints of lag are familiar to AQ40 in WoW the moment the event went live. People complained then, and they're complaining now, get over yourselves and understand that they're doing their job better than many leading competitors.

Thanks Trion for your efforts in continuing to keep this game an enjoyable experience for everyone. Your response times to game and server issues continue to put Blizzard to shame. Anyone who has played WoW in the last 4 years knows that quick and simple problems are not resolved for half a year or longer. Trion is responding with fixes within hours, a few days at latest.

I couldn't put it better myself.

[evilhippo]

I guess this was to be expected, but I'm really curious on this:

The extra sourcestone that the EU realms most likely got from Phase 2, they are going to be keeping it I'm assuming? While I'm not usually one to complain about "unfair," it really kinda is unfair from the standpoint if the event restarts from Phase 2 for them, they get even more sourcestone. QQ :P

Anyway, hope you can get the bugs worked out soon.

As we are on different servers and therefore not in in-game contact, let alone competition, what possible difference does it make to anyone on a US server?

[asthanos]

I haven't had to take time off work or reschedule but if gaming is a hobby why not?
When I play MMOs most of the time I AM spending time with F+F.

I would really appreciate it if they could at least say, "We can confirm that the event will not start before X PM. Check back then for a status update."
will keep me from checking every 15 minutes until a ETA is given.

Agreed. I don't care at all when they put it off till, but it'd nice to have at least a temporary time frame, even it's just "Next weekend" or "We'll put times up tomorrow" or something. I don't want to log off only to find I've missed it simply because I had no idea when it was happening, especially since it's a one-off event.

Something like that would definitely a be a strike towards dropping my sub, since it implies similar behavior in the future, and I don't want keep trying to make interesting events but missing them regardless.

[Rallon]

Do what you have to Trion.

Hopefully it won't take to long to fix...ie days.

[Viza]

So can I go back to bed ?

It's 5am here... need to know if I should stay up cause it's gonna be soon or go back to bed cause it's gonna be at least hours or days :/

[Poedric]

I no earlier than time would be great, so we can sorta schedule around this. thanks for the hard work.

[Tyler1986]

Folks, we're working to resolve the issues as soon as possible. We have not made a decision as to when we will be starting the events, however, we will provide notice once that decision has been made.

I will be here throughout the day to keep you informed - thanks for your cooperation and patience!

I say delay until tomorrow for my day off I have to go to work in an hour.

[Alt key]

They probably don't know when, and to give a timeframe now would open them up to even more criticism later if they had to push it back.

[Essie]

There is no indication that these were not tested, as a developer, I know sometimes things can only be brought to light in a live environment. That doesn't mean I'm happy it got delayed (or with the pathetic round of reboots during the middle of the day, yesterday), but it happens.[/QUOTE]

They do have a test server, its called alpha server and is basically a beta server, those people who preordered should have the alpha server code, eula, and alpha downloader to help play new events and patches before they are brought up live in order to catch these issues. They found the issues through that process more than likey.....

[Telinmoon]

I'm really disappointed about this. I switched over from WoW because of a number of reasons, one being that it seemed like Rift wouldn't have delays on patches and events.

Guess I was wrong.

At least they saw the problem and are fixing it instead of waiting till a patch day then trying to fix it;crash the severs off and on for 2 days after patch. You decision to leave WOW was still a good one. Besides as far as bugs or problems go nothing or no one is perfect so don't cast too many stones

[Viza]

No you cannot replicate the same player base on an alpha server ever.

[Tiger]

Folks, we're working to resolve the issues as soon as possible. We have not made a decision as to when we will be starting the events, however, we will provide notice once that decision has been made.

I will be here throughout the day to keep you informed - thanks for your cooperation and patience!

My friends and I usually get together each week at 4pm EST on Saturday. Most of us (4 out of 6) play Rift, so we changed our plans to start later. Of course we are disappointed, but hey, stuff happens, and we would rather play a high-quality event than a buggy one.

Please do not make an impromptu decision and start the event 4 hours late. Adults with real lives need to make plans with a little bit of notice.

For my 2 cents, Devs, you have a chance to do it right, and do it BETTER. The second stage of this important event should last more than a few hours. Declare ALL HANDS ON DECK, get your best people on it, and give us a Stage 2 that will last a few DAYS, like maybe Friday thru Sunday/Monday. If you do that, and it comes off well, no one will remember the buggy non-start and everyone will remember how you recovered, and came out smelling like roses.