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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 2:48PM Snorii said

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Haha, love the screenshot!

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 3:05PM WhatDeficit said

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For the love of god... Enough with the Champions posts.

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 3:59PM (Unverified) said

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Why hasn't massively done a story on all the problems Champions Online has been having? Lag, server issues, performance problems, unscheduled maintenance, official site being down? The forums have been full of problems with some over 600 replies in less than a 24hr period.

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:05PM Aganazer said

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Wut?

Lag? Had none.

Server Issues? I think there was about 10 minutes one time that the chat server and zoning server didn't work, but that's it.

Performance problems? Two systems and both have buttery smooth performance. Both use Nvidia GTX 275's.

Unscheduled Maintenance? Never noticed. The servers have been up 100% of the time I have wanted to play. I have played every minute I'm not at work or asleep since head start.

Official site being down? Hardly news worthy since the site is fine 95% of the time.

Forum full of whiners? Welcome to MMO.
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 5:38PM CCon99 said

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Ostrich Syndrome FTW!
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 6:40PM SirFenwick said

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Welcome to the start of another MMO. Oh no!

Most MMO's have a rocky first couple weeks. Its no excuse and companies should prepare for this but at the same time no matter what you do it seems to have problems.

Cant always have a perfect experience with these things and they are still trying to get everything sorted out. Hopefully STO will have a better start.

They just need to get more beta or alpha players to get things going.
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 9:09PM (Unverified) said

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Because video game journalism isn't in the business of pissing off their sources. This isn't the Bill Moyers Journal. MMOs get a grace period from video game sites for at least a couple months (in perpetuity if it's mmorpg.com). If you really want the dirt on this game seek alternative sources. Or wait a few months. By the end of the year it'll be a success that stands on its own merits so sites like this won't need to sugar coat everything. Or it'll be such a failure that the developers will take any publicity.
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:00PM Aganazer said

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Those anti-air missiles are really cool. They are a very effective way to balance the travel powers. I also like how you can fly in low and manage to mostly avoid them. Generally though, its best to steer clear of the protected air space.

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:10PM (Unverified) said

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Just because your not having problems doesnt mean the other 1000+ people are not. I have been playing MMO for years and this is typical launch day problems but the lack of news on it is surprising cuz everyone just wants to talk it up and sweep the real problems under the rug.
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:26PM Aganazer said

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So far, they have been giving their personal experiences with the game. I don't think we can expect much more than that. If some hard data came out showing that a sizable percentage are having problems playing the game I'm sure it would be posted. Other than that, you're right that its typical launch day stuff. Some people are going to have problems.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 4:00AM Psychotic Storm said

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@ AL same goes the other way too, because you are having problem doesn't mean everyone else is having too.

In the end, its all about personal experience at the moment, I didn't have any problem lag or stability wise and am located in EU, others may have.

by the way, why a neutral gameplay comment got greyed?
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:15PM (Unverified) said

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nice

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:21PM (Unverified) said

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eddewd
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Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 4:54PM (Unverified) said

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About AL: Don't worry guys, as soon as the forums come back up AL will go back to douching it up there. Until then just put up with him lol.

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 6:37PM BubleFett said

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Well the server(s) are down again as I write this post
It is quite obvious on why most MMO website are not writing
about the problem that Cryptic is have with this launch,
they are just to afraid of not getting exclusives for their webiste.
which brings in ad revenue.

I played the closed beta for a bit but stopped because of the
so blatant problems that the game had.
For what ever the reason that Cryptic decided to go ahead and
go live with the game it just was just a bad decision.

The game still needs major work and polish.
This is just a sign of desperation probably coming from
Atari to push for the launch.

This does not bode well for this franchise which trying to compete with the likes
of CoX and the upcoming DCUO as well as the Marvel MMO.

Will see where it goes from here.

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 8:41PM (Unverified) said

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The base game is great. It needs severe number tweaks.

It might have the worst community I've ever seen, including Warcraft. Holy rotten tomatoes, Batman. I thought the forums today were bad enough but when the server came back on, every zone chat is still the same...people going on and on about how other people suck, people asking for groups and being told they suck, people being told to learn to play. Constantly. Even in WoW you occasionally got a break from that garbage.

Posted: Sep 4th 2009 4:13AM Omega2k3 said

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Wow, people. Good job knowing the game will fail for sure when there's a few issues (that are very minor in comparison to MOST mmo launches) within DAYS of release.

I'm sure you're completely right.

Less QQ, more pew pew.

Posted: Sep 4th 2009 1:42PM commonperson said

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I've been playing pretty much non-stop on my crap laptop even with no problems so either I've been lucky or people are getting them selves worked in to a tizzy. I think maybe a bit from both columns but I think the game is great and am really enjoying it. Now I just need to find folks to start a super hero team. I've got a great name for it just no one to join. :-/

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