That’s why i think this needs to be evaluated on a daily basis like black suggested.
Problem being, all those 3000+ ques that were trying to get in these servers yesterday are still hunting for servers to create on. And they don’t want them slipping in during off times i presume.
I know they are watching, as they have been spinning up new servers all day in preparation.
I do believe they will make sure everyone finds a home. Since this is only day 2, i believe everyone should be able to catch up with their friends no matter where they decide to start
I don’t disagree with the need to eventually open them, it’s just very very soon is all and before we even have had another peak’s worth of data. Them acting too soon and causing a 5hr queue can in fact do the same thing and also cause people to leave as well.
It just has to be done carefully and not too rapidly. Remember it’s not even the weekend yet. Them reopening too slowly is also a bad thing. It’s just a balance. I think opening a Monday would make the most sense? But I’m also not in your position, it must really suck too. I just wonder what the weekend will bring?
Another possible thing to consider is gathering more data tonight. If it’s not too bad. Open tomorrow to let friends reunite. Then lock before the Friday rush. It wound be to protect you and your friends as well from massive queues. I mean if they hit a certain point, you just can’t even play.
we are acting like this isn’t the same mistake that has happened over and over again. Locked servers die when locked too long. There is no reason to be locking it this early, we all saw the queues, people can decide for themself now.
Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity to make a character and several of my friends are playing on a locked server. Sitting on the sidelines not able to play is a huge disappointment.
I played on some of the most full/busy servers at launch/beta and while I am not saying that was ideal, at least we all had a chance to play and the excitement to get in the server and stay in, playing, was there. It was actually a really fun time for NW…
If they wait too long, the lvl gap between my friends and I will be too great and all motivation to play will be lost. I hope it opens up soon…
Group of friends playing on Devourer. Been locked since yesterday been trying to get in. It’s peek time now yes? 1666/2500. still locked. Meanwhile Lilith has been unlocked 80% of the times I checked, being at max capacity and more than Devourer. C’mon man.
It’s like punishing the players who got off work later and rewarding those who got off earlier to log-in and play. Chances are, those players who got in will be able to log-in early enough in the day to avoid the queues anyway. Or maybe those players get off work later one day and get punished by queues, just as we’re being punished by being locked out. Makes no sense.
bUt MuH pEaK QuEus! Why do you get to be protected by “peak queues” just because you got to log in earlier than others on a Tuesday? Shouldn’t the same apply for every day? Log in before peak time and avoid peak queue.
Me watching Devourer Numbers bottom out in “PEAK QUEUE” window. Successfully making it 24 hours of Devourer being locked… Well while i must say from the little i played on one of the actually unlocked servers I wanna say I had but I have hope still… seeing this go on for this long is just stupid though. Am I going to have to wait till friday to be able to get to make a character… not even talking get to play because Friday numbers will probably jump again in which case why even unlock it right, funnel those players into the new worlds with less created characters yet those worlds have a higher avg total for players online.
All I can say is this feels really similar to the poor management we day one players dealt with back then. I just hope AGS does not make the same mistake of waiting much too long only to finally act when its late and due to rushed action it be a damaging action (the great economic new world crisis…)
many of my friends didnt get in either before it locked. servers arent even full and they are still locked it makes no sense. I feel like it is punishing the players trying to be causal and play while also having a work schedule considering they started closing servers before 5pm even came.
I have at least 3 friends trying to join me and the others on Devourer and its infuriating that it’s locked and only at half pop currently at prime time. I literally didn’t bother leveling today, and i probably wont again until it unlocks.
One of my friends has already lost interest in playing all together because of the server being locked. We have all contemplated moving to Sentinel because for whatever reason that server is almost at max and not locked, yet ours is sitting at half empty and has been locked for 24 hours now.
I would rather sit and knit this baby blanket (repetitive and mountainous ) and vent on the forums to advocate for my server and my friends, than go play because the hype is dying REALLY fast for those of us who were separated
literally didnt even care about the fresh start, only came back because a super casual friend asked me to play with him and i said sure knowing we would play for a few days then drop it but found out my core group who I grinded the heck outta the game with were all coming back and some already on devourer but like your friends, we have been locked out. It really is infuriating and what’s worse is that there has been so many threads talking about this yet no response from any of the devs.
Looking at nwdb it lists all four servers at 2490 players at 9PM last night, probably why they are locked. It’s definitely lower so far tonight, maybe they will unlock them.
They made an mmorpg with 2500 players and little lag and lots of fun with great third person shooter mechanics mixed with souls like combat, a difficult feat without tab targeting in server net code.
How do you not understand max capacity? They most likely cant physically upgrade the servers to handle more and you want them to just unlock so they can crash repeatedly like they did on NW Launch?
