Ragefire: A game old enough to drive a car; still can't launch new server right

[Norok]

So Everquest Live's Progression server Ragefire was scheduled to launch at 6:00PM EST. At 5:30pm I decided to take a shower; my last for what could be through Memorial Day weekend. Server is launched at 5:35pm.

Then, players exploit a pay-to-win feature on normal servers and instantly start with level 50s, begin transfering the free plat and powerleveling alts. Server is immediately locked but players that got in (even with exploits) are allowed to keep playing.

Something tells me if this was P99 the devs would be smart enough to shut it down immediately, wipe it, and start it right. I guess you don't always get what you pay for...

[Itap]

I'm not one to be a douche, normally, but I told ya so

[Pringles]

I'm not one to be a douche, normally, but I told ya so

[Efwan]

Lmao wow

[Mistle]

This oughtta be good.

/popcorn

[jarshale]

working as intended

[Rec]

even the the launching has drama, the name was so aptly chosen

[pharmakos]

Holly Longdale ‏@TheWindstalker 42m42 minutes ago
Half-elf bard's broke #Everquest. :( We're looking into it. All insta-level-50 half elf bards on Ragefire are asked to sit on their hands...

was just half elf bards apparently.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

This is awesome!

[DeathWalking]

was just half elf bards apparently.

bards ruin everything

[Champion_Standing]

working as intended

[SamwiseRed]

haha rolling tonight after the shit storm

[Swish]

working as intended

tm

[Jzendo]

Devs already came out and said despite the fact that somewhere around 80 separate accounts were instantly able to log in as lvl 50s with the shared bank feature in game and transfer items/pp/PL other toons, there will NOT be a server wipe. I guess the good news is this will drive server pop down to where it won't be as crowded whenever I decide to give it a shot

[BossThunderace]

haha brand new server, with lv50s moments after server goes live. so much for that experience

[Champion_Standing]

haha brand new server, with lv50s moments after server goes live. so much for that experience

One could argue that those who did the exploits have far greater levels of immersion than the rest of us.

[BossThunderace]

One could argue that those who did the exploits have far greater levels of immersion than the rest of us.

lol

[Swish]

Was Abacab at the party?

[Grimjaw]

Devs already came out and said despite the fact that somewhere around 80 separate accounts were instantly able to log in as lvl 50s with the shared bank feature in game and transfer items/pp/PL other toons, there will NOT be a server wipe. I guess the good news is this will drive server pop down to where it won't be as crowded whenever I decide to give it a shot

did you read this thread? looks like they are wiping

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

they are wiping. now the dramaz has moved to new topic. some are saying, I took off tomorrow, wipe server and get it up asap. Others are saying, i have to crash for work tomorrow, set wipe for tomorrow at time server was supposed to open today so overnighters don't have an "unfair advantage"


lol. I realized, its not daybreak that is cracking me up here. It's the Hiroshima of butthurt from the playerbase that is happening over on their forums right now. What a total clusterfuck.

[JayDee]

I was hoping they would let all the smuggled items remain. One guy with a modern era excalibur massacring entire zones in one fell swoop

[Man0warr]

They just brought it back up after wipe, and people already figured out how to make level 50s again.

[wrxBRAH]

http://www.reddit.com/live/uxu9fuk64hii/

Its down for the night. Strong launch.

[Oleris]

I can't fucking believe this. They had all the potential in the world and fucking blew it because they wouldn't force their staff to work longer to fix the issues. I demand compensation for not providing the services that I requested.

[Rec]

Haha sound the retreat!

[Man0warr]

I can't fucking believe this. They had all the potential in the world and fucking blew it because they wouldn't force their staff to work longer to fix the issues. I demand compensation for not providing the services that I requested.

Their staff is pretty small at this point.

[Rec]

Thank goodness they had that beta testing phase ahead of time

[BossThunderace]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183555&page=16

:D

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

That joint venture was totally worth killing R&F huh... :rolleyes:

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I can't believe I just had an immersive evening watching the total implosion of a server launch i wasn't even going to play.

But seriously. WTF. Is this normal in how things happen over there?

[Burrito]

☐ Not Classic ☐ Classic ☑ Cucked By Ragefire


Edit: apparently the issue is heroic instances. Some players are level 1 spawning with level 85 gear. Not sure what is happening with the level 50s

[Rec]

more wipes in the morning. so many wipes they're going to get roids!

[Samhain]

☐ Not Classic ☐ Classic ☑ Cucked By Ragefire


Edit: apparently the issue is heroic instances. Some players are level 1 spawning with level 85 gear. Not sure what is happening with the level 50s
I don't think anyone but devs know. But I do know one thing...

If code didn't exist that allowed players to pay-to-win then a "bug" where people start at max level with full gear would not happen. Less a bug rather than a feature run amok.

[Magikarp]

lots of folks demanding compensation for their lost sub time. duno why people expected this to go smoothly. hope it gets better soon, would love to hear how the progress goes.

[iruinedyourday]

Sounds like everything went as expected.

Live Eq is a strange community.

[Mirana]

Idiots voted for max nostalgia, so that's what their getting.

[Turp]

Idiots voted for max nostalgia, so that's what their getting.

lol complete with crashes and bugs.

[Weekapaug]

In their defense, my understanding is that the problems at launch stemmed from adding instancing for newbie zones that they couldn't really test in beta because they didn't have the loads for them. Pops on these servers always fall off fast when the nostalgia wears off so they didn't want to launch more than one server like they have in the past because that brings future headaches for them and the players. Now the only problem is the server is at full capacity of 4000 or 5000 players and people are getting pissed. I don't really see that as too much of a problem because most of these people won't last a few weeks anyway. And a lot of them are, apparently, headed this way.

That said, the real fun is to come. They've taken KSing out of the rules of conduct and have even been quoted saying that this is a "DPS War" server or something like that. Training isn't in there either, but they conspicuously haven't commented on that. Besides being into a fresh start after being away for so long I just have to see this play out. The way these people whine and rant on the boards about the silliest shit from not getting their favorite name to the mere existence of boxers (on freaking eq live), just wait till the KSing kicks in in earnest. With 6 months of classic. Remember p99 in classic with, what, 500 players average peak? It's worth the sub fee just to get to watch.

[Enderenter]

I can't fucking believe this. They had all the potential in the world and fucking blew it because they wouldn't force their staff to work longer to fix the issues. I demand compensation for not providing the services that I requested.

What potential? If you mean potential in the sense of classic 1999 eq, there was no chance they were ever going to achieve anything close to that (nor were they trying at any point).

[Doors]

People have a right to be pissed. I would never play that server if they allowed those people that cheated to keep their progress.

[Grimjaw]

In their defense, my understanding is that the problems at launch stemmed from adding instancing for newbie zones that they couldn't really test in beta because they didn't have the loads for them.

So instead of getting people to actually test their new code, they decided to give everyone /betabuffs, skip all the noob zones, and said go have fun!

[Knuckle]

I'm not one to be a douche, normally, but I told ya so

[Breeziyo]

That said, the real fun is to come. They've taken KSing out of the rules of conduct and have even been quoted saying that this is a "DPS War" server or something like that. Training isn't in there either, but they conspicuously haven't commented on that.
My body is ready.
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