Event Update: A small delay

Shattered Self

Shattered Self

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

PvE

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Lozza
And I'm still not pulling any downloads. I find that strange.
Same here. I keep worrying that I've bugged my install by re-launching GW every 3 minutes. >_<

Electric Sky

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

does anyone know exactly how many small updates we need ?

AhuraMazda

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by czymann
For those that are wondering. The servers on the eastern side of the U.S. are not up. So you in Europe shouldn't complain soo loudly
Why not huh? Its 8 hours late, and the GW site says the game works fine, when it doesnt, but the East Coast US servers arnt up so we should keep quiet and keep our place?

Been up all night waiting for something a bit of beta testing would have ensured arrived on time?

I pay their wages, Ill complain how I so choose, and you would do well not to tell me what or what not to do, regardless of which part of the USA you live on.

felinette

felinette

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Girl Power [GP]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Lozza
felinette, people on EU servers are only just reporting getting the downloads, what is bothering me is that not everyone on the EU server is getting those downloads... It is strange...
I think it's fair that EU gets it first. What's strange is that they said they'd open the event when all servers had the update. Obviously, that wasn't true.

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

Apathetic: Anet get it together. This is your screwiest event yet. You've had a great track record, but its steadily declining. Thank god its free.

Sympathetic: Poor Anet, you guys stay up all night?!!? X_X i can only imagine the hectic chaos at the office and the pressure on the programmers.

Relativistic: Well...if this is the worse, compared to the worse DODA and WOW updates, this is cake.

The real lyra: Meh, ill go draw.

Amity and Truth

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/N

Hehe, GWGuru is starting to get reaaaal slow. It's 16:00 in germany, that means school is over and the kiddie horde is swarming into the internet and GW o_o

Thallandor

Thallandor

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Singapore

Seers of Serpents [SoS]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhedd
WHAT payment?
Are they charging you for this game? Wow. I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and never knew it! I thought everyone played this without charges, just like me. >_>
Dear Fanboi,

Ignorance is truely bliss

bye

Mr_T_bot

Mr_T_bot

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by felinette
I think it's fair that EU gets it first.
Based on what ridiculous principle?

qazwersder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

I'll be looking soon

E/

Yes i just downloaded that 38000 odd download, do that then theres a small one (2min job) then i got no more downloads. Im on eu servers too.

Wajdos

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

Anet puts new fils on servers one by one. Everyone will get into when every server got it.

Cyllaven

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

A/R

I got an update around 9:45AM EST, not sure if it was update to the event. However like many others in the NA, NF is shaded grey atm also. I was so pumped up to try NF this morning lol Any have information on what going on with the USA servers?

[riVen]

[riVen]

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Refuge From Exile [RFE]

All interface and controls customizations gone for anyone else? >< gg anet.

Reve2uk

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/N

just tried the -image command cos downlaods alotad of updates and now i have 36600 mopre :s

Shattered Self

Shattered Self

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

PvE

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by felinette
I think it's fair that EU gets it first. What's strange is that they said they'd open the event when all servers had the update. Obviously, that wasn't true.
EU has the update on their servers so they can download it now, but they can't get in yet. Unless I'm misreading reports, they've been logging in and confirming UI changes on normal chars, but they don't have access to NF yet.

The Chimpster

The Chimpster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

England

X-Universe [XU]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_T_bot
Based on what ridiculous principle?
Because we founded the rest of the world

mrcake

mrcake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/N

no updates for a while... maybe a good sign... or a sign they broke something else

Irukandji

Irukandji

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Germany (near Ff/M)

Troll Syndicate [Rawr]

A/N

Okay, with all this information I'm just a bit confused about which update I'm actually downloading - for the last half hour I've been getting a patch containing about 38000 files; is this the final one or are there more yet to come?

JGaff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Lotus Eaters

Me/

I'm on American Severs, East Coast.

NF still greyed out, refreshes every 5 minutes doing no good (But I do have new interface as of about 9:30 am ish)

banishd

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ivy League [IVY]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by AhuraMazda
Why not huh? Its 8 hours late, and the GW site says the game works fine, when it doesnt, but the East Coast US servers arnt up so we should keep quiet and keep our place?

Been up all night waiting for something a bit of beta testing would have ensured arrived on time?

I pay their wages, Ill complain how I so choose, and you would do well not to tell me what or what not to do, regardless of which part of the USA you live on.
At this rate i'd be surprised if Nightfall came out before christmas.

felinette

felinette

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Girl Power [GP]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_T_bot
Based on what ridiculous principle?
Because they've lost more time than we have. It's only morning here. Over there, it's coming up on supper time.

mrcake

mrcake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Chimpster
Because we founded the rest of the world
lol here we go again

Makkert

Makkert

Black Beast of Aarrrrgghh

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

The Biggyverse [PLEB] // Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Can a Moderator change the threadtitle to 'A Big Delay'?

I don't think a 'small delay' is warranted anymore.

ANet and Events, a successtory:

GWWC:
The sound on the floor makes that (aggressive) strategies that rely on communication are having a real hard time

Faction collector's eidtion early start
some buyers get their access too late

The Dragon Festival
Kisu turns out to be the owner of a cloning devise, and creates replica's that send a shockwave of confusion

GWFC
The first day's matches have to be rescheduled for technical problems

Nightfall preview event
Still needs to start...


I know, I'm talking acid here. But I have to say this damages the reputation of the company.

Phoebe

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

38k files is roughly redownloading the whole game isn't it?

Silent Coyote

Silent Coyote

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

E/N

Now even the EU guild wars web site is reporting the event as started, yet still no one in europe can get into nightfall.

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

Meh, midnight in Aust, tg it's the weekend...

felinette

felinette

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Girl Power [GP]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Self
EU has the update on their servers so they can download it now, but they can't get in yet. Unless I'm misreading reports, they've been logging in and confirming UI changes on normal chars, but they don't have access to NF yet.
Ah, ok. I guess I shouldn't believe what's on the official site.

AhuraMazda

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

As far as I am aware there are ATLEAST 2 massive downloads, broken up by numerous smaller downloads, all of which results in a greyed out Nightfall selection screen.

What else is to come, who knows.

explodemyheart

explodemyheart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Indiana

Gui1d War스 P01ic트 [Pr으]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by felinette
Because they've lost more time than we have. It's only morning here. Over there, it's coming up on supper time.
I didn't realize time moved differently in EU.

Awesome Nuke

Awesome Nuke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Quebec, Canada

Québékers Alliance

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Chimpster
Because we founded the rest of the world
Everyone knows that before european settlers came here in America, there was nothing here before

wilq

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

[RTF]

Mo/Me

Did the -image thing and now I got some 37k files to decompress... hopefully it will finish by the end of the event.

awitelin

awitelin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

E/Mo

I don't think most people should be complaining about the amount of time it's taking.

What's particularly frustrating is that GW updated their website claiming the event is open, when it clearly wasn't, and has yet to be, open.

You can't blame ANet for computer error delays, but you can blame them for getting the fanboy hopes up. Kinda cruel really.

Shattered Self

Shattered Self

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

PvE

N/

Quote:
Wow will people stop posting "I have one/two updates but not the others OMG whats happening Anet hates me!! QQ"

If you have one then your inline for the others just wait and it will come.

Quote:
We had difficulty distributing the Live build using our normal distribution process, so we have been distributing it manually to file servers around the world, one server at a time. Therefore, players on some servers will receive the update sooner than players on other servers
This stuff takes time.
More than the reported 15 minutes, obviously.

I'm OK with it taking longer, I just want a realistic estimate from ANet instead of this optimistic stuff, so I don't have to sit by comp trying it every 3 or 4 minutes if it's going to be a while.

Electric Sky

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

for some reason i cant access the european gw site, but i can access the american site without problem

Senator Tom

Senator Tom

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

California

[Dark]

W/

As long as it's up by the time I get back from school, I'm good.

Cyllaven

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

A/R

Yeah, the US site also says the event open right now to; none of us can get in though. However, if you go to log in and look at the topics on the side it says the event has been delay and that they will update on the site when the event open >.>

sassoonssamson

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

whats going on

website says event has started


i cannot make any nighfall characters as yet tried adding the key also it says access to nightfall preview event

the guy who messed it up should be kicked

Leddy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Hell's Circus

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by explodemyheart
I didn't realize time moved differently in EU.
I hope you were being sarcastic in the self-owning way, because... if you meant that... well, you'd better go read up on "Time Zones".

JGaff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Lotus Eaters

Me/

More info and insight from Gaile would be of some use about now.


Still nothing on NF in America...

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Self
More than the reported 15 minutes, obviously.

I'm OK with it taking longer, I just want a realistic estimate from ANet instead of this optimistic stuff, so I don't have to sit by comp trying it every 3 or 4 minutes if it's going to be a while.
QFT

Realistic timeframes, FTW.

King Kong

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

Has the event started yet or still delayed? Ive used all my slots, so set up a new account but just get " your account is not currently authorized to play Guild Wars". Will that change when NF goes live, or did i do the account wrong