Is there support?

Fidus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Is there support from guildwars team at all? i mean ive read posts where people have gone a week without hearing form them im on day 3 .

GimmeChuppa

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Im on day three as well.

Fidus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

wow, no way to contact them, no response to our "my stuff" questions... great job.

EnDinG

Keyboard + Mouse > Pen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/W

I posted this in the 2nd sticky thread found in this forum.

Support

Just remember, the game is new and there are probley thousands of people with problems out there who haven't yet posted on the forums. From big to small issues.

Fidus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

yeah i read it and have done all that, still no reply's. Just a "hey we arent sure but we are looking into it" if there are that many problems with the game then there are some serious issues they need to resolve asap.

EnDinG

Keyboard + Mouse > Pen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/W

If all else fails, put it on the shelf and come back to it in a month. Patches and fixes should be a little more availible.

Fidus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

great idea... ><

Im to much of a hardcore gamer to do that, my entire guild has moved here, i suppos ei can ask them to put it on the shelf and lets all go to another game......maybe even ask for our money back for a game that doesnt work.
but then again there is no way to contact them so good luck with that ^^.

lightzout

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Yeah I cant play game due to rubber-banding and I have gotten no reply to my requests at all.

Rememdium

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by EnDinG
If all else fails, put it on the shelf and come back to it in a month. Patches and fixes should be a little more availible.
If they were working on it, why wouldn't they just TELL us that a patch is on the way instead of leaving us hanging by not returning our emails? That's what pisses me off about this. Even a cookie cutter "We acknowledge it's a problem with our game and we're working on it" email would make me feel a lot better.

And on the topic of quality control, should a game with a problem so severe that lots of players have to "put it on a shelf" for a month because it's unplayable have made it to store shelves? I would've much rather had a delay of the launch than have the game and not be able to play it.

EnDinG

Keyboard + Mouse > Pen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/W

Rememdium:

Keep in mind, there are more people who are able to play the game right now compared to those who can't. With that, the game was able to be released.

From all the beta testing they had, I'm willing to bet that most of the people did not have computer problems.

When the game was released, the population of servers and overall users increased greatly. Odds are that probley 80% or higher that played in the beta testing had no problems, (random guess here) or they wouldn't have released it.

Now using those odds, thats 20 out of 100 people who have computer problems, 40 out of 200, etc etc.

Those are pretty decent odds for any company IMHO when it comes to new released games. For all we know it could have been 95%.

So in conclusion, the game was ready to come out. Problems? Of course, not everyone has the same computer, soon as they take it home if store bought, its different. From a background to networks, no two computers in the world are the same. (Hardware wise as well, some might end up being used more then others.)

So yes, there will be problems. Its one thing PC games always offer at least one person. If you want a fully problem free game, buy a gaming console. At least most of them are the same.

Bgnome

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by lightzout
Yeah I cant play game due to rubber-banding and I have gotten no reply to my requests at all.
rubber banding is due to latency between server and client communication. it is most likely something to do with your end of the connection or somewhere in between.

Sylvin Nightsong

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Support does exist. I went about five days before hearing from them with my initial problem, and once it got assigned to someone (or a few someones, I suppose), my problem was resolved over the course of a day. They got back to me within a few hours of each of my replies, so hold out hope! I think they're just that backed up right now.

gamer_013

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

I don't know whats going on with you guys but they responded to me in 5 min... kinda weird

lightzout

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bgnome
rubber banding is due to latency between server and client communication. it is most likely something to do with your end of the connection or somewhere in between.
Well I have a fast cable connection and I dont lag in any other games. Normally I have 4 active machines working with no slowdown and I still have problems after turning all but my gaming machine off. Where are the GW servers? i am on the west coast using Comcast. maybe there is a glitch there. Anyone know the main server IP so I can do a traceroute?