19 May too soon?

MrVicchio · 2003-05-03, 09:44 PM

I am "concerned" that the 19May03 release date is too soon to launch the game. The CTD issues, the lag (when it hits is atrocious) and a number of other issues are... well to be honest, scaring me. The devs are doing a HELLVA job trying to meet this deadline, but thats just what it is, a DEADline, launch it too soon, and the game will hit the shelves DOA. I have faith they can do a lot, but if the issues still on hand are not solidly put to bed by early next week...... There will be no time to shut down beta (as they have in teh past stated they would prior to launch) go gold and have thoroughly tested the fixes.

Having been bitten by that game known as "anarchy online" at its launch, and being scared off by WWIIOL's atrocious launch, I am... leery of deadlines. I say push the launch back to 01, or better 15June03 and FIX IT before going live. Perhaps I am over cautious. Perhaps I am over reacting, but I really really have high hopes for this game, and I don't want to see a rushed launch, nor the perception of the launch being rushed mar its opening month.

Before anyone goes off on me for "being negative" Stop. This is called constructive critisim and voicing my fears. I understand the amount of work SJ and the team have done, but I also realize that there are people higher up then they that might just shove PS out the door too soon thinking "We'll just patch it" And it is specifically THAT attitude, so prevalant it seems in the Gameing industry, that has me worried.

BUGGER · 2003-05-03, 09:53 PM

i think they can get through all this. really right now the only thing the shouldbe working on is lag, or else the minimum requirements are gona have to be high. I dont care if i got my vehilce flipping through to sky, as long as its not lagging while flipping, i'm happy.

cgreene415 · 2003-05-03, 09:58 PM

I hear what ur sayin I thought about that too but sony wont fo anything stupid im confident if they think it wont be rdy by then then they will surely push it back

BUGGER · 2003-05-03, 10:04 PM

wait, when is their due date? Since retail is 19, the cd's still will have to be made and put into boxes, plus be shipped to the stores. So instead of may 19, itll be like may 13th or something right?

if so.....well, i guess its time to start praying.

Jakal · 2003-05-03, 10:05 PM

Yeah lag and ctds are what they should be working on now. They can playbalance later.

AztecWarrior · 2003-05-03, 10:05 PM

If we lock the coders up in a room, keep them awake 24/7, give them two meals a day, and a fifteen sectiond stretching break every four hours, then yes, they will make May 19.

Navaron · 2003-05-03, 10:06 PM

Try like the 5th. SJ replied to my post about it, and in the notes they said that ALL they are going to work on next week is that. I have my doubts - just cause it's such a big job, but we'll see.

Zarparchior · 2003-05-03, 10:14 PM

Three words: Crash to windows.

I still crash to windows all the time. During one playing session, I can crash as much as 5 times. During Beta, that's okay. I can live with that fine. If I'm paying for it? Hell no.

I don't know if what we say will have any affect on what the release date is, though. For every other MMO released the first few weeks were really just Beta Plus. There were horrible issues that still needed trouble shooting. I know AO was like that. I ended up not playing it because I would crash, things would go wrong in game (bugs), and the like. Many people say they like AO now, but they lost me permantly due to their inability to pull it together at release.

I sincerely hope the higher ups aren't pushing the devs too hard... There are still issues that need to be fixed. If they need to push it back a month to iron out everything so it's nice n' clean, they should. Then, they'd be able to get the covetted title as teh first MMO to launch without major problems. Wouldn't that be worth it?

MrVulcan · 2003-05-03, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by Zarparchior
Three words: Crash to windows.

What are your specs?

I have not had 1 crash in several days now 0_o

2coasts · 2003-05-03, 10:24 PM

they better release it or im not going to ever buy the game!!!111

Navaron · 2003-05-03, 10:41 PM

I have a brand new rig - it's bad ass and I ctd every few mins sometimes but at least 2 times an hour.

Zarparchior · 2003-05-03, 10:41 PM

AMD Athlon XP 1700 (1.4GHz)
1,024 MB of RAM
GeForce4 Ti 4200 (128 MB)
Soundblaster Live! (for Soundcard)
nForce Motherboard

Not incredibly uber, but I'd call it higher end. And yes, I do have the latest drivers for both Soundcard and Videocard. What are your specs?

**edit: Oh yeah, my connection is Cable Modem. The speed is kinda variable, but is pretty damn fast most of the time. Most large downloads only take a matter of minutes. And I'm only asking your specs for comparative reasons to see if I can pinpoint the problem being my hardware. You probably have better than me.

Navaron · 2003-05-03, 10:46 PM

I've got-

amd 2700+ on a asus a7n8x w/ 1 gig pc 2700 and a radeon 9700 pro.

edit- I've got dsl - not great for huge patches but steady as a rock.

MrVulcan · 2003-05-03, 11:27 PM

hmmm..... I dont know then....

Just for referance:

P4 2.4 ghz
512 DDR
G4 4600
Intel Motherboard (built in sound)
Tied into a T1*or so they tell me* (but I get about 56-64k)
(2-3 min patch took me 4 hours to dl)

no lag, no issues, nothing....

**I do have some very minor lag (1-2 sec when I hit a very busy spot) when I am flying through trees, etc at max burn in the mos, but then again, that is expected due to the speed you are rendering things

Im not sure what to tell you guys..... just hope they get it working for ya

Hellsfire123 · 2003-05-03, 11:50 PM

<looks at watch> hmmmm 5/03/03, so...thats like 10 days till gold.

Its close. Most balance issues have been resolved, the game looks really nice, the bugs are dropping like flys (wait...that was just as corny as "heres a taste of the toast") and lag issues are becoming a thing of the past. The only thing that would keep me from paying for this game as is, would be they bring the servers down to often for to long. I only get good game time at like 11:00pm-2:00am when the devs are asleep and i really should be. They might push back the date to june, but then again they might not.

And i havnt crashed to desktop for about a week now. Disconnected randomly, but no CTD. My friends computer did reset on him just now, but ill blame the cat.