[Video]State of Game (Rant Edition) - Double XP Fail, Server Instability + more

[snoopadoopa]

Wassup YouTube, SnooPSton here with episode 7 of State of the Game in this episode we discuss the recent Double XP issues, Server instability issues and the anniversary bundle.


Much Love,
SnooPSton

[OCNSethy]

Whoa, don't beat around the bush... What do you really want to say

That seems pretty wacked with the double XP and server issues EU had, I'd be pissed too. We had a similar issue on Briggs (not as bad as EU) where the servers where going down during peak times... Busted up some pretty sweet battles.

Liking you vids and your candid views there Snoop.. Keep it up

[ChipMHazard]

Sadly when it comes to US based game companies it seems normal for the EU playerbase to feel second rate. Whether it's just a percieved "favoritism" or actually a valid complaint.
Some times it can't be helped and other times it just comes down to what region a company wants to focus on, much to the frustration of all other regions. [Just ask the russian players]
This is where outsourcing comes in. Afaik Pro7 doesn't run the EU servers while Innova does run the RU servers.
It's bound to upset people when a service isn't equal across the board.

Personally I am not a fan of the continued addition of gold trims to different items in the game, as it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence that PS2 isn't becoming more and more like COD; when it comes to cosmetics. I do have to wonder how the game is going to look a year from now.
But, they do have to make money

[Babyfark McGeez]

You definetely need to curse more in your videos! It just goes so well with that british voice.

And the impression i get is that SOE doesn't give a damn about their EU customers. I still have to clean up my pictures folder now and then because they decided it'd be cool to still have the game create these 0-byte temp files when you have non-english letters in your windows username (And i dared to use a "ü" for my "mühle").
Couple this nuisance that exists since early beta (and has been mentioned like a trillion times) with the other problems for EU people and you end up thinking they really just don't give a fuck
(Which, with their whole presentation lately, seems to be the general motif here).

[typhaon]

I'm sure it comes down to legal and business issues.