WAR (Warhammer Online)

The launch of the game will go exactly the sameway as today. You tell me how is OB different from launch? They still fix the game when it's realsed. This OB is actually the launch for the dedicated players, and the 2nd launch is on the 18th for the people who are willing to wait.

OB - Cant get in :)

Gold - Cant get in, can get a refund.

:)

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

The launch of the game will go exactly the sameway as today. You tell me how is OB different from launch? They still fix the game when it's realsed. This OB is actually the launch for the dedicated players, and the 2nd launch is on the 18th for the people who are willing to wait.

No.. no it won't. First of all the launch will be staggered across 3 days. CE players, over 50,000, will be logging in on the 15th. Most of all the CE players already have the client and it will be patched from the Open Beta. The next day you will have the regular pre orders, probably over 100,000 logging in, who also already have the client and it will also already be patched, due to being in Open Beta. Also because of the feedback they received today, they will improve it much much more. I predict this being the best launch of any MMO to date.

Well, for one it'll probably be divided up a little better, thanks to them deciding seemingly out of nowhere to add an extra day's headstart to the CE pre-orderers. So that'll be 50,000 or so already in for the first day. Then we have to worry about weeding through all the SE pre-orders for the three days afterward. After that it officially launches and it's every man and woman that didn't make the headstart for themselves. x_x

Originally posted by Vindicoth

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

The launch of the game will go exactly the sameway as today. You tell me how is OB different from launch? They still fix the game when it's realsed. This OB is actually the launch for the dedicated players, and the 2nd launch is on the 18th for the people who are willing to wait.

 

No.. no it won't. First of all the launch will be staggered across 3 days. CE players, over 50,000, will be logging in on the 15th. Most of all the CE players already have the client and it will be patched from the Open Beta. The next day you will have the regular pre orders, probably over 100,000 logging in, who also already have the client and it will also already be patched, due to being in Open Beta. Also because of the feedback they received today, they will improve it much much more. I predict this being the best launch of any MMO to date.

ROFLMAO oh my gawd I can't breathe. This has to be the funniest thing I have read in ages.

Originally posted by Gnomad

Originally posted by Vindicoth

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

The launch of the game will go exactly the sameway as today. You tell me how is OB different from launch? They still fix the game when it's realsed. This OB is actually the launch for the dedicated players, and the 2nd launch is on the 18th for the people who are willing to wait.

 

No.. no it won't. First of all the launch will be staggered across 3 days. CE players, over 50,000, will be logging in on the 15th. Most of all the CE players already have the client and it will be patched from the Open Beta. The next day you will have the regular pre orders, probably over 100,000 logging in, who also already have the client and it will also already be patched, due to being in Open Beta. Also because of the feedback they received today, they will improve it much much more. I predict this being the best launch of any MMO to date.

 

ROFLMAO oh my gawd I can't breathe. This has to be the funniest thing I have read in ages.

Yeah. I book marked this post just so I can prove you and the OP wrong when it goes well :)

EDIT: Just to clarify, I was talking about improving the patching process much much more. I don't think the game needs much more improvement. Just bug fixes mainly.

Originally posted by Gnomad

ROFLMAO oh my gawd I can't breathe. This has to be the funniest thing I have read in ages.

It took them 12 hours to get this far:

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

The launch of the game will go exactly the sameway as today. You tell me how is OB different from launch? They still fix the game when it's realsed. This OB is actually the launch for the dedicated players, and the 2nd launch is on the 18th for the people who are willing to wait.

Expecpt for the whole charachter wipe part. Yeah... it's release. Dumbass.

OB is just that. Open and Beta. Anyone can get in, and it's beta. If you think this is a free trial, leave now. You're supposed to be breaking things, and reporting them.

Open Beta is still a test until the servers go live to the general public. Lots of stress tests and fixing whatever they can prior til official release.

A good launch is a pretty subjective thing, especially for a main stream game.

EQ was a disaster because their ISP couldn't handle the load

AO was terrible

DAOC was pretty smooth but keeps didn't really work, the balance was terrible (scouts 1 shot killing shield specced warriors etc), the high end zones weren't itemized

SB was riddled with sb.exe crashes etc

EQ2 wasn't very stable and the game was a complete mess since the