133915-f2p-status-update-29-september-2015

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Hi Everyone –
 
WildStar went free-to-play last night, and the response has been amazing. We’ve had a tremendous amount of people eager to get to Nexus; and while this is very exciting, it has created a few issues that our teams are working to resolve now. We appreciate your patience and support as we work through solutions and we’ll update with more information tomorrow.
 
Thanks so much for your dedication and feedback,
 
Team WildStar	
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I guess it'S good night to you guys :D
 
Keep up the good work i'm a returning player that will stay despite all these hiccups :D  Amazing game and the multiple maintenances you guys had today proved to me that you take this seriously and are not just passive about it but pro-active!
 
GREAT JOB!
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by Veerlo	
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I was at work all day. Finally got the kids to bed, fired up wildstar but I seem to be stuck at my character transfering to the server (Entity NA PvE server). Check the forums, found a detailed thread about it where the Devs mention multiple times that they're looking into it. No longer concerned and I trust that they're actually looking into it; I mean, what else can I do other than wait? Crying in my soup isn't going to help or make anyone feel better about it! Spending my time reading the other forums, wildstar news, and the lore wiki to establish my character.
 
In short, if things are not working perfectly, don't panic! There's a plethora of things to do while they sort through the bugs/issues, which I might add are completely expected (to say/think otherwise is to have never experienced a launch, expansion, or major content update); that's their job after all! (PS: Good luck Team Wildstar, I can only imagine the mountain of work ahead of you all!).
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by firefighter26	
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			Aside from the extreme lag, Performance wide, Wow!! Things are way smoother, and even with a ton of people around me, it doesn't kill my computer! Hope the lag goes down as the servers stabilize.	
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			Returning beta player here, looking forward to checking out the changes.	
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			At this point, I can't get past the character creator.	
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I've been waiting eagerly for the F2P drop as a Beta/pre-order customer returning, I'll gladly wait for you guys to finish up the problems that have occured!
 
Wildstar is such a great game and can't wait to get back to Nexus! :)
Keep up the good work guys
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by DaboyChris	
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			I've never really stopped playing. I've slowed down from time to time, but I've been a fairly loyal Wildstar player, I love the Don Bluthesk, Space Opera style to it, the game play is fun, and the housing addictive; but the this re-launch has been really bad. Managed to suck all the excitement of getting new stuff to play with out of the game when I can't even visit other plots without getting disconnected. Just PLEASE make sure this isn't an issue when the Spirit's Eve content drops. I've been asking for those types of décor and costume items since beta!
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by LilacFox	
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			9 hours later, any update on progress made?	
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			I know it's been said before and I'll say it again here, you guys really, really need to be more communicative about the big problems that are keeping people from playing the game right now. Even if the updates aren't really updates but are just continued confirmation that you are working on the problem would go a long way to keeping people calm. Most game launches (or re-launches) have big problems, but the ones that people remember as being the least awful are the ones where the game team supplied updates several times a day in big, prominent places to assure the player-base that the problems are a top priority. For example, I really shouldn't have to login and try to create a character to learn that new character creation is still a problem. I should be able to come to the forums, find the "Launch Issues" thread and see that the problem is still a problem and that it's still being worked on, along with any other issue updates.	
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			Hi all, i just want to say im having problems and cant login in to game , im creating a new pj and when i click on enter game, nothing happen, need help please, greetins to all, i hope u can help me(realm = PVE).
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by JDR8	
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I know it's been said before and I'll say it again here, you guys really, really need to be more communicative about the big problems that are keeping people from playing the game right now. Even if the updates aren't really updates but are just continued confirmation that you are working on the problem would go a long way to keeping people calm. Most game launches (or re-launches) have big problems, but the ones that people remember as being the least awful are the ones where the game team supplied updates several times a day in big, prominent places to assure the player-base that the problems are a top priority. For example, I really shouldn't have to login and try to create a character to learn that new character creation is still a problem. I should be able to come to the forums, find the "Launch Issues" thread and see that the problem is still a problem and that it's still being worked on, along with any other issue updates.
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All servers seem to be facing two killer issues at the moment, that is general lag under high load, but more frustratingly for players, complete server unresponsiveness whenever loot gets dropped.  We seem to receive server updates such as incoming damage, but input isn't registered on the server so we can't cast or in the server's view, move.  
 
Those two are making playing a complete nightmare at the moment.  Imho the issues with account viability for cosmic rewards and store uptime are secondary concerns. 
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by Ico	
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			SInce the Emergency Hotfix last night, 9/29/15, I've had disconnects about 1-2 every hour. Today, 9/30/15, they seem to be increasing. It's pretty much ruining the intro to your game for me. Yes, there has also been about a 2 second lag between every combat command and the resulting action as well. I really want to enjoy Wildstar, trying very hard to. I hope the connection and delay problems are able to be resolved. Best wishes.	
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Hey guys!I can't create a new character - or get past the character creation, may i ask, why is that? 
 
Thx in advance	
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Pretty much the same here. The last 2 days the game on Jabbit is unplayable. I believe that they did not expect the influx of new players that tried to play so the server is running at overcapacity with all the issues we see, constant DCs and major lag. If they do not increase their server capacity exponentially or better yet open a new server and transfer there all the new accounts that opened in the last 2 days the game is not going to be playable in the foreseeable future. 
Lastly I sincerely hope that carbine is going to announce some rewards for the subscribers because at the moment we are losing payed days without being able to play.	
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I have more than enough faith that they're doing what they can to correct the issues.
 
Believe me, they want to see their game flourish just as much as many of us want to play it. It is nearly impossible to plan for everything, especially with such high expectations, and flood of new players, during the F2P cross over. I have no doubt they tested things to make sure they could handle the stress of a booming community; but again, it is nearly impossible to plan for such a large population boom.
 
Day before launch "Sure, the server can handle 20,000 players trying to create new characters all at the same time."
Day after launch "Oh crap, 60,000 players are trying to create new characters all at the same time!"
 
All fixes take time to research, devise, impliment, and review. It isn't like they've got a "fix the lag" switch down at Wildstar HQ and all they have to do it flick it to the on position. Some fixes are faster than others, some require new hardware, which probably isn't just lying around the Wildstar office, and some require re-working or re-writing sections of code. Best advice I can give is to roll with it and not get stressed out. Whether it takes a minute, and hour, a day, a week, or month; it will get fixed and it's not worth getting stressed over it. I highly doubt that someone's life is completely depending on being able to get into wildstar to play; and yet, the way some people complain you'd think that their life was hanging in the balance!
 
Relax.
Get a coffee.
Ready some Wikis.
Watch some youtube/netflix/hulu
Binge on imgur/4chan/9gag/facebook/instagram/myspace or whatever your poison is.
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by Dreaded 88	
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Day after launch "Oh crap, 60,000 players are trying to create new characters all at the same time!"
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			i hope they fix it been trying to log on my low lvl10 and cant but if i log on my alt i get in then get slapped up side the head with some good old lag rofl	
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			R.I.P. relaunch	
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			A few? That's putting it lightly.	
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			To be honest, you carried plenty of self-inflicted issues over into the live version of the patch. The influx of players didn't cause all of your problems.	
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			Are the servers down right now? As I keep getting errors when trying to log-in.	
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Day after launch "Oh crap, 60,000 players are trying to create new characters all at the same time!"
 
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Problems are understandable.  But... the bugs are still there.  Now it's also super laggy and servers are down several times a day and nothing is better when back up.  This is a massive down-grade patch.
 
I re-subbed 2 weeks before f2p and was hoping they would have at least fixed the UI bugs but nope.  Just added more problems and issues with gameplay.
 
 :wacko: 	
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Problems are understandable.  But... the bugs are still there.  Now it's also super laggy and servers are down several times a day and nothing is better when back up.  This is a massive down-grade patch.
 
I re-subbed 2 weeks before f2p and was hoping they would have at least fixed the UI bugs but nope.  Just added more problems and issues with gameplay.
 
 :wacko:
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			Hi all, i just want to say im having problems and cant login in to game , im creating a new pj and when i click on enter game, nothing happen, need help please, greetins to all, i hope u can help me(realm = PVE).	
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			Servers are back up! woot!  position2077 - 3 hr wait .... log in now if you want to play for an hour before bed (PST).	
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After the 9/30 hotfix at 3PM CST, the game was down for about 2.5 hours. It just opened up again, and says the server is FULL, and I am #4000-some odd place in line, and my estimated wait time to play is EIGHT HOURS!!!!!
 
whaa?????
 
It offers me to go to another server, but there is only one on the list (???). I try to re-load and enter again, but right back in line. I try waiting in line for 5, 10, 15 mins, no change.
 
Just an FYI in case support is reading any of this.
 
OH, and here's a thing: It says subscription players have priority in line (tbh, I've getting a LOT of unwelcoming the past 2 days here), and yet I've already spent more in the cash shop than 2 months of subscription, just today. So subs, don't feel too bad :-)
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by Blueskylight	
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OH, and here's a thing: It says subscription players have priority in line (tbh, I've getting a LOT of unwelcoming the past 2 days here), and yet I've already spent more in the cash shop than 2 months of subscription, just today.
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Back in ... ques up for shiphand ... 2 mins in booted ... wtf?   If this game was not so awesome I would not care.  Please please fix!
 	
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			Seems way more stable now. TBH, I remember the first three days of WoW:WoD, and it was a nightmare! 5-10hour queues, non-stop crashing and DC, all the same stuff. And it took them 2 weeks to get Garrisons working. So, WS guys, ur not alone ;)  <3	
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			I'll check back in in a few weeks to see if the eight hour queues have gone away.	
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			first time posting on the forums, so bare with me and please be patient lol. but when are the 8 to 10 hour servers queues, massive server lag and disconnects every 10 minutes going to end? the f2p beta test ran smoother than this. :\	
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			I've got it ... I've got it!!!   Boot up one of those old servers they took off-line.  gogo now!	
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			I just hope the devs step up their server game while there are still so many eager players.	
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			plot twist: I now get to the end of the loading bar.. and then I'm kicked back to character selection.	
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Servers have been more often offline then what they let me play in. 
I'd just used my real time exp boost	
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Keep it up Devs and support team. We have trust in you. You are doing a great job, and do not worry about the swarms of unpatient ppl. Some of us will subscribe and keep up the signatures and the game will be better then ever before. No MMOs had easy starts not even the giants who gave everything for money only.
 
Keep it up!
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by M.Grey	
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