Guild Wars 2

As someone who understands that snow is a thing, and weather has been around forever:

Anet, you do you, we look forward to your work.
We’ll avenge ourselves by slaying every minion of Jormag for daring to interrupt you.

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

Everyone knows that you don’t have to do the living story right away. However I think he was saying about the people who are trying to get the world first clear on the raids.

sevenDEADLY.5281:

Xilicks.9547:

I just hope that Anet can learn from this nightmare many of us went through today

You consider having to wait less then 24 hours for a video game a “nightmare”? I hope no one ever has to face a real challenge in life with you by their side.

memes fam.

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

coso.9173:

Arenanet should give everyone 30 gems, it’s the least they could do for what’s happened, and of course completely unrelated to the fact that I have 670 gems and need 30 more to buy all the cool outfits ;D

ArenaNet has already given people something to make up for it. A bonus Lunar New Year day.. that’s more envelopes, more dragon ball matches for even more envelopes.

So it’s even more gold to be made. This by far makes up for a day late.

Slowpokeking.8720:

electricwater.1572:

Because it affects the economy and because it’s catering to entitled children who can’t wait an extra day when something goes wrong (smth that is not even Anet’s fault).

‘Making players happy’. Yeah, I bet lots of ppl are REALLY UNHAPPY just because a patch is few hours late lol. Actually I’m so unhappy right now, I’m going to enroll myself into a depression clinic right away.

No it doesn’t, one ticket or 200-300 gems would not affect anything.

Yes of course, just like the customers would feel unhappy if their item is delivered later than usually, and it’s their right to call the company. We are not talking about any real money, just some FREE stuff which only requires Anet to do a little bit to their program.

Here’s your Free stuff.. Bonus Lunar New Year day content. More envelopes.. more chance at making more gold. If the patch would have dropped today before reset, you wouldn’t have had it.

You’re Welcome.

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

TLDR: “I didn’t get the toy I wanted and now I demand reparations!”

" I just hope that Anet can learn from this nightmare many of us went through today"

Nightmare? Nightmare??? You’ve got to be kidding me. If you think this is a nightmare just wait till something really bad happens in your life to give you perspective. It was a delay in a video game update. Any “suffering” you had was minimal. It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject.

Slowpokeking.8720 – Be glad you weren’t around when ANet last screwed something up, I think you’d have had a heart attack! Stop being so entitled, kitten happens, get over yourself. ANet owe you the grand total of absolutely nothing. The fact that their guys are working their kitten s off to get things up and running so they can get the content to you asap should be enough, I know it is for me and I was one of those that lost faith in them after their last big screw up, took me a year to come back to the game, but this is a drop in the ocean compared to that. You’ll get the new story when it can be released and you will not get anything from ANet for it except for a new story to play, deal with it..

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

Chad.6104:

" I just hope that Anet can learn from this nightmare many of us went through today"

Nightmare? Nightmare??? You’ve got to be kidding me. If you think this is a nightmare just wait till something really bad happens in your life to give you perspective. It was a delay in a video game update. Any “suffering” you had was minimal. It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject.

My dude why you take this so seriously lmao its flavor text, I didn’t suffer posts like yours are why this kitten gets out of hand I just wanted better communication thats all

sevenDEADLY.5281:

TLDR: “I didn’t get the toy I wanted and now I demand reparations!”

Not at all

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

And they chose to continue to wait. They chose to give up their time that they could have spent doing something else.

Anet didn’t call it early because they still thought they could get it out today. I’d rather they not give up early because some people could miss out on getting world first which only really matters to those that compete for it. This is about getting content out for ALL players and not about appeasing those going for world first.

Xilicks.9547:

Chad.6104:

" I just hope that Anet can learn from this nightmare many of us went through today"

Nightmare? Nightmare??? You’ve got to be kidding me. If you think this is a nightmare just wait till something really bad happens in your life to give you perspective. It was a delay in a video game update. Any “suffering” you had was minimal. It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject.

My dude why you take this so seriously lmao its flavor text, I didn’t suffer posts like yours are why this kitten gets out of hand I just wanted better communication thats all

It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject. Really. There is the thread already with a red post where you could have detailed how your day went.

So, from the discussion, I take it the patch isn’t out yet? Am I wrong?

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

And they chose to continue to wait. They chose to give up their time that they could have spent doing something else.

Anet didn’t call it early because they still thought they could get it out today. I’d rather they not give up early because some people could miss out on getting world first which only really matters to those that compete for it. This is about getting content out for ALL players and not about appeasing those going for world first.

Ok but not only raiders were waiting I remember hearing about many waiting in divinities reach for living story. They don’t have to give up but if they’re going to delay it why not have a time to delay it to and if they don’t get it by then THEN call it for the day. Therefore if done by delay time we get patch that day if not done we get patch next day and nobody is waiting on the edge of their seat for yellow text “patch in 10 minutes” there are much better ways of dealing with this instead of just telling players over and over it’ll be there soon! Nobody knows when soon is creating uncertainty All I’m suggesting is maybe they’ll be more clear in the future

Chad.6104:

Xilicks.9547:

Chad.6104:

" I just hope that Anet can learn from this nightmare many of us went through today"

Nightmare? Nightmare??? You’ve got to be kidding me. If you think this is a nightmare just wait till something really bad happens in your life to give you perspective. It was a delay in a video game update. Any “suffering” you had was minimal. It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject.

My dude why you take this so seriously lmao its flavor text, I didn’t suffer posts like yours are why this kitten gets out of hand I just wanted better communication thats all

It also didn’t require another thread on this same subject. Really. There is the thread already with a red post where you could have detailed how your day went.

This is a suggestion thread directly asking for better communication. Most of the threads I saw were complaining about the delay (again I’m not complaining about the delay I’m complaining about how the situation was dealt with as a whole and trying to make a productive suggestion so they can hopefully deal with it better in the future)

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

Or they had problems with the build, possibly caused by the unexpected power outage and they kept thinking they finally fixed the last bug and were going to be able to release it soon when they posted the updates.

Then another bug comes up and delays it.

You keep assuming that ANet knew well before they announced it that they wouldn’t have it done today. What did ANet have to gain by doing that?

More money? Players who get peeved by waiting all day to be disappointed aren’t likely to buy more gems than they planned on before getting told it wasn’t releasing today. Either they’ll buy the same number or worse, they’ll buy less (and none is less).

Another log in metric? Given the type of player who would take a day off of work to ensure they would be on for the patch going live was going to log in that day anyway even if they knew at 9 am EST that they wouldn’t be able to finish today.

I thought it was pretty obvious that I was not being serious guys XD I even put a smily face!

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

And they chose to continue to wait. They chose to give up their time that they could have spent doing something else.

Anet didn’t call it early because they still thought they could get it out today. I’d rather they not give up early because some people could miss out on getting world first which only really matters to those that compete for it. This is about getting content out for ALL players and not about appeasing those going for world first.

Ok but not only raiders were waiting I remember hearing about many waiting in divinities reach for living story. They don’t have to give up but if they’re going to delay it why not have a time to delay it to and if they don’t get it by then THEN call it for the day. Therefore if done by delay time we get patch that day if not done we get patch next day and nobody is waiting on the edge of their seat for yellow text “patch in 10 minutes” there are much better ways of dealing with this instead of just telling players over and over it’ll be there soon! Nobody knows when soon is creating uncertainty All I’m suggesting is maybe they’ll be more clear in the future

It doesn’t matter what they were waiting for. They still CHOSE to wait. They could be waiting for new home instance pets but that wouldn’t change anything that I said. Players didn’t have to be sitting there in order to play the exact second it was available.

Because they want to get the release out as soon as possible. I’m pretty sure all of the players who don’t care about getting world’s first want to wait if Anet finishes early just so you all are ready. They had a delay timer of sorts which was the end of their typical work day. They were very clear today and communicated throughout the day.

The release schedule should not be based around those wanting to get world’s first in the raid.

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

This exact subject is already being discussed in several threads. Did it really need another?

The storm was well out of their control and they tried their best to get the release out today. When they realized that it was no longer possible, it was announced. I’d rather they try than give up the second they reach an obstacle where they may not make it.

Players are the ones who chose to take time off of work or spend their day in front of the computer. In case people don’t realize, all LS3 episodes are permanent once you log in. You don’t have to do it today. You don’t even have to do it tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.

More about the raids, specifically those planning on racing and taking it seriously but clearly its a joke now lul. but what does this reply have to do with them having better communciation?

Their communication was fine. We got an announcement early in the day and then again several times throughout the day. Once they realized that it wasn’t going to happen, they made that announcement. I’d rather they work and try to get the update out as soon as they can than postpone it off the mere chance that it could not get done that day and would upset the handful of players that care about getting world first in the raid wing.

Idk if you actually read what I said, I don’t care that the patch was delayed. They had to delay it that’s totally fine. What I’m not okay with was the constant “ASAP” posts we saw on twitter from the official GW2 account. If they knew there were issues out of their control why couldn’t we been told at the very least a time that they’d say whether or not if it’d be out that day instead of sitting around waiting until they finally decided to wait until the next day.

You made the choice to continue to wait. They didn’t announce it would be delayed until tomorrow until they knew for certain that it couldn’t release today. I believe that I said that twice already, Wait… yes, I did.

If you saw the aerodrome I wasn’t the only person waiting all day. Many players were patiently waiting for whenever ASAP was. I’m not upset about the delay I just wish anet could’ve called it earlier or at least set some kind of time for people to check back on. When it comes to WF raid races every minute matters so ofc anyone wanting to participate in that content is going to continue waiting. What’s so hard about Anet either calling it early or saying “hey no need to wait until like 5PM est then we’ll let you guys know or post it” <- example

And they chose to continue to wait. They chose to give up their time that they could have spent doing something else.

Anet didn’t call it early because they still thought they could get it out today. I’d rather they not give up early because some people could miss out on getting world first which only really matters to those that compete for it. This is about getting content out for ALL players and not about appeasing those going for world first.

Ok but not only raiders were waiting I remember hearing about many waiting in divinities reach for living story. They don’t have to give up but if they’re going to delay it why not have a time to delay it to and if they don’t get it by then THEN call it for the day. Therefore if done by delay time we get patch that day if not done we get patch next day and nobody is waiting on the edge of their seat for yellow text “patch in 10 minutes” there are much better ways of dealing with this instead of just telling players over and over it’ll be there soon! Nobody knows when soon is creating uncertainty All I’m suggesting is maybe they’ll be more clear in the future

It was definitely not just raiders. I was in QueensDale and saw all those people waiting for the patch and many other twitter posts of screenshots of hundreds of players waiting in QD/DR for the patch

It doesn’t matter what they were waiting for. They still CHOSE to wait. They could be waiting for new home instance pets but that wouldn’t change anything that I said.

Because they want to get the release out as soon as possible. I’m pretty sure all of the players who don’t care about getting world’s first want to wait if Anet finishes early just so you all are ready. They had a delay timer of sorts which was the end of their typical work day. They were very clear today and communicated throughout the day.[/quote]

But we wouldn’t have to wait if they told us a time to at least hear an update on the situation. Do you not understand this concept? Let me try to give you an analogy.

Let’s say your parents are making dinner and don’t know when it’ll be ready. Naturally you are hungry and want the food. The logical thing they could tell you is check back in 20 minutes and we’ll see if its done then. Instead of making you wait unknowing of when it could possibly be ready.

Obviously in this real scenario we were dealing with hours and not minutes but something like that would have been a relief to many. The situation was out of their control but they at least could’ve had some structure to when they’d give updates on the situation. (Update meaning Yes were getting patch now or no not until tomorrow or even 1 hour and it’ll be up for sure)

The quoting broke on that last post ^ either way can people stop replying with BS about the delay, my intentions are about anets communication on the situation and how they kinda just led us on all day.

Xilicks.9547:

But we wouldn’t have to wait if they told us a time to at least hear an update on the situation. Do you not understand this concept? Let me try to give you an analogy.

Let’s say your parents are making dinner and don’t know when it’ll be ready. Naturally you are hungry and want the food. The logical thing they could tell you is check back in 20 minutes and we’ll see if its done then. Instead of making you wait unknowing of when it could possibly be ready.

Obviously in this real scenario we were dealing with hours and not minutes but something like that would have been a relief to many. The situation was out of their control but they at least could’ve had some structure to when they’d give updates on the situation. (Update meaning Yes were getting patch now or no not until tomorrow or even 1 hour and it’ll be up for sure)

Fourth time: They did not announce that it wasn’t going to be released today until they knew that it wouldn’t be able to. I seriously do not know how many more times that I have to repeat that.

Players did not have to wait with themselves glued to the computer the entire day., They could have gone off and done something else, saw it was released, and then came back. They could have played later this week. It’s also unfair to postpone releasing the update simply because of those that care about getting world’s first in the raid.

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

But we wouldn’t have to wait if they told us a time to at least hear an update on the situation. Do you not understand this concept? Let me try to give you an analogy.

Let’s say your parents are making dinner and don’t know when it’ll be ready. Naturally you are hungry and want the food. The logical thing they could tell you is check back in 20 minutes and we’ll see if its done then. Instead of making you wait unknowing of when it could possibly be ready.

Obviously in this real scenario we were dealing with hours and not minutes but something like that would have been a relief to many. The situation was out of their control but they at least could’ve had some structure to when they’d give updates on the situation. (Update meaning Yes were getting patch now or no not until tomorrow or even 1 hour and it’ll be up for sure)

Fourth time: They did not announce that it wasn’t going to be released today until they knew that it wouldn’t be able to. I seriously do not know how many more times that I have to repeat that.

Players did not have to wait with themselves glued to the computer the entire day., They could have gone off and done something else, saw it was released, and then came back. They could have played later this week. It’s also unfair to postpone releasing the update simply because of those that care about getting world’s first in the raid.

I know they said that it was going to be tomorrow whenever they knew it was going to be tomorrow but you’re missing my point. Why couldn’t they have set a time for that announcement instead of making people needlessly wait and yes comments like “ASAP” make people feel they need to wait. I understand you don’t take this game seriously and thats fine but some do.

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

But we wouldn’t have to wait if they told us a time to at least hear an update on the situation. Do you not understand this concept? Let me try to give you an analogy.

Let’s say your parents are making dinner and don’t know when it’ll be ready. Naturally you are hungry and want the food. The logical thing they could tell you is check back in 20 minutes and we’ll see if its done then. Instead of making you wait unknowing of when it could possibly be ready.

Obviously in this real scenario we were dealing with hours and not minutes but something like that would have been a relief to many. The situation was out of their control but they at least could’ve had some structure to when they’d give updates on the situation. (Update meaning Yes were getting patch now or no not until tomorrow or even 1 hour and it’ll be up for sure)

Fourth time: They did not announce that it wasn’t going to be released today until they knew that it wouldn’t be able to. I seriously do not know how many more times that I have to repeat that.

Players did not have to wait with themselves glued to the computer the entire day., They could have gone off and done something else, saw it was released, and then came back. They could have played later this week. It’s also unfair to postpone releasing the update simply because of those that care about getting world’s first in the raid.

I know they said that it was going to be tomorrow whenever they knew it was going to be tomorrow but you’re missing my point. Why couldn’t they have set a time for that announcement instead of making people needlessly wait and yes comments like “ASAP” make people feel they need to wait. I understand you don’t take this game seriously and thats fine but some do.

Let’s say they set a time at 3 hours later but they actually finished an hour later. It’s a little unfair to make people wait the full 3 hours just so you can compete for world’s first in the raid.

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

If Anet doesn’t want to cater to the audience that cares about this subject that’s up to them. I’m personally suggesting that they do as there are many players (you know people supporting their game) who do care about the time. Whether or not you care about when the patch comes out is irrelevant to the ones who made sacrifices because they were told by anet the patch would be today. (Were fine with delays anet just give us a heads up instead of leading us on! And if you don’t know when it’ll be ready at least let us know when you guys plan on making the calling choice because waiting for an entire day with no definitive news until MO’s post wasn’t fun for many.)

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

I already provided a reasonable solution to this.

If they don’t know when.

Then tell us “Hey don’t sit there and wait we’ll let you know if were ready at X time”

This way everyone doesn’t have to wait until it is X time and then we can hear from anet whether or not it is ready.

This is a fair solution to them not knowing the exact time.

It also would’ve been nice to know the day of the storm there might be a delay but I can understand if they didn’t have the knowledge of the delay until it was announced. I don’t think its fair of them to delay for an unknown time whenever they could have done something like provided. Clearly it didn’t happen today and I’m over it but its a suggestion for the future in the event something like this happens once more.

And tomorrow is ASAP in this case.

ASAP means as soon as possible. Sometimes it’s not possible for ASAP to be a short period of time.

Xilicks.9547:

If Anet doesn’t want to cater to the audience that cares about this subject that’s up to them. I’m personally suggesting that they do as there are many players (you know people supporting their game) who do care about the time. Whether or not you care about when the patch comes out is irrelevant to the ones who made sacrifices because they were told by anet the patch would be today. (Were fine with delays anet just give us a heads up instead of leading us on! And if you don’t know when it’ll be ready at least let us know when you guys plan on making the calling choice because waiting for an entire day with no definitive news until MO’s post wasn’t fun for many.)

They did give a heads up about the delay about an hour after the earliest it would have released. They still thought they would release today so they didn’t give the announcement that it wouldn’t release. When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.

Xilicks, you obviously don’t understand how coding works, if you did, you wouldn’t make such suggestions..

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

I already provided a reasonable solution to this.

If they don’t know when.

Then tell us “Hey don’t sit there and wait we’ll let you know if were ready at X time”

This way everyone doesn’t have to wait until it is X time and then we can hear from anet whether or not it is ready.

This is a fair solution to them not knowing the exact time.

It also would’ve been nice to know the day of the storm there might be a delay but I can understand if they didn’t have the knowledge of the delay until it was announced. I don’t think its fair of them to delay for an unknown time whenever they could have done something like provided. Clearly it didn’t happen today and I’m over it but its a suggestion for the future in the event something like this happens once more.

And maybe they weren’t expecting as many unexpected problems to come up. So they didn’t think a “Hey, we’ve got a problem that’s going to take a while to fix” was necessary. Maybe they didn’t think it would be very long each time they made a decision to post an update.

Sometimes when problems happen, other problems come up as well.

And you haven’t answered my question: what did ANet have to gain by not saying what they knew earlier than they did, which you seem to imply they did?

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

I already provided a reasonable solution to this.

If they don’t know when.

Then tell us “Hey don’t sit there and wait we’ll let you know if were ready at X time”

This way everyone doesn’t have to wait until it is X time and then we can hear from anet whether or not it is ready.

This is a fair solution to them not knowing the exact time.

It also would’ve been nice to know the day of the storm there might be a delay but I can understand if they didn’t have the knowledge of the delay until it was announced. I don’t think its fair of them to delay for an unknown time whenever they could have done something like provided. Clearly it didn’t happen today and I’m over it but its a suggestion for the future in the event something like this happens once more.

Nobody had to sit there and wait. They made the choice to do so. It’s also unfair to delay the release until some announced time if they happen to finish early just because of those that want world’s first in the raid or feel inclined to sit glued in front of their PC staring at the chat window for the yellow text.

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

If Anet doesn’t want to cater to the audience that cares about this subject that’s up to them. I’m personally suggesting that they do as there are many players (you know people supporting their game) who do care about the time. Whether or not you care about when the patch comes out is irrelevant to the ones who made sacrifices because they were told by anet the patch would be today. (Were fine with delays anet just give us a heads up instead of leading us on! And if you don’t know when it’ll be ready at least let us know when you guys plan on making the calling choice because waiting for an entire day with no definitive news until MO’s post wasn’t fun for many.)

They did give a heads up about the delay about an hour after the earliest it would have released. They still thought they would release today so they didn’t give the announcement that it wouldn’t release. When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.

This still doesn’t solve the problem. “When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.” What I’m suggesting is why can’t we be told there will be an announcement at X time and that will say whether or not we get the patch. Therefore if its done BEFORE the X time well anet can just hold off until that set time. If it doesn’t done, no big deal they just delay it and let us know that it’ll be delayed.

The problem was in reality we weren’t told we were getting this announcement or any announcement for that matter. Every post was random (time wise) and didn’t provide anything until MO’s post. Why can’t there be some structure to the way they communicate with us? I don’t mind waiting MORE time if it means we know a time we’ll be getting news on the situation good or bad.

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

I already provided a reasonable solution to this.

If they don’t know when.

Then tell us “Hey don’t sit there and wait we’ll let you know if were ready at X time”

This way everyone doesn’t have to wait until it is X time and then we can hear from anet whether or not it is ready.

This is a fair solution to them not knowing the exact time.

It also would’ve been nice to know the day of the storm there might be a delay but I can understand if they didn’t have the knowledge of the delay until it was announced. I don’t think its fair of them to delay for an unknown time whenever they could have done something like provided. Clearly it didn’t happen today and I’m over it but its a suggestion for the future in the event something like this happens once more.

Nobody had to sit there and wait. They made the choice to do so. It’s also unfair to delay the release until some announced time if they happen to finish early just because of those that want world’s first in the raid or feel inclined to sit glued in front of their PC staring at the chat window for the yellow text.

It’s not only for the raiders, many waited. It’s totally fair to make everyone wait if there is a set time because then you’re still waiting but you actually have some sense of security instead of the endless question of “are we there yet” this isn’t a matter of impatience but a matter of just knowing when.

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

If Anet doesn’t want to cater to the audience that cares about this subject that’s up to them. I’m personally suggesting that they do as there are many players (you know people supporting their game) who do care about the time. Whether or not you care about when the patch comes out is irrelevant to the ones who made sacrifices because they were told by anet the patch would be today. (Were fine with delays anet just give us a heads up instead of leading us on! And if you don’t know when it’ll be ready at least let us know when you guys plan on making the calling choice because waiting for an entire day with no definitive news until MO’s post wasn’t fun for many.)

They did give a heads up about the delay about an hour after the earliest it would have released. They still thought they would release today so they didn’t give the announcement that it wouldn’t release. When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.

This still doesn’t solve the problem. “When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.” What I’m suggesting is why can’t we be told there will be an announcement at X time and that will say whether or not we get the patch. Therefore if its done BEFORE the X time well anet can just hold off until that set time. If it doesn’t done, no big deal they just delay it and let us know that it’ll be delayed.

The problem was in reality we weren’t told we were getting this announcement or any announcement for that matter. Every post was random (time wise) and didn’t provide anything until MO’s post. Why can’t there be some structure to the way they communicate with us? I don’t mind waiting MORE time if it means we know a time we’ll be getting news on the situation good or bad.

Once again:

They wanted to get the release out as soon as they can. I’m sure many would prefer that. I’m sure they also wouldn’t appreciate having to wait an X amount of time if they happen to finish early just to appease those that wanted word’s first in the raid or had to keep their eyes glued on their PC screen for the yellow text.

Seera.5916:

And tomorrow is ASAP in this case.

ASAP means as soon as possible. Sometimes it’s not possible for ASAP to be a short period of time.

Thank you! I was about to post something similar but you saved me the trouble.

Also I don’t see asking for certainty about updates/patches as a stretch many other game companys take control over situations they don’t have control of instead of just leaving it up in the air.

what does a snowstorm have to do for implementing stuff inside of structures inside buildings which dont lost electricity so it can work, snow outside warm inside, etc capiche?

i think anet employees fought the snowmen and they had so many casualities of war

I understand what you mean and I saw a link floating around the forum that if true, then Anet did have a feeling that the patch would not come out today yet decided to keep pulling us along. http://imgur.com/a/16wjT I also understand that they wanted to keep trying to work on getting it out today and good on them for their efforts, but if they felt that it was unlikely for the patch to be released today (having this feeling since the day BEFORE) they shouldn’t have kept us on the edge of our seats.

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

If Anet doesn’t want to cater to the audience that cares about this subject that’s up to them. I’m personally suggesting that they do as there are many players (you know people supporting their game) who do care about the time. Whether or not you care about when the patch comes out is irrelevant to the ones who made sacrifices because they were told by anet the patch would be today. (Were fine with delays anet just give us a heads up instead of leading us on! And if you don’t know when it’ll be ready at least let us know when you guys plan on making the calling choice because waiting for an entire day with no definitive news until MO’s post wasn’t fun for many.)

They did give a heads up about the delay about an hour after the earliest it would have released. They still thought they would release today so they didn’t give the announcement that it wouldn’t release. When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.

This still doesn’t solve the problem. “When they knew for certain that it wouldn’t release, they made the announcement.” What I’m suggesting is why can’t we be told there will be an announcement at X time and that will say whether or not we get the patch. Therefore if its done BEFORE the X time well anet can just hold off until that set time. If it doesn’t done, no big deal they just delay it and let us know that it’ll be delayed.

The problem was in reality we weren’t told we were getting this announcement or any announcement for that matter. Every post was random (time wise) and didn’t provide anything until MO’s post. Why can’t there be some structure to the way they communicate with us? I don’t mind waiting MORE time if it means we know a time we’ll be getting news on the situation good or bad.

Once again:

They wanted to get the release out as soon as they can. I’m sure many would prefer that. I’m sure they also wouldn’t appreciate having to wait an X amount of time if they happen to finish early just to appease those that wanted word’s first in the raid or had to keep their eyes glued on their PC screen for the yellow text.

They could always release early if they finish early. – but at least give a heads up. You’re acting as if them being a bit more open/giving info ahead of time with/to the community who they all know are waiting for this is a bad thing?

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Ayrilana.1396:

Xilicks.9547:

Feersum Endjinn.4179:

As a few have already said, their communication was fine, perhaps its the way you read that communication that is the issue..

Clearly saying ASAP for a whole day isn’t clear communication.

What else can they say if they have no ETA and they want to let players know that they’re still working to get it released that day?

I already provided a reasonable solution to this.

If they don’t know when.

Then tell us “Hey don’t sit there and wait we’ll let you know if were ready at X time”

This way everyone doesn’t have to wait until it is X time and then we can hear from anet whether or not it is ready.

This is a fair solution to them not knowing the exact time.

It also would’ve been nice to know the day of the storm there might be a delay but I can understand if they didn’t have the knowledge of the delay until it was announced. I don’t think its fair of them to delay for an unknown time whenever they could have done something like provided. Clearly it didn’t happen today and I’m over it but its a suggestion for the future in the event something like this happens once more.

Nobody had to sit there and wait. They made the choice to do so. It’s also unfair to delay the release until some announced time if they happen to finish early just because of those that want world’s first in the raid or feel inclined to sit glued in front of their PC staring at the chat window for the yellow text.

It’s not only for the raiders, many waited. It’s totally fair to make everyone wait if there is a set time because then you’re still waiting but you actually have some sense of security instead of the endless question of “are we there yet” this isn’t a matter of impatience but a matter of just knowing when.

No. It’s not fair to all players. What if I got off work before the time was stated that they would update players on the situation and they had already finished everything hours before. It’s unfair that I would have to wait just so they could appease those that have the time to sit all day in front of their PC to be the first at whatever.

I know it probably sucks, but seriously, those who called off work should at least be thankful that they have the kind of job where you can throw away a sick day or PTO for a game update that will still be there tomorrow.

Hey Mike and Anet I’d strongly suggest that from now announce all updates, “sometime in the next two or three weeks”. Just make them as random as you can. We’d login and be surprised that the update hit. It would solve any problems of player disappointment.

I’ve had issues with Anet’s game design and game features in the past, but the reaction of players in game and here is embarrassing. The sense of entitlement some players have is confusing. I feel like I’ve just watched a 6-8 year old kid go full blown spaz out in the grocery store. The question is how did that kid get that way?

Keep doing what yr doing – /waves at Gaile – still wishes there were builds – Zet