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any chance of a tl;dr version?
The tl;dr version is not reading it, because it’s too long.
No. Anet don’t give people something they knew as a one time event. Everyone knew this would occur once and should have prepared as such.
If you cater to those who chose to do something else other than play the game, it’s a slap to the face of those who actually did give up something.
I logged in and tried to complete the event for 3 hours, because I knew it was a one time event. I got nothing but frustration for my trouble. I was completely prepared and did everything right. I was on time for every phase of the event, yet every single phase was inevitably broken in some way.
The demolition team on my server just stood in one place for hours. Nobody ever did anything to fix it. I’m sorry, but that is ArenaNet’s fault, not mine. And frankly I think I deserve compensation for it.
You certainly don’t seem to have given your comment any thought, as many of us gave just as much—if not more—than you did, and got absolutely no reward for it.
We have a team looking into disconnection problems that prevented some people from receiving their event rewards.
We will update you as soon as we have more information available.
Thank you, and we apologize that you were unable to claim your rewards.
What about the programming errors that prevented the event from progressing, and hence people receiving their event rewards? I didn’t get disconnected, but I certainly didn’t get anything from the event.
I am very dissatisfied. I spent 3 hours waiting for a stuck NPC in Phase 3 to move, and he never did. I never even got to see the final boss because of this bug, not to mention the loot.
I would have thought that over a 3 HOUR time period a GM or something would come and fix the event, or at least communicate with those of us on that server, but that proved to not be the case.
I have resolved to stop playing until those of us who missed out on rewards due to various bugs are compensated.
I feel your pain, but please consider the logistics of what you’re asking Anet to do.
How do they determine who was disconnected and who wasn’t? Should they just take everyone’s word for it who gets on the forums and complains about it? That’s certainly not a definitive way to do it. Do their logs have a way of reflecting disconnects? Possibly, but I’m going to say they probably don’t.
How do they give the rewards, if they can figure out who deserves them? Do they mail it? That’s likely not as easy as it sounds, because I doubt they’ve made a system for running the loot tables and mailing it. Do they spawn a chest only certain people can see, wherever they are? That could be possible. Maybe.
Furthermore, should Anet really make a habit of giving free things to people that just get unlucky? Don’t get me wrong, Anet isn’t completely off the hook for what happened to you guys, but let’s face it, accidents happen, and Anet can’t go around fixing every little accident that happens for the rest of the game’s lifespan. And if they start now, that’s what they’ll have to do.
Again, I’m not trying to be offensive or insensitive to any of you unfortunate souls. I know it sucks, but before you get your expectations up, I can tell you right now, what you’re asking for is not nearly as simple as you think it is.
What about for the people on the servers where the event bugged out and hasn’t even gone past the first stage yet? We should be punished for Anet’s NPC AI errors?
That’s not a very good way to look at it. You aren’t being “punished” in the slightest. You’re missing out on inconsequential plot points, but that’s literally it. They haven’t taken anything away from you, and what you’re missing isn’t even very important. It’s a mistake on their part, to be sure, and it is unfortunate that the players have to endure it, but sometimes they can only do so much. I’m definitely not saying they’re infallible; in fact, I think there’s a lot Anet needs to do before trying another event like this. But again, you aren’t missing much.
You clearly don’t understand what he is talking about. The demolition NPC stopped dead in his tracks and the event never progressed, at least where I was. The boss never appeared. No boss, no event, no loot.
It has nothing to do with plot points. He is talking about the main event, today.
I am another person who was, indeed, punished by Anet’s programming errors.
Too bad it got bugged where I was and the boss never even appeared.
Also, glad to see the devs were playing around on other servers instead of fixing the broken ones, or at least communicating with the players on them.
I didn’t d/c, but I never got to see the boss because the demolition crew got stuck and never progressed.
Applause for all the things that worked?
crickets
STILL broken. STILL no word from ANYONE on a fix. This is some of the worst support I’ve ever seen.
On Dragonbrand server, Lionguard Demolitionist Tawel is stuck mid way on the spiral ramp, and is not advancing even when we kite mobs up to him.
Exactly the same issue on my overflow. Getting close to 2 hours stuck in the same spot. I wish the devs would do/say something already. This is getting ridiculous.
Still bugged where I am. NPC has been standing in the same spot for an hour now. We have already killed all the mobs in the area.