Rise of Isengard Update/Patching Discussion - OFFICIAL

[callistema]

Yay! It just started patching. 8% currently...

Looking forward to getting in the game.

[Sase]

well grats to those who have it patched, all I get is a connection attempt has faild over and over again. anyone else getting this?

[EmmeraldFireFox]

Dec. 20th can't get here fast enough.

OMG LOL

Well played sir....well played indeed!

[Jeradda]

Finaly patching!

[Maeglaz]

Welcome to Isengard!
Sep 26, 2011 18:37 EST Rise of Isengard, the newest expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online is now live on our servers! Enjoy the game! Please review the release notes to see what's changed.

Just came up for me

[Norowen]

While I understand people's frustration and think you guys have a right to post it, the fact is that this is perfectly normal for online games.

I know you're trying to help, but really, we DO have a right to expect to be able to play when the servers are available, patch or no patch. Especially when some are patched and playing and others of us are still waiting to even be able to download the patch.

During those very few times when Turbine allowed us to patch early, there wasn't all this upset, confusion, and in some cases, anger. Those updates went nearly flawlessly. It really isn't that hard, but in this very thread Sapience indicated that they aren't going to be doing that any more. The reasons given make no sense so I'm not even going to reiterate them.

The whole point is that Turbine have the ability to make the patch and access process smooth, but they refuse to do so, for whatever reasons. Some of us are here pointing out that we find that unacceptable.

[Belnavar]

Sapience, you still haven't answered this question:

Should we be restarting the launcher if it says 'A connection attempt failed', or should we let it auto-retry?

-Bel

[Comte]

Happy birthday! But if you took off patch day and expected NOT to have issues, this has to be your first online gaming experience.

Leave the launcher running and walk away from the computer. Go get yourself a cake, or a nice dinner, or do something fun to celebrate another year around the sun. Isengard will be there when you get back... or sometime thereafter. I know it's not how you planned to celebrate your birthday - but honestly? Real Life is more important than any game. Go enjoy it... and we'll see you in-game later.

Real life I get in abundance. 80 hour work weeks, tons of social interaction outside of work. This game is the "cake."

But I appreciate your advice on behalf of the truly addicted. I am merely the disappointed.

[Arbalister]

My mommy told me I was special and I still haven't gotten in the game yet...

You should write to the Times about this! :-)

[Cenaith]

Regardless, this is irrelevant as I've uninstalled and will never use turbine again.

Funny how some people just can't deal with everyday circumtances, i also have to wait at the doc wether i fixed an appointment or not...
RoI was said to go life TOMORROW not TODAY, deal with it and don't whine if it dosn't work as you wish it to do.
Go in peace but pls go.

[Koomaster]

Reminds me of the time my dear mum called me for second breakfast; but we had many visitors who needed to eat too. So many hungry tummies to fill that by the time I got served anything it was already time for elevenses. Yet I hadn't begun to eat second breakfast yet, but everyone around me was already enjoying elevenses. I was so cross that I refused to eat anything at all! Surely my mum could have planned this better!

I sulked off; tummy rumbling all the way. But a hungry hobbit doesn't last very long, and eventually I decided to head back home in time for luncheon. By that time many of the guests had departed, and I was free to eat as much as I could handle. I will tell you, that meal was one of the best I ever ate.

[ThinkRSX]

Question: Did Turbine decide to re-release the gold spammers of SoA a few days early as well? Should I open a new thread for this, or am I within the boundries of non- derailment of thread?

[Gomar_Eldar]

You know, if you lost the entire day of paid VIP time...you're talking less then 50 cents, right?

I'm sure if you toss a stamped, self-addressed envelope into the mail, they'd be more then happy to send you a refund cheque for 50 cents. Cost you about 2 bucks to get it...

No, one day of VIP is not equal to 50 cents. I can't buy one day of VIP separately. I paid 13 euros for full month and I expect to have VIP access for a full month. If I can't connect to the servers for a whole day, I expect 1 day of VIP to be added to my account.

[DobbelB_EU]

I've already patched before the servers were. It doesn't have to check for updates, but it still does, so I'm in the line for the patching server.

At least I won't spend a lot a of it's time when I get to the patching.

[Thalothea]

Finally patching as well, been leaving the launcher open since 11.30 AM GMT +1

Good luck with getting in

[Fubu23]

It's finaly patching for me

[Dolanir]

I finally got connected an am in the process of patching. Just leave the launcher open and let it keep trying to connect (that's what I did). Hopefully they have gotten enough servers connected and we can all get patched and into the game.

Thanks for that advice

[Starrywisdom]

I've been playing MMO's since late 90's and this is one of the worst patch process I've ever seen. People saying this is the 'norm' for updates/expansions really are being silly and/or ignorant to how the rest of the market works...[and no I'm not using just WoW as a refrence, but also FFXI/FFXIV/Aion/Rift/etc].

[Valens74]

I've got a feeling this is just the start of the problems.

I'm going to stick around and watch it implode.

Turbine did what Sauron couldn't....destroyed Middle Earth!

[Junoriel]

now stuck at "Examine Game Data"

LOOOOL

[Sapience]

While I can certainly understand the frustration associated with delays and having to wait for patching and connection related delays, what I cannot understand and what will not be tolerated is anyone who feels the need to insult, provoke or otherwise be offensive towards other players or turbine staff. If it continues the community team will very happily go back through the entire thread and infract accordingly and fully.

[0rdinary0wl]

Sapience, you still haven't answered this question:

Should we be restarting the launcher if it says 'A connection attempt failed', or should we let it auto-retry?

-Bel

Let it run. That closing out and restarting bit was for when the patch servers were down earlier this morning.

[firestars]

ya know i tried to get on early this morning about 10am GMT thinking servers may still be online - nope been waiting since then patched about 2pm i'm still waiting

[Chrysoprase]

I know you're trying to help, but really, we DO have a right to expect to be able to play when the servers are available, patch or no patch. Especially when some are patched and playing and others of us are still waiting to even be able to download the patch.

During those very few times when Turbine allowed us to patch early, there wasn't all this upset, confusion, and in some cases, anger. Those updates went nearly flawlessly. It really isn't that hard, but in this very thread Sapience indicated that they aren't going to be doing that any more. The reasons given make no sense so I'm not even going to reiterate them.

The whole point is that Turbine have the ability to make the patch and access process smooth, but they refuse to do so, for whatever reasons. Some of us are here pointing out that we find that unacceptable.

I guess you're right, in the past Turbine has been much better at launching than other games. I guess I'm just so used to it by now that the release is just average, rather than great. I just expected it to go somewhat like this so I'm not disappointed. Like I said, you should demand your money's worth and for the game to be playable. Unfortunately, it just doesn't happen for whatever reason in most MMOs. And I don't know how soon that is going to change.

I've been playing MMO's since late 90's and this is one of the worst patch process I've ever seen. People saying this is the 'norm' for updates/expansions really are being silly and/or ignorant to how the rest of the market works...[and no I'm not using just WoW as a refrence, but also FFXI/FFXIV/Aion/Rift/etc].

Rift was pretty awful for the couple of months I played it too, though they could have changed it since then. But even then, I was just like, eh.

[Meerborn]

Seriously, do you folks hear yourselves?

How to deal with remote servers: If you can't log in, either wait for the server to clear without staring at it and getting upset. Or stop trying to log in, and log in later.

In my experience, this technique works roughly 100% of the time.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY, with current technology, for servers to cope with periodic overflow. So just be patient, and patch and play when you can.

You know how computers totally work instantly and do whatever you want them to do? That was in Star Trek. Not in 2011.