Rise of Isengard Update/Patching Discussion - OFFICIAL

[Faolchu]

Creepy... red X went for hours, I complain here and seconds later I am patching XD

Edit: OK, actually I am stuck on 'Examine data' now :P

DITTO HERE: I am now downloading 6235 files of new game data - yeha

[Moejo]

So when you restart do you have to wait again hours to connect? or it does get connected and goes at game data at once? i am asking this because it took me like 3 h to just get past over that red x and now stuck at game data



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It seems to be a crapshoot, some have gotten connected quickly after stuck on examining/restarting and some(like me) have not.

[Daethad]

They went to Happy Hour, not home,......not after a day like today. They work and play like everyone else.

[Capsuleer]

I think I've been trying to "connect" over 12 hours now

This is quite hilarious, actually. There are people playing already, and here I have not even been able to start patching. Really makes me reconsider paying Turbine for VIP. Ever again.

[myrdden101]

I will assume people are past the initial connecting then. I cant figure out why mine will not connect.

Some people are past initial connection. others are still waiting. There is no real queue, it'd just random hit or miss. Have patience, sooner or later, you will be random number one.

[Norowen]

I did the same, 6hours connecting, little over an hour examining, restart, and another hour connecting so far.

Same here, only I gave up on examining data after about 45 mins. At least I learned that I can leave the launcher running and it will connect when it does.

Still wanting Turbine to separate the login for patching from the login for live servers though. No reason to have the login for patching competing with the login for servers, and vice versa.

[Valens74]

So its now 22:30 here in the UK, and still unable to connect to start patching.

Frankly this is disgustingly appalling service.

If I hadn't already paid for the next three months up-front I'd cancel my sub and delete the game.

Not good enough by any standards.

All The Best

I've already said all of that and was cut down by everyone.

Apparently we're supposed to just sit back and take it without complaining.

[LilFeet]

Same thing with me, was stuck on Examining Game Data for an hour and a half, finally closed it out & got red x again....now 15 mins later it is patching for me. Just an FYI!

I did this on my comp, didn't work. 3 hours with a red X later.

Husbands comp has been stuck on exam game data for 1 1/2 hours.

I'm Losing my patience.

[Gwyndor]

After being stuck at 'Examine Game Data' for 20mins or so decided to take the advice and restart the client.

Hello Red X...

[Suroh]

My launcher hasn't even gotten that far to update the message.....That should be the first thing it does before even trying to log you in. As far as their continued attempts to improve performance as needed, I doubt very much it hasn't been needed, and will continue to be needed, for at least the next 24 hours if not longer, if not needed since they combined the whole planet into one server farm. This is just some really bad planning and lack of foresight. You wait to connect, finally connect and examine and update programs, then sit at examine data for who knows how long, only to finally update the game data, then get to wait for a log in. Three times you get shoved into lines. The thing should give priority to VIPs first and foremost, and continue with you right through to logon. Then it can drop you and move on. That's what priority access means.

I'm not quite sure how you haven't gotten that message yet on the launcher if you put your password in and are trying to connect just look down and you will see it if not go look at other forum posts lol. As for being a vip and getting it first. I'm a vip I'm still not logged on and I could careless you're no more special then any one else here let me correct this so I get a bit less flamed just because were vip doesn't mean we get better treatment it's a Free to play game which means it's your choice to pay for a sub. And all the sub means is we don't have to grind Tp for certain things.... So ah Vip's shouldn't be complaining when again I say it's our choice to pay we don't have to,to play the game lmao so every one that says we should get in first is just dead wrong.....

[silverblade5445]

oh boy this is taking longer than what I had expected!......9 hours continuous trying and the lil red arrow refuses to go away.....

Hoping this is nothing to get alarmed about....yet.....since its my first expansion, I keep thinking if something might be wrong at my end

[fuschino]

8+ hours of waiting. Starting to get annoyed now.

[DutchEZmoder]

I finally got in for the second time... Just to crash while i'm fighting a cow and i can't get back in again! ###

[Moejo]

Same here, only I gave up on examining data after about 45 mins. At least I learned that I can leave the launcher running and it will connect when it does.

Still wanting Turbine to separate the login for patching from the login for live servers though. No reason to have the login for patching competing with the login for servers, and vice versa.

What would be even better would be to drop the files on filefront or gamershell or a similar organization that has download mirrors throughout the country(some even in eu)and in essence get a bunch more bandwidth for nothing. That's what wow did when they had download problems in their launcher when I played.

[MonoLoco]

ok so i finally got my new pc, got the game client instaled, and now i cant connect at all? it's been stuck retyring for at least 15 or 20 minutes now, maybe (probably) more

whats up with that???

[Sir_Thorblod]

I don't understand what's got some peoples panties in a bunch. Have I missed something?
....
- It's the middle of a Monday.
...

Actually America isn't the centre of the world. Over here it's almost 11:30 in the evening, most of us have been waiting all day/evening for the update to start... I've been waiting for hours, now the patching finally started and I'm hoping it's not gonna get interrupted again and I might be able to play at least a bit yet today...

[BlancoFallowhide]

At 17:28 EST, I'm looking at two announcements in my launcher posted today about the ROI release.

The first one. "Welcome to Isengard," is said to have been posted at 18:37 EST. The second, "Exceptionally High Volume," at 20:17 EST.

Just an FYI to Turbine ppl. Doubt it's a big deal, but figured you should know.

[FittyBolger]

Like many out there I just started to try to download the patch and am reading the forums...
Well I started to listen to music and I selected...
When the lyric screamed out and it seemed to match many of the posts.

I'm still waiting to connect BTW...
Oh well whatever nevermind...

[myrdden101]

Your still here? i thought you uninstalled. you should have rage quit the forums too.

Valens is just a Troll anyway. My guess is he is a FTP and has never put a dime into LOTRO.

[phgnomo]

Well, i gues its Fallout for me tonight...

[mr_toad]

after two hours of waiting at the dreaded red x, the updater finally started downloading and is at 25% now .... hang in there everyone, the only advice I could offer is to leave your client updater on (so it cycles every 60 seconds attempting to connect) and don't restart it

[MilkPudding]

74% into updating game data now.

After I've relaunched the patch window, I was only stuck at the red 'x' for like 15 minutes.

[Einjher]

After being stuck at 'Examine Game Data' for 20mins or so decided to take the advice and restart the client.

Hello Red X...

Ah yes...In the same boat here too :P !

[Cefely]

I did this on my comp, didn't work. 3 hours with a red X later.

Husbands comp has been stuck on exam game data for 1 1/2 hours.

I'm Losing my patience.

ugh, thought we were onto something there! ....it's all just luck, like Sapience said.

[Haldared]

seroiusly!!! Full game client Turbine? I have a 50 mbps connection - I'll take a #### load of bandwidth off your servers!!!
THINK McFLY THINK!!!!