Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:25 am
All you've done is post a list of issues, you haven't demonstrated that any of them are due to us breaking code sent by Mythic. Some aren't even to do with code sent by Mythic (XML, billing and website issues). I don't think you quite understand how the testing and patching process works. Euro only bugs are due to the fact that the code base and the server environment for the international version of the game are not the same as for the US version. Therefore the code we get from Mythic needs to be tested fully in all languages - including English. We test it, report bugs back to Mythic, they fix it, we test the fixes, report new bugs back to Mythic and so on until the patch works. Because the code we are running is different to the US code, it doesn't suprise me that we'd encounter different bugs. There have been some US bugs that didn't appear on Euro servers for the same reason.Xest wrote:Well I remember the old spec AF bug being one of the more prominent, as to how I know, well Kemor admitting that Animist DD bomber delves being too low after debuff on the euro servers as a euro only issue was a pretty good one too. Fact is there's been SO many euro only bugs that it's just too much of a coincidence that they only occur on the euro servers. The problem is the euro only bugs range from client bugs, to content bugs, to billing bugs, to website bugs, to xml bugs - are you seriously claiming Mythic is reponsible for all of them?
Some things are our fault and we put our hands up and say so. When one of our routers broke just after 1.71 went live for example, we acknowledged the problem, fixed it and made recompense for it. Some things aren't our fault no matter how much people want to blame us for them. I don't believe we've ever 'blamed' our billing company for anything, there have been problems but I don't recall any official announcement that we weren't responsible. We do however have the right - and the duty - to defend ourselves against misinformed accusations. If people are claiming for example that lag is due to our servers being sub-par when the real reason is a misbehaving router in London or Amsterdam, then we have to squash those rumours before they become accepted as fact otherwise, by inaction we help to propagate a false impression which will impact negatively on our customers.Xest wrote:I've played DAoC long enough to realise that when GOA blame Mythic, even when there's been proof otherwise and Mythic themselves have stated otherwise. I'm not saying Mythic haven't screwed up but GOA do have a track record of blaming everyone else - game issues, they blame mythic, connection issues they blame opentransit, billing issues they blame their billing company.
I take it you're talking about OT here? I can't think of any other recurring problem off the top of my head. The reason that the vast majority of providers using OT never have a problem is because they aren't running a service which requires a constant and unbroken connection. If you have 2 second lag or constant spikes while transferring files or surfing you'll barely notice it. Only services such as DAoC will really suffer from problems such as this.Xest wrote:If it was all true why is only GOA plagued with all these issues when countless over services using the same suppliers as GOA do never suffer the problems GOA do? If it was now and again fair enough but GOA seem to blame someone else for something every few weeks.