Curse

Navaros · Jun 28, 2005, 10:57 AM // 10:57

just now me and my really good team were at the area where it says "Please wait here until the Hall of Heroes is ready for your team to do battle"

well...my team was waiting there for over 30 minutes and nothing happened. we didn't get to go to the Hall.

my team members said it was a bug, and then eventually had no choice but to quit

we earned the right to get a chance to win the Hall by beating gazillions of good teams to get to the Hall (and we had to go thru pretty much all of the maps, too), and then after all that we couldn't get in. that's not exactly fair, is it?

is this indeed a bug?

if so, do the devs intend to fix it?

and also, do the devs have logs of this crap? they always say they have logs of people who hack/bot etc. how about logs of people who the game itself rips off. how about giving all the people who suffered from this, a free one-time-use item that transports their team directly to HoH in order to make up for them having been ripped off

Caco-Cola · Jun 28, 2005, 11:17 AM // 11:17

For one you're doing it late at night.

Which means less people playing. And less people competing.

Thus you have to wait a while for another team to join and fight.

Sarus · Jun 28, 2005, 12:57 PM // 12:57

I'm not positive but I actually think it's a bug. It's happened to us several times during what should be peak hours. They really need to add a timer to the waiting room so you know how long you have to wait. Really sucks to spend 1-2 hours getting there and then not knowing how long you have to wait or if you're even going to get in at all.

Syno · Jun 28, 2005, 01:05 PM // 13:05

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Originally Posted by Sarus

I'm not positive but I actually think it's a bug. It's happened to us several times during what should be peak hours. They really need to add a timer to the waiting room so you know how long you have to wait. Really sucks to spend 1-2 hours getting there and then not knowing how long you have to wait or if you're even going to get in at all.

Also so that you know the game is even registering you are standing there!

A free web-based wargame you can play from anywhere!

Klael · Jun 28, 2005, 01:35 PM // 13:35

Well, I got stuck at The Vault once for 1 hour before I quit. A couple of my guildmates left the game on throughout the night but still the game did not let us into HoH. He has a screenshot with the score tables clocking more than 8 hours.. -.-

asdar · Jun 28, 2005, 01:40 PM // 13:40

Send the report in. It's a shame that happened. I know we only get in the Hall rarely and to be ripped of a slot would be rotten.

A-Net has been pretty responsive, I'd be surprised that this didn't get adressed if teams are reporting this.

Navaros · Jun 28, 2005, 04:24 PM // 16:24

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Originally Posted by Caco-Cola

For one you're doing it late at night.

Which means less people playing. And less people competing.

Thus you have to wait a while for another team to join and fight.

another reason why i really don't think this is the case is because sometimes on a newbie PUG team i can get skipped right to HoH as soon as the Tombs open (after the Rift Warden level). we don't even have to fight any other teams to get there!

that usually happens when not a lot of people are playing. if they can instantly ship off newbie teams who didn't beat anyone to straight to HoH;, then why would a team who has beaten a ton of other teams on pretty much every map have to wait for what seems like (and may very well be) forever to get in to HoH? doesn't make sense

the timer suggestion is a very good one. that should definetly be put in. would help the players to at least actually know if their team has been fubared by a game-ruining bug or not

Old Dood · Jun 28, 2005, 05:29 PM // 17:29

Why not have the Timer AND if no one shows up for the fight in X amount of time then the team wins by default.

Red Locust · Jun 28, 2005, 06:12 PM // 18:12

Yeah that happens a lot. It happens even more on the first map (the rifts) quite often too. Most times, my group would clear the map, then wait for half an hour and nothing will happen.

It mostly happens when most people aren't online, though. That, or perhaps other teams are prolonging their pre-HoH matches. Stuff like burial grounds can take ages if you get 3 teams that refuse to attack one another. I think that's one of the biggest reasons why it takes so long to find opponents.

Navaros · Jun 28, 2005, 10:21 PM // 22:21

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Originally Posted by Old Warrior Dood

Why not have the Timer AND if no one shows up for the fight in X amount of time then the team wins by default.

i totally agree with this. some of the maps before the Hall can pretty much take equivalent effort to that needed for winning the Hall itself anyhow.

Darc.Syde · Jun 29, 2005, 01:00 AM // 01:00

it could be that there were alot of teams waiting to get in. After all, theres only 1 HoH and only 5 teams can fit in it.

Draken · Jun 29, 2005, 01:55 AM // 01:55

yeah this happend to us a couple times a week ago had one guy wait 8 hours but no hoh things were poping up during that period so i think it was a bug that has since been fixed atleast the one that got us stuck... were you guys doing anything like trying to do that skipping the pve section bug? i believe that got patched though...