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Channel_V93 · Oct 02, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

It typically falls on the first Thursday, but sometimes it is scheduled on a different day, depending on what projects the team is working on. For example, last month the game update took place in the second week of the month. This was because the live team decided to have the MOX and Fire Imp update as a separate build from the skill balance update.

I'm kind off curious, any projects we should know about for this week/month?

A11Eur0 · Oct 02, 2008, 11:06 PM // 23:06

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

The wiki is back up.

No it's not.

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snaek · Oct 02, 2008, 11:19 PM // 23:19

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Originally Posted by Dr.Jones

its actually slowly getting better then the other wiki.

its far surpassed it imo...and for a long while too
in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use

yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content
but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc
and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read

i use it more like an encylopedia
and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki

and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus

DarkNecrid · Oct 02, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

No it's not.

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yes it is, try clearing your cookies and hard refresh.

ALF71BE · Oct 02, 2008, 11:48 PM // 23:48

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Originally Posted by snaek

its far surpassed it imo...and for a long while too
in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use

yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content
but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc
and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read

i use it more like an encylopedia
and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki

and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus

However you use an information site for it's information, not for the presentation. And while it's true official wiki has better presentation, the information that is essential to the game (and thus what you would consider necessary for most people to read) is presented in a very decent way with some extras in the unofficial, such as Quick skills references, instead of putting it all on the original page; result being it's more begginer friendly.

The extra information and tips on how to beat this or that is always a plus, while the talk pages have valuable information. I almsot never see this in the official one.

So imo unofficial is still better, despite the drama and the abandon. I only enter official to read Developer's updates and when someone links to it.

Konig Des Todes · Oct 03, 2008, 01:23 AM // 01:23

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Originally Posted by SilentWhistle

Ah, so I wasn't the only person having these BS lag spikes then.

Yeah, I suffered major lag the last two days, but today seems to be clear of it

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Originally Posted by snaek

its far surpassed it imo...and for a long while too
in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use

yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content
but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc
and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read

i use it more like an encylopedia
and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki

and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus

Agreed. I hate the original wiki, the official is by far much better. Especially in what I need to find with the wiki, which almost always deals with lore.

The Official Wiki>the Original Wiki in format, info, and just plain everything.

Glad GW2 has an official wiki from the get-go, although I don't like the "how to's" of the wikis, the fast access to info is always good.

HawkofStorms · Oct 03, 2008, 01:54 AM // 01:54

I disagree. Original Wiki is still better. The ONLY thing the official wiki did better was getting GW:EN info up when it first came up.

But, whatever, apples to oranges, everybody has preferances.

Jiao Yang · Oct 03, 2008, 03:57 PM // 15:57

I think the main advantage of the official wiki is the link to the ingame 'Help' function (F10). Even though personally I've never used it..

JupiterStarWarrior · Oct 03, 2008, 06:25 PM // 18:25

It's a good thing I caught this thread or I probably wouldn't have gotten the wiki update for my personal wiki. Thank you for the info.

Regina Buenaobra · Oct 03, 2008, 07:03 PM // 19:03

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

No it's not.

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When hundreds of people hit the wiki all at the same time, sending multiple thousands of requests per second to our servers, it does tend to slow down a bit. The wiki was back up when I posted yesterday.

Dr.Jones · Oct 03, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

When hundreds of people hit the wiki all at the same time, sending multiple thousands of requests per second to our servers, it does tend to slow down a bit. The wiki was back up when I posted yesterday.

yes this is probably what everyone experienced.

Quaker · Oct 03, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

I am now glad I had not been using it the last few days/week. I hope the people who were using it are informed about potential problems they may see as a result of this issue. It sounds quite possible that peopple had info acquired they would not want acquired.

Note that this security problem has to do with Wiki account information, not GW account. If you don't have an account on Wiki, which you wouldn't if you are just visiting, you have no worries.