Curse

garethporlest18 · Jan 21, 2008, 02:08 PM // 14:08

We have 27k minutes again already so I don't really think it matters...

RTSFirebat · Jan 21, 2008, 02:22 PM // 14:22

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Originally Posted by garethporlest18

We have 27k minutes again already so I don't really think it matters...

People misunderstand threads as always, its not about the amount of time lost.

Its about why it happend? How did it happen? Is there a limit?

People, me included are interested to know.

I for one is not QQing.

Antheus · Jan 21, 2008, 02:25 PM // 14:25

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Originally Posted by RTSFirebat

Its about why it happend?

Integer overflow.

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Is there a limit?

35791.3941 minutes. Then it starts from zero again.

Etta · Jan 21, 2008, 02:26 PM // 14:26

35791.3941 minutes? Really? Where's that information come from?

Tatile · Jan 21, 2008, 02:28 PM // 14:28

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Originally Posted by Etta

35791.3941 minutes? Really? Where's that information come from?

I believe a couple of calculations made earlier in this thread, based on computer-mathemactics.

RTSFirebat · Jan 21, 2008, 03:37 PM // 15:37

Still want to hear it from the horse's mouth so to speak ^^

Songbringer · Jan 21, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

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Originally Posted by garethporlest18

They better give us at least 35k minutes if the cap is there. It'd be fair since those people worked for it. Lame, lame. Oh and the WTF Favor! threads spammed as fast as the title haha.

they didn't work for the favor they worked for the max title. And probably 80% of those people wouldn't have got the title maxed if they didn't make the event. So why should they give something back to us that was just a coincidence of those players who only play the events

pakhavit · Jan 21, 2008, 04:18 PM // 16:18

God doesn't have that much favor xD

Chicken Ftw · Jan 21, 2008, 04:22 PM // 16:22

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Originally Posted by Songbringer

they didn't work for the favor they worked for the max title.

Agreed. Saying people maxed their titles for favor is like saying people played HA for it. It's just a side bonus for something they were going to do anyway, really. There may be a few more exceptions to this, but for most, it's true.

R.Shayne · Jan 21, 2008, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Am I the only that noticed that the price for rubies and sapphires had fallen while everyone was farming for titles and not only was the favor reset but so was the price for rubies and sapphires (back up to the standard 5.5k and 3.3k). The price of rubies and sapphires should be effected because the place people farm to the titles is also the place where rubies, sapphires, jeweled daggers, and ruby daggers / mauls drop.

Kind of upset since I bought 10 rubies at 4.1k ea then went to bed thinking the price would be even lower in the morning. Logged back on in the morning to find the price reset and the price seemed to be fixed and did not come down for two days. Was really hopping to buy the 48 rubies and sapphires I needed for all my armor.

mr_groovy · Jan 23, 2008, 01:58 AM // 01:58

pfff takes a while to make an official statement doesn't it >.>

I think anet thought paterns are: Ooops, oh well they already have 28K favor. No need for them to have 50K+.

I guess they are working reaaaaaaal hard on GW2....

The Legg · Jan 23, 2008, 08:33 AM // 08:33

So no official word yet from anet?

Pretty disrespectful to its client base in my opinion.

Mixie · Jan 24, 2008, 07:22 PM // 19:22

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Originally Posted by Antheus

Isn't GW supposed to be dying, or be dead already, or something like that?

Not just yet.

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Originally Posted by Antheus

No, seriously, the drama is way out of proportions over this.
BTW: you're appear to be still playing, which means the game is fine as it is.

Seriously you have totally missed the point here which is in constant and persistent changing of should-be-rules.
Sure i`m playing - this is a great game. I just don`t want to see it ruined.

flclisgreat · Jan 24, 2008, 07:36 PM // 19:36

i am willing to bet there will be no "official" response of any kind.

only two options i see in one

A: yeah sorry we f*cked up, didnt expect that much favor and we wernt prepared. no way to get it back either=QQ zomg we worked for that favor, we earned it give it back

B: yeah we deleted it. what are you going to do about it?=same as option A

edit: forgot option C

C: say absolutely nothing. no one screams foul

Wyldchild777 · Jan 24, 2008, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Greetings,

Well, frankly I just want them (ANet) to fix the favor bug. I don't really care if we (the players) get our favor back or not, because I am pretty much convinced that we won't anyway, regardless of how polite a spin ANet puts on it. Just please ANet, fix the damn bug that caused the loss of favor time in the first place (and let us, the players, know that you did).

Then again, prepare for the bad, expect the worst - if ANet comments on this at all, it will probably be along the lines of "blahblahblah looking into it blahblahblah too complex to fix blahblahblah Guild Wars 2 blahblahblah new <weapons/mini/hat>", and then hope the issue gets swept under the rug, where their silence on this issue suggests they want it anyway.

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray on 01-20-08

I relayed the situation about Noon today. Sent an email to a full team; contacted the QA manager on IM so that he'd know what was going on. I've no response yet to the email, which makes sense because this is a Sunday.

I am sure we'll know more tomorrow and when we have information about this, I'll pass it along.

Merry meet, merry met, merry meet again,
Wyldchild777

stretchs · Jan 24, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

In the end it doesnt matter, good gracious, you have another 19 days of favor without adding any new titles, get past it, when the tv station (cable or satellite customers in particular) you are watching has an issue, do they send you a message to tell you what is up?

Gaile Gray · Jan 24, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40

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Originally Posted by RTSFirebat

Still want to hear it from the horse's mouth so to speak ^^

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Originally Posted by Fates Monk

Did you just call Gaile a horse?

Dang, Firebat, you're in big trouble now!

I did comment upon this, but I realize that not everyone reads every point of contact, so here are those answers and comments:

Yes, player theory was right in this particular case -- good detective work, guys! -- and the reset was due to a 16-bit ceiling on the code.
We will fix it so that it does not happen yet.
We will not restore the Favor, since in less than a day it was nearly back to the numbers it had reached before the reset.
And when asked whether we will put a cap on Favor, the fact is we don't have set limitations in mind for the future, even while it is true that the enthusiasm that players showed during our Double Lightbringer and Sunspear Points Weekend exceeded our expectations. It seems that players will be reaping the benefits of this exuberance for weeks to come.

flclisgreat · Jan 24, 2008, 08:43 PM // 20:43

and let the QQ commence!

Turtle222 · Jan 24, 2008, 08:46 PM // 20:46

We (Europeans) must have pissed off the gods...

Balthazar: *OMG WHO HATE MY CAKE....IM LOOKING AT YOU RURIK!*

Bo Fairfield · Jan 24, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

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Originally Posted by zwei2stein

in computers there is max limit to everything.

max limit to signet int happens to be 32768 (which is muner of minutes where favor reset), if anet programer used it to store favor guess what happens ...

actually, it is 32767.
at least, in the language I use, because it allows 0 as well.(vb)

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Originally Posted by Antheus

35791.3941 minutes. Then it starts from zero again.

Why would they bother wasting space on the .3941? I'd just use an integer or long instead.