SW:TOR Hit With Code Errors, Long Server Queues

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Well so far I have not had any problems with my Digital copy from Origin, however some people I know have had issues. Although the problem seems to be with Origin. From what I am hearing Origin tech support is blaming the end user and/or, if you get good support, they seem to be having issues 'sending out the codes" (Origins support words).

As for the queue times, yes they do seem high but they seem a bit exaggerated. I am on a very populated server, Exar Kun, and I never waited more than 25 minutes or so.
 
I've had no trouble with the game at all & am enjoying it quite a bit. I agree that this story makes it sound much worse than it really is. The day of launch the server I started on (early access) ended up being full, but many servers only had "standard" population & had no wait at all. Yesterday I had no trouble getting on that same server. While I'm sure there are people having troubles, this story seems biased & making things sound worse than they really are. Biased news from Tom's Hardware? Nah, couldn't be.
 
I heard there were queues but I've never had to wait in one, and this is logging in at NA prime time.

Account creation was a pain, but just a little complicated... no actual problems.

The game is great fun and I've only seen really minor bugs.
 
I purchased the game yesterday evening. Didn't realize I has to purchase an additional subscrtipion even though it comes with first month time. So I have spent the last 2 hours in "waiting queues". Twice now I have gottent to subscription page, selected monthly then BAM get failure before entering information. Back to waiting queues.

Unreal you spend $60 on a game and then have this much aggravation. This will be my last EA/Bioware title. Total ripoff.

Now off to Walmart to rip into them for selling this trash!!
 
I ordered on Origin. I got my code last Thursday, and entered it immediately with no problems. I have seen a few servers with queue in excess of an hour and a half during peak hours, including mine, but I don't think I ever saw a sever listed that was more than 2. I think whoever is reporting this is taking exagerated statements from upset players. Anyway, the server I have been on has been rock solid. Enough that I wonder why they haven't raised the cap more to lower the queue, but I enjoy my play time in game. There are also a bunch of servers they created on launch day that have plenty of space and no waits. I would recommend this game in a heartbeat to MMO/Star Wars fans
 
I have had zero technical issues with the game, and I'm also on one of the highest population servers to boot. For the time being, I appreciate the queues because it gets new people to move to less populated servers and once the initial waves are done, I'm hoping they can ramp up server capacity.

I've been in queues for over an hour, but I just plan ahead and login and then go watch TV or get my kid ready for bed so when it's time for me to have some PC time, it's ready to go.

Now if I'm still looking at queues in a few weeks/months, then I will have an issue.
 
Its still a smoother launch than Anarchy Online. I remember that one was so bad that they felt they had to offer a *second* free month!
 
I see a lot pf folks accepting the average graphics. To me it looked just like WoW.. 6 year old graphics. There is NO reason to create a game these days with substandard graphics. The game is fun to play irregardless. But I expected way better graphics.
 
Wait times is only for "FULL" servers while "HEAVY" is perfectly fine and well populated. I remember when I played Aion there were queues but they didn't add new servers. In SWTOR they've added some so let's be grateful about it. I know it sucks to wait but it's only for 10 minutes at the most these now

 
Funny thing is the codes they are refering to were early access codes from Bestbuy. Secondly server ques are not that bad if any at all due to them raising population caps. And I havent seen any bugs let alone game breaking ones.

And the last paragraph in your article sums it up .....People putting in their early registration codes. If you use the games serial number that you got when you recieve the game or digital version their are no problems. Im sick of companies getting blamed for USER ERROR.

Also another point i want to make....people bitching about graphics. This game looks AWESOME if you have a graphic card to run it. Please take this into account before bitching. I have 2x580's with graphics cranked and it looks awesome. If you are running a sub $200 card and cannot see the details on or using onboard integrated graphics you are in no position to gripe about bad visuals. Its kinda like watching a high def show on a non HD tv then bitching that the show doesnt look good.
 
[citation][nom]mimicx10[/nom]SW TOR has been the cleanest MMO launch I've ever seen. And I've played all the major ones at release since EQ1[/citation]

Exactly for all the WoW fanbois on here none of them seem to remember the launch. I love/loved WoW but at released servers were down ALOT they even gave people free gametime it was so bad. MMOs take some time to iron out Im glad the people from Toms make it seem like an awful launch, and the beta review was done with someone who maybe put 5 hours into the beta. Reviews should never be biased and SHOULD give a fair interpretation of the game. Not state how some aspects should be improved on and use statements that illustrate the author didnt read forums or actually play that which they complained about.
 
Pre launch:
I saw server queues over 1 hour for multiple servers.
There was even one time I tried to log in where every server I could see (you cannot scroll to see servers while you are in queue) was either full or very heavy.

Launch day:
I joined my server and I was 917th in line. I was in over an hour later.

1 day after launch:
One time I signed on, I immediately went to my character select screen. No queue. Couldn't believe my eyes. Later that day, signed on again and was around 250 or 260 in line. Not terrible.

BIGGER ISSUES:
Perhaps it was written above, but I did not see it. I can't play now despite having 29 days left on my account. It says that my account is not filled out completely. Upon looking at the website, I see that I have not completed the 5/5 steps. Apparently there is a 2 day grace period for this - and now it is over. In order to complete the 5/5 steps, I need to set up a recurring subscription. I intend on doing this - but why is this required for me to play? What if I only want to play 1 month? Currently I have purchased the game and have 29 days left to play, but I cannot play unless I sign up for additional months. This has the grounds for a class-action lawsuit. You are not letting people play for what they paid for. You are insisting they actually have to pay 2 months (or at the very least sign up and then cancel?) to be able to play 1 month.

I am not happy about this.

Other thoughts:
The game is a lot of fun. A couple thoughts: Flash Points are too short. Warrior Marauders are too weak (for the record, my main is not a Marauder - it's an assassin). Bounty hunter grenades and ranged DPS is a little too high in general.

BioWare / EA need to get their subscription stuff in order though.
 
[citation][nom]Freeseus[/nom]Pre launch:I saw server queues over 1 hour for multiple servers.There was even one time I tried to log in where every server I could see (you cannot scroll to see servers while you are in queue) was either full or very heavy.Launch day:I joined my server and I was 917th in line. I was in over an hour later.1 day after launch:One time I signed on, I immediately went to my character select screen. No queue. Couldn't believe my eyes. Later that day, signed on again and was around 250 or 260 in line. Not terrible.BIGGER ISSUES😛erhaps it was written above, but I did not see it. I can't play now despite having 29 days left on my account. It says that my account is not filled out completely. Upon looking at the website, I see that I have not completed the 5/5 steps. Apparently there is a 2 day grace period for this - and now it is over. In order to complete the 5/5 steps, I need to set up a recurring subscription. I intend on doing this - but why is this required for me to play? What if I only want to play 1 month? Currently I have purchased the game and have 29 days left to play, but I cannot play unless I sign up for additional months. This has the grounds for a class-action lawsuit. You are not letting people play for what they paid for. You are insisting they actually have to pay 2 months (or at the very least sign up and then cancel?) to be able to play 1 month.I am not happy about this.Other thoughts:The game is a lot of fun. A couple thoughts: Flash Points are too short. Warrior Marauders are too weak (for the record, my main is not a Marauder - it's an assassin). Bounty hunter grenades and ranged DPS is a little too high in general.BioWare / EA need to get their subscription stuff in order though.[/citation]

Thankyou for illustrating stupidity and USER ERROR. 1 of the 5 steps which you said you completed 5/5 is setting up a subscription which you later explain you have not done. set up a subscription and you can cancel it immediately if you want. All MMOs work like this and have worked like this. USER ERROR is USER ERROR not the games fault which time and again it gets blamed.
 
[citation][nom]Freeseus[/nom]Pre launch:I saw server queues over 1 hour for multiple servers.There was even one time I tried to log in where every server I could see (you cannot scroll to see servers while you are in queue) was either full or very heavy.Launch day:I joined my server and I was 917th in line. I was in over an hour later.1 day after launch:One time I signed on, I immediately went to my character select screen. No queue. Couldn't believe my eyes. Later that day, signed on again and was around 250 or 260 in line. Not terrible.BIGGER ISSUES😛erhaps it was written above, but I did not see it. I can't play now despite having 29 days left on my account. It says that my account is not filled out completely. Upon looking at the website, I see that I have not completed the 5/5 steps. Apparently there is a 2 day grace period for this - and now it is over. In order to complete the 5/5 steps, I need to set up a recurring subscription. I intend on doing this - but why is this required for me to play? What if I only want to play 1 month? Currently I have purchased the game and have 29 days left to play, but I cannot play unless I sign up for additional months. This has the grounds for a class-action lawsuit. You are not letting people play for what they paid for. You are insisting they actually have to pay 2 months (or at the very least sign up and then cancel?) to be able to play 1 month.I am not happy about this.Other thoughts:The game is a lot of fun. A couple thoughts: Flash Points are too short. Warrior Marauders are too weak (for the record, my main is not a Marauder - it's an assassin). Bounty hunter grenades and ranged DPS is a little too high in general.BioWare / EA need to get their subscription stuff in order though.[/citation]
The needs to setup a subscription is normal. Seen it in every Major MMO... Its the model... nothing unique to Bioware or EA.
 
[citation][nom]envymert[/nom]Thankyou for illustrating stupidity and USER ERROR. 1 of the 5 steps which you said you completed 5/5 is setting up a subscription which you later explain you have not done. set up a subscription and you can cancel it immediately if you want. All MMOs work like this and have worked like this. USER ERROR is USER ERROR not the games fault which time and again it gets blamed.[/citation]

How is this stupidity or user error?

I simply feel that I shouldn't have to sign up for a second month to be able to play for my first month. And that process is required to play for the first month.

Troll.
 
[citation][nom]envymert[/nom]Funny thing is the codes they are refering to were early access codes from Bestbuy. Secondly server ques are not that bad if any at all due to them raising population caps. And I havent seen any bugs let alone game breaking ones. And the last paragraph in your article sums it up .....People putting in their early registration codes. If you use the games serial number that you got when you recieve the game or digital version their are no problems. Im sick of companies getting blamed for USER ERROR. Also another point i want to make....people bitching about graphics. This game looks AWESOME if you have a graphic card to run it. Please take this into account before bitching. I have 2x580's with graphics cranked and it looks awesome. If you are running a sub $200 card and cannot see the details on or using onboard integrated graphics you are in no position to gripe about bad visuals. Its kinda like watching a high def show on a non HD tv then bitching that the show doesnt look good.[/citation]

Hi, it doesnt have an sli profile, i'd suggest putting the 2nd one to sleep for now.
 
[citation][nom]Freeseus[/nom]How is this stupidity or user error?I simply feel that I shouldn't have to sign up for a second month to be able to play for my first month. And that process is required to play for the first month.Troll.[/citation]

I have only played one other mmo - which as wow. When I played wow for the first time, I was able to play the first month and then I was cut off... then I had to pay for a subscription, which I did. I stopped playing a long time ago, so I don't know if it has changed.
 
I played at the tail-end of beta, and even then I didn't have a lot of technical difficulties getting into the game.

However I didn't buy the game and am not playing it now simply because I didn't like it. Whilst the voice acting and storyline holds a lot of potential, the game is horribly lacking in three key areas for me.

First is character customization. Visually, you are stuck with a handful of presets for your characters appearance, and it's not very long before you run into a dozen clones that look and sound exactly like your character. It's very immersion-breaking seeing your twin standing next to you in a cutscene and you're wondering, "Was that my character that just said something, or this guy next to me?"

Leveling is very formulaic and linear, almost perfectly mirroring the the WoW model. The only deviation is that you don't choose your *true* character profession until level 10. Compared to other MMO's I've played, there's very little flexibility in how you build or customize your character's abilities. Every time you gain a level, you're given no choice on what abilities you get to buy next - most of which are just upgrades to old abilities. The only *choice* you get is you eventually get skill points where you can gain some small specialization with certain abilities, like a 2% increase in healing.

Finally, there's way too many gameplay mechanics that break immersion too much and too frequently for my tastes. I already knew Lightsabers and Blasters would be far less powerful than they are in the movies - even I can understand that there's no easy way to make them feel accurate. Unfortunately there's so much more than just that. There's the aforementioned need to "buy" all of your character skills when you level-up. While this is an established MMO mechanic dating back to EverQuest, it feels completely out-of-place in this game. My other big gripe were the boss fights. Even at low levels you will fight bosses that break the game rules in order to make them challenging to the players. The worst one that stuck-out in my mind were the Level 10 bosses with special "Boss Level" immunities that automatically make then 100% immune to anything other than direct damage and *maybe* some debuffs (where are very limited at that low of level). If it were high-level and/or endgame content, I would be more accepting of this kind of in-game cheating, but not when I'm barely out of the training planet and on my first Flashpoint.
 
[citation][nom]graysoniv[/nom]The needs to setup a subscription is normal. Seen it in every Major MMO... Its the model... nothing unique to Bioware or EA.[/citation]

Very true and you can cancel before it gets charged. It's the same with all MMO's. I played WOW, Aion, FFXIV (which turned out to be free because it was unpolished) and it's the same with SWTOR.
 
Seems like the glorious publisher landed themselves in the mud once more. When will EA learn...

I just feel bad for such a good developer as Bioware to have to pair up with EA. Really sad day.
 
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