tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post6935796669906566597..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Monday Random ThoughtsTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27834972148609665602012-09-13T10:10:50.251-04:002012-09-13T10:10:50.251-04:00You do not pick, the game picks for you. Just my ...You do not pick, the game picks for you. Just my luck but it has put me on a really buggy server with huge lag. I want CRZs gone already. I want to go back to a lag free life.<br /><br />As for pick, if you wanted to go on a server, have someone make a level one on that server, have them invite you to a group, when you leave your main city you will be on the server of the group leader.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-39830466593910761692012-09-13T09:51:46.715-04:002012-09-13T09:51:46.715-04:00How do you "pick" which server you can g...How do you "pick" which server you can go to? They way people are making it sound is you can pick the server you want to merge with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78569839308189317612012-09-11T08:18:28.899-04:002012-09-11T08:18:28.899-04:00A merge would have been a better way to handle it ...A merge would have been a better way to handle it in my opinion. That way, we could still find the smallest server and move there afterwards. This this is a no choice option and as long as I pay to play I should be allowed to play on the server I wish to. <br /><br />If I want to be on proudmore I will log into one of my characters that is on that server, do not put me on that server otherwise. That is what I am talking about.<br /><br />This is a lazy fix and a way for them to not have to admit they are having subscription issues.<br /><br />If they merge servers there is no denying that there are problems, but with this they can pass it off as saying they are just trying to improve the game for lower levels because less people are in older areas. See, they do not need to admit that they are losing subscribers that way.<br /><br />It is a save face move, not a good for the game move. Perhaps they should start thinking what is best for the game and stop trying to cover up the fact they are not doing as well as they were 2 years ago. We all know that, who do they think they are hiding it from? Just merge servers, allows everyone a free transfer so they can move if they do not like the server they get put on, and be done with it. Remove the CRZ, it is bad for the game.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-19911965492989635992012-09-11T06:57:42.126-04:002012-09-11T06:57:42.126-04:00With the whole slow down at the end of an expansio...With the whole slow down at the end of an expansion I have not been out and about much in WoW, so have not noticed if CRZ is active on my server or not. <br /><br />I can see some of the problems it could cause. I think more down to being transferred to a different time zone.<br /><br />Yes CRZ's are probably a way to deal with low population servers without actually closing any down. I am not sure if a lot of people realise you would have similar issues if they did start to merge servers. Low population servers would go to medium or high population. <br /><br />Making some of the examples people have given happen anyway. Camping, ganking etc. More people just makes things harder. So people that wanted the quiet life won't get their wish anymore. <br /><br />Unless MoP turns around the decline in subs, I can see servers eventually being merged anyway. Just because of the cost of running them. So sooner or later everyone will have to deal with having a lot more people around. <br /><br />I wonder if maybe people should look on the positives of this though. I have camped some rare spawns before (being a hunter). Yeah it is harder with more people around. Is it not also more satisfying when you achieve your goals though? Being one of the few people to have that new pet (mount/epic etc) from Molten Core (or MoP). <br /><br />I remember how awesome it felt when I had the new turtle from Hyjal. Everyone was like 'whoa, where did you get that'. There are always positives to take from things. <br /><br />I do agree based on your experiences that things could indeed be better. I hope they will fix the issues before I start to encounter them. Celeggurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45619035397924995842012-09-10T23:07:05.988-04:002012-09-10T23:07:05.988-04:00I had that happen to me as well. Had a friend on ...I had that happen to me as well. Had a friend on my refer a friend rocket, changed zones and asked him, where the hell did you go, he said, kicked me out.<br /><br />I thought it was funny once, but when it happens every zone it is annoying.<br /><br />I personally hate the CRZ for many reasons but the rare spawn thing is probably neat the top as a hunter. Not to mention I have been tying for time lost since wrath and have never seen it before, how the hell am I going to get it now.<br /><br />I still say, if I choose to be on a small server that is my right and they should not be allowed to force me on to a larger one just so they can pretend the game isn't losing subscribers.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-6665922599421603842012-09-10T22:48:47.435-04:002012-09-10T22:48:47.435-04:00I'm not a fan of the cross realm servers eithe...I'm not a fan of the cross realm servers either. My gripe at the time was the difficulty for rares like camping the TLPD when it was already hard to find and the fishing tournament. Not to mention people taking your nodes, herbs, etc.<br /><br />The other day I was a passenger going from Mulgore to Org. Ordinarily a short trip but with cross realms I was automatically getting kicked out of the rocket and standing in mid air (until I realised I had dc'ed the first time). Other times I would get a parachute and not dc. Either way it's really annoying esp since we are both from the same server... I tweeted GC just after it happened three times in two mins but never got a response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56992003969338448572012-09-10T18:20:02.885-04:002012-09-10T18:20:02.885-04:00I never thought about the character hacking for sh...I never thought about the character hacking for shared mounts and achievements and stuff but you are dead on, I can see that really heating up now. More reason to buy things like that for the people that would.<br /><br />They could have fixed it the way I suggested a while back. Share them but keep them individual at the same time.<br /><br />Like my priest would say I have 4800/12400 meaning she has 4800 achievement points but I, the player over all my characters, has 12400. See, an easy fix.<br /><br />Glad you liked that. And I so agree. Anyone that wants to make money will not keep someone on board that is sinking the ship but like you said, he might be the best they have. For all we know his replacement could be 10 times worse. A case of be careful what you wish for really. We could get rid of him and end up in a worse situation.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-49807954638510805482012-09-10T18:14:45.884-04:002012-09-10T18:14:45.884-04:00I think I read some of that thread, there was not ...I think I read some of that thread, there was not a lot of people that liked the idea even before they saw it implemented if I remember correctly, and it seems they were right.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78501846387346615762012-09-10T18:11:50.015-04:002012-09-10T18:11:50.015-04:00" He must have naked pictures of the owner wi..." He must have naked pictures of the owner with an underage donkey in a compromising position."<br /><br />This made me LOL, especially because I have been aksing myself the same question. People like to say 'Activision this, Activision that' but let's be frank, any Gordon Gekko (wannabe) had kicked GC on the curb ages ago.<br /><br />The frightening thought is however that the head designer may indeed have been chosen because he's simply the most qualified. GC may have his issues, but he doesn't go Jay Wilson on people for example.<br /><br />I wouldn't be too harsh on CS. Sure they can be air-headed at times but remember that they lost the most people due to the subs diving, have to deal with the extra issues GC creates, and of course the usual ones (potentially increased to the changed player demographic). <br /><br />CRZ seems to be a real horro. So far on the EU it hasn't been entirely implemented though it's already (ofc) causing discussions. Not surprisingly, people from High Pop PvP realms tend to love the idea, others -esp. low pops and RP's - tend to hate it.<br /> <br />There was actually an article on WoWInsider predicting that it would be a griefers paradise, though the extent you described is even more shocking.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in the EU the first Accountwide side-effects are becoming apparant, with illegal traficking of characters between 'loaner' accounts and such to acquire Rare mounts and Titles (esp those with FoS attached to them). It will be just a matter of time IMO before people's accounts get hacked for this purpose. Of course character- and account trafficking happened before, but now there is a giant incentive to do so.<br /><br />Frankly they could at least partially have prevented this by keeping the Achievement Rewards (Titles etc.) character bound, which would also have made a lot more sense (no Explorers that never left the Starte Zone, no Guardians of Cenarius that never met a Druid in their life etc.) - though knowing GC they'll probably barf up some silly Minimum Character Levels for Titles idea, which won't stop that trafficking for a bit and would still have a lot of nonsense rewards.NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-84198793590794116262012-09-10T18:11:44.478-04:002012-09-10T18:11:44.478-04:00I have a hunter, as I have so many, on a PvP serve...I have a hunter, as I have so many, on a PvP server and I knew exactly where you are coming from. I have never, not once, been attacked while leveling in the open world except by someone usually within 5 or so levels of myself. Now, I would not even try to go out in the world. Not worth it. And before, they would kill you and leave, these cross server jerks camp you, like they are saying that an 85 can kill a 35 so that is proof their server is better.<br /><br />Yeap, most likely that is why. Try going on with 32 bit, it sometimes will let you stay on for a little bit. <br /><br />Get back to Org or SW, because those are the only two places not part of the CRZ I believe. Being you are on a PvP server, I suggest going to your own city, wouldn't be advisable going to Org if you are human. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-47364566993441267802012-09-10T18:07:50.329-04:002012-09-10T18:07:50.329-04:00I forgot about the fishing one, read someone post ...I forgot about the fishing one, read someone post on that too. People jumping in groups from time zone to time zone to do it over and over again. Another point against it.<br /><br />It was a horrible idea. They should just bite the bullet and do what rift does, allow one free server transfer per month. Tada, server issues fixed.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-37080629649120787522012-09-10T18:06:01.725-04:002012-09-10T18:06:01.725-04:00Might not be the error 134, but it very well could...Might not be the error 134, but it very well could be. Seems like I am not the only one that "enjoying" the full world thanks to their horrible implementation.<br /><br />Have you noticed the near constant lag spikes too when in the world now? Gee, thanks for that blizzard.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-71282077611874344382012-09-10T18:04:34.848-04:002012-09-10T18:04:34.848-04:00@ Netherlands - I hate when people do that to thei...@ Netherlands - I hate when people do that to their name. If your name is not there pick another. A few servers I am on I could not have my name, I grumbled about it a bit and took another name. I have not and never will use anything but standard letters.<br /><br />Now, in your case, some of those letters are standard letters. Still do not like them. There is no reason I should be stuck learning all these alt codes for them when we are have perfectly good alphabet to work with. <br /><br />@ Anon - The CRZ is flawed for a few reasons, one was the me getting error 134 when I go in the world. Another is the massive and constant lag spikes. Those can be fixed, but it would still be flawed. <br /><br />As long as blizzard does not moderate their own content, and we know they don't, it just creates a whole new world to be taken advantage of by griefers. That is my biggest problem with it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-41641383371751759292012-09-10T17:49:53.208-04:002012-09-10T17:49:53.208-04:00It's gets even sillier where e.g. the EU is co...It's gets even sillier where e.g. the EU is concerned, as we can use a wide array of apostrophes etc. in our character-names, meaning you can bascially always get pretty much the name you want (unless being highly unimaginative).NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44113623519337893822012-09-10T17:46:27.012-04:002012-09-10T17:46:27.012-04:00Yups.
There is an old-and-going big Thread on the...Yups.<br /><br />There is an old-and-going big Thread on the EU Forums about Dying Servers, and the Blues did precisely that: peddle CRZ as a partial solution.<br /><br />The strinking part? No one saw that as a solution, people from low pops and people who had transfered to high pop.<br /><br />The hurting part: a couple of months back they announced that they would do server mergers in Asia 'as an experiment' - raising awhole bundle of new questions.NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-30905275491299340622012-09-10T17:30:49.644-04:002012-09-10T17:30:49.644-04:00I play on a low pop PVP server. Now having said t...I play on a low pop PVP server. Now having said that I know it is a PVP server and what that entails; however, I am used to rarely seeing ANYONE from either faction. Griefing and ganking rarely happens and when it does, you usually can take care of it quickly. That is not the case with these cross realm zones. Suddenly there are scores of high level toons in my lowbie zones ganking alts and killing npcs for the heck of it.<br /><br />There is a reason I didn't mind leveling an alt on a low pop PVP server. This just kind of kills the urge to level.<br /><br />Thanks for the info on the error. I couldn't understand why I kept crashing and now it makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-61662006308759800092012-09-10T16:51:47.181-04:002012-09-10T16:51:47.181-04:00I've not noticed the error number, but been ha...I've not noticed the error number, but been having lots of those crashes when flying into new zones. of course this is almost always on my toon with the heirlooms on and then i can't do anything for about 30 minutes each time.<br /><br />Joyous....CalDMintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-5693658328290984962012-09-10T16:43:22.045-04:002012-09-10T16:43:22.045-04:00I agree with this entire post! CRZ is the biggest...I agree with this entire post! CRZ is the biggest bunch of BS to ever go live since I've been playing. It was poorly thought out, terribly designed, and so does nothing to actually solve the "problems" of low pop servers. All it does is open up a giant window for griefing, exploits, and drastically slash the amount of rare spawns and chances at achs like the Fishing Tourneys. Blizzard should be embarrassed that they allowed something so shoddy to hit live servers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-68495121299848947432012-09-10T16:10:03.612-04:002012-09-10T16:10:03.612-04:00Anon, Grumpy's GL:
I don't know, maybe I ...Anon, Grumpy's GL:<br /><br />I don't know, maybe I am overly conservative about it, but CRZ is about as close to a game breaker for me as I have seen yet from Blizzard. I survived Cata, unhappily on a personal playing note, but still in a positive sense as I saw our guild prosper and grow. I just find the concept of CRZ to be a silly way to address a problem of low population servers. The obvious and serious way to address the issue is to merge the low population servers. <br /><br />Name duplication will have to be resolved, but that is a case of simply going in order of creation. First named, stays the same, while all the subsequent characters and guilds have to change the name. <br /><br />Any other solution to low population servers is a non-serious effort to address the fact that Blizzard has a shrinking WoW player base. CRZ attempts to hide this fact. It is not a serious solution to it. <br /><br />Merge low population servers. Then make a game people want to play in the future so that the player base grows again. <br /><br />MoP may well be the beginning of that, following the less than grand Cataclysm, but until there are no more low population servers and no more medium population servers, don't try to hide the lower population by using the flawed technology of CRZ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-3263726752256800972012-09-10T14:45:25.203-04:002012-09-10T14:45:25.203-04:00That is my argument about it.
Most people play on...That is my argument about it.<br /><br />Most people play on a low population server because they want to. Why force them to do something they don't want to when they are paying you for the right to be on a low population server.<br /><br />Blizzard is just wrong with this. There is no right to it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-83645895177290491062012-09-10T14:43:44.732-04:002012-09-10T14:43:44.732-04:00I really think this is their way of "closing&...I really think this is their way of "closing" servers without closing them. They think closing servers will get the doom and gloom people into a frenzy so instead they are turning it into a case of look at this awesome idea instead of what it really is, wow is shrinking and we need to condense things.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-28665959021677144102012-09-10T14:36:51.404-04:002012-09-10T14:36:51.404-04:00I hate cross server realms too. I really wish we c...I hate cross server realms too. I really wish we could disable them. I mostly play on a low population server for a reason, if I want a high pop realm I have characters there. My favourite thing to do is herb and kill rares, collect treasure chests and fish. There were no flowers, no rares,nothing and Thee only solution I had was having my son log on alts on various servers till I could find a zone to herb on.obscurefoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784797439811736598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-21996984677666172722012-09-10T14:26:52.061-04:002012-09-10T14:26:52.061-04:00Anon, Grumpy's GL:
I don't really care fo...Anon, Grumpy's GL:<br /><br />I don't really care for the idea of cross-realm servers. If this was the older version of WoW, pre-cataclysm style, with elite mobs and more PvE group quests still around, it might make sense. This isn't that game though, not anymore. <br /><br />What is there in the game for leveling that can't be soloed? Or if soloing it at level is to hard, then it can be returned to in a few levels and blown away. <br /><br />I don't need anyone else around taking mobs I want to kill, and I am sure they don't want me doing the same to them. It sometimes looks like it did back in vanilla with so many folks around as I level my hidden alt toon, but it has none of the advantages of that time and all the disadvantages. <br /><br />If the idea is to increase the population, then be honest about it and announce server merges. This half-way merging is crap, and I normally don't talk that way, but it is what it is and it is crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-60259028427036396582012-09-10T14:25:56.032-04:002012-09-10T14:25:56.032-04:00Did you ever get it worked out? Seems like what m...Did you ever get it worked out? Seems like what my guy was doing when I kept getting the 134. I would enter and the screen would not load and error 134 about half loaded.<br /><br />Perhaps your issue was the same. Maybe try logging in with 32 bit if you are using 64 bit. Not a fix of course, but it might get you in.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56681923821993390712012-09-10T13:24:44.322-04:002012-09-10T13:24:44.322-04:00I had the "useless customer answer" as w...I had the "useless customer answer" as well. My trial account could login, but my paid account would freeze after I selected my character and hit "enter world." <br /><br />The reply? Please see the following thread regarding issues with downloading patch 5.0.4. and troubleshooting errors that are prevented you from getting past the account login. -_-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com