Europe Stand Together

[Roo Stercogburn]

After first checking we have the support of enough players on Karak-Norn to achieve a critical mass, I have made a similar post to the following on the forums of the currently active European English-speaking servers:

To Order and Destruction:

Monday 27th July, 7pm UK time / 8pm Server time:

Europe Stand Together!

Every Destruction player log a Magus on into Inevitable City.
Every Order player log a Shadow Warrior on into Altdorf.

Stand together for 30 minutes.



Mythic have bungled every step of the way since the release of WAR. They are in many ways no worse or better than any other average MMO provider but we do not pay for mediocrity. We pay for excellence and Mythic's deployment of the much loved Warhammer intellectual property has not been a crowning achievement in the history of either Games Workshop or Electronic Arts.

Mythic make vague promises which are never delivered and they have appalling patching processes where they hurry versions through on the test servers without proper testing. Then we are subjected to all kinds of problems such as lag and shockingly unplayable gameplay conditions. They produce sloppy programming which inflicts misery on elements of the community for up to months at a time before they get around to doing ill-considered fixes where they tend to break nearly as much as they fix. All the while they dangle the carrot of 'better times coming / good stuff on the way' to appease people while their developers scratch their heads and hope.

There is not one thing that Mythic have implemented in the short history of this MMO that has been deployed to live servers and 'just worked'. Every single update has been marred by shoddy quality control and embaressing bugs that should have been caught way before hitting production environments.

Mythic need to make their processes more transparent to us, the paying customers and show they are directly including our feedback in updates, not just bugs they missed because of poor internal quality procedures.

Mythic need to produce better scheduled reports of progress. RELIABLE information on what is going through the change process. Not just pipe dreams from developers who floated an idea at a meeting which hasn't been tested but they felt it was cool to waffle about on a video blog.

Mythic need to show they are responding to player concerns directly. Rolling out comedians with silly sunglasses just doesn't cut it any more.

Mythic need to increase the quality of their output drastically.

Mythic need to remove the knee-jerk balancing mentality prevelant in every patch to date. This is probably one of their biggest WAR crimes.

Electronic Arts need to show they are on the case and support the community. Because it is the community on which any MMO stands or falls and thus EA's income. Mythic's behaviour is killing the community. It is being eroded day by day as the players lose faith in Mythic to ever deliver.

If enough of us stand together before Mythic completely blow all confidence in Warhammer's MMO incarnation we will send a clear message to this and every other MMO provider out there that we the gaming community want those who intend to create and provide MMO services that we will not just be fobbed off with vague promises, vague hints of future fixes if we just put up with the mediocre performance for now. We pay to play now. We pay for YOU, the MMO provider to deliver now.

We want and we have a right to expect.

I propose that every player in every guild in every alliance on every server in Europe stands together.

Most MMO providers listen to those that scream the loudest.

We're not going to scream at you, Mythic. We're not going to rant about how poorly you have handled this community and its ongoing concerns.

We're going to stand quietly for 30 minutes, all of us...

...With the gaming media of the entire world watching.

[Ivy]

Sorry you got banned Roo. Thought that was a bit harsh

[Rer]

Did he get banned from WHA or Official?

[Malril]

Banned from WHA because he posted a copy of this thread on all of the european server forums, which is against the rules.

I think the moderation was fair, especially as this thread was kept in place. But I hope it's only a temporary ban to make a point, rather than a permanent ban.

[Moriath]

shouldnt be banned thats putting rules before the mmo spirit .. we want to get the message to as many as possilble some only look at their own server forums

[Windrunner]

Originally Posted by Moriath

shouldnt be banned thats putting rules before the mmo spirit .. we want to get the message to as many as possilble some only look at their own server forums

Some people "only look at their own server forums" for a reason. And I just checked, no the suspension isn't permanent.

[expansionsss]

from Penny Arcade:

Paul Barnett is the sort of person I'm talking about. Last year, prior to the launch of Warhammer Online, I had a chance to talk with him about what exactly he was trying to do. When it became clear that we weren't going to get to the nut of it in the time allotted, he left me his design diary and went back to his booth. Maybe that's not as momentous as it seemed at the time; maybe he does that with all the girls. In general, though, I would say that leaving one's diary with a satirist requires some courage.
I really want to catch up with him this year if I can, if he's got the time. I want to know what it's like to design a game that makes millions of dollars a month, millions, and is still considered a failure.
(CW)TB out.

[Hydrolyzed]

Strange you got banned for such a minor offence where you might not have known of..
And no one will read it here.. need some other way to promote it..
A shame these ppl won't allow it.. Just ppl following rules and not thinking what is actually best for everyone..

[Arionrhod]

Agreed, the ban is far too harsh....... and as for all Servers, this AFFECTS all servers, we all play the same game and have the same problems with it......so whats the problem with sharing with the rest of the community?

[Windrunner]

Suspensions are issued for total number of infraction points on an account - a single infraction is almost never worth enough for a suspension. If you need more details, please see the rules post. Now if I could please request that any further comments regarding moderation actions be taken up on PM or via the Contact Us form, so that this thread can serve its original topic. Thank you.

[Rer]

One could argue that this thread cannot fulfill its intended purpose if people don't know it exists.

[Mortix]

is someone didn't post a link to this on my servers forum i would never have seen this...meh,free Roo!

[Marsares]

Must be the first time since release of the game that I actually read this forum part of the forum. Oh well, at least I can whip my R31 SW out.

[Fingoniel]

The audience on this forum might be wide but it sure is small

[Evilina]

I'll be there, as the uber queen SW of norn, the emperor's pet, the best looking scout.

I'll get my people there too, spread the word.