Ragnarok Online 2 Gets Off to a Rocky Start, Open Beta Rescheduled
Open Beta is usually a very happy time for both developer and fans. New players, who may not have been able to access the game's closed beta finally get to jump in and developers start to see their hard work paying off. Unfortunately, this was not the case with the recent open beta launch of Ragnarok Online 2.
Upon release into open beta yesterday, the RO2 servers where slammed and barely anyone could actually login which caused a massive influx of players venturing to the game's website in search of answers, promptly causing the website and its forums to crash repeatedly. Because of this Asiasoft, the publishers behind the English version of RO2, decided today to postpone the open beta till January 3rd.
The push-back decision was made to ensure all issues were resolved before the game proceeds any further and to prevent any further disappointment. Unfortunately for gamers who did get to start playing before the server crashes, Asiasoft has also decided to reset all character data in order to be fair to the majority of players who were unable to access the game servers at all.
The Chairman of Asiasoft, Sherman Tan, has written a personal letter of apology to eager fans on the official Ragnarok Online 2 Facebook fan page. It will be interesting to see players reactions since the game is still technically in beta which means players should expect beta issues, but with Open Beta usually marking the official launch of a title as well, players have begun to expect more stability at this stage. What are your thoughts on the current RO2 situation?
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http://forums.playpark.net/index.php?/topic/198996-ro2-only-for-4-countries/
Apparently this "just came up"..are you f** kidding me? They didn't have the decency to tell anyone until open beta that they'd be IP blocked? This is just low..absolute scum. Do yourselves a favor; dislike playpark's facebook page and dislike RO2's page. Let them know how much you enjoy being toyed with. Let them know how much you dislike being lead on, allowed to test for bugs, stress test and all..only to then be blocked from ever playing the actual game. Send them a message that people do not like being used.
ASIASOFT FAILED LIKE A BOSS .
Dear Asgardians,
We are happy to announce that OBT will start tomorrow, 3rd January 2013, at 1300 HRS (+8 GMT)! That is less than 19 hours from now!
However, it's with our deepest apologies that we announce we will not be able to provide the RO2 game service to players outside of our optimised countries - Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - due to our licence agreement with the game's developer, Gravity Co., Ltd.
These aforementioned licence terms will take full effect from the start of OBT tomorrow and we deeply apologise for any inconvenience caused to players. We are extremely grateful for the support you have shown RO2 so far and we thank you again for being a part of this journey. Thank you all!
I remember all the World of Warcraft expansion release days. The login server was packed. No one could enter for the expansions event.
Aion, same thing. All the server gone down for days.
All the over hyped games have server issues on release....
Don't know about Guild Wars 2 and Tera since i don't have them :S
that's that cause all the loves from all over the world back in the days.
RO2 with 3D MMORPG doesn't feel unique anymore. Too many generics & such.
I've searched around for video's but just couldn't find any that showed any gameplay of people moving around during combat, and now a days, it's almost common sense, and knowledge, to let people move around while fighting, even if it doesn't do anything for you due to auto attacks and such. It's just what keeps battle entertaining, at least from my perspective. It's difficult to play any games that you literally are just sitting there, watching them attack. It's a little boring.
Loved RO 1, and Love Ragnarok Odyssey for my PSVita, hopefully one day they'll make the PSVita's Ragnarok Odyssey for PC. That is a terrific game, at least a good supplement until Sony throws a new Monster Hunter towards the Handhelds. (North America Of Course).
Seeing how I have found any video's of moving while attacking, I'm assuming that you can't actually move around during combat with RO 2. That being said, it's free, and I've absolutely nothing to lose to give RO 2 a shot.
So, come open Beta, i'll probably end up giving RO 2 a shot.
Ohwell though, we only need to hold off a few days more, and I myself am just glad that they didn't end up taking the easy route by adding IP blocks and being done with it like most publishers would have done. Guess i'll play some witcher 2 for a few days ^.^
Hopefully I'll get a chance soon enough...