46736-an-apology-from-the-devs

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For reference, Jeremy Gaffney has said (in the main Boom Box thread I believe) these will only be used for events/compensations etc. Will try and dig out the quote! EDIT: Found it; https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/27780-whats-in-the-mystery-box-earn-free-items-for-launch/?p=275668


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Ok, come on. The chances that you would have gotten your name had things been "fair" are still slim to none. Especially if it is a popular name. Now you can go al AWOL if you want to, that's your choice. You were competing with nearly 15000 people spamming F5. What were you expecting? Of course this was going to be a circus act, and if you expected anything less then you are just plain silly. Get over it. They apologized, and are giving out compensation for the trouble. Try pulling that shit out from Blizzard or any other company that ran into something like that. They'd tell you to *cupcake* up a tree. And you'd get nothing. I didn't get the name I wanted either, but you don't see me crying over it. Grow up.


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Agree with AznMan - Forum Hall Monitor hard at work.

Rather than just ignore the people obviously trolling or just raging to get it out of their systems via the anonymity of the internet - this kid feels the need to try and debate every freaking troll on the forums, and only succeeds in bringing them more attention. He's as bad as they are.


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THIS! Make this a pre-order costume reward...or a title "One Who Waited"


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This is incredible. :D


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This. We need more updates.


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And if I've had the domain and website for over a decade... How would one wait?


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The issue, for most people, isn't "I didn't get my name bawwwww" Okay, maybe it is for some. The issue for most of us is how poorly this was handled. I don't even mean the server downtime and such, no one can really expect just how popular a certain feature will be- though a lot of people are (justifiably) upset about that. I mean the setup of the system- worldwide locks encouraging not playing the game, still no word as to whether the 'owner' of the name using it unlocks it, and no system of recourse once the worldwide lock expires. That's the issue here.

Ding ding ding, A++, this guy wins. I already have so many Boom Boxes I'm going to be opening them three months after launch probably. I don't care about more of them when I still have no idea what's in them other than "a few mount items if you're lucky!!". The worldwide reservation is the biggest problem here, and the part that needs to be fixed. It's too late to fix it, so giving us namechanges after the two week period is the most feasible way of fixing it.


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{| style="width: 100%;" Honestly, if this any indicator of what is to come. It doesn't bode well for this game. Servers crash and some of your equipment items were deleted? Have some boom boxes. A server transfer system error caused you to be transferred to the wrong server? Have some boom boxes. A glitch in the game causes people to have edit rights to any one's house which results in unwanted mayhem? Have some boom boxes. No. We don't want boom boxes. We wanted the problems fixed or at least a token of Carbine understanding the problem.


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Or perhaps people would like them to investigate updating their names system in the coming months so that unique names aren't necessary. name@accountname for whispers, with just the name overhead. It will require some work but I suspect you'll be paying them every month so it would be nice for them to put SOME of that back into improving the game.


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No kidding.


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I know I won't have trouble remembering XyzZZzzMNsTyU from that raid that I thought was kinda cool. Because every game with strict unique rules for names ends up having everyone and their cousin either named this or XxXUserNameTheyWantedXxX. Those X's are much less cumbersome than the server name. Or, you know, just typing part of their name and having it auto complete because its on your friends list. Or hitting /r to reply to them if its just a conversation your having. Inconveniencing thousands of people because of laziness is not exactly a positive trait to have. I enjoy having unique names, don't get me wrong, but I want that decision to be mine and not because of other people's or poor development decisions.

You already expressed your superiority complex. Twice now, actually.


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Thank you so much for acknowledging the issue, offering a small token in apology and continuing to show me that you guys are paying attention. I know its not what a lot wanted. (Some would kill for name re-rolls) but this, this is a small token and I thank you Carbine for even doing this. It shows a lot about a company thats willing to do this


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A good part of communities around the net are filled with malcontent over the epic fail that this name reservation has been, not just the people who bothered to post here. If all those angry about it leave, I don't know what might happen to server population, which didn't look good already as it was. EU servers are all @ low at the moment and it's about prime time here. Tho maybe it's just servers not showing an accurate population count.


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1. How do you know that people who reserved names didn't actually get the name they really wanted? They could've reserved their 5th name choice


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Turns out still being upset about something that happened less than 24 hours ago and impacts something that still hasn't happened yet is "being a cry-baby". If this actually had no effect, I'd agree with you. But that's not the case.


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What happened happened. Tens of thousands of names have been successfully reserved and that bell simply cannot be unrung without doing far more harm that the initial problem. My name, Wyzo, is not the most common on MMOs. I was not worried about reserving that. The guild name I wanted was going to go fast no matter what. I got it. It later vanished due to some glitch or other and when I went back, it had been taken. Kudos to the lucky person who got it, I ended up with my fourth choice. I'll make do. It's all good. The only solution was to move forward. I can blame Carbine for the initial problem. They've said it was their bad, they've apologized. That's awesome. I never saw the Devs on anothermmothatshallnotbenamed apologize for anything, so there is that. If Carbine could go back and do it all again and make sure it didn't go down the way it did, I am 100% certain they would. That can't happen so the best move is to simply go foward.


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