Well that must suck. You really got screwed dude. Don't you think so Stinger?

I just got screwed again. Flew for an hour and a half on a new server, made it to level 3 then BAM! the server went down and my new achievement will be lost. Along with my new ship and 10,000 of hard earned credits.

Again, I am really disappointed in DA for the poor quality with the MP structure.

I sure wish I could keep my MP player profile info on my machine....

(and I know what you fanboys will say, "there was'nt even going to be a mp game, or the MP game is merely a token gesture on behalf of DA..." or something like that. I say, if you do it, do it well. Why do something half ass? Hell, they had like 4 or 5 years to make this game....)

Edited by - smudge on 09-03-2003 09:33:16

Edited by - smudge on 10-03-2003 06:53:55

Uhm...maybe the server went down cuz of its owner? Its not always DA/MS's fault. Try contacting the owner of the server first before going wild.

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eb is right, da/ms have nothing to do with server hosting, except that they (try) to run the global server list ...

though the server structure is imo still not really ideal, a battle.net like strukture with persistent servers I would have prefered definatly. (which means, a central place to host a chat, join servers and save characters, while the servers are hosted from the players like it is now)

but well da/ms choose the way nearly every fps on the planet is going, and its not that bad anyway. you just have to be carefull what servers you chose to play at.

I completely understand what you guys mean, however, I have never played a mp game that you needed to advance such as an RPG. So, in many ways, I was blind to that idea.

However, I never intended to slam MS/DA, as I knew they had nothing to do with the servers, just the MP game aspect. That is what I was questioning.

I do indeed love the MP and SP game modes, both are great. Probably the best game I have ever played, which is why I am so upset. I worked my ass off to get to level 38 in MP WITHOUT cheating, and the server is gone, and with it, my player profile.

Besides, how was I to know what was a good server? They all look ok....

Anyway, thanks for your replies....I know you see and understand why I am frustrated.

-SMUDGE-

I think your missing his point. Hes not upset so much that the server went down but his investment in time is resting in the hands of some one who may not give 2 cents about him or his effort in developing a character. The server admin can choose at any time to take a server out and he has no control over that. I think it was a poor decision to make MP characters server specific.

Apparently smudge types faster than I, and is able to defend his own thoughts. :p

Thanks Ikarus!

It's hard to believe that other people arenot affected by this. I just lost another server, went down in the midst of play. I made it to level 3 again, after an hour of play and the bitch crapped out on me.

I am seriously stressed out about all of this. I spend hour after hour developing the carachter and this happens.

Am I the only one upset about this?

I had my info lost on about 5 servers already. The last one was with a Titan and all Level 10 Guns and Shields. I joined one of the servers run by Lancers Reactor and hopefully I will not lose my data again. Not having the character saves on a central server that is able to be used on all servers is very dumb but I guess DA does not want the MP portion of this game to be successful. It also sucks when you play on a good server since they are full most of the time so you cannot play and instead play another game from another company. If I lose my current Titan with Level 10 guns and shields from the server run by the people here, I think I will give up playing MP as I can only waste my time so much restarting MP careers.

I commend you on your persistence. I however have given up. I will only play on _killing zone_ server where my level 38 file is.

The reason? I earned it. I worked hard in the game to get that far, and I suppose I'll wait to see if it comes back up.

I tried to play again, but it just makes my stomach hurt thinking of my past success and achievement.

I sure hope _killing zone_ comes back.

Look people. MS didn't make the game. DA did. MS published it. It's like having a problem with Half-Life and blaming Sierra when they didn't make the game, Valve did. Yes, MS funded and supplied workers but DA designed it.

That happend to me too on a server that went private, it really does suck! The server i play on now "Just-Gamers1.com" or something is off now too i hope not for good.

Edited by - Azzkicka on 10-03-2003 06:36:13

Poor Thraka....the guy does not understand our point.
And, never once did we say MS made the game. Nor did anyone blame MS for anything.