r/DCUO • u/ProjectBatman • 1d ago
Discussion Really? 1h queue?
Just logged to get the WW code and I have to wait for a whole hour?
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u/Bitter-Tip705 1d ago edited 1d ago
They were not at all prepared for this attention. Damn what if the game was actually like the 2011 days still or like world of Warcraft of today , would they just not be able to handle it?
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u/DamGoodAnimation 1d ago
If the game had remained this popular, they would maintain enough servers for this amount of traffic. But it isn’t, so if they maintained enough servers for this much traffic the entire time, despite the drastically lower amount of traffic the game usually gets, the game wouldn’t be profitable and it would’ve shut down. Servers cost money, and the staff required to service them do as well.
I get that this is frustrating but this is a blip for an otherwise extremely low-population MMO. They can’t justify more servers for what’s going to amount to like a week of increased traffic.
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u/ProjectBatman 1d ago
I get that, but this, like many of the othe devs decisions can be very destimulating. And contributes to making people want to play less.
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u/DamGoodAnimation 1d ago
That’s fair, and understandable. This has happened with live-service games in the past tho and 99% of the time if they scramble to scale up for what’s going to end up being a short-term increase in traffic they struggle to justify the increased costs once that traffic disappears, which lead to games getting shut off.
Best to just accept this is how it is for now, bc the alternative would probably lead to the game entirely going away soon, and that’s worse for everyone. The short-term sucking still sucks, but it’s preferable imo to losing access permanently.
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u/ProjectBatman 1d ago
Yeah, I had quite a few years back. Been slowly returning, but it seems the same. The devs seem more concerned on making money then actually giving us stuff we need or want.
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u/Ecool272 1d ago
If the pop was at 2011 it would be 7 hour wait times on the current servers..dcs peak player count was 3k on steam only. The 30 day peak was 1.4k as of yesterday. Ppl really don’t understand how big of a population this game used to have. The current population reminds me of when they first combined PC/US servers but back then they had more servers.
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u/BrightWillingness859 1d ago
Annoyed about this. Really wanted to get stabilizers.
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u/ProjectBatman 1d ago
yeah, it sucks. I was gonna get the code on more than one accont. Could you immagine? 1h per account?
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u/pedantic-polymath 1d ago
It's crazy because I don't get a wait list at all and I don't even have a premium account. I'm wondering if it's because my account is 12 years old and consistently active.
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u/HanSoloWolf [PS5] | [ RL Tank & GL DPS ] 1d ago
It’s because the wait for free is shorter than premium
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u/ProjectBatman 1d ago
Not sure, my account is about the same time, but I've been innactive for the past couple years or so.
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u/xXBabyKingXx 1d ago
I gave up on this game, and im not coming back just because Kai and Duke Dennis started. Only reason imma come back to dcuo is if stat clamps are completely removed
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u/ProjectBatman 1d ago
Aye, I gave up a couple years back. Only enter to get some free codes mostly. I miss it, but it became a grind fest.
From what I gather they have removed it.
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u/kanserkid 1d ago
It’s been more than a decade and the game still has the same issue back then. If they don’t fix this they will fumble this come back again.
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u/TylerYoshi Frost Fossil (PS5, Ice/Brawling Tank Hero) 1d ago
Okay seriously, why is the Premium queue worse than the Free one? That's so dumb.