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A Patient, but Saddened player: MasterT

A Patient, but Saddened player: MasterT

Read, you can see why ICO suffers

I know that many people on this forum make rediculous posts that are sometimes true, and sometimes not, but them doing that is honestly not part of the solution...

I play various times throughout the week, and to make sure i have my facts straight, i've tried to play during the afternoons, and evenings of every day, but the general fact remains the same.  There are very few players on, and a sacred few of them that can host games... I've witnessed 10 people leave ICO because they cannot find a game to play, because NO ONE CAN HOST :(, and it leads to this frustrating port forwarding thing, and i am not calling port forwarding in general frustrating, because i've had to do it for Starcraft, but honestly?  I have to do it multiple times, and it has gotten to a point where i am sick of doing it and i stopped.

Before I say the next thing, i would like to say i consider myself a decent Sins player, so this is in no way biased, however, there are a number of games hosted that are only for "pros", when it is hard enough to find a game, and players, it is dissapointing that people boot for this.

And, i know Ironclad will say that they do their best to fix the minidumps, but in reality, i dont see how its possible that they are trying that hard, because seriously? this game does not require a gaming computer, by any standards, and games such as COD4, dont minidump randomly, and a better comparison, Starcraft, does not do this random minidumpage either.  Not only is it a problem, updates have come out and it still happens, so my closing words of wisdom would be, Stardock/Ironclad, save your strength, you get good publicity from some great PC reviewers (PC Gamer),  in which they bow down to you.  Why have you destroyed this game, do not blame it on finals, please don't, its not the problem, the real problem is, Ironclad, and their clunky online!!!


If you want to salvage your memory as a game who atleast tried to repair the damage you have done to such a great idea, work on 1.1, and WORK on it, you will not have many happy campers if more minidumps happen...
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Reply #26 Top
We get a game rolling...get built out and start bumping into each other and then a big space battle and the game hangs. I get some screen with Migrating next to each player. It's happening over and over. The multiplayer could be really fun, but as it stands, it's really frustrating because the networking code is so unstable.

I'm done with this game for now. The single player is no longer interesting and the multiplayer is just plain maddening.

Maybe they'll get it fixed in a few years.
Reply #27 Top
I get some screen with Migrating next to each player. It's happening over and over.


That means the host left. As frustrating as it is, you can't really blame the developers for the host leaving. At least the game tries to find a replacement host, even if it's not always successful :P
Reply #28 Top
I get some screen with Migrating next to each player. It's happening over and over.That means the host left. As frustrating as it is, you can't really blame the developers for the host leaving. At least the game tries to find a replacement host, even if it's not always successful


you need to make sure the players agree to play through even after they've lost or it is evident that they are losing :P
Reply #29 Top
I get some screen with Migrating next to each player. It's happening over and over.That means the host left. As frustrating as it is, you can't really blame the developers for the host leaving. At least the game tries to find a replacement host, even if it's not always successfulyou need to make sure the players agree to play through even after they've lost or it is evident that they are losing


Well Whenever I host , I use the following rule

You are only allowed to Quit/Surrender if your Team allies says its okay.

Reply #30 Top
Nightraid3r so since I am born in the 21st century


You were? I'd say 99.9% of online gamers were born in the 20th century, so that would make you a prodigy. :)

Reply #31 Top
The Minidump issue is annoying but I have faith in Ironclad, I've recently purchased the game after watching it at a friend's place and I'm sure that the minidump issue -which is the only downside for me, crashing the game every 10 or so minutes- will be fixed eventually, until then, I'll just keep playing, crashing, playing.

Oh yeah, and this is my first post ^_^