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himohimo

EU servers flakey ever since X-mas?

As titled, the servers have failed once again. Does anyone know what the root cause of the issue it? Is it something technical or just that Riot has resorted cost cutting methods?

I am also thinking about long term repercussions of these server outages. What would happen to LoL when DotA2 comes out? People need their DotA fix! Right now I have to say that I love the lore, mechanics and cho'gath but when you can not play with your friends all of that seems moot.

Does anyone know how we can help Riot improve their EU server quality besides throwing money at them (since paying has actually given me a worse experience)?

Posted Jan 9, 2011, 8:05 PM UTC · edited

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Cannibalsnail[Cannibalsnail] (EU-W)•

Yeh I'll probably swap to Dota 2. Riots half hearted approach to the game as a whole really doesn't inspire loyalty. You wanted your playerbase to stay with you? Start giving them what they want: Server stability, Replays/Observer, balance changes that don't cripple a character and more maps. Incidentally HoN has all those things and more (shame its such a shit game) proving that it is clearly possible.

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I_Hate_Reddit[ZiklonE] (EU-West)•

Your wish was granted, the EU servers are now offline. Finally. Not so long ago the server was 2-3 weeks without chat, which is ridiculous in a game were team comp is key (and where the US server had no problem at all).

I believe many people will switch to dota2 when it comes out (me included). Main reasons being that the LoL matchmaking sucks, you have to grind like crazy to have access to all champs (or spend a ton of cash, much more than a normal game), many features missing, and so on, and so on.

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BradJLamb•

US Server had problems for a while with the chat when choosing characters. It was indeed terrible. PVP.net is one of the shittiest things I have ever used.

I will actually stick with LoL though. The reason I like MOBA games is because I enjoy the characters so much. Knocking people up with Blitz is too much fun, spending all day farming with GP instead of helping my friends is too much fun, lasering people with lux is too much fun. Of course in the same way I really miss playing DoTA heroes like Dazzle, so I'll buy DoTA 2 as well.

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himohimoOP•

I wonder how long after the release of DotA2 before Riot releases an awesome chat front-end.

My assumption is that they are perceptive people (look at the game mechanic updates) and perhaps at this point in time have no competition to take away from their user base. Therefore it is in their favour to do more content releases and worry about other stuff till DotA2 comes out.

I keep on mentioning DotA2 and not Hon because after trying a game of HoN for 30 minutes, it just didn't feel fun. It was quite like the DotA in Warcraft 3 (Another version I don't play, a.k.a 3 hour matches).

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Malthan•

I'm seriously thinking about switching to dota2 too, if it plays any better than HoN. It seems every time I want to play something's wrong with the servers that makes comfortable playing impossible. I regret buying the holiday champion bundle, shouldn't have wasted any more money on riot.

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karanji•

I'M SWITCHING TO DOTA 2 RIGHT NOW, YEP THIS VERY MINUTE! JOIN MY CUSTOM GAME:

NAME: WHINNINGFTW PW: reddit

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himohimoOP•

I'M TRYING TO JOIN YOUR GAME BUT IT'S NOT WORKING! I STARTED A NEW GAME, PLEASE JOIN:

NAME:NOTREALLYWHINING PW:REDDITWOOHOO

Am I whining though? To be honest, the scientist that is a part of me would really like to get the reason why the chat servers are down all the time.

I have theories but would greatly appreciate if anyone knows anything concrete.

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karanji•

My opinion, everyone in this thread is whinning.

The dota 2 "switching" is just the melodramatic icing on the cake.

My guess, it's the same sh*t that happened with US servers, where you couldnt chat while in character select. Very annoying, will be fixed and forgotten by everyone who posted here.

Have fun in Dota 2 ;-)

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