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**THE GREAT OUTAGE OF 2011** (or, "why is my DLC is STILL not working, just like it wasn't all weekend long?!")


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#351
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RedundantCookie wrote...

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Has anyone actually tried it lately to see if it's still working?


Just did... and for a moment my eyes glistened with hope. But no, still not working.

One way to think about it is to make yourself think you're 6 and it's Christmas time: All you have to do is go to bed, and wake up the next day with the gift of a funcional game for which you paid for. - And of course most of us will have to go to work, and then just wait to get back home to maybe play 1 or 2 hours, but hey, something's something.

I'm suddenly feeling sick.  Weird how that happens, isn't it? Of course, I do consulting from home and so it's not like being sick would be an excuse to not work yet play DA.  I need to think of one!  Quick!


Call them and insist you had a power outage, which caused your clock to reset. Because of this you fed your Mogwai after midnight, then you can hold a brief silence and proceed with, "... and as you are probably guessing the predicament I find myself in - Yes sir/m'am, Gremlins".

Always works.

Of course.  Gremlins.  "Sorry I missed your deadline.  Also, sorry about that whole 'Gremlins taking over the city thing'.  So, you have a new contract for me?" 

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FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

Also... this was a terrible weekend to quit WoW. sigh.

I quit WoW a loooooong time ago.  Right after Burning Crusade, I think.  Anyway, I was just thinking that talking to DA obsessed people is much more fun than talking with WoW obsessed people when the servers go down.  We're a bunch of fun lovin' geeks, they're a bunch of whiners on those boards with a sprinkling of sanity thrown in.

Yeah, this is my 3d time quitting. Xpac was fun for a month or two... though playing a toon I hated did not help rofl. I hate being a sucker for Guild needs.


On Topic: Hurry up EA/Bioware

Out of Topic: I loved my characters! But repeating the 5-man dungeons and a raid a week got old, so I quit right before Cataclysm. Adaenis the elven Healadin (Level 80) was my main! She was pumped... anyways, back to topic! - So, any news? Has anyone checked?

I gave up on most MMOs after I quit WoW.  I dabbled in Aion for a while and, while I love that game!, I just don't have the time to devote to any type of MMO end gaming.  My oldest kid still plays Aion so I have a character on her account.  I am going to play Old Republic, though.  I mean, it's Star Wars.  I know, I know, Galaxies, right?  But no.  Just no.  It won't happen that way.


My God! After seeing how Bioware act when their authentication servers go down, you still want to buy Old Republic? Don't do it man! Don't do it! XD Can't you just imagine it? The day your realm goes down and you're unable to play for 6 weeks? Can't wait to see the forums on THAT day, XD.

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RedundantCookie wrote...

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EA support said it will be fixed today! I asked twice and the answer persisted. Let's see.
If they don't keep their promise, I will ask directly for a $20 coupon.

Seriously?! Oh man, I hope that's true! EEEEEEEEEEE I'm so excited now!


They're just placating the masses w/ what we want to hear. It will probably be down indeffinitely.

I have some puppies here.  Wanna kick them too? *sniff*


No, let's hug your puppies! They'll bring them back! They'll bring them back in the next 10 mintues!

*Disclaimer: This is just wishful thinking... but possible!*


Not back yet. I dinna kick puppies...I brase them in red wine & capers.Image IPB

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Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.

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BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


Thanks
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#356
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RedundantCookie wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

Also... this was a terrible weekend to quit WoW. sigh.

I quit WoW a loooooong time ago.  Right after Burning Crusade, I think.  Anyway, I was just thinking that talking to DA obsessed people is much more fun than talking with WoW obsessed people when the servers go down.  We're a bunch of fun lovin' geeks, they're a bunch of whiners on those boards with a sprinkling of sanity thrown in.

Yeah, this is my 3d time quitting. Xpac was fun for a month or two... though playing a toon I hated did not help rofl. I hate being a sucker for Guild needs.


On Topic: Hurry up EA/Bioware

Out of Topic: I loved my characters! But repeating the 5-man dungeons and a raid a week got old, so I quit right before Cataclysm. Adaenis the elven Healadin (Level 80) was my main! She was pumped... anyways, back to topic! - So, any news? Has anyone checked?

I gave up on most MMOs after I quit WoW.  I dabbled in Aion for a while and, while I love that game!, I just don't have the time to devote to any type of MMO end gaming.  My oldest kid still plays Aion so I have a character on her account.  I am going to play Old Republic, though.  I mean, it's Star Wars.  I know, I know, Galaxies, right?  But no.  Just no.  It won't happen that way.


Oh... Hmm... I know, but, I'm not sure Bioware is completely in charge of that game. Check some previous around... I've heard it doesn't look as good as we hope.

*sicking my fingers in my ears* lalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you!

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Zexion21 wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

Also... this was a terrible weekend to quit WoW. sigh.

I quit WoW a loooooong time ago.  Right after Burning Crusade, I think.  Anyway, I was just thinking that talking to DA obsessed people is much more fun than talking with WoW obsessed people when the servers go down.  We're a bunch of fun lovin' geeks, they're a bunch of whiners on those boards with a sprinkling of sanity thrown in.

Yeah, this is my 3d time quitting. Xpac was fun for a month or two... though playing a toon I hated did not help rofl. I hate being a sucker for Guild needs.


On Topic: Hurry up EA/Bioware

Out of Topic: I loved my characters! But repeating the 5-man dungeons and a raid a week got old, so I quit right before Cataclysm. Adaenis the elven Healadin (Level 80) was my main! She was pumped... anyways, back to topic! - So, any news? Has anyone checked?

I gave up on most MMOs after I quit WoW.  I dabbled in Aion for a while and, while I love that game!, I just don't have the time to devote to any type of MMO end gaming.  My oldest kid still plays Aion so I have a character on her account.  I am going to play Old Republic, though.  I mean, it's Star Wars.  I know, I know, Galaxies, right?  But no.  Just no.  It won't happen that way.


My God! After seeing how Bioware act when their authentication servers go down, you still want to buy Old Republic? Don't do it man! Don't do it! XD Can't you just imagine it? The day your realm goes down and you're unable to play for 6 weeks? Can't wait to see the forums on THAT day, XD.

But... STAR WARS.  If the realms go down, they'll just use the force.

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FuzzyBee wrote...

Zexion21 wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

Also... this was a terrible weekend to quit WoW. sigh.

I quit WoW a loooooong time ago.  Right after Burning Crusade, I think.  Anyway, I was just thinking that talking to DA obsessed people is much more fun than talking with WoW obsessed people when the servers go down.  We're a bunch of fun lovin' geeks, they're a bunch of whiners on those boards with a sprinkling of sanity thrown in.

Yeah, this is my 3d time quitting. Xpac was fun for a month or two... though playing a toon I hated did not help rofl. I hate being a sucker for Guild needs.


On Topic: Hurry up EA/Bioware

Out of Topic: I loved my characters! But repeating the 5-man dungeons and a raid a week got old, so I quit right before Cataclysm. Adaenis the elven Healadin (Level 80) was my main! She was pumped... anyways, back to topic! - So, any news? Has anyone checked?

I gave up on most MMOs after I quit WoW.  I dabbled in Aion for a while and, while I love that game!, I just don't have the time to devote to any type of MMO end gaming.  My oldest kid still plays Aion so I have a character on her account.  I am going to play Old Republic, though.  I mean, it's Star Wars.  I know, I know, Galaxies, right?  But no.  Just no.  It won't happen that way.


My God! After seeing how Bioware act when their authentication servers go down, you still want to buy Old Republic? Don't do it man! Don't do it! XD Can't you just imagine it? The day your realm goes down and you're unable to play for 6 weeks? Can't wait to see the forums on THAT day, XD.

But... STAR WARS.  If the realms go down, they'll just use the force.


Because that fixed Episodes 1-3 so well.

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I'm not holding out any hopes for Old Republic, only MMOs I like right now are STO and Champions Online.


any news on the servers?

Modifié par dragonknight2, 11 avril 2011 - 01:22 .


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BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


What happens if you do log in? :?

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BWMagus wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

But... STAR WARS.  If the realms go down, they'll just use the force.


Because that fixed Episodes 1-3 so well.

There was no episode 1-3 *waves hand in front of Magus' face*  Episode 4-6 are the only ones.

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Animositisomina wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


What happens if you do log in? :?


The game will attempt to contact the servers to ensure your DLC are authorized, and since the server is down, it won't happen. Your DLC will be listed as unauthorized and you won't be able to use them (and if you have a save file with DLC stuff in your inventory, you won't be able to load the save). Now, logging off and restarting the game at that point might fix it, it might not, seemingly depending on what version of the game you have, but it's not worth the risk.

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Animositisomina wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


What happens if you do log in? :?

Many people who have the DLC are not able to access it.  Your characters and equipment from any of the DLC will be unavailable.

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FuzzyBee wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

But... STAR WARS.  If the realms go down, they'll just use the force.


Because that fixed Episodes 1-3 so well.

There was no episode 1-3 *waves hand in front of Magus' face*  Episode 4-6 are the only ones.


Yes, well, some of us block out traumatizing memories, some of us force those onto alternate personalities, and some of us develop an obsessive hatred of George Lucas and cry ourselves to sleep at night and, crap, where's my Xanax?

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Seems like the future answer to this problem is to never log in again once they fix it.

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2whippets that 100% worked for us as well.. if only I had read this 2 days ago it would have saved me cursing EA and wishing ill their loved ones =)

All we did was open Network Connections and disabled my connection to the network, as to not take the entire modem offline and get cursed by others I live with (hehe) logged into the game and loaded my save file and then once in reconnected my connection.

Seems like a lot of work to play a single player game, thats more like the hoops I jump through when I'm playing WoW but whatever works ty for having this thread, I hope more read it and get back to playing!

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Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


I was playing Darkspaw Chronicles and Leliana's Song yesterday while the servers where presumably "down" but somehow my achievements magically appeared in my BioWare profile, so I would assume those gotten while offline with transfer. I was worried because while playing Darkspawn, my game didn't even recognize that the Darkspawn achievements existed, but they came back after I reinstalled and had granted me the ones I'd earned, despite their lack of existance an hour earlier.

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BWMagus wrote...

Animositisomina wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


What happens if you do log in? :?


The game will attempt to contact the servers to ensure your DLC are authorized, and since the server is down, it won't happen. Your DLC will be listed as unauthorized and you won't be able to use them (and if you have a save file with DLC stuff in your inventory, you won't be able to load the save). Now, logging off and restarting the game at that point might fix it, it might not, seemingly depending on what version of the game you have, but it's not worth the risk.


Wow... is that permanent? You can never authorize the DLC again, even when starting a new game? (when the auth server is back up, I mean)

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Yay, still down.. at least it gives me time to look for other games... how's Drakensang btw?
Any good?

Crossing my fingers, and hope that someone with higher education than preschool comes to work at EA on Monday.
But as I said before, and this is a tip top tips...
Don't hold your breath, if you don't want to impersonate a Smurf.


You do know something is wrong, when it goes from "we hate the devs/support" to "Lets bbq puppies"..:P

Modifié par grYnnAn, 11 avril 2011 - 01:42 .


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Animositisomina wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

Animositisomina wrote...

BWMagus wrote...

Yuka Laka wrote...

So if I started playing while not logged on what are the affects? Would i still get achievments and would it upload data once the servers are fixed?


Yes, that's right. If everything is working now, everything should continue to work. Just do NOT login til we are sure this thing is fixed.


What happens if you do log in? :?


The game will attempt to contact the servers to ensure your DLC are authorized, and since the server is down, it won't happen. Your DLC will be listed as unauthorized and you won't be able to use them (and if you have a save file with DLC stuff in your inventory, you won't be able to load the save). Now, logging off and restarting the game at that point might fix it, it might not, seemingly depending on what version of the game you have, but it's not worth the risk.


Wow... is that permanent? You can never authorize the DLC again, even when starting a new game? (when the auth server is back up, I mean)


No. It'll attempt to authorize everytime you login, so as soon as the servers are up and running, and you login, it should reauthorize, as long as your BW/EA account says you should have it.

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Wavemanmav wrote...

Seems like the future answer to this problem is to never log in again once they fix it.


That's what I'm planing to do.

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FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

RedundantCookie wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

FuzzyBee wrote...

abandonedharpy wrote...

Also... this was a terrible weekend to quit WoW. sigh.

I quit WoW a loooooong time ago.  Right after Burning Crusade, I think.  Anyway, I was just thinking that talking to DA obsessed people is much more fun than talking with WoW obsessed people when the servers go down.  We're a bunch of fun lovin' geeks, they're a bunch of whiners on those boards with a sprinkling of sanity thrown in.

Yeah, this is my 3d time quitting. Xpac was fun for a month or two... though playing a toon I hated did not help rofl. I hate being a sucker for Guild needs.


On Topic: Hurry up EA/Bioware

Out of Topic: I loved my characters! But repeating the 5-man dungeons and a raid a week got old, so I quit right before Cataclysm. Adaenis the elven Healadin (Level 80) was my main! She was pumped... anyways, back to topic! - So, any news? Has anyone checked?

I gave up on most MMOs after I quit WoW.  I dabbled in Aion for a while and, while I love that game!, I just don't have the time to devote to any type of MMO end gaming.  My oldest kid still plays Aion so I have a character on her account.  I am going to play Old Republic, though.  I mean, it's Star Wars.  I know, I know, Galaxies, right?  But no.  Just no.  It won't happen that way.


Oh... Hmm... I know, but, I'm not sure Bioware is completely in charge of that game. Check some previous around... I've heard it doesn't look as good as we hope.

*sicking my fingers in my ears* lalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you!


*Resorts to hand gestures*

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grYnnAn wrote...

Yay, still down.. at least it gives me time to look for other games... how's Drakensang btw?
Any good?

Crossing my fingers, and hope that someone with higher education than preschool comes to work at EA on Monday.
But as I said before, and this is a tip top tips...
Don't hold your breath, if you don't want to impersonate a Smurf.


You do know something is wrong, when it goes from "we hate the devs/support" to "Lets bbq puppies"..:P


Barbecuing puppies is bad.

Modifié par RedundantCookie, 11 avril 2011 - 01:48 .


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Would be interesting if servers just didn't get back up, and tomorrow we'll be in a similar predicament, as today.

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Highlor3 wrote...

Wavemanmav wrote...

Seems like the future answer to this problem is to never log in again once they fix it.


That's what I'm planing to do.


I'm surprised that I never figured this out. I always assumed that you had to be logged in to use the DLC.