What % actually got the armored drakes? - Page 3

Keline · 06/20/07, 11:50 AM

They better don't roll that back now that I've spent a hundred hours on gold-farming

Caldar · 06/20/07, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Keline

They better don't roll that back now that I've spent a hundred dollars on gold.

Are people really this stupid? To not only purchase gold but then complain they might loose it on a forum that shows their character and server information?

Apparently so.

Keline · 06/20/07, 12:23 PM

So?

Blizzard EU does _nothing_ about gold farmers.

but if you want I'll fix it...

Frieza · 06/20/07, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Keline

I received a 5on5 nether drake and I can't afford to fly it

This is the most frustrating day I've ever had in WoW.

I think that of the 20 guildies that got their netherdrake (irony:none of us being in a team with a rating >>> of 2200 in every bracket) just a couple can use it.

Honestly i think i'll sit mine in tha bank because right now i have 300g and don't see myself farming a couple of weeks for the riding skill

Grillkohle · 06/20/07, 1:40 PM

I was watching today as an IRL friend of mine opened his mailbox and took a Swift Netherdrake (310% speed) out of it while never having been in an arena team with more than 1800 points.

So yeah, something seems slightly messed up there.

He also got the "Gladiator" title.

Kaubel · 06/20/07, 2:03 PM

Originally Posted by Keline

They better don't roll that back now that I've spent a hundred hours on gold-farming

Shut up.

xyruul · 06/20/07, 2:43 PM

Apparently the issue with EU server players with extremely low rating getting mounts doesn't apply to any US servers. At least not that I have heard of yet. Aparently they are more common then not common on some EU servers.
I was hoping for more detailed info from people who asked various teams in their bracket to determine the 'cutoff' point. From general speculation here and on wow boards it appears that roughly half of what was expected was given out in US servers. Meaning either they wildly screwed up or half the teams are somehow ineligible for reasons unknown.

Craze · 06/20/07, 3:13 PM

I play on the european server Xavius, and I got a netherdrake.. no, wait, that's not right, I got 2 netherdrakes.

I'm pretty sure I got one from my lowrated 3v3 (around 1800 rating or so), and from my 5v5 with approx. 1875 rating. The 5v5 was 20th in our battlegroup or so (maybe a lower position, I'm not 100%). Weird part is, that our battle group is very small (4 servers), and so only the top 3 teams of 5v5 should get a netherdrake. So something seems quite wrong here!

Tbh, I'm still waiting for an update from blizz saying that they're taking away my mounts :P

Huntemup · 06/20/07, 3:19 PM

Sounds like the EU servers ninja'd our drakes! What an outrage.

In seriousness though, I think they are working hard on fixing it. Its pretty obvious to me that they did not use the total number of teams in a battlegroup when calculating the top .5%. The armory's issues during the last week might have played a part in this.

My guess is that we will see the titles get updated, and the drakes reapportioned soon.

Altho, taking a drake away from an EU fellow who got one in error might be harder on the PR, than awarding the US fellow who didnt.

Bibdy · 06/20/07, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by Keline

I received a 5on5 nether drake and I can't afford to fly it

This is the most frustrating day I've ever had in WoW.

You think that's bad? Our priest has THREE netherdrakes from the 3 different brackets and only 100g with no epic skill.

Keline · 06/20/07, 4:07 PM

ouch, I was only 2k short which I managed to borrow. Can't imagine running around "someone borrow me 4900g please?"

Shadowborne · 06/20/07, 4:25 PM

I received my armored Netherdrake for our 2v2 which was the only group that qualified. I hope everyone who did not receive one and deserves one, receives theirs as soon as possible. I know I would be devastated if I did not get mine in the mail.

Antarius · 06/20/07, 4:48 PM

Originally Posted by Keline

ouch, I was only 2k short which I managed to borrow. Can't imagine running around "someone borrow me 4900g please?"

Ummm it's kind of hard to say you "borrowed" the gold when on the very same page you posted how you "bought" the gold...

Anyways... Bloodscalp-US, Cyclone Battlegroup, I got my Netherdrake just fine.. 2406 rating, 4th ranked 5v5

Furio · 06/20/07, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by Drysc

To recap the issue: after the maintenance, patch release, and end of season 1, it became apparent that not all teams that were intended to receive their Gladiator title and Armored Nether Drake did in fact receive them. Instead the rewards seemed to be sent to some teams while others only received lower ranking titles. At this time it only appears to have affected select realms. Since then we’ve been able to determine that the issue was specifically an error in rewarding teams appropriately. We’re currently in the process of testing a fix, using data recorded from when the realms were brought down for maintenance to determine if this fix will correct the issue. We're waiting for the fix to be tested before discussing how the issue will be resolved as we simply don't know what the best available course of action we can take is until we have a working solution.

We’ll be providing further updates in this thread as we’re able.

link: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...11911286&sid=1

Keline · 06/20/07, 5:53 PM

Originally Posted by Antarius

Ummm it's kind of hard to say you "borrowed" the gold when on the very same page you posted how you "bought" the gold...

Yes it works just fine, for reasons I won't explain here =P

Tiiki · 06/20/07, 5:59 PM

I'm at:

~1800 2v2 (somewhere low)
~1960 3v3 (~200th)
~1915 5v5 (~100th)

And I've now checked - I got 2 x drakes and Gladiator & Duelist.

I expected Duelist from 3v3 (many more teams, so 200th is within 3%) but seem to have got Duelist from my rubbish 2v2 and 2 x Drakes from the other two.

Still no idea what exactly went wrong. I'm flying around super-fast while I can!

Dinadass · 06/20/07, 6:01 PM

Icecrown (US) seems to be just fine. Got one for my 2v2, and the 4 other 2v2 and 1 5v5 teams on IC got theirs, haven't seen anyone riding one that didn't qualify.

After the debacle with the Arena qualifications, and the fact that the armory still is extremely buggy, only seems to update certain teams at times, etc, this is hardly a surprise though. After all the hype and emphasis put into the Arena system, I was really hoping for better.

Huntemup · 06/20/07, 6:09 PM

If that many Drakes really went out in Europe, I am really glad that I don't work in Blizzards public relation department. "Sorry sir, we need to delete the drake you are currently riding. Please land safely, and we will begin the process."

Symbul · 06/20/07, 6:21 PM

Yeah I got a Drake and a Gladiator title too on my Paladin. My team crumbled during the season and at the end I only had a 3v3 of about 1860 with like 30 games played and a 5v5 at 16xx with not much more played. But ofc I don't have riding skill so I can't use the Drake anyway. :> Everyone I know who was on a team of over 1800 rating at any point, save one, got a dragon too.

Kaigami · 06/20/07, 6:22 PM

European here.

I had 1848 on my 2vs2, i got a drake.

I was expecting and had calculated "Rival".

I've seen 1400 ranked players with "Duelist".

It seems that the top 10% or so recieved drakes, the maths adds up. I wager next weeks maintenance will remove all drakes + titles from the game and then redo the calculations properly

That being said i'm storing my drake in the bank as i've been told to take items out of my bank by numerous times by GM's so they can delete them, as they cannot delete items in a players bank

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oh and "Sorry sir, we need to delete the drake you are currently riding. Please land safely, and we will begin the process." - yeh...thats going to be a killer tbh. I forsee hundreds of complaining people on the forums allready

• Shadowed · 06/20/07, 6:27 PM

Originally Posted by Kaigami

European here.

I had 1848 on my 2vs2, i got a drake.

I was expecting and had calculated "Rival".

I've seen 1400 ranked players with "Duelist".

It seems that the top 10% or so recieved drakes, the maths adds up. I wager next weeks maintenance will remove all drakes + titles from the game and then redo the calculations properly

That being said i'm storing my drake in the bank as i've been told to take items out of my bank by numerous times by GM's so they can delete them, as they cannot delete items in a players bank

Of course they can take items from your bank, what a GM can do and what developer can do are two different things.

Kaigami · 06/20/07, 6:30 PM

Originally Posted by Shadowed

Of course they can take items from your bank, what a GM can do and what developer can do are two different things.

Cant hurt though :P

I'm not bothered by the drake anyhoo so i dont really see why not to keep it in the bank.

They've made glaring overlookings before. Remember the day when mount skill/prices/rep changed? I bought an epic orc wolf mount from the vendor and the next day i could ride it with friendly/exalted orgrimmar.

Leleth · 06/20/07, 7:14 PM

Hearing from people with such super low ratings about receiving a drake and the title, I realy feal raped.
I do not see Blizzard taking the dragons away, that are already sent. I hope they will at least correct the titles.

Depry · 06/20/07, 7:18 PM

We'd worked out that my 3v3 team at 2001 rating would get Duelist rank (Rampage (EU)), I had no idea what I'd get for my 1760 2v2, maybe Rival.

Imagine my surprise when I log on this morning and have a drake waiting in the mail and Gladiator title o.O. My 2v2 partner got Duelist.

Someone messed up bad.

Aphyrax · 06/20/07, 7:23 PM

Originally Posted by Leleth

Hearing from people with such super low ratings about receiving a drake and the title, I realy feal raped.
I do not see Blizzard taking the dragons away, that are already sent. I hope they will at least correct the titles.

What makes you think that? It is trivially easy for them to delete each and every Netherdrake and reset everyone's title on the affected realms, and then rerun a corrected version of the algorithm they used to determine title eligibility the first time around. If I had access to their database I could most likely do the first half myself.