So yesterday was the expansion drop for Way of the Witcher and everyone was super hyped to try out the new cards... Except that most of the Chinese players have not been able to even log into the game. We were experiencing connection issues right after the update, blocked from entering the game at all. CDPR released an announcement on a Chinese platform that they will fix this issue ASAP but most of us are still unable to login as of now. The past connection issues were some server errors on the CDPR side, so this time it will probably be the same.
This isn't the first time something like this had happened; with every big update the Chinese community will always experience connection issues for at least about half a day. The reason why this one is especially irritating is not only its extended length, but also that it is the first batch of new content in half a year. There were quite a bit of new players coming from HS and everyone was super excited to finally receive a new expansion. The Chinese community contributes a considerable amount of revenue overall but, unfortunately, CDPR doesn't seem to even want to spend some effort to ensure that our players can enjoy the game.
Way of the Witcher was the perfect opportunity for Gwent to grow in China; lots of new players from both HS and the Witcher were intrigued by the theme of the expansion and tried out the game with quite a bit of positive comments. CDPR just threw it all away, discouraging the new members and hurting again all those who have supported the game since Open Beta.
We all would like to see Gwent become more and more popular all over the world, so CDPR, please, fix the connection issues for the Chinese community and make it easier for us to love the game!
This isn't the first time something like this had happened; with every big update the Chinese community will always experience connection issues for at least about half a day. The reason why this one is especially irritating is not only its extended length, but also that it is the first batch of new content in half a year. There were quite a bit of new players coming from HS and everyone was super excited to finally receive a new expansion. The Chinese community contributes a considerable amount of revenue overall but, unfortunately, CDPR doesn't seem to even want to spend some effort to ensure that our players can enjoy the game.
Way of the Witcher was the perfect opportunity for Gwent to grow in China; lots of new players from both HS and the Witcher were intrigued by the theme of the expansion and tried out the game with quite a bit of positive comments. CDPR just threw it all away, discouraging the new members and hurting again all those who have supported the game since Open Beta.
We all would like to see Gwent become more and more popular all over the world, so CDPR, please, fix the connection issues for the Chinese community and make it easier for us to love the game!