Halinalle Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 As an EU based person the only downtime that wasn't during my normal working day was the one on Saturday, for all the others I've been at work when they're happening. I'm beginning to think I'm somehow unique in this going to work during the day thing. Shift work. It's not always from 0800 to 1600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathamus Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Originally Posted by Anti_Bodies The maintance is during the middle of the night -> early morning for most players. Don't really see how this is a gigantic problem. Its a brand new MMO. Calm down. EU players. Here is +2GMT and 8hrs maintance game is playable at 4-5AM! So it is outrageous for eu players... I have time to play only at days when my kids are in school. Call me racist but US players don't wan't to understand EU players at all. This game NEEDS to have different schedule for maintance for EU players. This one is dumb. Cheerios. -J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEasy Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm pretty sure they're more referencing when they took down the game on a *********** Saturday night/Sunday morning with no immediate/emergency reasoning. If it were just once a week, that'd be fine. That'd be expected. But it has been constantly twice or more per week since launch. Trust me, people who work till midnight and would like to play during the night have seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akirator Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 As an EU based person the only downtime that wasn't during my normal working day was the one on Saturday, for all the others I've been at work when they're happening. I'm beginning to think I'm somehow unique in this going to work during the day thing. I get that feeling too. It's like primetime in US is 7PM-12PM, but primetime in EU is 8AM-6PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schattenhund Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I am german and I am pretty fine with the downtimes. Sure it is down from 9am to 5pm but guess what, I have a job so it is not that relevant. And if I have vacation? I clean my flat, read a book, do something creative. Seriously people, don't be so dependant on a video game! Ah - forum - forgot the ranting: @OP: server code? when where you last decompiling a game server system from witch you only have the client? Are...are you a wizard? @all downtime complaintants: you habe seriously no idea about server setup and maintenance for a constantly running structure with thousands of client accounts. I do. It is fine as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtorjkcbr Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I am german and I am pretty fine with the downtimes. Sure it is down from 9am to 5pm but guess what, I have a job so it is not that relevant. And if I have vacation? I clean my flat, read a book, do something creative. Seriously people, don't be so dependant on a video game! Ah - forum - forgot the ranting: @OP: server code? when where you last decompiling a game server system from witch you only have the client? Are...are you a wizard? @all downtime complaintants: you habe seriously no idea about server setup and maintenance for a constantly running structure with thousands of client accounts. I do. It is fine as it is. ... other games can manage a 2hr window. What's Biowar's excuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deshie Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I am german and I am pretty fine with the downtimes. Sure it is down from 9am to 5pm but guess what, I have a job so it is not that relevant. And if I have vacation? I clean my flat, read a book, do something creative. Seriously people, don't be so dependant on a video game! Ah - forum - forgot the ranting: @OP: server code? when where you last decompiling a game server system from witch you only have the client? Are...are you a wizard? @all downtime complaintants: you habe seriously no idea about server setup and maintenance for a constantly running structure with thousands of client accounts. I do. It is fine as it is. Not everyone has the same job as you or lifestyle or even family for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I am german and I am pretty fine with the downtimes. Sure it is down from 9am to 5pm but guess what, I have a job so it is not that relevant. And if I have vacation? I clean my flat, read a book, do something creative. Seriously people, don't be so dependant on a video game! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_work - Some people have families so they have plans for evening and can't play on that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorin_Kass Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Why do they constantly need to be shutting these servers down? My guild is loosing players like flies. They are all going back to their old MMOs You had better get a handle on this fast. This is completely unacceptable. So they are going back to their other MMOs that have weekly downtimes of about 8 or so hours?.......hrmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELhikari Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Shift work. It's not always from 0800 to 1600. 08:30 to 16:30 (Well, 06:30 to 18:30 if you count my travel time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum_Icecube Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Then why is my game performance still pitiful a month after launch with no news of any incoming fixes? Your computer sucks? Or maybe you just don't know how to use it? Are you sure you understand what you're talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELhikari Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_work - Some people have families so they have plans for evening and can't play on that day. I just play at the weekend and Friday evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorealin Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 It would be great if they could fix problems as soon as they find them. They find a problem -> servers down -> fix problem -> servers up. That's what I call a good service. Dedication. Rift did that early...they would go down for 15mins then back up. Planed maintenance is an industry norm and accepted. Every 2 days is just stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 08:30 to 16:30 (Well, 06:30 to 18:30 if you count my travel time) That's not shift work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELhikari Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 That's not shift work. I didn't say it was. Those are my working hours and my total-time-out-of-the-house, respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorealin Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 So they are going back to their other MMOs that have weekly downtimes of about 8 or so hours?.......hrmm No they are leaving the game. They are not renewing their subs. Have you looked at the ques lately? Very few are high..most are all standard or light now. They are failing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akirator Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Rift did that early...they would go down for 15mins then back up. Planed maintenance is an industry norm and accepted. Every 2 days is just stupid Except it's NOT every two days. It's usually twice a week, one 8hr maintenance and one 4hr "emergency". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksterken Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Pretty sure they keep servers down this long just to keep costs down. In Rift a weekly patch would mean maybe an hour downtime? Edited January 31, 2012 by micksterken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancientwolfgr Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) I play FF XI servers only go down during version updates which happen every few months or so. A Asian update is about this big: > [ === ] While an American update averages: > [ ========= ] Thought everyone knew that. Edited January 31, 2012 by Ancientwolfgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_Saber Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Why do they constantly need to be shutting these servers down? My guild is loosing players like flies. They are all going back to their old MMOs You had better get a handle on this fast. This is completely unacceptable. So, wait, you're simultaneously complaining that they have bugs, *and* that they take a regularly scheduled maintenance to fix them? Make up your mind. Incidentally, if they had memory leaks in the server code, you'd probably never know about it. Edited January 31, 2012 by Pink_Saber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAzurith Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I still want to know how the morning is peak time for EU players....I'd rather have the mait from 8:00am to whenever. I usually play till 4 or 5 am. Point is just because the time sucks for you doesn't mean it sucks for everyone. Most people are at work at that time-not everyone. But the time will always be bad for someone. It sucks for you, ok then go play something else or go outside, or make friends w/e. 8hr down times are not bad they keep people from dying from playing to much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osuaaron Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Fix stuff, people aren't happy. Don't fix stuff, people aren't happy. Oh, the launching of a new MMO. Hang in there, BW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Indomitus Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) I think these updates/maintenance times are GREAT! It really demonstrates Bioware's commitment to improving the game and supporting the community. I think I would be more worried if no maintenance was scheduled... Plus it give me at least one day a week when I can sleep. Respectfully, Sanjuro 1. Timing sucks for EU, especially for GMT+2 2. They need TOO MUCH time to fix SO LITTLE, that's inefficiency 3. Well known bugs that SHOULD had been easy to fix, haven't be fixed yet Fix stuff, people aren't happy. Don't fix stuff, people aren't happy. Oh, the launching of a new MMO. Hang in there, BW. You guys aren;t good at propaganda, so stop with it. Fix stuff efficiently is what you are looking for. Edited January 31, 2012 by Lord_Indomitus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Planed maintenance is an industry norm and accepted. Yes it is. EVE has 30 minutes / day. But they can take cluster down if there is a problem like people get blown up by their own POS guns. And none of the players complain. It's only patch days CCP needs to be careful with things like how long it takes and how they handle possible issues after patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELhikari Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 So, wait, you're simultaneously complaining that they have bugs, *and* that they take a regularly scheduled maintenance to fix them? Make up your mind. That's a fairly usual customer response. We have the same problem at work - they either complain about us pushing out updates with fixes for bugs they've reported or they complain that we haven't fixed the bugs they've reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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