Lantador Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) I can't even begin to describe how freaking horrible it is to take down the servers during PRIMETIME EVENING - Patch it during the night you *********** idiots and learn theres actually something outside the *********** US of *********** A. Edited March 15, 2012 by Lantador Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dodge_ Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 damn i never reach the last page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsoncasper Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 everyone - we apologize for the inconvenience. We do everything we can to avoid taking the servers down for maintenance outside of our regular weekly maintenance, but in some cases (like this one, unfortunately) we can't avoid it. This patch is necesary to ensure a good experience for all players during our weekend pass trial weekend. We never take interrupting your playtime lightly, and this is no exception. Emergencies do happen occasionally, and we are working as quickly as we can to bring the servers back up so you can continue enjoying the game. In the meantime, we'll keep you updated with any new information that becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to ensure everything goes smoothly this weekend. your bakery goods are weak old man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genne Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Rofl they are now patching to get ready for their free weekend invites. "So we will f* up with few subscribers we have left, but let’s hope we will get some new noobs with trials" So instead of bug fixing BW is working on trial stuff and patching that’s fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxlord Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 You do you're education system proud. Anyone else note the irony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apolelis Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 They are clearly Stabbing Julius Caesar. Beware the Ides of March B*tches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaruenMakai Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Kerplunk Kerplunk Kerplunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba_Phett Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 QUICK SOMEONE CALL 911 .__________>/^\< | ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '|__\ | WAMBULANCE - | i<< I_______________|I ..""(@)"""""""""(@)"............ roflpops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbydog Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Another epic fail. Closing the servers during peak time with 15 minutes warning. Firstly it's annoying that the servers need to go down: It'll be another hotfix due to the lack of testing that goes on (there is not a usable PTR so how can testing happen...). Second more annoying is the time you decide to do it: Yet again the policy of having the servers in one location proves to be a poor choice, it may reduce your running costs but it's proving to be a major headache for European players (we do afterall pay a lot of the running costs). And the history of timing speaks for itself, this isn't a one off - it always seems to be during peak EU hours. We've had weekends, public holidays, peak times in the evening... In fact it's probably fair to say you couldn't pick worse times to do it. You're not winning yourself any fans BIOWARE! Question to the developers: Just a thought, but why not sort a usable PTR as your first priority? Then the impact of patches on the live game will be minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickleson Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Please close this madness. Greetings from Argentina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azumio Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 SWTOR has been loosing subscribers at about ~2-3% per week http://www.torstatus.net/shards/us/totals in US and even faster http://www.torstatus.net/shards/eu in EU Bringing down servers at prime-time for 40% of their subscribers, multiple days in a row, will shorten the inevitable demise.... Meh. We all know this is a tide-me-over game with no lasting appeal. It'll be done and dusted within two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokuras Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 like i said ppl in eu would still complain if they fix everything they wanted fixed. you can never make them happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugara Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) you do know anyone who posts in this forum is obviously still subbed..... you cant post if you dont have a subscription.. so jokes on you You can unsub and still have time left smart guy... Edited March 15, 2012 by Fugara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMarbh Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Much more activity here than on my server (during peak times!). lol Haha. mine too. Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterZz Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thank you Bioware for ruining our planned raid evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeli Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) I'm another European (UK) player who has just come home from work and found to my surprise that I couldn't play! I accept that hotfixes are sometimes needed for MMOs, but - and maybe I just have a faulty memory - I can't remember in my four years of WoW that the servers went down for a patch at peak (European) time. It would be nice if BioWare could deploy teams, like Blizzard, to ensure that maintenance times are adjusted for time zones. But, I do understand that that would require spending (probably a lot) of money, and since we're living in unstable economic times, that might not be very desirable from a business point of view. I can also understand it's a lot simpler to deploy a patch all in one go across every server zone. Overall, I'd prefer it if we could have a team for Europe (and I guess Asia too) who deploys patches at a non-peak time... but maybe it's one for the future. I also have to say, it's a very insular view to say that; because BioWare is an North American company, no-one else outside of America has any right to be annoyed about not being able to play at a peak time. I don't think the players who are saying this would be thrilled at the prospect of not being able to play at their peak time. It's also foolish to generalise that 'all American people are stupid', or whatever. That's just basic playground idiocy, in my book. There are uninformed people and then also very wise people of all nationalities and the proportions are never that different, in my experience. Edited March 15, 2012 by Aeli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Ziva Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Everyone - we apologize for the inconvenience. We do everything we can to avoid taking the servers down for maintenance outside of our regular weekly maintenance, but in some cases (like this one, unfortunately) we can't avoid it. This patch is necesary to ensure a good experience for all players during our Weekend Pass Trial weekend. We never take interrupting your playtime lightly, and this is no exception. Emergencies do happen occasionally, and we are working as quickly as we can to bring the servers back up so you can continue enjoying the game. In the meantime, we'll keep you updated with any new information that becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to ensure everything goes smoothly this weekend. I fail to see how preparing for a free weekend constitutes an emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelsvoice Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 i laughed when i seen all the qq, us aussies are use to servers going down each week in wow for the last 7 years peak time , this is a game in the usa, usa population playerbase is bigger then any off us. deal with it or you can just pack your bags and move to the usa that would solve all your problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionbaron Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Can it be so hard to implement rolling maintenance that starts according to the actual time-zones? This is a serious blunder from EA/Bioware that needs to be fixed ASAP! If not, the GMT zone will soon be as populated as Tjernobyl... Edited March 15, 2012 by Unionbaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaNgStaAr Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm serriously going to start posting exploits on the dev forums each day until i run out so they emergency patch this time every day. I mean this is just to funny. Serriously. Make a monty python MMO or something and keep it in house. Because you obviously cant come up with your own games, so flame america for being good at making games and fixing them when they need fixed when your "about to raid!" for christ sake people are pug'ing HM ops now. like its a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZRated Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Lol this threads going faster than the one about the really late Friday update that ended up being about maps. No doubt!! I posted while page 31 was last page here...by the time I hit post there were 20 more pages added in the time it took to type 3 sentences.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoMbY Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 This patch is necesary to ensure a good experience for all players during our Weekend Pass Trial weekend. Seriously? You're doing a patch during European prime time, for some advertising stunt, and without care for your paying customers? Whoever is responsible for this, should get fired immediately ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieAlteHexe Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well, if anyone had an argument that the SWTOR community was better than WoW, this thread blows that clean out of the water. Lol. I dunno 'bout that...looks to be about equal to me unless WoW General has mellowed in the 4 or 5 years I've been gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranma-chan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 SWTOR forums - "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." ^^And we have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLoveCakes Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 WOW here I come! Screw this game. I expected smth way better from Bioware, but looks like BW is only good at making games for brainless console peasants )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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