Forkrul Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 This is what we get when we are given the option to play on both US and EU server with same serial. If it was seperated like WoW I would also "demand" different times for maintenance. LoL manages it, Rift manages it, I'm pretty sure WAR manages it as well (haven't played in a year). Having both regions available at the same time does not mean you can't stagger maintenance/patches. It just means that there will be a small timeframe when the servers are not on the same patch that you will have to choose which one to play on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiaa Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) 8 hours down. More than likely 11. No website. But don't worry guys, Bioware has Facebook, Twitter and other third party sites if you need to get your fix on bad customer support. Edited January 2, 2012 by Tiaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangoownage Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Wonder when they will fix this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GumBoil Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 How is the maintenance hitting you while you're at work/school such a big problem? Because I retired 12 years ago. It's all about maintaining maximum availabilitiy for the majority of customers....which is why most professional outfits (even the one man and a dog ones) do maintenace about 2am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitan Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Because I retired 12 years ago. It's all about maintaining maximum availabilitiy for the majority of customers....which is why most professional outfits (even the one man and a dog ones) do maintenace about 2am. I doubt those words exist at the company running maintenance for Star Wars: The Old Republic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light_Valkyrie Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 On the upside maybe they will fix something worthwhile this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudbynight Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 See the server list...http://www.swtor.com/server-status yup sure looks like this is when the least EU people play:rolleyes: 9am here now. If I was off work today I would only be getting up now. Interesting to see how it looks in a couple of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huhn Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Because I retired 12 years ago. It's all about maintaining maximum availabilitiy for the majority of customers....which is why most professional outfits (even the one man and a dog ones) do maintenace about 2am. They do...in the US. but they should stagger the downtime so it has the least amount of people affected. I mean thats how most big MMOs do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitan Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 On the upside maybe they will fix something worthwhile this time? I wonder what a maintenance schedule looks like for them: Turn on the auto warning system for online players, about shutdownShutdown the serverGet some coffeeTake a napFiddle with some of the files that needs to be updatedTake another napDrink some more coffeeCall in another guy for assistanceTake another napTest the update if it runsTurn on the website againAsk a moderator to put on an Extended maintenance timeTake a napOpen the server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 being a European player im going to throw a few numbers out there 8 hour maintenance 8AM TILL 4PM once a week is 4x8 hours a month that's 32 hours a month over the year that's 16 days we lose out on not accounting for any other maintenance you will do ....and you decide to do this during the day will we get them 16 days refunded no i think not Get a grip. The normal maintenance period won't be 8 hours at a time. It's longer this time because there are more bugs to deal with. Normal maintenance window will be around 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forkrul Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Get a grip. The normal maintenance period won't be 8 hours at a time. It's longer this time because there are more bugs to deal with. Normal maintenance window will be around 4 hours. How does the number of bugs fixed affect the maintenance times? The only thing that affects is the size of the downloads we get after the maintenance. This feels more like they're updating each server manually in serial, not parallel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucpol Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 With regards to the players-other mmo's suscribers have proven that an 'unhappy bunch', can affect the titles future. As far as the maintenance periods-lets give Bio folks a chance and hope that the time it takes to implement maintenance on servers gets shorter in future, as previous posters have stated. Just my 2 cents. LOng live the ecosystem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperov Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 OMG guys, some of you here still raging aboout 8 hours. There is an origianal topic that says: Generally speaking we are aiming to limit our scheduled maintenance period to once a week, on Tuesdays. However, this week we will perform maintenance on Wednesday due to the New Year’s holiday. We are aiming for this weekly maintenance period to take place in an off-peak time for both North American and European players. http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-4-2012 So please, be patient, it is not fair to blame game developers and then turn on the game and be like: OMG it's awesome! - wich you won't share here again;) *Sorry for my English, I am still newbie in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperov Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I wonder what a maintenance schedule looks like for them: Turn on the auto warning system for online players, about shutdownShutdown the serverGet some coffeeTake a napFiddle with some of the files that needs to be updatedTake another napDrink some more coffeeCall in another guy for assistanceTake another napTest the update if it runsTurn on the website againAsk a moderator to put on an Extended maintenance timeTake a napOpen the server This all is a crap what you wrote here. You don't know anything about their work and for this your ladder you shouldn't be playing SWTOR anymore if you can't appreciate their work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperov Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Btw guys, I am glad to be 1st whos saying this: all servers are back online now, 9 minutes ago. So no 8hours maintiance. Let's go berserk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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