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"No shards are available to your account at this time."

hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
edited February 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I just noticed this while firing up Neverwinter, and then STO and Champions. I hadn't updated Neverwinter in a while and wanted to patch my game during downtime. Before, I was able to patch and update any Cryptic clients while they were down. Now I am unable to.

This is new to me. Forgive me if this is old, but I've never seen this.
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  • vawlkusvawlkus Member Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Servers are being patched, so they're not available.
  • sammyspet1sammyspet1 Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    hypl wrote: »
    I just noticed this while firing up Neverwinter, and then STO and Champions. I hadn't updated Neverwinter in a while and wanted to patch my game during downtime. Before, I was able to patch and update any Cryptic clients while they were down. Now I am unable to.

    This is new to me. Forgive me if this is old, but I've never seen this.

    i see it too, strange that message has never come up.
    vawlkus wrote: »
    Servers are being patched, so they're not available.


    theres always 1 or 2 that dont read and get the wrong idea, try and patch the game it will say "No shards are available to your account at this time."

    thats not cos of the downtime, that message has never come up before if youve been in the game long enough u would know that.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    wanted to beat the Delta Meme n00bs LOL
    Join Date a player made up is NOT correct!
  • ussprometheus79ussprometheus79 Member Posts: 727 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Yeah, definitely a new one. I usually patch up before maintenance is over.
    If you've come to the forums to complain about the AFK system, it's known to be bugged at the moment.
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I've seen that only once, during the LOR release
  • killer1986chriskiller1986chris Member Posts: 382 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    My guess is the patch servers might be getting a refresh today even if just turned off for a bit, I'm not sure how much love they get.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,505 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    vawlkus wrote: »
    Servers are being patched, so they're not available.

    This particular message is unusual though and a bit of a bother. Usually i play tribble during maintenance.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • irk2013irk2013 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Yes bothersome is correct. Makes me wonder if we will be able to play this afternoon.

    I wish a dev or someone would at least tell us if this is normal and what it means.
  • kenthendkenthend Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    sammyspet1 wrote: »
    thats not cos of the downtime, that message has never come up before if youve been in the game long enough u would know that.

    I agree with this, I have been playing since 2012 and never seen it myself.
  • irk2013irk2013 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    kenthend wrote: »
    I agree with this, I have been playing since 2012 and never seen it myself.

    Well perhaps this is the end for Cryptic and this is how they will pack it all up... J/K yet I could see a game company do this kind of stuff when they decided to stop doing their games.
  • jackal1701apwjackal1701apw Member Posts: 669 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    This is not a normal message. Normally you can pre-patch the Thursday patch and get ready for when the servers come back.

    All of the shards (Holo, Tribble , Redshirt) are down without any method of applying the patch.

    Perhaps the day has finally come and this game has gone to the dustbin in the sky ;)
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    ...#LLAP...
  • arabaturarabatur Member Posts: 410 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    From the NW Community Manager, as no-one at Sto seems to like posting updates . . . .

    Update 3 (8:24 AM PST) - We've identified the issue with the account server and will be working to resolve it. However this means we will need to extend maintenance by another hour. The new estimated time is 11:30 AM PST. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
    Definitely not an Arc User.
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Same here, first time I've seen this message since the game went live.

    :cool:
    STO Member since February 2009.
    I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
    Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    arabatur wrote: »
    From the NW Community Manager, as no-one at Sto seems to like posting updates . . . .

    Update 3 (8:24 AM PST) - We've identified the issue with the account server and will be working to resolve it. However this means we will need to extend maintenance by another hour. The new estimated time is 11:30 AM PST. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.

    Thank goodness for the N.W. Folks.

    :rolleyes:
    STO Member since February 2009.
    I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
    Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
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  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    This is a warning message to what will happen if people don't start buying command ships.
  • killer1986chriskiller1986chris Member Posts: 382 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    robdmc wrote: »
    This is a warning message to what will happen if people don't start buying command ships.

    So you are saying all Cryptic games will shut down because of one "dlc"?
  • justwanttobejustwanttobe Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    ....regarding games that just 'end' one day:

    MechWarrior tactics did just that.
    They continued taking customers money, kept selling the game, literally up to the day they suddenly closed.

    Here is the Wikipedia site that has a short section on that controversy/ending/game:

    http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_Tactics

    And for those that laugh that the though that a game like this could close, all you have to do is look back at the MMO City of Heroes.
  • sammyspet1sammyspet1 Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    it was only a matter of time before them delta moaners come in and give their little thoughts, not that anyone pays any attention to that small group of miss fits.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    wanted to beat the Delta Meme n00bs LOL
    Join Date a player made up is NOT correct!
  • stuart1965stuart1965 Member Posts: 691 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Im guessing when we do see these shards, thats when we will see the patch downloading.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    been around since 10', never saw it before. but it dont make any difference, time will be lost regardless and those that complain about it, otherwise you may as well look at sleeping, eating food, going out getting some fresh air, having a life, work and so many other things that take up more time.

    will see what happens after the deadline in 20 minutes from now.
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • keravnioskeravnios Member Posts: 142 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    daveyny wrote: »
    Thank goodness for the N.W. Folks.

    :rolleyes:

    You got that right!
    [SIGPIC]http://i.imgur.com/cDshlWy.jpg[/SIGPIC]
  • dpsloss88dpsloss88 Member Posts: 765 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    LOL, good thing that this game is such TRIBBLE now that no one gives a chit if they can't download a patch....
  • sammyspet1sammyspet1 Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    dpsloss88 wrote: »
    LOL, good thing that this game is such TRIBBLE now that no one gives a chit if they can't download a patch....

    speak for yourself!!! i care and want to play this game
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    wanted to beat the Delta Meme n00bs LOL
    Join Date a player made up is NOT correct!
  • mikegammon1958mikegammon1958 Member Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The game is not TRIBBLE.
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Great, another hour and 15 mins. :(
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    mikegammon1958 wrote: »
    The game is not TRIBBLE.

    is not huh? how is it they keep bringing different toilets but always have the same problems? how imaginative you want to be with that is upto you as far as toilet humor goes, but is essentially accurate if anything the last 2 years has shown.
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • sammyspet1sammyspet1 Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    mirrorchaos wrote: »
    is not huh? how is it they keep bringing different toilets but always have the same problems? how imaginative you want to be with that is upto you as far as toilet humor goes, but is essentially accurate if anything the last 2 years has shown.


    yes and no, but no one is forcing you to play new stuff or get them. its up to you if you do or not.

    so yeah the game is not TRIBBLE its great and fun.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    wanted to beat the Delta Meme n00bs LOL
    Join Date a player made up is NOT correct!
  • cantrill1cantrill1 Member Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    arabatur wrote: »
    From the NW Community Manager, as no-one at Sto seems to like posting updates . . . .

    Update 3 (8:24 AM PST) - We've identified the issue with the account server and will be working to resolve it. However this means we will need to extend maintenance by another hour. The new estimated time is 11:30 AM PST. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.

    let me get this straight we have to find out extended downtime for STO from a different games forums ... wtf is going on
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    sammyspet1 wrote: »
    yes and no, but no one is forcing you to play new stuff or get them. its up to you if you do or not.

    so yeah the game is not TRIBBLE its great and fun.

    you think i dont already know that? what a presumption to know.

    from the horses mouth:
    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=22400131&postcount=2
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I see Smirk finally gave the STO players an Official Notice...

    Must be one of the N.W. Mods gave him a poke with an elbow.

    :cool:
    STO Member since February 2009.
    I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
    Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
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  • riccardo171riccardo171 Member Posts: 1,802 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I'm going to call it.


    *looks left*

    *looks right*

    DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
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