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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Its Sunday and the server is once again broken after another maintaince and patch!

I fail to understand why maintaince of the server and another patch have to occur on the weekend, when so many people around the world are trying to play the game!

Don't the developers understand this is the WORST time to perform mantaince on the server and if it keeps going down as a result of the maintaince/patch, people will QUIT the game because they can't play it!
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    If the servers go down, it's time to perform maintenance.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Some people will quit due to maintenance, but since it will be the crowd that gets upset because they cannot play 1/5 of the day we will be better off.

    As for regular maintenance on sunday, cryptic probably knows how long they can stretch the server before needing to take it down. ATM it just happens to hit on sundays.

    Since you seem to be referring to right now, it is not maintenance. It crashed. They really don't plan those.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    No, they brought the server down to perform "routine" maintaince and to patch it again. It was planned.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Sarile wrote: »
    No, they brought the server down to perform "routine" maintaince and to patch it again. It was planned.

    Yes of course it was. :rolleyes: And the weekend is the best time for it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    normally for business software i would agree sunday is the day for maintanance...


    but for gaming software where I would guess are played most in the weekend??? I would expect early monday morning... or in the night and then in 2 steps? first 50% when game play is so slow that people can keep playing on the still up 50%.. and then then bring the patched servers up and down and upgrade the other 50%?

    my 2 cts...

    but then again.. they must be proffesional enough to monitor the game play for the last weeks and have seen that this is the time to patch because the least players are on...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Securion wrote: »
    Yes of course it was. :rolleyes: And the weekend is the best time for it.

    Actually it was posted at the launcher at least 3 hours before they took them down.

    The reason for why its always like this on weekends is simple, more people log in and Cryptics "No servers, instances!" just works so far before the server falls on its TRIBBLE. Not that I have an issue with the "no servers" part, just think it should be backed up by a system then dont go into seizures as soon as the EU and US crowds playtime overlap.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Securion wrote: »
    Yes of course it was. :rolleyes: And the weekend is the best time for it.

    Yes! It's Sunday morning on Valentines Day. Go to church, make breakfest, kiss a girl... Why are you trying to get on now?
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