Though I understand the need for such actions from the development team: locate, address and, correct such issues, it is the lack of information before hand; not knowing when those actions' take place, may or may not upset some of the subscribers of the Star Trek Online community.
...really? They do this every Thursday at the same time. What's not predictable about that?
Now i understand it needs to be done, n even tho it happens during the only two hours i get to play thur to sun in my timezone (gotta get ready for work in an hour), but i can understand it needs doing.
That said thanx to the extention i guess i am not gonna get to play at all today, it comes up 30mins before i gotta go n then i gotta patch so will have maybe 15mins to play, just spec-bleedin-tacular. I plan on having an hour to play due to the patching, but i get 15 lousy mins, not enough time to get anything done
Why does it always have to be during eu primetime, i understand it needs doing, but can't the times be varied week to week a bit so us eu players r not gettin constantly shafted by the timing?
While i'm on the subject any info on what these 'general stability' fixes actually are, bcuz if some of the annoying long term bugs r finally getting sorted would be nice to know which ones.
You need to fix your timing on maintaince. You said it would be done 9AM it wasn't, you estimate is usually at least an hour off. so please stop lying to us on when it's done. It's very annoying to fire it up seeing maintaince schedule for such and such time PDT. I look at my clock and since I'm an hour ahead of PDT it's after (am so I'm like sweet. then boom can't get on.
Honestly what they should do is a pull a scotty.
I.E Advertise that it will take longer than it actually would. :cool:
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid." - Q
Software isn't easy, especially when you have a bunch of whiners on your back. Chill out, be patient, and remember that it's down for 2-3 hours *once* per *week*.
why take it down during the hours posted??? this is 10-noon east coast??? 8-10 in my zone???
I like to check my status in the am and then get to work not the best timing for "maintenance"
why not schedule this for early am???
The time they scheduled it for is the time that the development staff is already at work, which is best if a problem occurs, they have the most qualified people on-site and ready to go rather than having to wake someone up, get them to work, brief them, then finally address the problem. Further, they don't have to change their schedules once every week and they don't have to have a full staff working the night shift just for the once a week update. Besides, this particular time is early morning to someone. No matter what happens, someone's gonna get the update at 5:00 in the evening.
Honestly what they should do is a pull a scotty.
I.E Advertise that it will take longer than it actually would. :cool:
Now THAT'S the kind of thinking that would make Cryptic less than a 7-letter curse word in some vocabularies.
In other news: Some dev left his Tribble in the Server room and they now have to sanitize and defurr the servers. This is the reason for the extra delay.
Now THAT'S the kind of thinking that would make Cryptic less than a 7-letter curse word in some vocabularies.
In other news: Some dev left his Tribble in the Server room and they now have to sanitize and defurr the servers. This is the reason for the extra delay.
Ah thanks for the info
__________________________________ CO noob and STO veteran.
Honestly what they should do is a pull a scotty.
I.E Advertise that it will take longer than it actually would. :cool:
Spock: I understand we are having trouble with warp drive. How long will repairs take?
Scotty: There's nothing wrong with the thing!
Spock: If we return to starbase, the assassins will dispose of their incriminating footwear and we will never see Captain Kirk or Doctor McCoy again.
Scotty: Could take weeks sir!
Sorry, your post reminded me so much of this. And why can I still not log on?! It's 17:17 UTC now and I cant even log on, let alone load the patch. Sorry to be a pest Cryptic but this is seriously annoying.
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...really? They do this every Thursday at the same time. What's not predictable about that?
CO noob and STO veteran.
Now i understand it needs to be done, n even tho it happens during the only two hours i get to play thur to sun in my timezone (gotta get ready for work in an hour), but i can understand it needs doing.
That said thanx to the extention i guess i am not gonna get to play at all today, it comes up 30mins before i gotta go n then i gotta patch so will have maybe 15mins to play, just spec-bleedin-tacular. I plan on having an hour to play due to the patching, but i get 15 lousy mins, not enough time to get anything done
Why does it always have to be during eu primetime, i understand it needs doing, but can't the times be varied week to week a bit so us eu players r not gettin constantly shafted by the timing?
While i'm on the subject any info on what these 'general stability' fixes actually are, bcuz if some of the annoying long term bugs r finally getting sorted would be nice to know which ones.
Yeah it's usually easy to see coming.
CO noob and STO veteran.
Bring in a security engineer! No, wait. Bring two, so we can short-circuit the talk about this being impossible.
CO noob and STO veteran.
Agree there.
Then you should learn that they do maintenance every Thursday at the same time.
CO noob and STO veteran.
Another thing.. how hard is getting stability? 2:30 hours?.. *facepalm*
I.E Advertise that it will take longer than it actually would. :cool:
That would be interesting to see when I get back on.
CO noob and STO veteran.
Oh they're such liars then.. patch note said stability improvements.
Yep, that would be nice.
CO noob and STO veteran.
Seriously, first world problems or what..
It is only a guess
CO noob and STO veteran.
The time they scheduled it for is the time that the development staff is already at work, which is best if a problem occurs, they have the most qualified people on-site and ready to go rather than having to wake someone up, get them to work, brief them, then finally address the problem. Further, they don't have to change their schedules once every week and they don't have to have a full staff working the night shift just for the once a week update. Besides, this particular time is early morning to someone. No matter what happens, someone's gonna get the update at 5:00 in the evening.
Now THAT'S the kind of thinking that would make Cryptic less than a 7-letter curse word in some vocabularies.
In other news: Some dev left his Tribble in the Server room and they now have to sanitize and defurr the servers. This is the reason for the extra delay.
Ah thanks for the info
CO noob and STO veteran.
LMFAO you joking right
Because it just passed 18 minutes. :P
CO noob and STO veteran.
Spock: I understand we are having trouble with warp drive. How long will repairs take?
Scotty: There's nothing wrong with the thing!
Spock: If we return to starbase, the assassins will dispose of their incriminating footwear and we will never see Captain Kirk or Doctor McCoy again.
Scotty: Could take weeks sir!
Sorry, your post reminded me so much of this. And why can I still not log on?! It's 17:17 UTC now and I cant even log on, let alone load the patch. Sorry to be a pest Cryptic but this is seriously annoying.
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