Not always - I've seen events just stop happening, like a switch being turned off.
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All events are on switches. They can be manually turned on or off, or a timer set up to turn them on or off. They are not patches, though, if there is a last minute change to an event before it starts, they would need to bring the servers down for that patch and then start the event.
Back when we had daily, then twice-a-week, maintenance periods, the Devs would time events to the maintenance periods for the sake of server stability.
Since maintenance is only once a week now and the servers much more stable, they don't need to time event starts and finishes with maintenance periods.
I've been online when a Winter Event ended. The presents just stop spawning.
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On this same note, we've been online when a Winter Event started also... |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
All events are on switches. They can be manually turned on or off, or a timer set up to turn them on or off.
... ... ... I've been online when a Winter Event ended. The presents just stop spawning. |
When the servers came online, many of us went to Pocket D to find the Chalet door locked, and we all started using the ;protest emote, lol... a few minutes later, the door suddenly started allowing us to enter. yay!
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When they did the Winter Event Preview I was in the D, looking out the window at the Chalet when it ended. Poof! It vanished in an instant.
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Originally Posted by Master-Blade
On this same note, we've been online when a Winter Event started also...
When the servers came online, many of us went to Pocket D to find the Chalet door locked, and we all started using the ;protest emote, lol... a few minutes later, the door suddenly started allowing us to enter. yay! |
But mah canes....
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I remember talking to GhostFalcon at HeroCon, and he mentioned that some of the events required a few backend changes. I don't believe he specified which, though.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
All events are on switches. They can be manually turned on or off, or a timer set up to turn them on or off. They are not patches, though, if there is a last minute change to an event before it starts, they would need to bring the servers down for that patch and then start the event.
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I'm curious, doesn't the Winter Event end tonight? I haven't seen an announcement about server downtime - don't they usually take down the system to turn off an event?