Server downtime on 5 minutes notice?
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Posted on: 2011-08-25 13:22 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Having actually seen that, its quite interesting.
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Only 15 people in the room. Absolutely awesome.
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As a new player i think poorly of all these 'Weekly' updates which are more like daily.
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Originally Posted by genealogymaster3
does this happen a lot?
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Would you rather the servers be down for maintenence, or them just leave it all bugged? Server maintenence is essential to keep the servers running as smooth as can be, and with I21 coming soon they need to prep for it.
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Originally Posted by Jaziel
As a new player i think poorly of all these 'Weekly' updates which are more like daily.
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Usually we don´t even have weekly updates... you just picked a bad time to start playing. |
Originally Posted by Jaziel
As a new player i think poorly of all these 'Weekly' updates which are more like daily.
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It's a Nemesis plot to get us to go play Beta!
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Originally Posted by Freitag
Hi everyone,
We'd like to apologize for the short notice and the inconvenience caused by this downtime. We understand that this is far from ideal, and we would like to make it clear that we would not do this unless it were absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, I do not have any information to provide right now as regards how long this maintenance will last, but we will most definitely keep you updated. Thank you for your patience and understanding, and again, our sincerest apologies. ~Freitag |
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Didn't we already decide this was some form of Australian plot?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Body
It's a Nemesis plot to get us to go play Beta!
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Good. Then . . . oh, never mind . . .|
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WTF is all I have to say.
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The GMs hate paying customers apparently.
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QFT. Let the fanbois ring!
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Any chance of an ETA devs?
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*Gasp!* They inadvertently turned on the alpha version of cross-server teaming didn't they... |
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Very wrong.
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*Is Australian* Problem?|
Originally Posted by Aneurysmo
Didn't we already decide this was some form of Australian plot?
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On a side note, if your bored and waiting like me check this link, it's a Portal fan-vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4druc...eature=feedlik
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The recent daily downtimes have been to upgrade the servers ready for the extra players coming in with the free-to-play option later this year.
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Originally Posted by Jaziel
As a new player i think poorly of all these 'Weekly' updates which are more like daily.
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Earthquake in Virginia, hurricane Irene trashing everything that comes in her path, and now CoH is down?! What's next?
It's doom I say!!! DOOMMMMMM...
I am prepared for the locusts and famine that are sure to follow.
And the rain of frogs. At least, I think I'm ready for a rain of frogs, but how can one be absolutely certain you are prepared for that?
(in this post i am in no way minimizing the tragedy of Irene.)
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I have literally no idea what they did, but I genuinely found my level 50+1 SS/Fire Brute plonked in the middle of some random guy's first Kalinda mission.
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Originally Posted by Kallandra
*Gasp!* They inadvertently turned on the alpha version of cross-server teaming didn't they...
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Or alternatively, check out some old skool comedy:|
Originally Posted by Jaziel
*Is Australian* Problem?
On a side note, if your bored and waiting like me check this link, it's a Portal fan-vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4druc...eature=feedlik |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDaS...eature=related
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Pfft. I'm amazed that there are people that think unexpected or emergency downtimes are things that can be scheduled in advance.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
See announcements, Immediate Emergency maintenance.
It happens. I'm still kind of amazed people think things never go wrong. |
Alittle late to the party but How long have they been down for so far?
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So, all those people saying there was a WW problem before it went down were serious?
*****, I was putting up a half-billion in bids when it happened - you people are going to make me paranoid.
Well since (I believe) they probably downsized with the new 'upgrade' and are running on as small a server farm as possible.
I can see why there might be an issue that would require bringing the farm down.
Hopefully it wont be down that long.
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Of course they can be! Look, I just did so right here!:|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Pfft. I'm amazed that there are people that think unexpected or emergency downtimes are things that can be scheduled in advance.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Well,going to be a bit longer,they just made another announcement,hotfix to all the live servers.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...89#post3835989
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It was a care-free Thursday with the sun all high and shiny.
The course of day was A-OK, and troubles, they were tiny.
We all got up (or all got home), butts in our seats were rooted,
all set to go--not Triumph, though, which wasn't up and booted.
Logging in with starry eyes and smiles on our faces,
we delved right in to play within the most fantastic places.
Friends and all acquaintances joined hands and ran amok
to swat with glee the enemy and clear the WTF.
All was well and happy as we went along our way.
We hit the trail and kicked some tail and praised the glorious day.
The feeling left our backsides (or our eyes were cleared of rheum),
but suddenly, in red, we'd see five minutes 'til our doom.
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Why on earth would you think they downgraded the servers? It's not like they could sell their current ones for any large sum of money... so 'downgrading' would result in losing money more likely than not! And, you really don't want to cut your capacity when you're expecting likely the largest sudden influx of players since the launch of the game!
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Originally Posted by Cosmic_Herald
Well since (I believe) they probably downsized with the new 'upgrade' and are running on as small a server farm as possible.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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I've seen this happen with wizard101 when the do a big expansion or add servers. There is more down time than usual as they sort things out.
What is a hotfix?
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