What's with ALL THE SERVER MAINT?!?!?!!??!!?
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Posted on: 2011-09-30 06:15 in Player Questions
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Originally Posted by quickfire
A. They have no choice. Means poor planning.
B. They think it's a non-issue...like many here. The same guys that said the game is healthy as is, doesn't need F2P, didn't lose almost half it's playerbase....yep. Fans are the best people to take critical advice from. |
Wow. Way to false-choice it.
There's a few more options. Like they COULD let critical bugs go until the next maintenance window. But people would then gripe about letting critical bugs go unpatched for more than a day.
Some of them are issues that DIRECTLY affect gameplay (like Praetorian free-to-players running into the old level cap.
Bugs like these are not something you can plan every eventuality for. You can make general plans. And they HAVE. When these show-stoppers come up, they patch IMMEDIATELY.
I'd rather that then find out that I have to wait another week for a maintenance window because of a horrific bug revealed 10 minutes after the close of the last maintenance window.
It comes down to this.
Some people think ANY downtime for maintenance is unacceptable.
Some people think the amount of downtime for maintenance CURRENTLY is unacceptable.
Some people think that the amount of downtime for maintenance currently is irritating but if it patches bugs, c'est la vie.
And some freaks beg for more downtime so they can de-graft themselves from their chairs for a few seconds.
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Wow, really? You've been on that 100 PP path for awhile...|
Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
100 PP would be good as compensation.
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You get 1200 PP for $15, so that request is for essentially $1.25. So, either you really aren't that disturbed by all the downtime or there's something specific for 100 PP you want. Maybe there's another reason for that amount, but I'm not sure what it is...
I find your lack of signature disturbing.
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Originally Posted by Emberly Oh look, it's this thread again. |
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Originally Posted by Frost Warden
Hey, these threads only come up on days ending in "day"....
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Irony much....
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Rubbish. Total rubbish. |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
If people quit because of these downtimes, then they probably have also given up driving due to all that downtime at the pump.
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I understand you don't like threads ranting and complaining, but drawing over the top examples doesn't help.
People will quit if they feel the downtime exceeds they ability to play the game the majority of times they want. You don't have to try and paint a picture that all people who feel that way are being whining entitlement based chumps. Call people out if they are being whining chumps, but that's not what you are doing.
It shows clearly you are coming from a position of privilege in regards to downtime and not prepared to accept others viewpoints. You also lose any credibility in claiming others using hyperbole aren't worth listening to.
edit: And to add before words are inserted into my meaning, I find the downtime very annoying, but at this stage I understand why there's a lot of it. I also think paragon has in the past has successfully minimalised the downtimes for those of us in Aus time zones, and I'm trusting it will go back to normal sometime.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Your overuse of punctuation marks has depleted the reserves which the coders and servercorns need to properly utilize/metabolize the code that keeps the game running. Please try to ration your use of punctuation to no more than two marks per ending of a sentence, but preferably you could make do with only one per sentence termination. The servercorns need those marks to function and the supply is not limitless within any given increment of time. Thank you for your understanding.
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Originally Posted by KalakasTank
Why is it that CoX(which has been around for years) is experiencing the type of issues that 99% of other games go through during their initial launch??
Here's are rhetorical question also... Why am I paying for this game when there is more down time than play time?? This is absolutely pathetic! |
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It seems to me that NCSoft must weigh the benefits of providing critical patches as soon as they can--especially during delicate periods surrounding huge game updates like Freedom/Convergence--against the possibility of losing players who are so annoyed by the downtime that they give up on the game for good. My guess is that from an overall numbers perspective, the benefits far outweigh the projected losses, and NCSoft will continue to perform necessary maintenance at appropriately critical junctures.
If a subscriber really truly is traumatized by all the downtime I'm sure they can write a complaint to NCSoft customer support and get a partial refund. However, I'm pretty sure that complaining about it here is pretty much next to useless, unless the goal is simply to rant for its own sake.
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Eh, it' gotten better. This is post-release DOOOOM. This level used to be daily DOOOOM.|
Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
Ah, my first day back after 5 months away. Oh, game is down, let's check out the forums and see if they've changed...
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Originally Posted by Giant2005
I know of almost two dozen people who have quit due to this.
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Originally Posted by quickfire
Sensible or not, understandable or not, it does not change the point that it is probably bad timing since players that left the game are returning.
This was not the time to be having these problems. I do not expect players to be as understanding as you are. |
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If he cut down on his beer intake he wouldn't be PPing so much.
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Originally Posted by Frost Warden
Wow, really? You've been on that 100 PP path for awhile...
You get 1200 PP for $15, so that request is for essentially $1.25. So, either you really aren't that disturbed by all the downtime or there's something specific for 100 PP you want. Maybe there's another reason for that amount, but I'm not sure what it is... |
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Sir, I feel compelled to complain about your post complaining about all the complaining! |
Originally Posted by tanstaafl
That's funny. Complaining how frequent these threads appear, when they appear in less number than server downtimes.
Irony much.... |
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No, it looks like some people are coming from a position of levelheadedness in regards to downtime. This is a GAME. It's not my bank, broker, phone company or electric company.|
Originally Posted by tanstaafl
It shows clearly you are coming from a position of privilege in regards to downtime and not prepared to accept others viewpoints.
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| edit: And to add before words are inserted into my meaning, I find the downtime very annoying, but at this stage I understand why there's a lot of it. I also think paragon has in the past has successfully minimalised the downtimes for those of us in Aus time zones, and I'm trusting it will go back to normal sometime. |
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I just hope that 200MB patches aren't going to be a weekly thing to add new game assets that can be bought at the store. I'm getting tired be able to play only a couple of days between massive downloads.
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It's not so much their frequency.|
Originally Posted by tanstaafl
That's funny. Complaining how frequent these threads appear, when they appear in less number than server downtimes.
Irony much.... |
It's the quantity of them generated (as in multiple discussion threads), all saying the same exact thing. As such, they outnumber the downtimes by roughly an order of magnitude. If not more.
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It's the players with the Gotta Have It Nao!!! that are the real problem. |
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I just hope that 200MB patches aren't going to be a weekly thing to add new game assets that can be bought at the store. I'm getting tired be able to play only a couple of days between massive downloads.
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Not really complaining, just find it amusing that these threads keep showing up. You know, making a joke about it? Maybe I should have put a smiley at the end? |
Originally Posted by tanstaafl
That's funny. Complaining how frequent these threads appear, when they appear in less number than server downtimes.
Irony much.... |
I find your lack of signature disturbing.
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The suspicion is that the download was mostly the Halloween event.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I just hope that 200MB patches aren't going to be a weekly thing to add new game assets that can be bought at the store.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I just hope that 200MB patches aren't going to be a weekly thing to add new game assets that can be bought at the store. I'm getting tired be able to play only a couple of days between massive downloads.
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Unfortunately, those of us with a lick of sense have too high an expectation from those without a lick of sense. As a result, we are sorely disappointed and genuinely confused when they go into a nerd rage about obviously necessary things.|
Originally Posted by The_Larker
If anyone has a lick of sense in their head then they will realize that with all the huge changes this game has undergone downtime is a neccesity to get everything right and implement said changes.
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Personally, I blame today's "instant gratification" society.
Or, they could have just woken up and stubbed their toe while getting out of the shower after spilling hot coffee (even though they don't drink coffee) on their lap when they ate a breakfast of cold lumpy oatmeal and realized that they were out of any kind of sweetening agent.
What? It could happen.
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
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That and the fanatic determination to misinterpret what is meant by the phrase, "The customer is always right." combined with grossly exaggerated entitlement issues.
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Originally Posted by Twisted Toon
Personally, I blame today's "instant gratification" society.
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True very, very true....
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
That and the fanatic determination to misinterpret what is meant by the phrase, "The customer is always right." combined with grossly exaggerated entitlement issues.
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Bunny must be crying and faceplanting a lot lately, Larker...
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Let's just sort out the complaints once and for all...
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I sympathize! This totally sucks. I love this game too and I hate not being able to play it.| There's been a lot of downtime recently, the downtime is right in my prime playtime, I haven't been able to play the game as much as I'd like. ;.; |
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| I have paid for a month of access and I'm not getting what I paid for! I *deserve* to have extra days refunded! |
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| This is poor business sense, I may be lenient but others won't, if you carry on like this you will lose players. |
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| The Devs should be doing something about all this downtime! |
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| Well they should be doing something to make there be less downtime. |
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| Well... |
They still went ahead with the downtimes, so that means whatever players are going to leave because of the downtimes are already accounted for and deemed "acceptable losses".
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We all know it sucks when you can't play the game. But if the Devs and server techs decided the servers need more downtime, no amount of angry posting will make there be less downtime.
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I understand your frustrations at the downtime of the game and hope you have a good day in spite of it. I too consider it a misfortune as I am returning after a long break (my old 'puter sploded) and seem to find that some of my time is spent watching the server status, hoping for them to boot up again.
I find it difficult to hatch my insidious machinations when the world does not exist. Many kittens have perished in the interim, and much of the fur is still in my teeth. My dental hygienist will likely cry on my next visit. I hope I won't have to aggressively silence him, as it is difficult to find a good dentist with industrial strength hardware. Kittens, while seemingly innocuous, are murder on the molars, you know... but so sinfully decadent!
And to some of you other forumites... you realize, I'm sure, that as often as people might post a repetitive topic, that responses like "Another of the same thread..." or "This doesn't belong here", or "The OP's title is blah-blah-blah" is not unlike the behavior you choose to chide. It is, in my opinion, a tad hostile and trite... generally I can respect that. Even still... this I find irksome, as I only want to hear admonitions from one dictator... myself. So how 'bout we each agree to rule our own fiefdoms, and only try to take over others when need for expansion demands it? After all... this council is to exchange ideals and information as well as being the occasional sounding board. If there is truly a violation we have moderators to handle it. It's the greatest perk of being dictators after all... delegating authority while alighting our thrones and gobbling up kittens. Perhaps those predilections are not shared though. Hmm... a world without kitten crunching... too horrible to ponder.
Well... I really need to mop up all this kitten juice before it shorts out another 'puter.
Regards,
Priesteater.