It's the downtime to set up dbl xp
The leading theory in the help channel seems to be that they need to take the servers down to apply 2xp. I don't know if that's true, or if it's for some other reason, or maybe they just want to make sure things are stable before 2xp's inevitable spike of activity.
I'm a bit miffed we didn't have an announcement for it more than 30 minutes in advance, but oh well.
Yeah it'll probably be a quick one -- change a few flags , test them out, then let it rip.
They've done this several times before, so it is just a matter of going through the procedure.
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So it's just today? Or is it everyday during double exp? Also, it seems at least one of the servers already went down earlier today (though without warning) ...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...72#post4152872
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The unexpected server problems we saw a few days ago happens very, very rarely with this game. I've played here fairly regularly for almost 8 years now and I think I've seen "unexpected" downtime like that only happen like maybe 3 or 4 times tops.|
Originally Posted by LightBlack
So it's just today? Or is it everyday during double exp? Also, it seems at least one of the servers already went down earlier today (though without warning) ...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...72#post4152872 |
I wouldn't read too much into what's happening today. *shrugs*
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I'm not too concerned about the unexpected downtime, I too have only experienced it a negligible number of times. However, I am curious about whether they'll be running these checks on a daily basis over the weekend.
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It's likely today to switch double XP on, then again Monday morning to switch double XP back off.|
Originally Posted by LightBlack
So it's just today? Or is it everyday during double exp? Also, it seems at least one of the servers already went down earlier today (though without warning) ...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...72#post4152872 |
I wouldn't worry.
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I don't recall seeing scheduled "daily checks" during any other 2XP weekend. That's probably why they're doing something this morning to minimize the chance they'll have to do anything else during the rest of the "prime time" of the weekend.
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Originally Posted by LightBlack
However, I am curious about whether they'll be running these checks on a daily basis over the weekend.
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I'd say no, they never have done them daily during double xp before. A maintenance right before is typical though.|
Originally Posted by LightBlack
I'm not too concerned about the unexpected downtime, I too have only experienced it a negligible number of times. However, I am curious about whether they'll be running these checks on a daily basis over the weekend.
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And despite what the official announcement says, usually (always?) in my experience double xp runs until Monday morning maintenance, so more like 4-6am PST Monday morning rather than midnight Sunday.
I think that the message you saw pop up is some "canned" language they used in the past when there was a possibility of daily server maintenance - people were supposed to be less upset because they had been warned that it might happen.
Of course, even back then, we rarely had daily maintenance - they just wanted to put out the caveat that it might happen.
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Actually, the official announcement says 7am PST on Monday.|
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And despite what the official announcement says, usually (always?) in my experience double xp runs until Monday morning maintenance, so more like 4-6am PST Monday morning rather than midnight Sunday.
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Came up in Red Text. Since when did we go back to daily server maintenance?