Please don't end up like these couples (Inform yourself before making decisions)

http://i.imgur.com/doZUv9M.png

What am I looking at?

The highlighted text shows players that reserved at the time maintenance happens
Somewhere on every server, there's a group of players that will be angry at SE when maintenance hits on their ceremony date (Despite the fact that SE gave in-game and external warnings) about scheduling on the exact day and time(s) maintenance begins.

Players should read the fine print before making these decisions, so that they won't end up angry.

Edit: Thanks to a Reddit user, they have a screenshot showing that the maintenance times were posted BEFORE RESERVATIONS WENT UP and the previous screenshot I posted was after changes were made.
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I'm sure they can reschedule the event so it's really no big deal. I mean it might be if they wanted that time but at least they can still get married without paying money again.

They had no way of knowing this when they reserved last Friday. That information is only up since today. But yeah, still sucks to be them.

They'd need a crystal ball to 'inform' themself considering they made reservations last friday..

This was posted on the 12th, they could've avoided this considering that message was displayed ingame aswell.

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Originally Posted by Sensu

They had no way of knowing this when they reserved last Friday. That information is only up since today. But yeah, still sucks to be them.

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not so, this was actually posted last Friday(maybe thursday morning), and gets updated as soon as more maintenance related information is available
prior to today, this part was not included

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[Confirmed Maintenance]

- From Dec. 17, 2014 9:00 p.m. to Dec. 18, 2014 12:00 a.m. (PST)

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It's honestly somewhat silly that we need to schedule marriages in the game in advance anyway. What other type of content requires you to let the game know in advance that you're planning to enter a zone separate from the rest of the world to watch a cutscene with some friends? It's not like a GM is needed to take care of the proceedings or anything, or that the chapel zone influences the rest of the outside world.

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Originally Posted by Krr

It's honestly somewhat silly that we need to schedule marriages in the game in advance anyway. What other type of content requires you to let the game know in advance that you're planning to enter a zone separate from the rest of the world to watch a cutscene with some friends? It's not like a GM is needed to take care of the proceedings or anything, or that the chapel zone influences the rest of the outside world.

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The chapel zone is open to anyone who wants to go in and preview their ceremony preferences, talk to the last NPCs before booking, etc.

The chapel instance is capable of hosting the largest number of concurrent player characters, in an instance, at any time. Frontlines is 3 teams of 24 and that is still less than 80 guests plus the two hosting.

How do you ensure the maximum number of attendees for what some consider a fairly important event? You schedule it in advance like you would anything else. It only makes sense.

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Originally Posted by vred13v

not so, this was actually posted last Friday(maybe thursday morning), and gets updated as soon as more maintenance related information is available
prior to today, this part was not included

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Oh yeah? I would like to know. Give me the link. Because as of Thursday Dec 11, this is the only information that we had back then.
They only admitted of the screw up after all the spots had been filled.
Even before 2.45, SE never made an official announcement of scheduled maintenance that will take place in two weeks. Most are usually rumors and speculation.

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Originally Posted by Sasha

This was posted on the 12th, they could've avoided this considering that message was displayed ingame aswell.

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No, the date it says it was posted is on the 16th. Date is displayed US style (they have to be different:P) month:day: year. 12:16:2014. The 16 should have given it away as last time I checked, there isn't 16 months in a year, not even a leap year :P

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Originally Posted by Dotsusama

The chapel instance is capable of hosting the largest number of concurrent player characters, in an instance, at any time. Frontlines is 3 teams of 24 and that is still less than 80 guests plus the two hosting.

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Only 10 less. There is no reasonably justifiable technological limitation that makes chapel instances incapable of being spawned on-demand without needing to fight for timeslots when they only host 10 more players than the on-demand frontlines battlegrounds. Most wedding instances will probably also host less, and thus produce less server load.

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Originally Posted by Dotsusama

How do you ensure the maximum number of attendees for what some consider a fairly important event? You schedule it in advance like you would anything else. It only makes sense.

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This still doesn't explain why people need to fight over limited conflicting timeslots. In-game tools aren't necessary for scheduling, players have been doing it with alliance premades for months now.

Sorry if someone's already asked this but there seems no way I could be the first- does the system actually leave time slots as open and available for registration during known upcoming downtimes? If SE knows there are time slots impacted by maintenances- starting with planning out scheduled maintenances for the upcoming year, and booking those times as 'Closed for Renovation' before they're opened to players to pre-book- that would address one major aspect all on SE's side of things as it should be.

B.There's also going to be unscheduled patches and the need to change plans around timing which will impact those who had chosen legit dates, so SE should anticipate how many would likely get disrupted for a patch and they should hold open a comparable number of 'contingency' slots so anyone 'bumped' involuntarily due to an unscheduled patch has the option to choose one vs going to the back of the line.

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Originally Posted by Sapphic

No, the date it says it was posted is on the 16th. Date is displayed US style (they have to be different:P) month:day: year. 12:16:2014. The 16 should have given it away as last time I checked, there isn't 16 months in a year, not even a leap year :P

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Actually, if you go to the bottom of the message (EU message at least), it says
[Time & Date of Most Recent Update]
Dec. 16, 2014 8:25 (GMT).
December 24th and 25th were known way before today or yesterday :).

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Originally Posted by Sapphic

No, the date it says it was posted is on the 16th. Date is displayed US style (they have to be different:P) month:day: year. 12:16:2014. The 16 should have given it away as last time I checked, there isn't 16 months in a year, not even a leap year :P

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The date it has there is the date it was edited with new information, the old information was still there beginning of 2.45 which is what the OP highlighted. this stuff is kinda hard to miss considering its been shoved in your face everytime you log into the game since the start of 2.45. Unless of course you don't read your own chatlog.

Anyone else thought this was going to be a divorce thread.....no ? Just me ...... o well

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Originally Posted by ZhycranaDranix

Anyone else thought this was going to be a divorce thread.....no ? Just me ...... o well

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go and make one, remember to tell them to include the reason(s) of divorce

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Originally Posted by Massterchef

They'd need a crystal ball to 'inform' themself considering they made reservations last friday..

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http://i.imgur.com/n4sygFE.png

Maintenance warnings were made before reservations even went live, and they were also posted in-game, even the NPC chaperone gives you a warning about maintenance times and reserving your ceremony at the same time maintenance happens.

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Originally Posted by Krr

There is no reasonably justifiable technological limitation that makes chapel instances incapable of being spawned on-demand without needing to fight for timeslots when they only host 10 more players than the on-demand frontlines battlegrounds. Most wedding instances will probably also host less, and thus produce less server load.

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Players may not be crammed wall-to-wall for every ceremony does not mean S-E can skimp on planning for this possibility. I would hate to be locked out of a time period because of insufficient instances available. Think of prime-time ceremonies and server load.

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Originally Posted by Krr

This still doesn't explain why people need to fight over limited conflicting timeslots.

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What if I two friends who both wanted to go through with the ceremony on the same day? At the same time? What if I want my ceremony at the same time, or start it spontaneously? I can't attend both. This is one way of preventing that.

If they knew ahead of time those slots weren't going to be available, I don't know why they didn't just block them from people booking it in the first place. That's not fair and this system is kind of ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by KodiHivaer

http://i.imgur.com/n4sygFE.png

Maintenance warnings were made before reservations even went live, and they were also posted in-game, even the NPC chaperone gives you a warning about maintenance times and reserving your ceremony at the same time maintenance happens.

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This is ridiculous. I'm already camping East Shroud during that time and no time to check the news section. I only found out about this after reservations were made.
SE should do a better job at scheduling maintenance.

Despite all of what i'm seeing here (mainly scheduling complaints) I notice that most of you haven't even considered that there are outside factors that could stop ceremonies from happening outside of maintenance. System crashes, service failure, and emergency maintenance are just a few examples. Planning, informing players, and executing maintenance is a task in and of itself without throwing in random and often times unpredictable variables into the mix.