Are we paying for maintenances?

[darthkyron]

I just hope they realized that this is slowly destroying the game by having a reputation about to many maintenance.
People are comparing this game Technical problems with mmorpg's from the past 5-15 years.
Technology have advanced a long way since ULTIMA ONLONE, EVERQUEST,ASHERON'S CALL, DIABLO ETC ETC.
Even on the software side!!!
Maybe they are using the leftover servers they used on FFXI and that's why they have so many "TECH" problems.

Tbh i don't even care anymore, i just check my thread and responded.
The game TO ME (personal opinion) is going downhill, once you reach 50 all there is to do is spam the same 3 dungeons for DL and then COB.

I'm a 1.0 player that gave this game a 2nd chance. So i have given this game a lot of patience

[Rhime]

I have to say that the amount of maintenance downtime, which btw is creeping more and more into our primetime gaming time starting with 8pm pst is getting a little tiresome.
How many "Harry Potter nights" do we have to endure due to downtime?
Oddly enough, it used to be downtimes(in NA games) were in the 2am-6am pst timeslot and was never bothersome except to the Euro players, but now it's my turn to bitch about it I guess.

[akhnaten]

The maintenance is VERY disruptive to people who work full time on the west coast. They need to start the maintenance much later in the day.

Excuse me but where did i say 3 FULL DAYS?
If you are going to bother to post , please READ the thread, instead of just posting something.
They DID maintenance on OCT29- then "Emergency" on Oct 30 and now on NOV 1
Like i said this affects some or maybe MANY gamers that have a job in the afternoon and when we get home we can't play
If they did things right in the first place Emergency maintenance shouldn't even exists.
And please Stop defending them as i was attacking them.

I'm only asking for them to take a FULL DAY in order to fix things,
Maybe to you 2-4 hrs are not to much because you may play all day, But i play only play 2-4 hrs a day and this sure affects people like me.

[akhnaten]

They could have maintenance 7 days a week for all I care. It is bringing down the servers during prime west coast play time that I object to.

Am I the only person who has experienced several MMO launches?

The time before the first numbered patch (in most MMOs), is commonly utilized as a core bug-fixing phase, even post beta, as this is when the vast majority of clients are actively connecting.

And there are still some important bugs being addressed, largely due to overpopulation issues.

That said, it will eventually return to a routine maint process. They had previously inferred that 2 maintenances per week would be common at 2-3 hour downtime chunks each, in order to assist with memory, lag, and bugfixes.

So yes, you are paying for maintenance too, as it contributes to maximizing overall uptime experience.

Get used to it, as you won't find a MMO experience a perfect launch. That is a myth. Many even struggle after major patches.

[HEC]

*grabs towel* where's the pool?

Ask Arthur ...

[T2teddy]

NA maintenance should be held between 1AM-4AM Pacific. That way the entire continent's gaming population should pretty much be asleep.

[Lulupu]

That tasted PURPLE
PLEASE i want seeing that PURPLE WORDS ones for a week

[Rhime]

NA maintenance should be held between 1AM-4AM Pacific. That way the entire continent's gaming population should pretty much be asleep.

A large flask of mead for you!

[Duuude007]

NA maintenance should be held between 1AM-4AM Pacific. That way the entire continent's gaming population should pretty much be asleep.

5-8 is typical primetime worldwide, and the fewest people affected occur on the SE normal maint schedule. If maint begins at 8, they aren't affecting the main bulk of PST players.

[Chimber]

Agreed. I'm about to transition to a paying customer, but a little weary considering my FFIX time is cut short with this maintenance every 2-3 days.

I remember other MMOs doing small 'emergency' bug fixes or maintenance, which essentially just required the time to copy/integrate some new code and a server restart. With 'rolling' restarts like this, every realm should only be down for maybe 15 minutes. What necessitates all realms needing to stay down for such a long period?