Server Restart 11:30 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) Friday, December 20th

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

The DDO servers will be brought down from 11:30 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) for a restart. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

[Jedthered]

server restart or core switch swap?

[Lord_Jam]

thank you for the update on whats happening with the game. :)

[rest]

The DDO servers will be brought down from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for a restart. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Don't forget to turn on the "double"(ish) drops for Commendatios of Valor.

[slarden]

I can't really complain since it appears our server is the only one that was working.

[Nestroy]

Ok, hamsters get rest, water, food, and the dead hamsters are replaced. Nice to hear. ^^

[prophet1]

noticed they never mention the reason for the restart , can we say crash and burn , secondly how far back will the restart go , will we lose the time before the game we were playing ect , if i was just soling A.O. and beat him before i could loot his world chest of divine grace would i still get it < lol , but really thanks for the heads up not knowing and just wanting in the dark ( on no underdark monsters) helps

[charleslecharles]

takes 1 hour to restart? servers must be running windows millennium... :D

[Nestroy]

takes 1 hour to restart? servers must be running windows millennium... :D

Seems you do not know much about servers. Turning on the lights is not taking much time, but bringing the server into a save state and then restarting all the functions is. One hour is very fast and will be something to applaude Turbine for, not criticise.

[moomooprincess]

My day starts off with an ice storm and the roads are a frictionless sheet of un-mu. (Sort of a double anti-friction statement.)

That means I drive kids to school because they cannot drive on this un-mu. F = mu * R is unkind to young drivers.

Then the server I want to play on is down while I wait to take kids to school.

Come home, making it up the un-mu surface of my hill, and decide I will play on Thelanis. Get the message the server is coming down in 15 minutes.

El bummer.

Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket today... Either my luck is due to change, or else it will be like all the other lottery tickets I have purchased.

[charleslecharles]

Seems you do not know much about servers. Turning on the lights is not taking much time, but bringing the server into a save state and then restarting all the functions is. One hour is very fast and will be something to applaude Turbine for, not criticise.

yeah, my bad, forgot to save the state where the servers are not working... good thing u told me so we keep them that way, lol.

[Ivan_Milic]

noticed they never mention the reason for the restart , can we say crash and burn , secondly how far back will the restart go , will we lose the time before the game we were playing ect , if i was just soling A.O. and beat him before i could loot his world chest of divine grace would i still get it < lol , but really thanks for the heads up not knowing and just wanting in the dark ( on no underdark monsters) helps

Its restart, not roll back, you will not lose anything.
Well, shouldnt lose, but with turbine you never know.

[Memnir]

Another exciting morning for the IT staff...



http://i.imgur.com/a42KtQf.gif

[Nestroy]

yeah, my bad, forgot to save the state where the servers are not working... good thing u told me so we keep them that way, lol.

Yeah, I will applaud you the first time you reboot a chrashed database server (and what else is the DDO game server, if not a big database and some scripts) w/o first bringing the database server into "safe" state and succeeding. Have fun finding all the loose ends and damaged pointers and sorting out all that went amiss.

There are reasons why database servers NEVER should go down chrashing if possible. And turning down safely and restarting safely a database server takes time.

[charleslecharles]

Yeah, I will applaud you the first time you reboot a chrashed database server (and what else is the DDO game server, if not a big database and some scripts) w/o first bringing the database server into "safe" state and succeeding. Have fun finding all the loose ends and damaged pointers and sorting out all that went amiss.

There are reasons why database servers NEVER should go down chrashing if possible. And turning down safely and restarting safely a database server takes time.

thar never happened to me on *nyx systems. are they using windows servers? that would explain the lag ingame.

[Nestroy]

thar never happened to me on *nyx systems. are they using windows servers? that would explain the lag ingame.

I sometimes wondered as well... Maybe M$ $QL? ;)

But speaking of up- and downtimes, I had been working with *S400 and *racle databases. With both database systems I had unexpected downtimes. Checking the database integrity was the most time consuming process on the start-up, depending on the size of the libraries. I can only guess for the size of DDO databases, but 45 minutes to one hour sounds about right, if they do a complete checkup on start up.

[Cordovan]

We need a bit more time to complete our work, and will let you know when the servers are ready to reopen. Thanks!

[Nigel137]

Did all of Turbine's clocks crash as well?

[charleslecharles]

Did any1 read the facebook page? it says "We are continuing to investigate a hardware issue that is..." and then there's a post about the restart. Is it me or that's just like wanting to fix a flat tire restarting the engine? :p

[beta1]

Did all of Turbine's clocks crash as well?

I heard one of the hamsters died and Quartermaster had to run down to the local pet store and is now stuck in traffic.

[Gnarwik]

Did all of Turbine's clocks crash as well?

Nope, the person responsible for whipping the hamsters just /facepalm so hard that he felt unconcious :D

[eyepuppy]

People need to calm down. This stuff happens. The devs are working hard to fix the issue. It's rough that this happened on a Friday, but it happened. You guys are making it seem like it's the end of the world.

Servers are not like desktops. It's not as easy as hitting a button. Just be patient and go play another game for a few hours. It'll give you a break from all those Epic TRs. I'm on 12, and I'm already feeling the grind pretty hardcore.

[Jatner]

Nope, the person responsible for whipping the hamsters just /facepalm so hard that he felt unconcious :D

We apologise for the fault in the servers. Those responsible have been sacked.


We apologise again for the fault in the servers Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.


The directors of the firm hired to maintain the servers after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The servers have been rebooted in an entirely different OS at great expense and at the last minute.

[Wickedsi]

The last time something like this happened the servers were down for almost a week and a half.

[dunklezhan]

The last time something like this happened the servers were down for almost a week and a half.

When was THAT? Was that during the brief period in the summer when I was playing NWO? In which case 'oh no!'. Or was it like 2007, in which case 'who cares, that was years ago and server and data centre tech is now massively different it's not remotely a fair comparison'?

[Gnarwik]

Whoops, i was talking about those fluffy little rodents not servers :)

Sorry for offending anyone, that was not an intent...

[Earthbound Misfit]

You guys are making it seem like it's the end of the world.

.


Its the end of ALL the worlds

[cdbd3rd]

Did any1 read the facebook page? ...


Agh! That's like asking why ain't we outside kicking a puppy!

:p

[Azithoth]

When was THAT? Was that during the brief period in the summer when I was playing NWO? In which case 'oh no!'. Or was it like 2007, in which case 'who cares, that was years ago and server and data centre tech is now massively different it's not remotely a fair comparison'?

i think he's means about last February. they were down about a week iirc.

and as the guy above said, find another game. i did, and ended up being gone about six months. lol

[Trugaard]

I love forum judgment. People get upset when others criticize Turbine. Why does anyone care what anyone says to Turbine in the forums. It's just crack babies without their fix getting fussy. I don't even pay mind to what they write and I'm sure neither does Turbine.

But make sure we keep sticking up for those "hard working" devs.

Funny

[mna]

thar never happened to me on *nyx systems. are they using windows servers? that would explain the lag ingame.

Heh. Not that simple.

I've seen a HP-UX server take 2 hours just to get back to command prompt, on a "clean" reboot. Mind you, with the amount of FWD SCSI cabling in there and all the various disk arrays, off old HP-PB buses, not all that surprising... it was an old (90s) Nova chassis, could've been an I30.

Mind you, those things were set up so that they DID usually bring the database back up in an usable state after a crash too, automatically... just took a bit of time. Then again, the database setup was designed for that, at the expense of some speed in normal operation.

[RUB]

Derp!

[DemonStorm333]

I heard one of the hamsters died and Quartermaster had to run down to the local pet store and is now stuck in traffic.

no that isn't true quartermaster forgot to put them in the ddo store so now he is having trouble purchasing them he has to re log in order for the purchase to be complete

[RotR]

Can anyone give me an update, just tried to log in and found all worlds are down. Any clue as to what is happening and how long they say it will be?

[RUB]

Going out to get a JOB!

[SevenMothers]

oooooh, never a good sign when a service notification gets edited to remove the end time.

notice was originally 11:30 to 12:30 -5 GMT , now it just says "from 11:30 "

Christmas Party? Someone mistake the core switch for the office photocopier ?

[Azithoth]

Going out to get a JOB!

is that a threat?

[Cordovan]

Unfortunately, we're still working to get things ready to spin up. We'll keep you updated!

[RotR]

Can anyone give me an update, just tried to log in and found all worlds are down. Any clue as to what is happening and how long they say it will be?

where would I go for an update? anyone out there?

[Trugaard]

Unfortunately, we're still working to get things ready to spin up. We'll keep you updated!

Take that NERDS, they are spinning things and working things and stuff. Imma get my singles and a seat by the stage!!!!

[RUB]

wont be anytime soon and try going counterclericwise...

[enochiancub]

where would I go for an update? anyone out there?

You could scroll up and read the various updates throughout the thread for a start.

[RotR]

Unfortunately, we're still working to get things ready to spin up. We'll keep you updated!

So that is it? no time frame, no reasons for down time, just we will keep you updated? DAAAANNNNGGGGG Dog!

[Gnarwik]

I knew it, if it is not spinning its hamster related.

[beta1]

Can anyone give me an update, just tried to log in and found all worlds are down. Any clue as to what is happening and how long they say it will be?

All the jesting aside, as someone who has used computers connected to servers in my line of work for many years every once in a while they go down at unexpected times (although it often seems to be just before deadlines) and the IT department can't really say when they will be back up until a few minutes before they are back up. Sometimes they can tell you it won't be before XXX time and when they do so expect it to really be even longer.

[redspecter23]

So that is it? no time frame, no reasons for down time, just we will keep you updated? DAAAANNNNGGGGG Dog!

Players aren't high enough on the totem pole to receive reasons. We're just barely high enough to receive actual communication and confirmation that there is an issue to begin with. Reasons and timeframes are for people higher up than those that are doing the communicating. This is the way of business for some reason.

[zorander6]

It's not dead, it's just pining for the fjords.

Seriously people stuff happens with servers, sounds like some hardware issue (at a random guess memory.) Most likely they brought the servers down to replace the recalcitrant hardware.

[MagicBlade]

oooooh, never a good sign when a service notification gets edited to remove the end time.

notice was originally 11:30 to 12:30 -5 GMT , now it just says "from 11:30 "


I agree with this, whenever something like that happens, it never is a good sign. It shows that they don't know what is wrong, or how long it'll take to fix it. I can understand that rebooting and fixing a server isn't easy, but seriously.. they should NOT give an estimated time, especially only one hour, if it in fact takes more than 3 hours to fix. It restarted just under 2 hours ago, and it is still not fixed...

And seriously.. a reboot in the MIDDLE of the day? I don't know about everyone, but seeing as the main server is in Eastern (-5 GMT) as in eastern U.S. and since the majority (not saying all) play during the daytime for U.S... this is like a slap in the face.

Sure, kids are in school on Friday, but I believe my sister said that her school was having a half day, seeing as it's the last day before Christmas break. And I know a lot of adults who play the game and who are off on Fridays...

I don't see why they couldn't have done a fix last night, or early this morning, whenever no one was on much.

[Jatner]

Let's face it, we're doomed.

They've already tried turning it off and on again, what more could they do?

[Matuse]

I don't see why they couldn't have done a fix last night, or early this morning, whenever no one was on much.

Because there wasn't a problem then. Half of the servers were down of their own accord. Turbine pulled the other ones down for the fix.

[SevenMothers]

All the jesting aside, as someone who has used computers connected to servers in my line of work for many years

that sir, is a classic line :D I must remember that.



every once in a while they go down at unexpected times (although it often seems to be just before deadlines) and the IT department can't really say when they will be back up until a few minutes before they are back up. Sometimes they can tell you it won't be before XXX time and when they do so expect it to really be even longer.

accidents happen and unexpected things happen in IT just as in any other profession. Difference is, from the time it goes down the IT bees have to work out WHY it went down, not just how to get it back up and running. Without fixing the issue there's nothing to stop it from happening again.

This can be tough to put a timeframe on with a standalone PC now try it with multiple servers running in parallel and interacting with multiple network switches and load balancers etc.

thing is, seeing as this is a business I would expect that at least some of the revenue coming in would have been earmarked for server maintenance / high availability / distributed hosting and/or live content mirroring. The failures are happening a little too frequently (if Turbine have a "5 9s" SLA with their host, I'd be having a few words with the account manager at this stage) though which strikes me as there likely being a single point of failure somewhere long the line that really needs to be addressed. Pity we have no such 5 9s SLA as part of our subscription but then again , that's standard for any game.

[thesiuscadol]

I agree with this, whenever something like that happens, it never is a good sign. It shows that they don't know what is wrong, or how long it'll take to fix it. I can understand that rebooting and fixing a server isn't easy, but seriously.. they should NOT give an estimated time, especially only one hour, if it in fact takes more than 3 hours to fix. It restarted just under 2 hours ago, and it is still not fixed...

And seriously.. a reboot in the MIDDLE of the day? I don't know about everyone, but seeing as the main server is in Eastern (-5 GMT) as in eastern U.S. and since the majority (not saying all) play during the daytime for U.S... this is like a slap in the face.

Sure, kids are in school on Friday, but I believe my sister said that her school was having a half day, seeing as it's the last day before Christmas break. And I know a lot of adults who play the game and who are off on Fridays...

I don't see why they couldn't have done a fix last night, or early this morning, whenever no one was on much.

Yes and when trouble is hardware go to that all night computer store to get the parts.

[RUB]

The Any-Key?

[VladTheImpaled]

Have they turned it off and turned it back on again? :)

[tpmnec]

I think that one of the major concerns that seems to be consistently expressed is that the lack of a timeline is a source of frustration. If at 11:30 I try and log in, and the staff indicates it will be about an hour, I'll check back in about an hour. Then when it's 45 minutes after the 1 hour advised time, there is just an ambiguous answer as to when the game will be available. That doesn't help me know when I should try back. Should I continue to sit and refresh the thread to know when it's up. Should I go and do something else for another hour and come back?

We all understand that things happen, and that there are times when the unexpected occurs. I don't think it's unreasonable for the players to be able to have a timeline as to when the game is available. Communication without clarity isn't helpful.


Unfortunately, we're still working to get things ready to spin up. We'll keep you updated!

[SpritesDaddyo]

The servers have been rebooted in an entirely different OS at great expense and at the last minute.


Well Played Sir

[thesiuscadol]

Did they check to see if it is still plugged in.


Better still they should check with the NSA and see if they can just do a roll back.

[Cordovan]

We are working to resolve a hardware issue prior to spinning up the game worlds, and will keep you updated.

[thesiuscadol]

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-09-06/

[Vivanto]

Ahh come on, just when I finally made up my mind and decided to re-sub, you shut down the servers after about 2 hours of gameplay? :(

That said, I know from experience how these things work. Whenever we've had to roll out a new release on our product, it usually took the entire morning, and that was just for a web-application. Granted, the users weren't so vocal about it, because we took away from their working hours, not their free time. :D

[Ovrad]

Half of the servers were down of their own accord.

They have become self-aware! Skynet is here! To the bomb shelters!

[Lanhelin]

I don't think it's unreasonable for the players to be able to have a timeline as to when the game is available. Communication without clarity isn't helpful.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQAcBSO5jC8

[Skeptisaurus]

OK 4 minutes for the hardware issue and still not up. What gives?

:p

[cdbd3rd]

We are working to resolve a hardware issue prior to spinning up the game worlds, and will keep you updated.

Post time-stamps are skewed by an hour on Dev Tracker list. ...

[Jatner]

In an age of virtualisation and server farms, surely hardware faults shouldn't be causing issues still. Isn't there one of those cloud computing genie things locked away somewhere by google that they can use instead of dedicated servers?

[SevenMothers]

I think that one of the major concerns that seems to be consistently expressed is that the lack of a timeline is a source of frustration. If at 11:30 I try and log in, and the staff indicates it will be about an hour, I'll check back in about an hour. Then when it's 45 minutes after the 1 hour advised time, there is just an ambiguous answer as to when the game will be available. That doesn't help me know when I should try back. Should I continue to sit and refresh the thread to know when it's up. Should I go and do something else for another hour and come back?

We all understand that things happen, and that there are times when the unexpected occurs. I don't think it's unreasonable for the players to be able to have a timeline as to when the game is available. Communication without clarity isn't helpful.

I half agree with you on this. I think the mistake was putting a 1 hour timeframe on it at the start. No expected duration should have been given until an expected duration was known. I'd prefer a "we're having trouble here, we'll get back to you with an estimated service window length" than a

"this will only take a minute."

player checks after a minute

"did I say a minute . I meant an hour."

player checks after an hour

" An hour has gone already? just a little longer."

player repeatedly checks at each deadline

" Two days? really? doesn't time fly, truth is, we dont know how long. at this stage its a toss up between restore to last known good or keep trying to fix, the former loses information the latter may take longer".

player posts nasty stuff online about developers and acts as if the world has ended and that this is the greatest betrayal EVARRRRR!

it happens. its a game. I just feel bad for the poor techies who are probably rushing around like headless chickens trying to work out whats wrong and why their original fix hasn't worked at this stage.

[DemonStorm333]

Going out to get a JOB!

while ur out find me one too

[Flavilandile]

Heh. Not that simple.

I've seen a HP-UX server take 2 hours just to get back to command prompt, on a "clean" reboot.

Been there done that seen the monster called K570. A single reboot was a 2 hour operation ( at least ). ( between the time you issued the shutdown -r -y now command to the time you got the console login: prompt )

For that beast it wasn't the HDD arrays that were taking times it was the SIU ( SS7 Interface Unit ).

[moomooprincess]

Technician not in Christmas Spirit, uses Christmas Tree as club (https://plus.google.com/photos/101314563916195919153/albums/5958855169877768209/5958855165576507570)

[Thame]

Seriously? 2 hours instead of one. My bad over 2 hours now...........

[MagicBlade]

Was reading the facebook page, and someone on there said they should over-estimate the time that servers will be down. I agree with this, it's better to over-estimate and have the servers back up and running early, or on time as the case may be (most times) rather than under-estimating (one hour) and still haven't gotten it fixed two hours later. At this rate, and with the open ended time... it may not be up for another two hours yet. I will be highly surprised if they manage to bring it back up within 45 minutes. (3 hour mark)

If they were to over-estimate the times, I think that alone would solve a lot of the frustration. I'm frustrated because I've nothing to do, was playing DDO and randomly get told within 15 minutes the servers are shut down, I close the game and check back, and it says ONE hour. I check back an hour later.. still not done.. I check back 30 minutes later... still not done... it's past 2 hours now.

[Thrudh]

And seriously.. a reboot in the MIDDLE of the day? I don't know about everyone, but seeing as the main server is in Eastern (-5 GMT) as in eastern U.S. and since the majority (not saying all) play during the daytime for U.S... this is like a slap in the face.

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

[DogMania]

So OK there has been a problem with some of the servers BUT WHY restart the ones that were working ok?

[MagicBlade]

at this stage its a toss up between restore to last known good or keep trying to fix,

If they restore to the last known good - well... they'll have to go back a LONG ways for that...

Seems to me that every time they try to fix something, 3 more problems pop up.

I wasn't have much trouble before the maintenance and patch recently, afterwards, my lag doubled.. I'd randomly freeze up when no one else was on the internet at my house... which only EVER happens whenever everyone is home and online. I wonder how bad my lag will be after this maintenance...

[dydzio0614]

To those who keep complaining - remember that training new hamsters responsible for keeping servers opened takes time...

[MagicBlade]

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

As I said, I know a lot who are OFF on Friday. Just because someone works, doesn't mean that they don't get Friday, Saturday and Sunday off, while others may work weekends.

[enochiancub]

this is like a slap in the face.

Well at least you don't engage in histrionics...

[Gnarwik]

I have a solution,

The head necromancer should cast create undead on those "used" hamsters.... No food or water issues, tireless and of course less squeaky.

[Celebras]

I personally think that the staff just shut them down by purpose tp prevent anything unexpected to happen during the Holidays. That way they can chill out during X-mas. Once the are over they will just plug them in again.

[EvillBitey]

I half agree with you on this. I think the mistake was putting a 1 hour timeframe on it at the start. No expected duration should have been given until an expected duration was known. I'd prefer a "we're having trouble here, we'll get back to you with an estimated service window length" than a

"this will only take a minute."

player checks after a minute

"did I say a minute . I meant an hour."

player checks after an hour

" An hour has gone already? just a little longer."

player repeatedly checks at each deadline

" Two days? really? doesn't time fly, truth is, we dont know how long. at this stage its a toss up between restore to last known good or keep trying to fix, the former loses information the latter may take longer".

player posts nasty stuff online about developers and acts as if the world has ended and that this is the greatest betrayal EVARRRRR!

it happens. its a game. I just feel bad for the poor techies who are probably rushing around like headless chickens trying to work out whats wrong and why their original fix hasn't worked at this stage.

why would you feel bad? that is the job :p

[MagicBlade]

Servers went from saying Down to saying Closed...

[Derana]

The last time something like this happened the servers were down for almost a week and a half.

if you are refering to the happening of early this year (january i think).. that were 3 days downtime "only"... cant remember "a week and a half" in 3 years of playing ddo.

[P1rat3cat]

I have a solution,

The head necromancer should cast create undead on those "used" hamsters.... No food or water issues, tireless and of course less squeaky.

But...but... the smell....

[Nestroy]

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

Ever heard the rumors that there are actually other countries out there as well?

Turbine has a 100% record of hitting the server down buttons when I have time to play. 100 % man, come on! And I am not from the US, mind you!

[Milikki]

The Any-Key?

Or, since the forum claims the game has enough of them, the easy button?

[Drwaz99]

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

You know except those who work nights or swing shifts, or 12 hours shifts (and have 4 days off) or are retired, or are on Xmas break or any number of other reasons?

Seriously you get more and more closed minded as the days go by.

[nightowl5]

Seriously? 2 hours instead of one. My bad over 2 hours now...........

Should get a refund. I pay for VIP and it seems it is always down or having problems when I have the time to play. DDO is down too much.

[Nestroy]

I have a solution,

The head necromancer should cast create undead on those "used" hamsters.... No food or water issues, tireless and of course less squeaky.

Do not forget to boil them and embalm them before you apply the spells. This safes on some later issues with the government on working space related health issues for the living ^^.

[P1rat3cat]

Ever heard the rumors that there are actually other countries out there as well?

LOL no way, you serious... lol, do you believe the man stepped on the mo as well? these kids nowadays...

[thesiuscadol]

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

I do work as a matter of fact I am a hardware vendor board waiting for someone to come pick up a part and want to play DDO while I wait.

[Jatner]

But...but... the smell....

I'm sure the hamsters will get used to it. Cordovan isn't THAT bad

[Zentrap]

Two weeks off for Christmas and i was planning on spending 80% of them two weeks sat on DDO. However it would appear that i'm spending that time refreshing the forums and the client in the attempt to get on. ^^

[EvillBitey]

Was reading the facebook page, and someone on there said they should over-estimate the time that servers will be down. I agree with this, it's better to over-estimate and have the servers back up and running early, or on time as the case may be (most times) rather than under-estimating (one hour) and still haven't gotten it fixed two hours later. At this rate, and with the open ended time... it may not be up for another two hours yet. I will be highly surprised if they manage to bring it back up within 45 minutes. (3 hour mark)

If they were to over-estimate the times, I think that alone would solve a lot of the frustration. I'm frustrated because I've nothing to do, was playing DDO and randomly get told within 15 minutes the servers are shut down, I close the game and check back, and it says ONE hour. I check back an hour later.. still not done.. I check back 30 minutes later... still not done... it's past 2 hours now.

over estimating is silly, a simple it could take x amount of time longer than we thought would work. and then if it goes over that another estimate would suffice..otherwise i'm left to check back every 10-15 minutes because it must be back soon!!!

[ajstyles65]

Hmm first time in a very long time i have seen something like this happen does this happen often ? only just returned to the game wens as a Vip

[prophet1]

ddo i told you not to feed them gremlins after midnight , do vips get credit for the day missed playing , and just get santas elves to fix it if your internet crashed for this long at home and you at ddo paid for it , would you be calling the cable company to complain , and its fri ppl work hard and get home wanna play and relax , u gotta do somethi nice to mske it up to us cause right now were feelin scrooged

[MagicBlade]

over estimating is silly, a simple it could take x amount of time longer than we thought would work. and then if it goes over that another estimate would suffice..otherwise i'm left to check back every 10-15 minutes because it must be back soon!!!

Thats what they do sometimes, but not always.. and that's just as frustrating. No matter what, better to over-estimate than to under-estimate.. and why bother checking back 10-15 minutes... better off to check back every 30 minutes or every hour.

[Nestroy]

Hmm first time in a very long time i have seen something like this happen does this happen often ? only just returned to the game wens as a Vip

Lately, outtimes are piling up. And they are piling up on both ends, software with updates 20, 20.1 and all the relevant hotfixes, and on hardware issues... But this time only 5 out of 8 servers chrashed. Last time all 8 servers went down.

[notforyou]

finally get my PDK to 18clr/2 pal (via +1 heart of wood) and almost to level 24 and servers die. would be nice to be up soon

[Tscheuss]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRqXYsksFg&feature=player_embedded

[AzureDragonCommander]

Can we please have a status update using Eastern Time? Looking at this thread and the clock times, I'm just not sure where we stand atm. I have the day off of work, and am trying to budget my run, working out and gameplay...just saying!

[Brendael]

This is unfortunate but I'm in the software development industry and I work on complex client/server architectures. Servers going BOOM! are one of your worst nightmares. If it is a piece of hardware you rapidly learn that there are minor incompatibilities between hardware that should just work when you replace it. You need to make sure that no data has been corrupted, you need to check that various systems are still communicating with each other...

Rather just let Turbine take their time otherwise we could be sitting with an even bigger nightmare further down the line.

It ucks for us players, for the ops team and developers it is a frikking nightmare.

[MagicBlade]

ddo i told you not to feed them gremlins after midnight , do vips get credit for the day missed playing , and just get santas elves to fix it if your internet crashed for this long at home and you at ddo paid for it , would you be calling the cable company to complain , and its fri ppl work hard and get home wanna play and relax , u gotta do somethi nice to mske it up to us cause right now were feelin scrooged

Would agree, I can understand that issues happen - but really, they could do something to make up for it. It's one thing if they take the servers down ONCE per MONTH... but once per week?

Only game I know of that had a weekly maintenance was World of Warcraft, and in my opinion, WoW was 10x better than DDO... only reason I'm playing DDO is because can no longer afford WoW.. sadly..

But still, they should offer SOMETHING to make up for the downtime and the waiting..

[EvillBitey]

Thats what they do sometimes, but not always.. and that's just as frustrating. No matter what, better to over-estimate than to under-estimate.. and why bother checking back 10-15 minutes... better off to check back every 30 minutes or every hour.

because since no updated estimate, it must be coming back soon! :p


ok they over estimate 3 hours and its back on in 1...thats no fun

[RUB]

You can keep your DDO server!

[Tscheuss]

Can we please have a status update using Eastern Time? Looking at this thread and the clock times, I'm just not sure where we stand atm. I have the day off of work, and am trying to budget my run, working out and gameplay...just saying!

Go exercise. Maybe something will be working by the time you get out of the bath. ;)

[Nestroy]

because since no updated estimate, it must be coming back soon! :p


ok they over estimate 3 hours and its back on in 1...thats no fun

Last time it took them about 4 hours as well.

[EvillBitey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRqXYsksFg&feature=player_embedded

hahaha

[MagicBlade]

because since no updated estimate, it must be coming back soon! :p


ok they over estimate 3 hours and its back on in 1...thats no fun

Better than sitting at the computer hitting refresh on forums and restarting the client every 15 minutes..

Also, it doesn't mean its coming back soon, it means they don't know what the real problem is, or how to fix it and are trying to figure it out... meaning it could take hours. Speaking of which.. looking at 1 hours 40 minutes PAST the before said time..

[Bartox]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html


DDO time = EST = eastern standard time / new york / -5 GTM**



* convert to local time

[EvillBitey]

Can we please have a status update using Eastern Time? Looking at this thread and the clock times, I'm just not sure where we stand atm. I have the day off of work, and am trying to budget my run, working out and gameplay...just saying!

do your run and workout then you have the rest of your time for ddo :) yw!

[Tscheuss]

Thought this would be a good time to play SWTOR. It's been loading/installing updates for over an hour, and it is less than halfway. lol

[dirtydigger7out]

You know except those who work nights or swing shifts, or 12 hours shifts (and have 4 days off) or are retired, or are on Xmas break or any number of other reasons?

Seriously you get more and more closed minded as the days go by.

Seriously you get more and more Ignorant as the days go by.
He said most ppl work during the day not all.
Are you really going to dispute that 83% of the entire world population that work, work during daylight hours?
You might want to read what you r responding to and do a little investigating before u open your mouth and just say
random trash to hear yourself type.

[ajstyles65]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rFnGY1XYjQ

DDO Please hurry up lol.

On another note atleast i have an excuse to watch grown up's 2

[Guanmagi-1]

Can we please have a status update using Eastern Time? Looking at this thread and the clock times, I'm just not sure where we stand atm. I have the day off of work, and am trying to budget my run, working out and gameplay...just saying!

Go work out.

[ezwizzer]

lol

[MagicBlade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rFnGY1XYjQ

DDO Please hurry up lol.

On another note atleast i have an excuse to watch grown up's 2

Nice, I like that song lol

[Nestroy]

lol

Soon (tm)

[AzB]

Go work out.

And run.

[WYLDST0RM]

The DDO servers will be brought down from 11:30 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) for a restart. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Ok were done being patient, save your thanks. Just get us back on.......any server will do.....*withdrawls setting in*

[Gizeh]

Most people in this country work during the day. You should try it.

http://www.liquidsilver.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/World_clock_map.gif

So do most people in other countries. When exactly is "during the day" again?

[ajstyles65]

What if we don't wanna work out or run what if we just want to be lazy n game on our days off?

[Guanmagi-1]

what if we don't wanna work out or run what if we just want to be lazy n game on our days off?

gw2

[rohmer]

http://www.liquidsilver.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/World_clock_map.gif

So do most people in other countries. When exactly is "during the day" again?

Don't feed the troll

[Gizeh]

if you are refering to the happening of early this year (january i think).. that were 3 days downtime "only"... cant remember "a week and a half" in 3 years of playing ddo.

But those three days felt like a week and a half. :)

[thesiuscadol]

is closed better then down?

[EvillBitey]

is closed better then down?

it means they are back up but closed since we are so mean and hurt their feelers

[Drwaz99]

Seriously you get more and more Ignorant as the days go by.
He said most ppl work during the day not all.
Are you really going to dispute that 83% of the entire world population that work, work during daylight hours?
You might want to read what you r responding to and do a little investigating before u open your mouth and just say
random trash to hear yourself type.

Lol @ the new guy or more than likely the ALT account. Lets break this down.

Daytime is relative to where you are. Sure most work during daylight, but daylight here isn't necessarily daylight somewhere else.

Ignorant is posting that since it's midday here, most people should be at work regardless of where you are (the person he quoted didn't have a location so it could have been anywhere). Rude is him saying "You should try it" and that's mostly what I was responding to.

Nice try.

[SevenMothers]

is closed better then down?

I would guess, yes. Down means cant be seen, gone. Closed means can be seen just isn't accepting new connections right now. (so up but not active)

just guessing though.

[dirtydigger7out]

This is unfortunate but I'm in the software development industry and I work on complex client/server architectures. Servers going BOOM! are one of your worst nightmares. If it is a piece of hardware you rapidly learn that there are minor incompatibilities between hardware that should just work when you replace it. You need to make sure that no data has been corrupted, you need to check that various systems are still communicating with each other...

Rather just let Turbine take their time otherwise we could be sitting with an even bigger nightmare further down the line.

It ucks for us players, for the ops team and developers it is a frikking nightmare.

While I agree with you that letting them fix it right is def better. You seem to be forgetting one huge point of fact.
while "it sucks for us as players" we pay money for this game and expect that the money we pay will keep the game
up and running relativity contestant. And "as for the ops team and developers it is a frikking nightmare" please try to keep in mind
they get payed to do there job part of which is knowing if hardware is compatible and doing test to ensure that the servers will not go down.
The only time's that it is acceptable for the servers to go down are scheduled maintenance and if the ISP goes down. Other than that someone
who works for the company is not doing there job.

[Nédime]

http://www.liquidsilver.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/World_clock_map.gif

So do most people in other countries. When exactly is "during the day" again?

Oh. I see.

You mean there are other people outside USA ?

Never thought about it.

[thesiuscadol]

I was going with they got hardware in place and are now in process of booting.

[Iann]

Should get a refund. I pay for VIP and it seems it is always down or having problems when I have the time to play. DDO is down too much.

Well met!
Try reading the agreement you clicked ok on. Yes they are down a lot it seems, but when you consider they are usually on 24/7/365 its a pretty small fraction of time they are down. This game is getting very old, very complex and very intertwined. I hate the down time when I'm free to play but it's going to happen. If you can't live with it you need to find another, newer game that probably will have problems of its own. Good luck.

[MagicBlade]

Been 3 hours now.. tired of waiting around for this stupid game.. I'm off to read a book..

[DougGlyndwyr]

They'll be up when they're up. It's not like ST:O's weekly outage+slow as molasses update, or when they are up, not like the snooze fest or nothing to do romps in SWTOR or Champions or DC Online.

So today I move from "lazy" and playing DDO, to "ultralazy" and bingewatch Babylon 5. Don't try this kids at home, I'm a professional.

[RUB]

I ran out of funny cat videos on Utube to watch...

The HORROR!

[danotmano1998]

Well, since I am currently at work and will be for several more hours, carry on Turbine.

Just make sure it's up by the time I get home, get done Christmas shopping, and have the kids in bed.
Ok? Thanks.

;)

[AzB]

I ran out of funny cat videos on Utube to watch...

The HORROR!

On to the funny dog vids!

[dirtydigger7out]

Lol @ the new guy or more than likely the ALT account. Lets break this down.

Daytime is relative to where you are. Sure most work during daylight, but daylight here isn't necessarily daylight somewhere else.

Ignorant is posting that since it's midday here, most people should be at work regardless of where you are (the person he quoted didn't have a location so it could have been anywhere). Rude is him saying "You should try it" and that's mostly what I was responding to.

Nice try.

He clearly typed "most people in this country". to which you responded with random trash that basicaly no most ppl dont. Just to see yourself post on the forms
nothing in the small and to the point sentance he posted was incorrect in anyway.Yet you felt the need to input your "opinion" which i might add was in no way supported by a single
fact. and as to you insinuating that I am the new guy / alt account what does it matter if i am?

[Dandonk]

Just in case someone missed it: Are we there yet?

(no down time thread should be without it)

[mrsharp0101]

I get that it has to go down for maintenance, i even get that they need to restart them. I just wish it would come back up now, its been well over 5 hours, with that much downtime not planned, can we at least get a good detailed message as whats wrong and when everything MIGHT be back up? so give us more then a hardware issue and we are restarting everything... like it will be 3 more hours, and one of the macros contained inside the log in program became corrupted and has been fixed... this kind of message would be helpful and maybe reduce the flak for all this downtime... it makes you look like you have no idea when it will be fixed and your a bunch of monkeys bashing on frames...lol

to all of us waiting may our time go by fast.

[Nigel137]

Well this kind of thing is the precise reason why I am still premium, I cancelled my vip subscription a long time ago. I'll admit that I was tempted by the current offer of free epic HOW for vips, but until this company figures out how to do customer service properly or maintain a product that won't require it, I will spend no more money on this game. I'm glad I didn't take their most recent bait. Providing an estimated down time within the same order of magnitude of the actual down time is what proper customer service looks like.

[Brendael]

While I agree with you that letting them fix it right is def better. You seem to be forgetting one huge point of fact.
while "it sucks for us as players" we pay money for this game and expect that the money we pay will keep the game
up and running relativity contestant. And "as for the ops team and developers it is a frikking nightmare" please try to keep in mind
they get payed to do there job part of which is knowing if hardware is compatible and doing test to ensure that the servers will not go down.
The only time's that it is acceptable for the servers to go down are scheduled maintenance and if the ISP goes down. Other than that someone
who works for the company is not doing there job.

Hardware dies on occasion. In these times where virtualization is the standard (And I'm one of the few dinosaurs out there who hats the fact that people think that virtual servers are the be-all and end-all (But that is a topic for another rant.)) a single RAID controller falling over can bring everything down. And it does happen. Then you replace the bloody thing with the latest model and make (because they have stopped making the original and the documentation says they are 100% replaceable) but the new one needs V4.543C of the firmware but the old one had V4.543A but the new version doesn't quite play the same with the SAN and you find yourself scouring the net for a work-around while some f'ing suit is sending abusive emails about downtime costing salaries and heads rolling and the only thing you can find via Google is one person who had the same problem posted on the hardware manufacturers forums four months ago but nobody replied to him...

Welcome to reality.

[sir-odin]

you all should try playing dnd the original game setting up takes forever just to play for 2 hours after putting in time to make up a dungeon the monsters npcs and everyone toons which takes about 4 hours if your all vet's at the game if you have one noob it takes alot longer just wait or try looking up adnd or dnd rule books and read them

[Deadlock]

I ran out of funny cat videos on Utube to watch...

The HORROR!

You only need one video. Ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdbo&feature=player_embedded

[Nestroy]

I get that it has to go down for maintenance, i even get that they need to restart them. I just wish it would come back up now, its been well over 5 hours, with that much downtime not planned, can we at least get a good detailed message as whats wrong and when everything MIGHT be back up? so give us more then a hardware issue and we are restarting everything... like it will be 3 more hours, and one of the macros contained inside the log in program became corrupted and has been fixed... this kind of message would be helpful and maybe reduce the flak for all this downtime... it makes you look like you have no idea when it will be fixed and your a bunch of monkeys bashing on frames...lol

to all of us waiting may our time go by fast.

3 hours, albeit feels like 5 hours. 3 hours are too much, though.

That´s why good IT support always has a fail-safe necromancer at hand for any hamsters that die to make them work again. :)

[dunklezhan]

What if we don't wanna work out or run what if we just want to be lazy n game on our days off?

LOTRO, NWO, Path of Exile, Tera.

All good timesinks to keep you occupied. NWO and Tera are even 'active' combat games, so if you ignore the drawbacks of a lot of the actual game, the combat is quite enjoyable if you're just looking to kill a few hours.

Or go catch up on The Guild. That's probably what I'm gonna do.

[rohmer]

just in case someone missed it: Are we there yet?

(no down time thread should be without it)

buuuuuut daaaaaaaaaaaaaad i gotta peepee!

[cherokee83pride]

We are working to resolve a hardware issue prior to spinning up the game worlds, and will keep you updated.


/Facepalm Now shows all worlds in bright red as CLOSED....

[thesiuscadol]

Hardware dies on occasion. In these times where virtualization is the standard (And I'm one of the few dinosaurs out there who hats the fact that people think that virtual servers are the be-all and end-all (But that is a topic for another rant.)) a single RAID controller falling over can bring everything down. And it does happen. Then you replace the bloody thing with the latest model and make (because they have stopped making the original and the documentation says they are 100% replaceable) but the new one needs V4.543C of the firmware but the old one had V4.543A but the new version doesn't quite play the same with the SAN and you find yourself scouring the net for a work-around while some f'ing suit is sending abusive emails about downtime costing salaries and heads rolling and the only thing you can find via Google is one person who had the same problem posted on the hardware manufacturers forums four months ago but nobody replied to him...

Welcome to reality.

Hey my VAX11750 still works fine

[DougGlyndwyr]

Well this kind of thing is the precise reason why I am still premium, I cancelled my vip subscription a long time ago. I'll admit that I was tempted by the current offer of free epic HOW for vips, but until this company figures out how to do customer service properly or maintain a product that won't require it, I will spend no more money on this game. I'm glad I didn't take their most recent bait. Providing an estimated down time within the same order of magnitude of the actual down time is what proper customer service looks like.

I've tried a lot, and I mean A WHOLE LOT of MMOs, and frankly, they're all the same. It's just a thing that happens. No one gives out detailed information. Everyone has downtime. Most have more. Can you just imagine?

"Oh yeah, we had a port attack at 6632, and it just blew the heck out of the number two swtich and took down five servers. Boy, thank good that no one else knows about it, or we'll go down a lot more often until we code a catch for that little loop hole. But we tell all of you this because there's absolutely no chance of a griefer on OUR game" - said no MMO admin, ever.

[thesiuscadol]

you all should try playing dnd the original game setting up takes forever just to play for 2 hours after putting in time to make up a dungeon the monsters npcs and everyone toons which takes about 4 hours if your all vet's at the game if you have one noob it takes alot longer just wait or try looking up adnd or dnd rule books and read them

Yes but then there is also BEER!

[Brendael]

Hey my VAX11750 still works fine

Wish I could say the same about my prostate*

*Sorry, I may have been drinking wee bit while I wait.

[Cordovan]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

[Ladywolf]

looks like argo is back up

[mrsharp0101]

3 hours, albeit feels like 5 hours. 3 hours are too much, though.

That´s why good IT support always has a fail-safe necromancer at hand for any hamsters that die to make them work again. :)

yes 3 hours is much to long, when you look though the code yourself it might take 3 hours amongst all the swimming letters, numbers, and symbols. the 3 hours might seem too short when its 450 lines long. anyways the point was to give us more info then it will be up soon {ish} and we are starting the servers.

[rohmer]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

Good job! Musta been a nasty bug.

[donblas]

But I play on Khyber!

[tpmnec]

Argonnessen is up. Hopefully that's a good sign.

[Azurchaos]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

Only Argonnessen is open. what about the rest?

[rohmer]

Good job! Musta been a nasty bug.

Well, Argonnessen is up, Cannith seems to be a bit slacking

[Flavilandile]

Hardware dies on occasion. In these times where virtualization is the standard (And I'm one of the few dinosaurs out there who hats the fact that people think that virtual servers are the be-all and end-all (But that is a topic for another rant.)) a single RAID controller falling over can bring everything down. And it does happen. Then you replace the bloody thing with the latest model and make (because they have stopped making the original and the documentation says they are 100% replaceable) but the new one needs V4.543C of the firmware but the old one had V4.543A but the new version doesn't quite play the same with the SAN and you find yourself scouring the net for a work-around while some f'ing suit is sending abusive emails about downtime costing salaries and heads rolling and the only thing you can find via Google is one person who had the same problem posted on the hardware manufacturers forums four months ago but nobody replied to him...

Welcome to reality.

No need to go that far... a poor cheap SUN V880 with a Dual Channel Fiber Channel Controller board gone wonky. All the 12 73Gb 15K SCSI HDDs ended up containing a lot of gibberish.
Bringing the beast back up lead to some Interesting Overtime Pay. ( Added difficulty : no recent [ less than 2 year old ] backup; added Twist : 1 Sybase server with important stuff that had to be recovered somehow ] )

Hardware failures can be extremely fun.

[donblas]

Only Argonnessen is open. what about the rest?

They've decided to merge them all!!

[thesiuscadol]

Hitting refresh

http://ddocrafting.info/serverStatus/

[Dandonk]

Well, Argonnessen is up, Cannith seems to be a bit slacking

As far as I can tell, only agro is up atm. Hopefully the others will be soon as well.

[Nestroy]

Only one server? Really, Cordovan, you must be kidding! First we had 5/8 servers down, now we have 7/8 down, after a complete closure of 3 hours?!

Kill your necromancer and buy a new one. The hamster zombies do not work.

[rohmer]

As far as I can tell, only agro is up atm. Hopefully the others will be soon as well.

Yupper, the curse of the cannith, those crafters cant leave well enough alone! I heard they tried to put a shard of masterful craftsmanship on the server and then realized the server is now bound to character.

[ICU]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!
Still show closed except argo

[cherokee83pride]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!


Reset client a few times to see if maybe it was a client refresh thing. But, Argo is the only server up, the rest say in that lovely red color CLOSED lol...

[IconicHero]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

seems only agro has reopened

[Chilldude]

You roll a 20! You save against the hamster wheel's charm effect!
The hamster wheel's charm effect has been removed from you.

:::looks around in a state of dazed confusion:::

"What time is it? How long have I been out?"

I better get while the getting is good.

:::checks server status one last time:::

Argo is up... Thelanis can't be far behind. I should run now while I still can.

:::casts expeditious retreat:::

[Zentrap]

So they closed all the servers to try boot all of them up, but ended up breaking more than before? Slackers!

[Iann]

you all should try playing dnd the original game setting up takes forever just to play for 2 hours after putting in time to make up a dungeon the monsters npcs and everyone toons which takes about 4 hours if your all vet's at the game if you have one noob it takes alot longer just wait or try looking up adnd or dnd rule books and read them

Well met.
Maybe this is why I am more tolerant then some people here. I started playing D&D in 1978 and became the DM of my own campaign in 1979. It ran very successfully till 2011 when I was forced to move to a new location 700 miles away. It seems that perhaps it was time to stop for the day we were to play the last session that would end the campaign one of my friends that had played the entire time had a stroke and has been physically unable to talk and is quadriplegic, (Here he was Falonn of the guild: The Order, and many others) a few weeks later another died from a ruptured liver (here he was Ckain, lastly of The Order of the Silver Dragons), the other four players are still alive and well as am I but it seems it was time for the campaign to end.
Anyway to get back to my point (please forgive my long winded reminiscing) I have spent so many hours preparing the quests for the few hours we actually got to play that there is no comparison. I estimate we spent thousands of hours playing and I probably spent double that in preparation. The reward for patience is Patience. Things are up now so fare ye well.

[slarden]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

I see only one up.

[Hirrum]

I get that it has to go down for maintenance, i even get that they need to restart them. I just wish it would come back up now, its been well over 5 hours, with that much downtime not planned, can we at least get a good detailed message as whats wrong and when everything MIGHT be back up? so give us more then a hardware issue and we are restarting everything... like it will be 3 more hours, and one of the macros contained inside the log in program became corrupted and has been fixed... this kind of message would be helpful and maybe reduce the flak for all this downtime... it makes you look like you have no idea when it will be fixed and your a bunch of monkeys bashing on frames...lol

to all of us waiting may our time go by fast.

Yes indeed some of us are vip which means right now ur holding my money above my head saying"u can get it nah nah nah nah nah " I get really upset when people play wit my money an update as to when u will fix this will be appreciated

[Rishlin]

We need a bit more time to complete our work, and will let you know when the servers are ready to reopen. Thanks!


What exactly do you consider a bit more time? Just wondering since you said that about 2 1/2 hrs ago...

[Nestroy]

*edited post* - Servers are open.

[thesiuscadol]

Mines up

[Battery]

good if you play on argo, I don't

[EvillBitey]

What exactly do you consider a bit more time? Just wondering since you said that about 2 1/2 hrs ago...

well now we have a timeframe for a bit more time in the future :)

[tpmnec]

What exactly do you consider a bit more time? Just wondering since you said that about 2 1/2 hrs ago...

I wish the slayer/xp/jewels of fortune worked the way the devs do. How great would it be to see a Slayer Boost that is supposed to last an hour end up lasting for 3 1/2 hours.

[EvillBitey]

they all are up!

[whyyme]

All open now 3:04

[Bluenoser]

one of my friends that had played the entire time had a stroke and has been physically unable to talk and is quadriplegic, (Here he was Falonn of the guild: The Order, and many others) a few weeks later another died from a ruptured liver (here he was Ckain, lastly of The Order of the Silver Dragons)

Sorry to hear about your friends, Iann--it does put things in perspective, doesn't it? Fare ye well also.

[Rishlin]

Well met.
Maybe this is why I am more tolerant then some people here. I started playing D&D in 1978 and became the DM of my own campaign in 1979. It ran very successfully till 2011 when I was forced to move to a new location 700 miles away. It seems that perhaps it was time to stop for the day we were to play the last session that would end the campaign one of my friends that had played the entire time had a stroke and has been physically unable to talk and is quadriplegic, (Here he was Falonn of the guild: The Order, and many others) a few weeks later another died from a ruptured liver (here he was Ckain, lastly of The Order of the Silver Dragons), the other four players are still alive and well as am I but it seems it was time for the campaign to end.
Anyway to get back to my point (please forgive my long winded reminiscing) I have spent so many hours preparing the quests for the few hours we actually got to play that there is no comparison. I estimate we spent thousands of hours playing and I probably spent double that in preparation. The reward for patience is Patience. Things are up now so fare ye well.


Or more likely all your patience leads you to becoming a patient...

[SirValentine]

The worlds have reopened, and we'll see you in-game!

I just noticed that the double-XP-from-Daily-Dice is not working anymore.

I'm not a VIP, but don't they have something special currently, too? Might want to check that, as well.

EDIT: It's fine on Orien, but wasn't on Cannith.
EDIT 2: Also fine on Wayfinder. Maybe I just got on the one server a little too quickly?

[dirtydigger7out]

Hardware dies on occasion. In these times where virtualization is the standard (And I'm one of the few dinosaurs out there who hats the fact that people think that virtual servers are the be-all and end-all (But that is a topic for another rant.)) a single RAID controller falling over can bring everything down. And it does happen. Then you replace the bloody thing with the latest model and make (because they have stopped making the original and the documentation says they are 100% replaceable) but the new one needs V4.543C of the firmware but the old one had V4.543A but the new version doesn't quite play the same with the SAN and you find yourself scouring the net for a work-around while some f'ing suit is sending abusive emails about downtime costing salaries and heads rolling and the only thing you can find via Google is one person who had the same problem posted on the hardware manufacturers forums four months ago but nobody replied to him...

Welcome to reality.

lol that sounds like you have sometype of related issue in your life. however every thing you have ranted on is basically an excuse. IT does not have the sole job of fixing problems as they arise. Optamalily there job is to keep the game up and running. That entails knowing if hardware/softwars is obsolete and no longer compatible before it breaks and replacing what is needed.
If management does not support IT to get the proper parts then whether it is IT or management like i said it is there mistake and could have been avoided.

[Baraz]

It seems like the daily dice double xp is no longer being delivered after the reboot.

[Tom.JonesJr]

I just noticed that the double-XP-from-Daily-Dice is not working anymore.

I'm not a VIP, but don't they have something special currently, too? Might want to check that, as well.

EDIT: It's fine on Orien, but wasn't on Cannith.
EDIT 2: Also fine on Wayfinder. Maybe I just got on the one server a little too quickly?

Just did my daily rolls on Argo with no double xp. Hope they get it fixed before my gold roll tomorrow.

[Habreno]

Just did my daily rolls on Argo with no double xp. Hope they get it fixed before my gold roll tomorrow.

It needed a few hours but it's back as far as I checked.