Downtime Notice: Monday, September 15th from 6:00 to 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[Hiponic]

Never seen a Fix/Update actually go on time, I dont know why they dont just give them selves More time instead of getting on here and having to **** people off again lol.

[General_Gronker]

Never seen a Fix/Update actually go on time,

Your perception of it has no impact on the facts, and the facts are that for a while there, they were nailing the times, even occasionally getting back online before scheduled. Sadly, those times were brief, and I fear will not return.

[Hiponic]

lol Love these forums.

Your wrong!!! But ima say what you just said.. Just a little nicer... BUT YOUR WRONG lol
Love you people

[Maergery]

Ghallanda is up and working now

[Hendrik]

Never seen a Fix/Update actually go on time, I dont know why they dont just give them selves More time instead of getting on here and having to **** people off again lol.

Never?

Then you must have missed the Aug 4 update that was early. And the July 14th, July 16th, and June 30th, while extended, still opened early. Can go on and on....

I dare guess you had never looked into facts before making such a statement.

[Eryhn]

if by early you mean the deadline got extended about at the time the servers should have reopened rather than in advance and then like today they made it earlier then the extended deadline but didn't bother putting that in the launcher or the forums or the twitter so people are aware...yes, right, occasionally there was "earlier" :lmao

well, lets not fret and kill some mobs

[Cordovan]

The worlds have reopened. Thank you for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game!

[FranOhmsford]

Up 35 minutes into the 2 hr extension!

Why don't you just add an hour in the first place Devs?

[Loromir]

Up 35 minutes into the 2 hr extension!

Why don't you just add an hour in the first place Devs?

Dang Turbine...why didn't you just say 35 mins in the first place?


Rolls Eyes!!!

[psyco_pup]

Please remember, using absolutes in this uncertain infinite universe will always, without fail, leave you playing the part of the fool.

[FranOhmsford]

Dang Turbine...why didn't you just say 35 mins in the first place?


Rolls Eyes!!!

Not the same thing at all {and I'm guessing you'd realise that if you stopped to think before attacking my post!}.


Most Updates get extended and of those extensions it's very rare we get one that goes over an hr!
If the Devs simply added an hour to their original estimate there'd be a lot less strife on the forums as there'd be a lot less extensions!

[Chaimberland]

Most Updates get extended and of those extensions it's very rare we get one that goes over an hr!
If the Devs simply added an hour to their original estimate there'd be a lot less strife on the forums as there'd be a lot less extensions!

It would be best to go 2 hrs over the estimated time. That way when they finish early they're heroes instead of goats.

[dunklezhan]

It would be best to go 2 hrs over the estimated time. That way when they finish early they're heroes instead of goats.

The trouble is, no one remembers when they're heroes anyway.

As I have documented elsewhere, I ran some numbers on Turbine downtime spread over the last I think 3 years or so. Basically as far back as this version of the forums goes.

Showed that on average they reopen early more often than they reopen late. I assure you your confirmation bias is showing if you think otherwise. And it wasn't a close run thing. They are early FAR more often than they are late. I'm not saying this was always the case. But for the last couple of years at least, you can't really accuse Turbine of 'always' being late. It was never literally true of course, but honestly, these days you can't even accuse them of 'usually' being late ("often" would not be unreasonable however).

Now, what the stats also showed is that WHEN they open late they tend to open VERY late. When they open early they don't tend to open that much earlier than the stated time.

This is much as I would expect: if things don't go to plan it's hard to sort out because you just can't plan for every contingency.

This time around it is indeed 35 mins late but this really wouldn't change the outcome of those stats in a direction other than turbine's favour - they just cut the 'average minutes late' figure because usually its hours late.

Anyway. There's a thread somewhere probably two or three months old where I posted a table. Do a search on my posts you'll find it eventually. No one queried the maths or base figures at the time, but folk are welcome to do so, since Turbine are very unlikely to publish the actual stats (though I have no idea why they'd be so shy if I'm correct).

[Lifespawn]

Up 35 minutes into the 2 hr extension!

Why don't you just add an hour in the first place Devs?

This just seems like complaining they were able to work faster than expected without getting infractions I can't comment further.

[DakFrost]

Never?

Then you must have missed the Aug 4 update that was early. And the July 14th, July 16th, and June 30th, while extended, still opened early. Can go on and on....

I dare guess you had never looked into facts before making such a statement.

HAHAHA...

Really??

"They extended the time, but they opened the game before the extension time ran out, so really, they were ahead of schedule." Is about the lamest fanbio excuse I've ever seen.

Your facts are hilarious.

[Seikojin]

When a maintenance is scheduled, they have an estimate based on the workload ordered. Any time their product is down, turbine and wb lose money. So overestimating does nothing but make them lose money. Not everyone waits at the login screen for it to allow entry, or babysit the forums or social feeds to watch for login updates.

[Uska]

Never seen a Fix/Update actually go on time, I dont know why they dont just give them selves More time instead of getting on here and having to **** people off again lol.

Seen it several times and even early a time or two

[Lifespawn]

Never seen a Fix/Update actually go on time, I dont know why they dont just give them selves More time instead of getting on here and having to **** people off again lol.

yep cause that works great for the cable companies we'll be there between 8-5 makes people happy.

[Quazimoto]

The worlds have reopened. Thank you for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game!

Having trouble log-ining on Khyber since the update. How do I go about getting a refund Cordovan. My point of no return is now with respect to this game. Community, please dont respond. I actually want to hear this answer from a Turbine representative. At least they could acknowledge me as a customer once before I leave.

[G_Lich]

Laggy since patch, please put in fix request.