Downtime Notice: Thursday, April 21st 1:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: The worlds have reopened. Thank you!

The DDO game worlds will be brought down for maintenance on Thursday, April 21st from 1:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). This is being done to implement the changes made yesterday to Argonnessen and Wayfinder to the other game worlds, and necessitates that all worlds be brought down. Thank you.

[Dandonk]

Right, no DDO today either. Oh, well.

[Cordovan]

Right, no DDO today either. Oh, well.

Sorry, but the results of yesterday's work on Argo and Wayfinder were positive, and we want to bring these changes to the other worlds as soon as we can.

[fearlossPhiction]

great that you are doing this but unfortunately it wipes out a large chunk of Europeans play time (6 or 7pm to 8 or 9pm) :-(

[Lerincho]

Sorry, but the results of yesterday's work on Argo and Wayfinder were positive, and we want to bring these changes to the other worlds as soon as we can.

Don't apologize for trying to make the game more enjoyable. Yes it means downtime; however, considering the screams for something to be done, do not apologize for doing your job.

[Vulkoorex]

Sorry, but the results of yesterday's work on Argo and Wayfinder were positive, and we want to bring these changes to the other worlds as soon as we can.

I know you played the Druids chain on EE yesterday on Wayfinder. What were the positive results you were looking for?

[Cordovan]

I know you played the Druids chain on EE yesterday on Wayfinder. What were the positive results you were looking for?

It's important to not let anecdotal evidence overly weigh against other factors, but in general while running quests on Wayfinder, Argo, and Thelanis (as a comparison) yesterday post-downtime I was looking for less stutter-step lag, smoother and more accurate data communication (things like hit detection, damage numbers, etc.) along with the basic overall experience. My experience was positive, and the limited feedback I've been getting from raiders has been overall positive as well.

[Rhysem]

It's important to not let anecdotal evidence overly weigh against other factors, but in general while running quests on Wayfinder, Argo, and Thelanis (as a comparison) yesterday post-downtime I was looking for less stutter-step lag, smoother and more accurate data communication (things like hit detection, damage numbers, etc.) along with the basic overall experience. My experience was positive, and the limited feedback I've been getting from raiders has been overall positive as well.

Open up llama-land with U31 to distract us? ;-)

[FuzzyDuck81]

A shame i lose most of this evening's prime playing time.. but meh, if it improves things ongoing, i just got the force awakens on dvd, i'm good.

[Seikojin]

It's important to not let anecdotal evidence overly weigh against other factors, but in general while running quests on Wayfinder, Argo, and Thelanis (as a comparison) yesterday post-downtime I was looking for less stutter-step lag, smoother and more accurate data communication (things like hit detection, damage numbers, etc.) along with the basic overall experience. My experience was positive, and the limited feedback I've been getting from raiders has been overall positive as well.

Yeah, how is the player density on those 3 servers? I know that scaling resources is not too difficult, so hopefully these changes were to align the types of resource quality with the data sets being used, so scaling can be done to handle load.

[dunklezhan]

Are ALL the game worlds coming down, or just the ones you didn't apply the patch to yesterday?

[Lerincho]

Are ALL the game worlds coming down, or just the ones you didn't apply the patch to yesterday?

He stated in OP that ALL worlds.

[trevitt]

Sorry, but the results of yesterday's work on Argo and Wayfinder were positive, and we want to bring these changes to the other worlds as soon as we can.

Okay positive change is good but lets hope this isn't a start of daily downtimes.

[trevitt]

Will there be any new playable content in U31. Oh please say yes. New items to farm for will be a lot more enjoyable if they are from new content.

[Grimgnaw]

Cordovan and team Thank You!
The work that has been done has been very good. I have been playing lag free after your fix to Wayfinder.

I have not seen any hits after a monster was dead so far last 2 days.

small stutters at times they only last oh 2 sec so far in quests.

In town no lag spikes or freezing last 2 days.

Have not done any raids pop is way down so hard to get one going.

deneth arrow quivers do not auto gather if equipped . still a issue please look into this later.

Thank You for your hard work team!

Grimgnaw

[Cordovan]

Will there be any new playable content in U31. Oh please say yes. New items to farm for will be a lot more enjoyable if they are from new content.

Yes, Update 31 has new quests.

[LrdSlvrhnd]

deneth arrow quivers do not auto gather if equipped . still a issue please look into this later.

Not just the Deneith quivers, it's all quivers. Because when equipped they're technically no longer in your inventory, and "bags will no longer auto-gather when not in your inventory".

Be nice if they'd implement changes across the boards at once, though I can understand they want a control group. Oh well, I was able to finish teh quest I was in, and I should probably go enjoy the nice weather anyway *g*

[dunklezhan]

He stated in OP that ALL worlds.

He did, but mistyping happens all the time right? Anyway, I have seen the countdown on Argo so its a moot point now!

[Cruxader]

Sorry, but the results of yesterday's work on Argo and Wayfinder were positive, and we want to bring these changes to the other worlds as soon as we can.

Thanks for the continued attention. If you have to bring the servers down every day to fix the lag please do so.
Its obviously better for the long-term success of the game to keep the focus on eliminating the lag completely, then to worry about short term inconveniences while working to fix the key issue with this otherwise great game.

[OrodelaSol]

wayfinder has like 10 people on most times...not a good representation...but they cannot fix the problems without bringing worlds down so hopefully this improves all worlds