Worlds Unavailable: Thursday, September 22nd

[WilliamBraveheart]

If they roll back to yesterday does that mean that a character that I created yesterday will disappear and I have to start him over?

If they followed accepted IT practices they would be able to roll back to around 9 eastern shortly after the update down time started

[Megtj]

Rollback to wednesday would be neat, my crew outleveled me there XD

[HailBlazR]

I just visited the forums today to see if the weekly sales were posted, and I find this instead. This situation is pretty funny, in a pathetic sort of way.

Par for the course with SSG. It's yet another on a long line of reasons that I'm happy to have not spent any money on the game in over 5 years!

[DRoark]

You may as well rollback all of U56. This entire update has been one cascading series of dumpster fires and character regression since it began.

Ranged, healers, Sonic, the entire Archetype plan, more bank errors than we can count... It's impossible to get THAT off-base by sheer accident.

[skippyoo1]

I'm just gonna say this
imagine trying to retrofit a building in which the architect changed thirty times while they were building it, each one changing the plans 50 times as construction continued
that's what they're doing with this game every time they bring in a major change, such as the bank or a new adventure pack

today's update was like trying to replace a broken window in that building

the problem they're dealing with started with the last major update, which was tested
it's a mess and frankly, I appreciate that the dev team is working so hard to keep this game running

DDO is over 15 years old... most don't survive more than a few years

a rollback to before this update won't fix a problem they've been trying to figure out for 2 weeks

[DungeonGamer]

There is a simple solution to this. Since the bulk of the game works and only certain more obscure features don;t (reincarnation isn't a mainstream feature)...so disable all the features that are problematic and bring the worlds back online

[Ralatar]

There is a simple solution to this. Since the bulk of the game works and only certain more obscure features don;t (reincarnation isn't a mainstream feature)...so disable all the features that are problematic and bring the worlds back online

Umm...given that money(lots) has changed hands with regards to reincarnation they would be better off eating hemlock, business wise I mean.

[DungeonGamer]

I'm just gonna say this
imagine trying to retrofit a building in which the architect changed thirty times while they were building it, each one changing the plans 50 times as construction continued
that's what they're doing with this game every time they bring in a major change, such as the bank or a new adventure pack

today's update was like trying to replace a broken window in that building

the problem they're dealing with started with the last major update, which was tested
it's a mess and frankly, I appreciate that the dev team is working so hard to keep this game running

DDO is over 15 years old... most don't survive more than a few years

a rollback to before this update won't fix a problem they've been trying to figure out for 2 weeks

False its like killing a person to fix their broken arm...then bringing the person back to life

[WilliamBraveheart]

There is a simple solution to this. Since the bulk of the game works and only certain more obscure features don;t (reincarnation isn't a mainstream feature)...so disable all the features that are problematic and bring the worlds back online

Reincarnation is a very large part of this game.

[DungeonGamer]

Umm...given that money(lots) has changed hands with regards to reincarnation they would be better off eating hemlock, business wise I mean.

But reincarnation is a one-off process. Disabling it simply means the gamer can;t use their reincarnation token until all issues are fixed

[DungeonGamer]

Reincarnation is a very large part of this game.

I challenge that claim. It may be a BIG part of the game for SOME gamers

[flindex]

There are these rose coloured goggles I got from a recent (this year? last year) Event....

can u imagine death penalties today lol..no one i mean no one would reach level 32 lol...

[helpfulguy1234]

I'm just gonna say this
imagine trying to retrofit a building in which the architect changed thirty times while they were building it, each one changing the plans 50 times as construction continued
that's what they're doing with this game every time they bring in a major change, such as the bank or a new adventure pack

today's update was like trying to replace a broken window in that building

the problem they're dealing with started with the last major update, which was tested
it's a mess and frankly, I appreciate that the dev team is working so hard to keep this game running

DDO is over 15 years old... most don't survive more than a few years

a rollback to before this update won't fix a problem they've been trying to figure out for 2 weeks

Imagine this.

A magical place where you could store your code, even older versions of it.

Imagine if this place had a way to revert to older code changes.

Imagine if you released a storage revamp that was a complete and utter dumpster fire, that you could go to that magical place, and get that older version of that code and revert to it.

Man, I bet if something like that existed they would git it!

[greenbutter]

Its ok I gotta pee

[Zennez]

There is a simple solution to this. Since the bulk of the game works and only certain more obscure features don;t (reincarnation isn't a mainstream feature) ...so disable all the features that are problematic and bring the worlds back online

that might work out ok, but their problem is that this is sounding like database corruption, and they probably want to find out the cause. That means that even if they intend to roll back, they need to make a backup or copy of the current state to keep diagnosing the issue even after the rollback, but none of that will happen without some initial triage. So that means a complete current backup, a complete restore from pre-patch and then whatever testing the need to do to make sure the restore worked.

[Chaimberland]

I challenge that claim. It may be a BIG part of the game for SOME gamers

I'd say for most players because that's how your characters increase in power, through reincarnation.

[Ralatar]

But reincarnation is a one-off process. Disabling it simply means the gamer can;t use their reincarnation token until all issues are fixed

Thought you meant permanently.

[DungeonGamer]

Imagine this.

A magical place where you could store your code, even older versions of it.

Imagine if this place had a way to revert to older code changes.

Imagine if you released a storage revamp that was a complete and utter dumpster fire, that you could go to that magical place, and get that older version of that code and revert to it.

Man, I bet if something like that existed they would git it!

This entire building blah blah example is nonsense. Recall the UNDERLYING OPERATING SYSTEM is constantly being updated. Can you say for certain the 2008 release will work on your current computer build?

[helpfulguy1234]

I challenge that claim. It may be a BIG part of the game for SOME gamers

Your challenge is .........(infraction point coming.....must not say!) . This game revolves around reincarnation.

[helpfulguy1234]

This entire building blah blah example is nonsense. Recall the UNDERLYING OPERATING SYSTEM is constantly being updated. Can you say for certain the 2008 release will work on your current computer build?

No. But it might, for like, EARLY SEPTEMBER. (even august 31st if you want to go WAY WAY BACK!)