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  • Gareen
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    ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »
    At this time, we're currently looking at a few more hours of downtime for the North American megaserver, at least.

    thank you
  • Nuksuu
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    Just cheat like I do. I would look at the time the EU server went down and what time it came up.
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  • MTS
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    I am thoroughly grateful that 1 of my days off falls on thursday. Why dont they do these things in the middle of the nights when everyone is sleeping..... They have to wait for their employees to get into the office at 8am?

    Shouldn't it be, Inconvenience 20 employees to please thousands of customers. Instead of inconvenience thousands of customers to please 20 employees.
    Edited by MTS on 22 May 2014 16:59
  • SoulScream
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    Will the patch release for download soon? My internet download speed is pretty slow, so the sooner the better :)))
  • tilolyen_ESO
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    I have never seen so many crying, self entitled children in my entire life until I started playing ESO.

    1. They patch the servers - you cry
    2. They don't take the servers down for weekly maintenance - you cry
    3. They take the servers down for too long - you cry
    4. They don't take the servers down for long enough - you cry
    5. They give an ETA - you cry
    6. They don't give an ETA - you cry
    7. They take the servers down at a time you don't agree with - you cry
    8. They take the servers down to affect the least amount of people - you cry

    As I have said in other posts, the human society as a whole is doomed.

  • Nuksuu
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    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    I have never seen so many crying, self entitled children in my entire life until I started playing ESO.

    1. They patch the servers - you cry
    2. They don't take the servers down for weekly maintenance - you cry
    3. They take the servers down for too long - you cry
    4. They don't take the servers down for long enough - you cry
    5. They give an ETA - you cry
    6. They don't give an ETA - you cry
    7. They take the servers down at a time you don't agree with - you cry
    8. They take the servers down to affect the least amount of people - you cry

    As I have said in other posts, the human society as a whole is doomed.

    It's always good to know what kind of soft competition you will be up against should there be an apocalyptic event :)
    Edited by Nuksuu on 22 May 2014 17:05
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  • PBpsy
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    I don't care that much about the time when the servers are back up but we should have been allowed to start downloading at at the start of the downtime.
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  • nerevarine1138
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    PBpsy wrote: »
    I don't care that much about the time when the servers are back up but we should have been allowed to start downloading at at the start of the downtime.

    If the patch hasn't been added to the client yet, it would be pretty hard for us to start downloading.
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  • kirnmalidus
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    People you need to chill out. It will be done when it is done might not be the answer you want or like, but it is true and accurate. Your complaining is not accomplishing anything.
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  • UrQuan
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    SoulScream wrote: »
    Will the patch release for download soon? My internet download speed is pretty slow, so the sooner the better :)))
    PBpsy wrote: »
    I don't care that much about the time when the servers are back up but we should have been allowed to start downloading at at the start of the downtime.

    They're not going to release the patch for download/client install until they know for sure that they don't have to roll back the server updates for it.
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  • MTS
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    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    I have never seen so many crying, self entitled children in my entire life until I started playing ESO.

    1. They patch the servers - you cry
    2. They don't take the servers down for weekly maintenance - you cry
    3. They take the servers down for too long - you cry
    4. They don't take the servers down for long enough - you cry
    5. They give an ETA - you cry
    6. They don't give an ETA - you cry
    7. They take the servers down at a time you don't agree with - you cry
    8. They take the servers down to affect the least amount of people - you cry

    As I have said in other posts, the human society as a whole is doomed.

    Answers

    1. Take the servers down during a time where most people are sleeping.
    Not in the middle of the day. When most people are working. Except for people who can play while at work, or people who have days off in the middle of the week, or people who skipped school etc etc etc..... but most people sleep between 2am-8am So WHY

    WHY!!
    WHY start maintenance @8am????? start that S*** at like 2-3am when most people are sleeping or going to go to sleep in the next hour. YES inconvenience the Late nighters. They are the abnormal here. Not the people who are AWAKE and Playing @ work, Have a day off, or Skipped school on a thursday

    Not to mention, you cant cry if your sleeping.... unless its a dream about servers going down on a thursday from 8am - 9pm EST
  • Warlordgreebo
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    ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »
    At this time, we're currently looking at a few more hours of downtime for the North American megaserver, at least.

    See now that is some honesty we can live with. Honest, direct, and expectations.

    But I want 1 pinky finger to be chopped off of the Admin Supervisor who decided to leave us in the dark all day! Left or right is your choice.
  • tilolyen_ESO
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    1. Take the servers down during a time where most people are sleeping.
    Not in the middle of the day. When most people are working    . Except for people who can play while at work, or people who have days off in the middle of the week, or people who skipped school etc etc etc..... but most people sleep between 2am-8am So WHY

    WTF? I think I need to take another hit on my crack pipe in order for this to make sense. Unless of course, you are a master at sarcasm B)
    Edited by tilolyen_ESO on 22 May 2014 17:12
  • Xexpo
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    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    Not to mention, you cant cry if your sleeping.... unless its a dream about servers going down on a thursday from 8am - 9pm EST

    :# Very good point!
    Edited by Xexpo on 22 May 2014 17:10
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  • nerevarine1138
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    MTS wrote: »
    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    I have never seen so many crying, self entitled children in my entire life until I started playing ESO.

    1. They patch the servers - you cry
    2. They don't take the servers down for weekly maintenance - you cry
    3. They take the servers down for too long - you cry
    4. They don't take the servers down for long enough - you cry
    5. They give an ETA - you cry
    6. They don't give an ETA - you cry
    7. They take the servers down at a time you don't agree with - you cry
    8. They take the servers down to affect the least amount of people - you cry

    As I have said in other posts, the human society as a whole is doomed.

    Answers

    1. Take the servers down during a time where most people are sleeping.
    Not in the middle of the day. When most people are working. Except for people who can play while at work, or people who have days off in the middle of the week, or people who skipped school etc etc etc..... but most people sleep between 2am-8am So WHY

    WHY!!
    WHY start maintenance @8am????? start that S*** at like 2-3am when most people are sleeping or going to go to sleep in the next hour. YES inconvenience the Late nighters. They are the abnormal here. Not the people who are AWAKE and Playing @ work, Have a day off, or Skipped school on a thursday

    Not to mention, you cant cry if your sleeping.... unless its a dream about servers going down on a thursday from 8am - 9pm EST

    2AM in what time zone? Pacific? Oops, now I'm starting my day on the East Coast. Eastern? Now Pacific players are missing out on nighttime play.

    They already schedule maintenance based on when the fewest people are online.
    Edited by nerevarine1138 on 22 May 2014 17:19
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  • joanjett
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    What! the severs are down? Is this where i complain! Where's angry Joe
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  • kitsinni
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    Ok so it is a big patch .. but what could they honeslty be doing? It was already running on the PTS, it isn't like they are currently writing the code for the patch. 8+ hours minimum is a very long time to load up a patch that has been tested on the PTS already.
  • Jonathan46
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    Only speaking for myself I can deal with downtime twice a week that just coincidentally happens in my early morning (when I can do things briefly before work).
    What bugs me just a little is when I'm told I will need to download a 5+ Gig patch but I can't do that while the servers are down, so if they are still down when I leave for work then I won't be able to start the 4-5 hour download till I get home with 4-5 hours before bed.

    *sigh* I could wish they would release the patch for download while the game servers are down.
  • Dinkinflicka
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    Yeah cause they werent in development for 7 years and the game was released without any BUGS or Quest Bugs right?
  • Dinkinflicka
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    Jonathan46 wrote: »
    Only speaking for myself I can deal with downtime twice a week that just coincidentally happens in my early morning (when I can do things briefly before work).
    What bugs me just a little is when I'm told I will need to download a 5+ Gig patch but I can't do that while the servers are down, so if they are still down when I leave for work then I won't be able to start the 4-5 hour download till I get home with 4-5 hours before bed.

    *sigh* I could wish they would release the patch for download while the game servers are down.

    Why does it take you 4-5 hours to download a patch? lol
  • SoulScream
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    Mine will be about a gig an hour download as well. I have the fastest download speed available in my area. If I could upgrade it I would!
  • tilolyen_ESO
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    Ok so it is a big patch .. but what could they honeslty be doing? It was already running on the PTS, it isn't like they are currently writing the code for the patch. 8+ hours minimum is a very long time to load up a patch that has been tested on the PTS already.

    With all due respect (I'm trying to be nice), unless you are a network engineer, you have two clues of what you speak of.
    1. None
    2. Zero

    In my previous life I was a Network admin for a online entertainment company and when the software was patched, server downtime could vary depending on the size and difficulty of the patch. To say "it's not like they are writing code" is an ignorant statement in itself. Server architecture is a very difficult process to get right and with an online game with this many systems / players.....it is a nightmare at best.
  • Alpha_Protocol
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    Back when I used to play that err... other game.. when a major content patch dropped it wouldn't be unusual for maintenance to last until 5-6pm EDT.
  • j.frank.nicholsb14_ESO
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    MTS wrote: »
    Answers

    1. Take the servers down during a time where most people are sleeping.
    Not in the middle of the day.

    Hmm, last time I checked the world is round and spinning - makes deciding when people are working a real ***... oh wait, you meant when YOU are working. Nevermind...
  • Aeradon
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    MTS wrote: »
    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    I have never seen so many crying, self entitled children in my entire life until I started playing ESO.

    1. They patch the servers - you cry
    2. They don't take the servers down for weekly maintenance - you cry
    3. They take the servers down for too long - you cry
    4. They don't take the servers down for long enough - you cry
    5. They give an ETA - you cry
    6. They don't give an ETA - you cry
    7. They take the servers down at a time you don't agree with - you cry
    8. They take the servers down to affect the least amount of people - you cry

    As I have said in other posts, the human society as a whole is doomed.

    Answers

    1. Take the servers down during a time where most people are sleeping.
    Not in the middle of the day. When most people are working. Except for people who can play while at work, or people who have days off in the middle of the week, or people who skipped school etc etc etc..... but most people sleep between 2am-8am So WHY

    WHY!!
    WHY start maintenance @8am????? start that S*** at like 2-3am when most people are sleeping or going to go to sleep in the next hour. YES inconvenience the Late nighters. They are the abnormal here. Not the people who are AWAKE and Playing @ work, Have a day off, or Skipped school on a thursday

    Not to mention, you cant cry if your sleeping.... unless its a dream about servers going down on a thursday from 8am - 9pm EST

    People need to understand that the server is international and the choice of maintenance time is based off login data collected by ESO team. 8am USA could mean 8pm Australia? I have scheduled maintenance on my evenings when I come back from work, yet I don't QQ?

    Maintenance at night - cry
    Maintenance on Friday when some go out and have fun - cry
    Maintenance on Monday when some have blues and most work - cry
    Maintenance early morning when most are busy - cry

    ZOS should pay you to do the maintenance schedule. Then you have a real reason for crying.

    Did you know most late nighters are the hardcores? The dedicated players that sacrifice their sleep to maintain 2 lives? One in RL and one in game? And you dare to bring up weirdos who play at work, people who skipped school/work to play without checking maintenance schedule? Logic will tell you that these play@work and work/school skippers are much less in population compared to norm abiding work/school goers!

    Understood the sarcasm but really wanted to let off some steam on these people. LOL.
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  • Islyn
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    Just cheat like I do. I would look at the time the EU server went down and what time it came up.

    Yeah back before changed maintenance days, fine. Now, NA is first and HAS BEEN for weeks. *rolls eyes*
  • Unknown_poster
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    Jonathan46 wrote: »
    Only speaking for myself I can deal with downtime twice a week that just coincidentally happens in my early morning (when I can do things briefly before work).
    What bugs me just a little is when I'm told I will need to download a 5+ Gig patch but I can't do that while the servers are down, so if they are still down when I leave for work then I won't be able to start the 4-5 hour download till I get home with 4-5 hours before bed.

    *sigh* I could wish they would release the patch for download while the game servers are down.

    Why does it take you 4-5 hours to download a patch? lol

    Really. What the hell is up with these people. If you're gonna live in a shack with two cans and a string for your internet connection you have no right to whine about
    scheduling. You should just be happy that your able to play in the third world sheathole you live in. (Probably North Carolina or some such). I live in Japan and a 4-5 Gig download is 10 minutes at most.
    Edited by Unknown_poster on 22 May 2014 17:28
  • kitsinni
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    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    Ok so it is a big patch .. but what could they honeslty be doing? It was already running on the PTS, it isn't like they are currently writing the code for the patch. 8+ hours minimum is a very long time to load up a patch that has been tested on the PTS already.

    With all due respect (I'm trying to be nice), unless you are a network engineer, you have two clues of what you speak of.
    1. None
    2. Zero

    In my previous life I was a Network admin for a online entertainment company and when the software was patched, server downtime could vary depending on the size and difficulty of the patch. To say "it's not like they are writing code" is an ignorant statement in itself. Server architecture is a very difficult process to get right and with an online game with this many systems / players.....it is a nightmare at best.

    Well being a Network Admin now and currently getting a paycheck for it ... It is all virtual servers, everything can be tested and preloaded beforehand. It should not take 8 hours of downtime unless something went seriously wrong. Since you were a network admin you should know in 99% of businesses taking the entire system down for extended amounts of time would get you fired. With virtual infrastructure it should take very little time to move over unless things were not tested correctly, planned correctly or something just went wrong in the process. Maybe you were a network admin when servers had the OS, Hard Drives and databases all in one machine but in the current world of SAN's NAS and virtual servers the process of doing updates is very different.

    My guess is these extra things they added in that were not on the PTS are causing unforseen issues ie: byproduct of not properly testing.
  • curryfiend
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    LOL I am cracking up at all the people who want to play while they are at work. I don't think you are being paid to sit there and play ESO.
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  • tilolyen_ESO
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    tilolyen_ESO wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    Ok so it is a big patch .. but what could they honeslty be doing? It was already running on the PTS, it isn't like they are currently writing the code for the patch. 8+ hours minimum is a very long time to load up a patch that has been tested on the PTS already.

    With all due respect (I'm trying to be nice), unless you are a network engineer, you have two clues of what you speak of.
    1. None
    2. Zero

    In my previous life I was a Network admin for a online entertainment company and when the software was patched, server downtime could vary depending on the size and difficulty of the patch. To say "it's not like they are writing code" is an ignorant statement in itself. Server architecture is a very difficult process to get right and with an online game with this many systems / players.....it is a nightmare at best.

    Well being a Network Admin now and currently getting a paycheck for it ... It is all virtual servers, everything can be tested and preloaded beforehand. It should not take 8 hours of downtime unless something went seriously wrong. Since you were a network admin you should know in 99% of businesses taking the entire system down for extended amounts of time would get you fired. With virtual infrastructure it should take very little time to move over unless things were not tested correctly, planned correctly or something just went wrong in the process. Maybe you were a network admin when servers had the OS, Hard Drives and databases all in one machine but in the current world of SAN's NAS and virtual servers the process of doing updates is very different.

    My guess is these extra things they added in that were not on the PTS are causing unforseen issues ie: byproduct of not properly testing.

    Well seeing neither you nor I are employee's of Zenimax and do not have access to the servers, we are only speaking from experience. Because of this, we can both be wrong.
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