tat2mano wrote: »

commodore64 wrote: »

Nulami wrote: »

I bet you complained when you had to switch discs every 20 seconds when loading a game too, right? Oh and heaven forbid if you messed up the order of the discs and had to find disc 3 again after loading disc 6. It was the game maker's fault that you shuffled the discs!

Tapes mate. Not discs!

First tapes then floppy.

load "elder scrolls online",8,1

For both you had to WAIT and sometimes... it failed to load. Or your powerpack overheated.

erixtone wrote: »

I sleep soundly knowing that every single person complaining in this thread and others could up and stop playing the game, and the rest of us would continue on in peace with absolutely no dent in the ESO bottom line. Things would continue just fine without you. Vocal minority, you're not fooling me.

Do you pay Eso Plus every month?
If not, without people like myself, this game would die ...because we spend cash to
keep this game running.
So while I agree there is a lot of complaining , I believe that I , we (all of the playerbase)
are entitled to a quality service , while not asking for perfection, the basics should be covered
and so far ZOS doesnt fix even half the issues bothering all of us..if almost anything at all.

And when you say no dent in the Eso bottom line, you are actually wrong...
The more the paying playerbase dissolves, the more this game will ressemble
EQ or ...well, ZOS could turn things around and do like Aeria Games....
Turn a descent game and lock it behind a cash paywall...

But you are welcome to voice objections, just dont bash a playerbase
that might be keeping Zos' ar@# afloat.

No dinero = no Eso, its that simple.

The orc...wants...to...log...in!!!

So ESO+ at most is $14.99 for 30 days. 30 days is equivalent to 720 hours. The three hour extension of the maintenance is equivalent to 6 cents.
($14.99 * 3 hours / 720 hours = $0.06245833333)

The whole 11 hours maintenance is equivalent to 23 cents.
($14.99 * 11 hours / 720 hours = $0.22901388888)

So... yeah. I'd pay 23 cents to have the servers work better any time.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys, we know the extended maintenance is disappointing after an already long day. We ran into a couple issues that we need to resolve before opening. We're working on this as quickly as possible so everyone can log back in. Thanks for your continued patience.

Thank you

MugHug wrote: »

My first internal hard drive was only 5Mb and about the size of a modern miniITX PC.

At school, I learnt programming using punch cards on a terminal by having to walk to our local technical (each week) which was connected to a mainframe in London.

Oh, the good old days

This! So much this. Yes, that was the first year of uni. Write a batch, translate, punch the cards, carry them all the way to the mainframe that was in a building in a valley two klicks away, drop the cards, wait like, well, forever for them to be processed, and receive a printout that read

...

And my first gaming rig was a Pong game.

Any clue on how much longer

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

ItsAra wrote: »

5 years playing this game off and on and still takes a nearly a full day to apply a 100mb patch. Honestly don't think this incompetence would be accepted in any other profession. There has been so many great changes over the years that have brought me back to play each time but this maintenance carry on is still the one that rags me. Shall attempt tomorrow

Any other profession ? What do you mean ?
Is there any other profession outside videogames that require such complex mechanics on a central server ? The video game industry is ahead of everyone else in terms of technical complexity in digital technologies "for the masses". Every company in the video game industry has downtime issues.

I understand that people want to access the service they pay for. But I also understand that, when using such advanced services, sometimes it just doesn't work right away.

And finally, ZOS (like every other video game company) know that players behave like addicts to a certain extent, therefore such downtimes have little impact on their income or market share, and as a result don't invest much into reducing those downtimes.

Again, I think no one would care bout an extended maintenance if ZOS actually fixed things lol

Time to hand out the Buprenorphine to treat the withdrawal issues.

White wabbit wrote: »

Any clue on how much longer

Well, the message at the top of the screen says 3:00 EDT....

Kyreanna wrote: »

erixtone wrote: »

I sleep soundly knowing that every single person complaining in this thread and others could up and stop playing the game, and the rest of us would continue on in peace with absolutely no dent in the ESO bottom line. Things would continue just fine without you. Vocal minority, you're not fooling me.

Do you pay Eso Plus every month?
If not, without people like myself, this game would die ...because we spend cash to
keep this game running.
So while I agree there is a lot of complaining , I believe that I , we (all of the playerbase)
are entitled to a quality service , while not asking for perfection, the basics should be covered
and so far ZOS doesnt fix even half the issues bothering all of us..if almost anything at all.

And when you say no dent in the Eso bottom line, you are actually wrong...
The more the paying playerbase dissolves, the more this game will ressemble
EQ or ...well, ZOS could turn things around and do like Aeria Games....
Turn a descent game and lock it behind a cash paywall...

But you are welcome to voice objections, just dont bash a playerbase
that might be keeping Zos' ar@# afloat.

No dinero = no Eso, its that simple.

I do, and have for years. I also spend an inordinate amount of money on crowns and crates - haters will see he's part of the problem.

My point is that, I don't think the people making trolly posts and whining about extending the event and event tickets.. I don't think they are the majority. I think most people see maintenance and just accept it. I think some people view it as reasonable but will still come here for an explanation - which is key I think. This is the one thing I think would help. Regardless if I had to sum up my post in a sentence - if you don't like and cant accept (what has come to be) the reality that is playing this game, you should stop playing. It's not about the money, but even if it was - I truly believe that if the whiners on this forum all stopped paying.. ESO would be just fine. And a lot of people would be way less stressed.

Re explanations - this I think would be helpful.

Why are the patch notes so slim for such a long window? Why was it extended? Are you migrating servers? Let us know! I think that would be helpful.

Nulami wrote: »

White wabbit wrote: »

Any clue on how much longer

Well, the message at the top of the screen says 3:00 EDT....

Yes but I'm on GM time but have worked it out now