Dreaded Maintenance!!!!

Blade_07 · May 2014

I realize its necessary but just wish it was not when I wake up but rather asleep!

Windshadow_ESO · May 2014

it will always be done when someone wants to play when you sleep others are awake…. the times are selected to be at the lowest server population times for the server.

j.frank.nicholsb14_ESO · May 2014

For me it is not just "necessary" it is looked forward to with great anticipation. I am happy to sit out today to get the list of fixes they posted. Great work EOS!

Liquid_Time · May 2014

That's why I am happy it all goes one while I am at work. haha!

Slash8915 · May 2014

This is probably the first maintenance I've been more than happy to wait for.

amokamoeba_ESO · May 2014

How long will the servers be down? I cant find any info on it

AlexDougherty · May 2014

Blade_07 wrote: »

I realize its necessary but just wish it was not when I wake up but rather asleep!

But there is always somebody awake somewhere

Mithron · May 2014

Did they move the server status updates somewhere? Where do we find this info now?

Blade_07 · May 2014

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Blade_07 wrote: »

I realize its necessary but just wish it was not when I wake up but rather asleep!

But there is always somebody awake somewhere

Indeed!

Blade_07 · May 2014

amokamoeba_ESO wrote: »

How long will the servers be down? I cant find any info on it

Nobody knows cuz they dont give the information out as they should. At Least a rough estimate would be awesome,

nerevarine1138 · May 2014

Blade_07 wrote: »

amokamoeba_ESO wrote: »

How long will the servers be down? I cant find any info on it

Nobody knows cuz they dont give the information out as they should. At Least a rough estimate would be awesome,

No. As stated in previous threads, the only thing an estimate does is create forum drama.

amokamoeba_ESO · May 2014

Word

aidevelopmentb16_ESO · May 2014

THIS:
Did they move the server status updates somewhere? Where do we find this info now?

Should really have a downtime thread IMO

ijacksparrowed · May 2014

If you only had something else to do with your time, the wait wouldn't be so bad.

aidevelopmentb16_ESO · May 2014

Not really... it is more that we pay subscription fees, and should at least be given the courtesy of an ETA. I find it sad that rule 1 in the IT profession is 99.9% yearly uptime. Yet with MMOs, uptime is whatever, and full price is charged. Hell, I've seen NetWare servers up for over 20 years straight. With all the virtual and clustering technology available today, it is possible to maintain a 100% uptime... short of a global catastrophe of course.

cjmarsh725b14_ESO · May 2014

I've seen people who need a fix more than some people here...but not for a while and not when doing anything that I can mention without getting banned.

nerevarine1138 · May 2014

aidevelopmentb16_ESO wrote: »

Not really... it is more that we pay subscription fees, and should at least be given the courtesy of an ETA. I find it sad that rule 1 in the IT profession is 99.9% yearly uptime. Yet with MMOs, uptime is whatever, and full price is charged. Hell, I've seen NetWare servers up for over 20 years straight. With all the virtual and clustering technology available today, it is possible to maintain a 100% uptime... short of a global catastrophe of course.

Sure, it's possible. And it's insanely costly when your service isn't a necessity (like e-mail, etc.). Even massive commercial services (like Salesforce, for example) have weekly downtime. I don't know why you think gaming companies would feel the need to outdo that.

Blade_07 · May 2014

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

aidevelopmentb16_ESO wrote: »

Not really... it is more that we pay subscription fees, and should at least be given the courtesy of an ETA. I find it sad that rule 1 in the IT profession is 99.9% yearly uptime. Yet with MMOs, uptime is whatever, and full price is charged. Hell, I've seen NetWare servers up for over 20 years straight. With all the virtual and clustering technology available today, it is possible to maintain a 100% uptime... short of a global catastrophe of course.

Sure, it's possible. And it's insanely costly when your service isn't a necessity (like e-mail, etc.). Even massive commercial services (like Salesforce, for example) have weekly downtime. I don't know why you think gaming companies would feel the need to outdo that.

I dont know, maybe cuz we pay them money?

nerevarine1138 · May 2014

Blade_07 wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

aidevelopmentb16_ESO wrote: »

Not really... it is more that we pay subscription fees, and should at least be given the courtesy of an ETA. I find it sad that rule 1 in the IT profession is 99.9% yearly uptime. Yet with MMOs, uptime is whatever, and full price is charged. Hell, I've seen NetWare servers up for over 20 years straight. With all the virtual and clustering technology available today, it is possible to maintain a 100% uptime... short of a global catastrophe of course.

Sure, it's possible. And it's insanely costly when your service isn't a necessity (like e-mail, etc.). Even massive commercial services (like Salesforce, for example) have weekly downtime. I don't know why you think gaming companies would feel the need to outdo that.

I dont know, maybe cuz we pay them money?

Cool. How would you like to be paying them double the money so they can have a whole bank of back-up servers available, just to make sure that you don't have to go even an hour without playing?

I like my subscription prices to be somewhat reasonable.

aidevelopmentb16_ESO · May 2014

In fact, I can tell you from first hand experience that it is a fireable offence (no warnings) to cause downtime at massive e-commerce companies, like eBay, or Amazon, or Paypal. Its pretty *** to see someone lose their job over something that isn't their fault. Not to mention all the government, banking, legal, DoD, airport, etc. systems that require 100% up time. It isn't anything new.

... and that is exactly why I've never used salesforce. I wouldn't say insanely costly. It is roughly double the price to run a backup data center. Even then, I'd gladly pay double the price for no downtime. $30/mo. for entertainment is still really cheap.

P.S. Launcher is patching.

Reignskream · May 2014

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Blade_07 wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

aidevelopmentb16_ESO wrote: »

Not really... it is more that we pay subscription fees, and should at least be given the courtesy of an ETA. I find it sad that rule 1 in the IT profession is 99.9% yearly uptime. Yet with MMOs, uptime is whatever, and full price is charged. Hell, I've seen NetWare servers up for over 20 years straight. With all the virtual and clustering technology available today, it is possible to maintain a 100% uptime... short of a global catastrophe of course.

Sure, it's possible. And it's insanely costly when your service isn't a necessity (like e-mail, etc.). Even massive commercial services (like Salesforce, for example) have weekly downtime. I don't know why you think gaming companies would feel the need to outdo that.

I dont know, maybe cuz we pay them money?

Cool. How would you like to be paying them double the money so they can have a whole bank of back-up servers available, just to make sure that you don't have to go even an hour without playing?

I like my subscription prices to be somewhat reasonable.

Were lucky in this day and age to still have subs at 15 dollars. The first sub i paid 15 for was swg. that was YEARS ago, and it still hasn't changed. With inflation and the likes, people need to count their blessings, as were lucky were not paying 25 per sub.