Maintenance for the week of January 5:
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – January 5
• NA megaservers for maintenance – January 7, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 10:00AM EST (15:00 UTC)
• EU megaservers for maintenance – January 7, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 10:00AM EST (15:00 UTC)
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – January 5
• NA megaservers for maintenance – January 7, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 10:00AM EST (15:00 UTC)
• EU megaservers for maintenance – January 7, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 10:00AM EST (15:00 UTC)
So the maintenances take a full day now...
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BlackSparrow✭✭✭✭✭
✭Helgi_Skotina wrote: »Why the hell they dont do it at night?
Its 2pm now most people are at work.
Oh ya mean most people except: Police, Doctors, Nurses, Care workers, Shift workers, Flight Attendants, Security Staff, and a whole boatload of other people who work nights?
I'm going to repeat what I said about five posts up: you literally can't please everyone.
The fact is that the majority of people work days. That's why banks, restaurants, stores, etc. all have the hours they do... to catch the hours when the majority of their customers are up and out. This is the exact same case when a game server goes down for maintenance or patch: they (usually) try to pick the best time for the most people. The rest just have to live with it, even though, yes, night workers do tend to get shafted in this sort of thing. It's one reason why working the night shift of any job stinks.Living vicariously through my characters.
My Girls:"If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"
Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"
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SlayerTheDragon✭✭✭✭✭@ZOS_GinaBruno /golfclap¤═══¤ People don't like it when you talk to them with your weapon drawn ¤═══¤0 -
Mureel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭BlackSparrow wrote: »Helgi_Skotina wrote: »Why the hell they dont do it at night?
Its 2pm now most people are at work.
Oh ya mean most people except: Police, Doctors, Nurses, Care workers, Shift workers, Flight Attendants, Security Staff, and a whole boatload of other people who work nights?
I'm going to repeat what I said about five posts up: you literally can't please everyone.
The fact is that the majority of people work days. That's why banks, restaurants, stores, etc. all have the hours they do... to catch the hours when the majority of their customers are up and out. This is the exact same case when a game server goes down for maintenance or patch: they (usually) try to pick the best time for the most people. The rest just have to live with it, even though, yes, night workers do tend to get shafted in this sort of thing. It's one reason why working the night shift of any job stinks.
It doesn't matter though what MOST PEOPLE are doing.
There is no excuse for 8 hour maintenance with ZERO communication.
That's why people are bent.2 -
Lysette✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭And to take the servers down for a longer time is not necessary at all - simply because for most players ESO works just fine. That is why we complain about other stuff like costumes and such - if we would have bigger issues, this would not be the thing to complain about - but for the most part it works fine and so we get to the other details like armor/costumes/crown store. At least on PC there are no bigger issues, if you are not into PvP - and the PvP crowd is a minority.
IMO the lag in Cyrrodil is not a technical problem at all - so it would not help to take the servers down. It would need a major change in the combat mechanics, which ZOS will most likely never attempt - so don't hope for major changes in this.Edited by Lysette on July 12, 2016 1:42PM0 -
dtm_samuraib16_ESO✭✭✭✭Well, we are on the right track though.
We're aiming at a week long maintenance.Earthdawn Game Master Role Play Quotes by me:
"If it looks like a bear, if it feels like a bear, smells and tastes like a bear, then be VERY aware, it could be something ENTIRELY different..."
"Be careful what you wish for, you might get plenty of it..."0 -
Dekkameron✭✭✭✭✭What's more annoying is that i was like "Oh ESO is having maint, i think i'll hop on SWTOR and check out the latest storyline quest... Damn it! that's having maint as well!.... Oh well... i shall use this time to go out down the shop.. Curse you outside! it's just started raining too!"
First world problems indeed.- Veteran Combat Librarian -1 -
Lysette✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭BlackSparrow wrote: »Helgi_Skotina wrote: »Why the hell they dont do it at night?
Its 2pm now most people are at work.
Oh ya mean most people except: Police, Doctors, Nurses, Care workers, Shift workers, Flight Attendants, Security Staff, and a whole boatload of other people who work nights?
I'm going to repeat what I said about five posts up: you literally can't please everyone.
The fact is that the majority of people work days. That's why banks, restaurants, stores, etc. all have the hours they do... to catch the hours when the majority of their customers are up and out. This is the exact same case when a game server goes down for maintenance or patch: they (usually) try to pick the best time for the most people. The rest just have to live with it, even though, yes, night workers do tend to get shafted in this sort of thing. It's one reason why working the night shift of any job stinks.
It doesn't matter though what MOST PEOPLE are doing.
There is no excuse for 8 hour maintenance with ZERO communication.
That's why people are bent.
People aren't bent - just a few nerds are, who are heavily addicted. But it shows "complete" now, so all is good, I guess.Edited by Lysette on July 12, 2016 1:45PM0 -
BlackSparrow✭✭✭✭✭
✭BlackSparrow wrote: »Helgi_Skotina wrote: »Why the hell they dont do it at night?
Its 2pm now most people are at work.
Oh ya mean most people except: Police, Doctors, Nurses, Care workers, Shift workers, Flight Attendants, Security Staff, and a whole boatload of other people who work nights?
I'm going to repeat what I said about five posts up: you literally can't please everyone.
The fact is that the majority of people work days. That's why banks, restaurants, stores, etc. all have the hours they do... to catch the hours when the majority of their customers are up and out. This is the exact same case when a game server goes down for maintenance or patch: they (usually) try to pick the best time for the most people. The rest just have to live with it, even though, yes, night workers do tend to get shafted in this sort of thing. It's one reason why working the night shift of any job stinks.
It doesn't matter though what MOST PEOPLE are doing.
There is no excuse for 8 hour maintenance with ZERO communication.
That's why people are bent.
I absolutely agree that 8 hours with no communication is bad. I work in communications, so yes, I know that you need to keep your customers informed, and I do think ZOS is awful at that.
But I also know that server maintenance is not just waving your wand and calling it done. If the servers were down that long, there was probably a reason, They want their players in the game and buying Crown store items, so if they could, they'd get the servers back up ASAP.
So the long server times were probably unavoidable, which means that, yes, the people who can play at non-peak times get shafted. No one can help that.
It's the lack of communication that can be helped. That's what people should be targeting in their protests here, imo. Not the maintenance time itself.Living vicariously through my characters.
My Girls:"If you were trapped in your house for, say, a year, how would you pass the time?"
Nephikah the Houseless, dunmer assassin: "I suppose I could use the break. I have a lot of business holdings now that need management."
Swum-Many-Waters, elderly argonian healer: "I think that I would enjoy writing a memoir."
Silh'ki, khajiit warrior-chef: "Would this one be able to go outside, to the nearby river? It's hard to fish without water!"
Peregrine Huntress, bosmer hunter: "Who is forcing me to stay inside, and where can I find them?"
Lorenyawe, altmer mechanist: "And why would I want to go outside in the first place? Too much to be done in the workshop."
Lorelai Magpie, breton master thief: "I'd go nuts. Lucky for me, I have a little experience sneaking out!"
Rasheda the Burning Heart, redguard knight: "I would continue my training to keep my skills sharp."
Hex-Eye Azabi, khajiit daedric priestess: "I suppose it would be lucky, then, that I built a shrine to Mephala in my backyard."
Yngva Stormhammer, nord bandit (reformed...ish): "I hate being inside even when I'm not forced to be. GET. ME. OUT."
Madam Argentia, vampire dunmer aristocrat: "I suppose it would be more of the same. I have a rather... contentious relationship with the sun."
Mazie gra-Bolga, orc scout: "Uh... I'd have to house train my bear..."
Felicia the Wanderer, imperial witch-for-hire: "What Lorelai said."
Calico Jaka-dra, retired khajiit pirate: "This one would like a rest from her grand adventures. Her jewel shop runs out of stock!"
Shimmerbeam, blind altmer psijic: "Provided that I am confined to Artaeum, I do not think I will want for things to occupy my time."
Shauna Blackfire, redguard necromancer: "Sounds like paradise. I hate people."
Kirniel the Undying, cursed bosmer warrior: "I would feel useless, not being able to fight."
Echoes-from-Dragons, argonian who thinks she's a dragon: "All the better to count my hoard!"
(Signature idea shamelessly stolen from Abeille.)0