Maintenance for the week of December 9:
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – December 9
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – December 9
stupid maintenance
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DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Welcome to the wonderfully frustrating world of MMOs. Things going haywonky after large patches...pretty much a tradition in the genre.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake6 -
Rain_Greyraven✭✭✭✭✭every patch its the same damm thing
To love a game so much that you get frustrated when it goes down for maintenance isn't a bad thing. :-)"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
― Robert E. Howard
So you want to be a game developer? Here is the best way to go about it.5 -
red_emu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭It is absolutely necessary. Every major patch with a ton of new content will flag up a lot of bugs that were missed on PTS, as there is waaaay more players testing it on live. Things need polished up before the game becomes unplayable.PC - EU:
Falathren Noctis - AD MagNecro
Falathren - AD StamSorc
Falathren Eryndaer - AD StamDen
Falathren Irimion - AD MagPlar
Talagan Falathren - AD StamDK
Falathren Infernis - AD MagDK
Your-Ex - AD MagBlade4 -
static_recharge✭✭✭✭Any official announcement on the maintenance? I can't find anything in the maintenance announcements section.1 -
Aliyavana✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Thannazzar wrote: »Probably addressing the infinite jewel crafting resource exploit.
how is it done, for um research? lol jk :P
Edited by Aliyavana on May 22, 2018 10:10PM1 -
PlagueSD✭✭✭✭✭
✭...and THIS is why I'm not taking vacation until Thursday. Monday patch, Tuesday broke, Wednesday fixed.
Play all day Thurs-Mon.
Edited by PlagueSD on May 22, 2018 10:14PM5 -
CiliPadi✭✭✭✭Yup, these things happen when MMO launches or big updates. I'll take my gaming vacation once everything stabilizes0 -
Blutengel✭✭✭This launch has actually been pretty smooth I was surprised to see we did not spend all launch day under maintenance.Time for reckless audacity and derring-do!~
Crow-Friend Warden
Najara the Crusader Templar
Thomasin the Witch Necro
R.I.P Vet ranks...10 -
Kiralyn2000✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »Welcome to the wonderfully frustrating world of MMOs. Things going haywonky after large patches...pretty much a tradition in the genre.
Yeah, I've experienced this happening for like 15 years now. Nothing new, and I don't even get annoyed by it anymore. It's just how Big Updates work with all these online games. (which means that it should spread across more genres than MMOs nowadays, since everything is 'online' and they want to push even more towards 'games as a service'/'live' games.)1 -
DanteYoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Yeah Zos can't seem to fix anything so busy stuff junk into crown crates and not enough into fixes or balancing.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Welcome to the wonderfully frustrating world of MMOs. Things going haywonky after large patches...pretty much a tradition in the genre.
By the way i've played other mmo's and they don't have anywhere near the amount of maintenances ESO has...Edited by DanteYoda on May 23, 2018 1:19AM5 -
fgoron2000✭✭✭✭static_recharge wrote: »Any official announcement on the maintenance? I can't find anything in the maintenance announcements section.
it's on the blurb in the client when you prepare to log in
4am EDT for NA/PC, I don't recall it saying EU server
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Rather regular patches than regular problems, or more regular problems anyway.They're not panties, so it's not embarrassing.0 -
DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Yeah Zos can't seem to fix anything so busy stuff junk into crown crates and not enough into fixes or balancing.DieAlteHexe wrote: »Welcome to the wonderfully frustrating world of MMOs. Things going haywonky after large patches...pretty much a tradition in the genre.
By the way i've played other mmo's and they don't have anywhere near the amount of maintenances ESO has...
Must have missed the UO days (literally days offline) or EQ (same). Even WoW has had its lengthy "breaks". Multiple days...in a row, no game. Which have you played that are better?
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake3 -
WuffyCerulei✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭They're gonna fix things from the huge patch?! How dare they!!For the love of Kyne, buff sorc. PC NACP 2100+Star-Sïnger - Khajiit Magicka Sorc - EP Grand Overlord - Flawless Conqueror vMA/vBRP/vDSA no death/vHel Ra HM/vAA HM/vSO HM/vMoL HM/vHoF HM/vAS +2/vCR+3/vSS HMs/vKA HMs/vVH/vRG Oax HM/vDSR1 -
Sigma957✭✭✭✭✭Well we didn't have any maintenance last week so I guess they are making up for it this week
seriously though there is probably something that has just been found and needs to be patched asap. 0 -
Thunderknuckles✭✭✭✭Every big update you might as well just figure on this with Zenimax. Every single time. It's no biggy if you play during the day or prime time. It's late nighters in the U.S. and Oceanic players that are affected. Edited to add that it would be superb if they would get away from this oddball time of 4A EDT and do maintenance during regular business hours in the U.S. "Based on player feedback" is what they said about why they do at this time. There is, however, nowhere to give feedback on the Maintenance forums. lol Where do they get this feedback, the PTS?Edited by Thunderknuckles on May 23, 2018 3:15AM0 -
Narvuntien✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭ARGH! It took all of yesterday to download the game now I only have a couple of hours today before maintenance
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DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake1 -
Thunderknuckles✭✭✭✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.0 -
jssriot✭✭✭✭✭
✭Literally every game that requires the internet to log on and to authenticate accounts has been having problems today. From ESO to Minecraft. Go fig. But i'd rather have them fix this issue sooner rather than later.PC-NA since 2015. Tired and unimpressed.0 -
DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake0 -
Thunderknuckles✭✭✭✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
I agree that maintenance is necessary. I played all of those you listed save for WoW and EQ. I played them a lot. Never experienced the downtime on updates with them that I have with ESO. But, again, it wouldn't matter to me personally if it wasn't always during the time when I have to play. LOL Oh...and all those other games (don't know about WoW) did their maintenance (and do) during normal business hours.1 -
DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
I agree that maintenance is necessary. I played all of those you listed save for WoW and EQ. I played them a lot. Never experienced the downtime on updates with them that I have with ESO. But, again, it wouldn't matter to me personally if it wasn't always during the time when I have to play. LOL Oh...and all those other games (don't know about WoW) did their maintenance (and do) during normal business hours.
Heh, tell me about it. ESO loves to do maint. right in the middle of my best play time. I learned to get over it years ago because it just wasn't worth the angst.
Depends upon where you are geographically located and what servers you play on. Ask any Aussie/Kiwi about maint. during "normal business hours". Or those who live in the EU and play on US servers (there are, or at least were) games where there wasn't a choice, at least at release.
I kind of wish that maint. could be like it was waaaaay back in time when there was a nightly hour or two when the servers were taken down usually the middle of the night US time so that still buggered up my schedule but at least it was a known time frame and, usually, didn't amount to huge offline times. Usually.
What I really would like to see is specific to location times. So the folks in AU/NZ didn't lose an evening etc. EU servers as well. But noooooo, we all have to live with US times. Meh.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake0 -
Thunderknuckles✭✭✭✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
I agree that maintenance is necessary. I played all of those you listed save for WoW and EQ. I played them a lot. Never experienced the downtime on updates with them that I have with ESO. But, again, it wouldn't matter to me personally if it wasn't always during the time when I have to play. LOL Oh...and all those other games (don't know about WoW) did their maintenance (and do) during normal business hours.
Heh, tell me about it. ESO loves to do maint. right in the middle of my best play time. I learned to get over it years ago because it just wasn't worth the angst.
Depends upon where you are geographically located and what servers you play on. Ask any Aussie/Kiwi about maint. during "normal business hours". Or those who live in the EU and play on US servers (there are, or at least were) games where there wasn't a choice, at least at release.
I kind of wish that maint. could be like it was waaaaay back in time when there was a nightly hour or two when the servers were taken down usually the middle of the night US time so that still buggered up my schedule but at least it was a known time frame and, usually, didn't amount to huge offline times. Usually.
What I really would like to see is specific to location times. So the folks in AU/NZ didn't lose an evening etc. EU servers as well. But noooooo, we all have to live with US times. Meh.
I hear ya. I play on PC NA. It irks most of the Aussies I run with. For EU players that 4A EDT IS regular business hours being 6 to 7 hours ahead of us in the central and eastern time zones. Well, mostly. That makes it around 10A to 5 or 6P their time (I'm thinking England, anyway.) It would be nice to be able to give feedback to @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_JessicaFolsom on this matter in the proper forum.0 -
DieAlteHexe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
I agree that maintenance is necessary. I played all of those you listed save for WoW and EQ. I played them a lot. Never experienced the downtime on updates with them that I have with ESO. But, again, it wouldn't matter to me personally if it wasn't always during the time when I have to play. LOL Oh...and all those other games (don't know about WoW) did their maintenance (and do) during normal business hours.
Heh, tell me about it. ESO loves to do maint. right in the middle of my best play time. I learned to get over it years ago because it just wasn't worth the angst.
Depends upon where you are geographically located and what servers you play on. Ask any Aussie/Kiwi about maint. during "normal business hours". Or those who live in the EU and play on US servers (there are, or at least were) games where there wasn't a choice, at least at release.
I kind of wish that maint. could be like it was waaaaay back in time when there was a nightly hour or two when the servers were taken down usually the middle of the night US time so that still buggered up my schedule but at least it was a known time frame and, usually, didn't amount to huge offline times. Usually.
What I really would like to see is specific to location times. So the folks in AU/NZ didn't lose an evening etc. EU servers as well. But noooooo, we all have to live with US times. Meh.
I hear ya. I play on PC NA. It irks most of the Aussies I run with. For EU players that 4A EDT IS regular business hours being 6 to 7 hours ahead of us in the central and eastern time zones. Well, mostly. That makes it around 10A to 5 or 6P their time (I'm thinking England, anyway.) It would be nice to be able to give feedback to @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_JessicaFolsom on this matter in the proper forum.
Yeah, servers down at 10:00 my time. That's "optimal" for me. Granted it is business hours for the EU but for me? Prime time. Whilst I dislike it, I realise that it's unlikely to change. I do wish it wasn't usually on a Monday, they're bad enough as it is without long downtimes.
Dirty, filthy casual aka Nancy, the Wallet Warrior Carebear Potato Whale Snowflake0 -
Thunderknuckles✭✭✭✭DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »DieAlteHexe wrote: »Thunderknuckles wrote: »
There's a reason for the expression "Never play on patch day" and that expression has been in use for decades, for good reason.
Of all the MMO's I've played since 2007 this is the only game that that's true of.
SWTOR, WoW, LoTRO, Rift etc. I can't think of an MMO that hasn't experienced this sort of thing, hence the expression. I will never forget accumulating over a month's worth of credit in WoW for all the downtime. EQ (original, don't know about II as I didn't play it much) had similar issues. SWTOR is the most recent and there were days...
It is what it is and unfortunately is something that happens all too often.
I agree that maintenance is necessary. I played all of those you listed save for WoW and EQ. I played them a lot. Never experienced the downtime on updates with them that I have with ESO. But, again, it wouldn't matter to me personally if it wasn't always during the time when I have to play. LOL Oh...and all those other games (don't know about WoW) did their maintenance (and do) during normal business hours.
Heh, tell me about it. ESO loves to do maint. right in the middle of my best play time. I learned to get over it years ago because it just wasn't worth the angst.
Depends upon where you are geographically located and what servers you play on. Ask any Aussie/Kiwi about maint. during "normal business hours". Or those who live in the EU and play on US servers (there are, or at least were) games where there wasn't a choice, at least at release.
I kind of wish that maint. could be like it was waaaaay back in time when there was a nightly hour or two when the servers were taken down usually the middle of the night US time so that still buggered up my schedule but at least it was a known time frame and, usually, didn't amount to huge offline times. Usually.
What I really would like to see is specific to location times. So the folks in AU/NZ didn't lose an evening etc. EU servers as well. But noooooo, we all have to live with US times. Meh.
I hear ya. I play on PC NA. It irks most of the Aussies I run with. For EU players that 4A EDT IS regular business hours being 6 to 7 hours ahead of us in the central and eastern time zones. Well, mostly. That makes it around 10A to 5 or 6P their time (I'm thinking England, anyway.) It would be nice to be able to give feedback to @ZOS_GinaBruno and @ZOS_JessicaFolsom on this matter in the proper forum.
Yeah, servers down at 10:00 my time. That's "optimal" for me. Granted it is business hours for the EU but for me? Prime time. Whilst I dislike it, I realise that it's unlikely to change. I do wish it wasn't usually on a Monday, they're bad enough as it is without long downtimes.
You need to move to the States, then, man. I know, I know. Much easier said than done. lol 0 -
Troneon✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Never known a game to go down this much, ZOS is just terrible for this. INVEST IN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE/QA/SERVERS PLZ! We all know you have the money from getting console kids too gamble their parents money on casino style RNG Box's.....
Spend it...
Edited by Troneon on May 23, 2018 4:09AMPC EU ADMaster Crafter - Anything you need!!High Elf Magicka Templar Healer/DPS/TankTrials / Dungeons / PVP / Everything1
