What do you do during maintenance?
Jaclynn
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Not complaining....just bored. 
"Wood Elves aren't made of wood. Sea Elves aren't made of water. M'aiq still wonders about High Elves."
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@Jaclynn
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@Jaclynn
What do you do during maintenance? 248 votes
Hit refresh on the forum every 5 minutes hoping it says [COMPLETE].
10%
27 votes
Go back to bed. (Wake me when it's done.)
9%
24 votes
Um...something productive??
19%
49 votes
Play a different game.
26%
65 votes
Watch TESO videos.
0%
1 vote
Plan my next build.
0%
1 vote
Draw up plans for my next housing build.
0%
All of the above.
5%
13 votes
Other (Please specify)
27%
68 votes
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Hit refresh on the forum every 5 minutes hoping it says [COMPLETE].Laugh at the fact that a game like ESO needs this much maintenance each and every week and they haven't done the reasonable thing and moved stuff to the cloud by now (especially now that MS owns them) and avoid downtimes like these8
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theendoftheriver✭✭✭Um...something productive??I get more work done when I'm waiting. I don't face the wait often living out west. Maintenance usually wraps before I'm even out of bed.Eric Dikkersun - Achernar - EZE - theendoftheriver - Orion Silvercuff1
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Other (Please specify)Well, I'm playing ESO just 15 minutes a day now as there is nothing interesting to do anymore.
No Events, no ESO+ free trial (it was launched for the last time half an ago),
they are just repeating old content and beating the dead horse.
Game performance is poor as always and new chapter is not motivating me even to look at the trailer.
No, I'm not going to pay for a card game, thank you very much.
So I really don't mind there is downtime and maintanance so often.
Playing 15 minutes a day is enough to pick daily reward, make basic writs, replenish stock in guildshops and say hello to friends.
This is everything ESO can offer at the moment, unfortunately.3 -
RBAP28✭✭✭Other (Please specify)Ponder the question, why every time I can't sleep and get up to play ESO it is always in maintenance.0
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BretonMage✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Hit refresh on the forum every 5 minutes hoping it says [COMPLETE].I play the game because i was able to log in even tho maintenance is "In Progress". I guess ZOS let me in so i wouldn't complain on forums....
Yep, there were several people who logged on PC NA an hour or two ago. I watched Vivec City suddenly become somewhat populated.
I was one of a handful who logged on before maintenance and I can probably count on one hand the number of people I saw over the next few hours. It was a little eerie tbh.1 -
Enemy-of-Coldharbour✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)Work.
Silivren (Silly) Thalionwen | Altmer Templar | Magicka | 9-Trait Master Crafter/Jeweler | Master Angler | PVE Main - Killed by U35
Jahsul at-Sahan | Redguard Sorcerer | Stamina | Werewolf - Free Bites | PVP Main
Derrok Gunnolf | Redguard Dragonknight | Stamina | Werewolf - Free Bites
Liliana Littleleaf | 9-Trait Grand Master Crafter/Jeweler (non-combat)
Amber Emberheart | Breton Dragonknight | Stamina | Master Angler
Vlos Anon | Dunmer Nightblade | Magicka | Vampire - Free Bites
Kalina Valos | Dunmer Warden | Magicka | Vampire - Free Bites
Swiftpaws-Moonshadow | Khajiit Nightblade | Stamina
Morgul Vardar | Altmer Necromancer | Magicka
Tithin Geil | Altmer Sorceress | Magicka
Dhryk | Imperial Dragonknight | Stamina
Guild Master - ESO Traders Union
PC/NA - CP 2540+0 -
vibeborn✭✭✭✭✭Play a different game.Usually I will play a different game
(although sometimes I might scream into the abyss to hear the echo)1 -
Lysette✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)Actually it was a great experience - who has been logged in before the maintenance didn't get disconnected and could play well. I wouldn't have been able to do that on PC EU, because since yesterday there are extremely frequent 307 errors (booted from server, sometimes after a couple of minutes already). So I went to PC NA - where I have 5 characters of a similar level as well. All working jolly fine on PC NA - I played before and during the maintenance for about 9 hours straight without being disconnected.
After the maintenance started one could experience people slowly dropping out unable to login again - which made the game world first less crowded and later on in felt nearly like a single player game - awesome experience, finally I could experience stuff uninterrupted - it is sad, that this is not possible on a regular basis, due to overcrowding of "phases".
If ZOS would put just 1/2 or even 1/3 of normal player populations into a phase, the game would be so much more enjoyable. To me the biggest drawback is that it is hard to experience the story as it is intended. Like a heavily guarded fortress actually being guarded - corpses do a really bad job guarding and that is killing the story element.
So, yeah, that not that many could play the game during maintenance was a breath of fresh air and made it awesome.Edited by Lysette on May 18, 2022 4:17PM0 -
ectoplasmicninja✭✭✭✭✭
✭Other (Please specify)I wake up at ~4am for work and like to log in and grab my login reward and do my endeavours before I leave home at 5am if I can. So on maintenance mornings I just leave home a bit earlier.
On days when there's maintenance at weird times when I'm actually home, I'll typically study instead (starting a diploma in a new field on top of already being a lawyer, 0/10 do not recommend). Guess I should have picked the productivity option?PC NA, CP2200+. Character creation is the true endgame.0 -
Malkiv✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)How was “I’m working during maintenance” missed? lolPC-NA | PvP (Gray Host & BGs) | PvE (vTrials & vDGs)1
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)I don't even notice because it happens in the middle of the night.
If it's an unexpected maintenance during the day I just watch TV and cruise the forums. I only play 2 to 4 hours a day on average anyway so it's not that disruptive for me.Edited by SilverBride on May 18, 2022 5:40PMPCNA1 -
Kalik_Gold✭✭✭✭✭
✭Play a different game.Was trying to install P1999 on my mac but failed...so nothing. Back to ESO now.Main: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade (Bomber)
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight (Tank)
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight (Damage)
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar (Healer)
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden (One-Bar)
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade (Thief)
Leveling...
Two-Big-Horns an Argonian Arcanist
Styx of Akatosh a Goblin* Arcanist
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
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Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
{time moves forward through the hour-glass}
Returning player - 2017-2022, back in 25'1 -
shadyjane62✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Play a different game.I play a really good easy to understand card game called Freecell. It's addictive and not ToT.1 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)What maintenance?
XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
PC NA/EU: @Elsonso
PSN NA/EU: @ElsonsoJannus
Total in-game hours: 11321
X/Twitter: ElsonsoJannus0 -
Kiralyn2000✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Other (Please specify)Eh, maintenance & my playtime rarely overlap, so I just live a normal life. And that life doesn't revolve around ESO (it's just a game, after all) /shrug
edit: and even when they do overlap, it's just a case of "Oh. Guess I'll do something else right now." No big deal.Edited by Kiralyn2000 on May 18, 2022 7:07PM1 -
Dark_Lord_Kuro✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Other (Please specify)Im at work durring most maintenance
Usually it complete by my return home
Back when i had day off durring the week i played other game0 -
Play a different game.Mostly Overwatch. It's probably the only PvP game I'm not terrible at.0 -
bmnoble✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Other (Please specify)I usually only play ESO about an hour a day and rarely play ESO at the time the maintenance's are usually scheduled so it doesn't really change how I spend that part of the day.
In South Australia the maintenance's usually start around 5:30PM or 6:30PM during daylight savings for me.
Sometimes I watch TV, stream shows, read books, play other games, watch a bit of YouTube, just depends on what I feel like doing that day.
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