Server Downtime Hangout Thread February 5, 2025

Maintenance for the week of March 17:
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – March 17
• Xbox: NA and EU megaservers for maintenance – March 19, 6:00AM EDT (10:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
• PlayStation®: NA and EU megaservers for maintenance – March 19, 6:00AM EDT (10:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
arena25
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With servers now down for 12 hours of maintenance - presumably to deploy some backend server upgrades - it's time for the obligatory server downtime hangout thread!

What are my demands? Just obey these 3 simple rules:

1: Remember to please keep everything at PG-13 or cleaner. And reminder that moderators reserve the right to edit or delete posts, and/or close (whether temporarily or permanently) or forcibly take down the thread if necessary.
2: Memes, images, videos, gifs, etc. are welcome and STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Bonus points if it's a old-timey classic like the ZoS patch notes seagulls.
3: There are no other rules! HAVE FUN!

Ready, set, LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!
If you can't handle the heat...stay out of the kitchen!
  • wenchmore420b14_ESO
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    I'll start with a little gem from way back at launch that a lot of folks might not have seen. It's just 2 min. but will make you laugh for sure. If only ESO had used this system! LOL!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgowBLb4sKw
    Drakon Koryn~Oryndill, Rogue~Mage,- CP ~Doesn't matter any more
    NA / PC Beta Member since Nov 2013
    GM~Conclave-of-Shadows, EP Social Guild, ~Proud member of: The Wandering Merchants, Phoenix Rising, Imperial Trade Union & Celestials of Nirn
    Sister Guilds with: Coroner's Report, Children of Skyrim, Sunshine Daydream, Tamriel Fisheries, Knights Arcanum and more
    "Not All Who Wander are Lost"
    #MOREHOUSINGSLOTS
    Spoiler
    “When the people that can make the company more successful are sales and marketing people, they end up running the companies. The product people get driven out of the decision making forums, and the companies forget what it means to make great products.”

    _Steve Jobs (The Lost Interview)
  • Monte_Cristo
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    I didn't realize the maintenance was this early. Explains why there were so few players around. Was reading a quest note in West Weald when the game suddenly dropped out.
  • nihonseanb14_ESO
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    PTS is also down. Super lame.
  • MasterSpatula
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    Rotten day to be a West Coast player who works long hours, I can tell you that.

    Sorry, I don't have anything fun at the moment. Maybe something will hit me later.
    "A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle
  • spartaxoxo
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    I'll start with a little gem from way back at launch that a lot of folks might not have seen. It's just 2 min. but will make you laugh for sure. If only ESO had used this system! LOL!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgowBLb4sKw

    LOLOLOL 🤣

    I hadn't seen this one, it's great.
  • Monte_Cristo
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    Shouldn't there have been a 'server goes down in 5/ten minutes' warning in the game? They used to do that for maintenance.
  • strebor2095
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    Mini-rant, returned player. Limited time to play and this is right in my primetime. Of course maintenance will always be in someone's primetime, but its the length that really is the problem.

    i.e., How can this game still have 12 hr maintenance periods? What do they do, start the maintenance when the engineer wakes up in the morning and wait til they finish an entire day of work to turn complete it?
  • EF321
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    I didn't realize the maintenance was this early.
    This. I didn't check, just assumed it starts as usually :|
  • wenchmore420b14_ESO
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    Mini-rant, returned player. Limited time to play and this is right in my primetime. Of course maintenance will always be in someone's primetime, but its the length that really is the problem.

    i.e., How can this game still have 12 hr maintenance periods? What do they do, start the maintenance when the engineer wakes up in the morning and wait til they finish an entire day of work to turn complete it?

    It seems it's more than just maintenance.
    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/672681/maintenance-on-all-megaservers-eso-store-account-system-february-5-12am-est-5am-utc#latest
    Drakon Koryn~Oryndill, Rogue~Mage,- CP ~Doesn't matter any more
    NA / PC Beta Member since Nov 2013
    GM~Conclave-of-Shadows, EP Social Guild, ~Proud member of: The Wandering Merchants, Phoenix Rising, Imperial Trade Union & Celestials of Nirn
    Sister Guilds with: Coroner's Report, Children of Skyrim, Sunshine Daydream, Tamriel Fisheries, Knights Arcanum and more
    "Not All Who Wander are Lost"
    #MOREHOUSINGSLOTS
    Spoiler
    “When the people that can make the company more successful are sales and marketing people, they end up running the companies. The product people get driven out of the decision making forums, and the companies forget what it means to make great products.”

    _Steve Jobs (The Lost Interview)
  • DreamsUnderStars
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    I remember once years ago I was playing EQ2 had taken a break and come back, subbed and everything only to be met with 2 days of maintenance my first day back.
    spartaxoxo wrote: »

    LOLOLOL 🤣

    I hadn't seen this one, it's great.

    Lort... I miss the Onion on Youtube, Their dinosaur and antique road show segments had me dying. SO good.
    Edited by DreamsUnderStars on February 5, 2025 6:32AM
  • spartaxoxo
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    Mini-rant, returned player. Limited time to play and this is right in my primetime. Of course maintenance will always be in someone's primetime, but its the length that really is the problem.

    i.e., How can this game still have 12 hr maintenance periods? What do they do, start the maintenance when the engineer wakes up in the morning and wait til they finish an entire day of work to turn complete it?

    It's not the normal length
  • RedTalon
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    Some good music for relaxing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkYMTmy1y30
  • Rikkadir
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    Play a different game... for 12 hours. :)
    PS4/PS5/EU
  • Aaru
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    I remember once years ago I was playing EQ2 had taken a break and come back, subbed and everything only to be met with 2 days of maintenance my first day back.

    I still remember the old EQ2 days. I think their record was something like 10 up hours over a period of 4 days when someone majorly screwed something up. The server would be back online for about an hour and then crash, over and over again.

    Fun times B)
  • freespirit
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    Another blast from the past, if you haven't watched these before, there are a few and I've always loved them!! 🙂

    https://youtu.be/_1Fr5OwWsbQ?si=iDTmp0iDcARoNZws
    When people say to me........
    "You're going to regret that in the morning"
    I sleep until midday cos I'm a problem solver!
  • TruthSeeker
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    Shouldn't there have been a 'server goes down in 5/ten minutes' warning in the game? They used to do that for maintenance.

    I received the warnings, playing on PS4 on EU server.
  • Mansk90
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    arena25 wrote: »
    2: Memes, images, videos, gifs, etc. are welcome and STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
    Ok, here's a few:
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    "I fight because I fight. I fight for we few who fight so that all the fighting already fought hasn't been for nothing." - Ulfric Stormcloak on a typical Stormcloak rally.
  • ValkyrieVega
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    I very highly recommend Tuudy on YouTube if your want some great laughs!
    https://youtu.be/o8EWQxhKRSQ?si=Sb6hxtQq2hwzJuZH
  • Fischblut
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    999+ gaming, stuck in gapcloser animation until being kicked to login screen:

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    Reaching the monster to deal with:

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    Also, I am obsessed with Housing Tours nowadays, so many awesome adventures there :) I wish to post some screenshots from them.

    When I entered the house named "Look at these boats" in Grand Psijic Villa, I expected everything - and I was still surprised :D

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    I've never seen 4 trial target dummies placed so close :smiley: Taking the challenge in Seaveil Spire:

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    When I didn't expect to discover such beautiful place in Earthtear Cavern:

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    Bound by some dark magic at Witch's forest (Willow Pond Haven):

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    Tracking monsters in the swamp (Willow Pond Haven):

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  • freespirit
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    What can happen if you accidently give visitors decorating rights!!

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    It did make me smile....... well after I screamed!! :o
    When people say to me........
    "You're going to regret that in the morning"
    I sleep until midday cos I'm a problem solver!
  • DreamsUnderStars
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    @Fischblut look up "A Bandaari Village" I think, next time youre touring to see a cute alfiq village.
  • TaSheen
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    Eh, maintenance gives me time to do some odds and ends to Skyrim and Oblivion....
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    "But even in books, the heroes make mistakes, and there isn't always a happy ending." Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

    PC NA, PC EU (non steam)- four accounts, many alts....
  • Maitsukas
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    I've been enjoying the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series over the last year, nearly done with the latest main game (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth) before the next one (Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii) releases in a few weeks.
    Edited by Maitsukas on February 5, 2025 2:37PM
    PC-EU @maitsukas

    Posting the Infinite Archive and Imperial City Weekly Vendor updates.

    Also trying out new Main Quests, Companions, ToT decks, Events and Styles on PTS.
  • silentxthreat
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    gives me time to work on some things around the house ive been putting off
  • sbam66
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    Was there a glitch or something they had to fix?
  • ellmarie
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    Fischblut wrote: »
    999+ gaming, stuck in gapcloser animation until being kicked to login screen:

    Also, I am obsessed with Housing Tours nowadays, so many awesome adventures there :) I wish to post some screenshots from them.

    When I entered the house named "Look at these boats" in Grand Psijic Villa, I expected everything - and I was still surprised :D

    CMvgwFm.jpeg



    OMG! That's hysterical!!!
    Xbox X- NA
  • shadyjane62
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    I have spent the last three hours comforting eating.

    I hope my clothes still fit when maintenance is over.
  • Fischblut
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    Can't beat all those boats, but seeing a horse in "Night Club" in Seaveil Spire also made me laugh :D

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    @Fischblut look up "A Bandaari Village" I think, next time youre touring to see a cute alfiq village.

    Thank you for recommendation, will see when servers are online again :)

    I've also found very cozy scenery at "Just a village" in Seaveil Spire:

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    Lurking in the streets of "Vampire ruins" in Antiquarian's Alpine gallery:

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    At first that was scene of Witcher bringing the Hagraven's head as proof of finished work to the bar owner. But considering the looks of all creatures and the presence of a beverage cup on the chair... it's just a very strange meeting at "O'Grim Bergen's pub" in Autumn's Gate :D

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  • erixtone
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    Spent time cleaning up my add-on Lib files and bringing SteamDeck add-ons in line with my PC. Now I'm just refreshing like a degenerate.
  • silentxthreat
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    let me in!!!!
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