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PSA... They are taking down the whole game on Wednesday

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According to the banner, all (Live?) megaservers in all geographies are being taken offline at 2 am ET on Wednesday.

This is the first time that I can think of where they have done them all at the same time, along with the account and store. Wonder what's up?
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  • Nestor
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    Things that make you go Hmmm.....

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  • Banana
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    Its probably a blocked toilet. You can never be to safe.
  • Peekachu99
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    Banana wrote: »
    Its probably a blocked toilet. You can never be to safe.

    Nah, the hampster powering the servers (there’s just one and he’s quite old and feeble) is on his last legs. Company trip to the pet store to pick a new “server host”.
  • Elsonso
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Things that make you go Hmmm.....

    I know. Hmmm... There are different datacenters, so it isn't to do some datacenter work. Unless they happened to schedule it for both datacenters on the same day. I am trying to think of things that all the platforms and geographies have in common that would force a simultaneous maintenance, rather than doing it at different times.

    I wonder if someone like @ZOS_KaiSchober would be willing to share.
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  • ShionRasenka
    I wonder if this means that Update 19 and the Wolfhunter DLC are coming? :open_mouth:

    What do you guys think?
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  • VaranisArano
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    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
  • barshemm
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    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
  • ShionRasenka
    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!
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  • huschdeguddzje
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    I wonder if this means that Update 19 and the Wolfhunter DLC are coming? :open_mouth:

    What do you guys think?

    No, too short PTS cycle
    Edited by huschdeguddzje on July 29, 2018 12:35PM
  • bottleofsyrup
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    Hmm, what will they break this time?
  • Iduyenn
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    Cross platform play


    /the conspiracy is real!
  • Skillasaurus88
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    Iduyenn wrote: »
    Cross platform play


    /the conspiracy is real!

    God thatd be nice.
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  • Elsonso
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    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!

    I considered that, but then looked at what they are doing for the Orsinium event.
    • Orsinium DLC game pack and the limited Collector's Bundle should already be in the game, so account system maintenance is all that should be needed, if even that.
    • Pariah's Pinnacle home and the Malacath's Chosen Furnishing Pack. These are returning items and should already be in the game.
    • Double items harvested from crafting nodes and double rewards. I can't see they would need to go to this level effort for that, since this is not the first time it has been done.

    Unless they removed this stuff from the game, or it is broken, and they added this event at the last minute, there has been plenty of time to get the Orsinium event into the game.

    My thought is that this is related to the Midsummer event, not Orsinium.
    Edited by Elsonso on July 29, 2018 1:00PM
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  • Seri
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    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!

    I considered that, but then looked at what they are doing for the Orsinium event.
    • Orsinium DLC game pack and the limited Collector's Bundle should already be in the game, so account system maintenance is all that should be needed, if even that.
    • Pariah's Pinnacle home and the Malacath's Chosen Furnishing Pack. These are returning items and should already be in the game.
    • Double items harvested from crafting nodes and double rewards. I can't see they would need to go to this level effort for that, since this is not the first time it has been done.

    Unless they removed this stuff from the game, or it is broken, and they added this event at the last minute, there has been plenty of time to get the Orsinium event into the game.
    And if they needed to re-add it, this particular maint is still 24hrs before the event, so why not use the actually scheduled maintenance windows?
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  • BrightOblivion
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    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!

    I considered that, but then looked at what they are doing for the Orsinium event.
    • Orsinium DLC game pack and the limited Collector's Bundle should already be in the game, so account system maintenance is all that should be needed, if even that.
    • Pariah's Pinnacle home and the Malacath's Chosen Furnishing Pack. These are returning items and should already be in the game.
    • Double items harvested from crafting nodes and double rewards. I can't see they would need to go to this level effort for that, since this is not the first time it has been done.

    Unless they removed this stuff from the game, or it is broken, and they added this event at the last minute, there has been plenty of time to get the Orsinium event into the game.

    My thought is that this is related to the Midsummer event, not Orsinium.

    It could be (I fervently hope) that they're putting in the fix for when the invisiterrain glitch causes the upper ring to disappear while fighting Voriak Solkyn in Maelstrom Arena, as the double drops will also be there (and thus a lot of people, likely myself included).

    I mean, a guy can hope, can't he?
  • DragonRacer
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    What I want to know is if this is when Traitor's Vault is getting nerfed on consoles?

    Do I need to up my farming game or will I still have some time before the nerf bat strikes?
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  • Ydrisselle
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    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!

    I considered that, but then looked at what they are doing for the Orsinium event.
    • Orsinium DLC game pack and the limited Collector's Bundle should already be in the game, so account system maintenance is all that should be needed, if even that.
    • Pariah's Pinnacle home and the Malacath's Chosen Furnishing Pack. These are returning items and should already be in the game.
    • Double items harvested from crafting nodes and double rewards. I can't see they would need to go to this level effort for that, since this is not the first time it has been done.

    Unless they removed this stuff from the game, or it is broken, and they added this event at the last minute, there has been plenty of time to get the Orsinium event into the game.

    My thought is that this is related to the Midsummer event, not Orsinium.

    Yeah, it's really unusual to schedule a complete maintenance. It smells like a serious patch for something.
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    Ydrisselle wrote: »
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    Yeah, it's really unusual to schedule a complete maintenance. It smells like a serious patch for something.

    Nuh, it's just that the 2 Hamsters need a few hours off after the horrors of listening to 2 copies of Vivec each
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  • Swifigames
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    I don't think it's the first time they've all come down at once. I believe it happened last year at some point as well, at least once.
    Though they haven't done maintenance at 2am in months, so I'm guessing it's going to be a rather lengthy downtime if they're starting that early.
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  • DirkRavenclaw
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    Maintenance is usually both Live Servers at the same Time, usually Mondays, they switched to mor on Tuesday, now its on a Wendsday, lol
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  • Gythral
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    As this is the same start time as last weeks EU downtime - assume 8-9hrs like last week...
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  • Shadow-Fighter
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    Probably for new month rewards ...
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  • Nightfall12
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    Probably for new month rewards ...

    i was going to say exactly this, as it did not roll over into new month last time, this may be the trick they use to get everyone on day 1
    Ummm stuff… about stuff…or something.
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    Ydrisselle wrote: »
    Orsinium Event starts August 2nd, so they probably have to set that up.
    barshemm wrote: »
    Isn't that the day the Orsinium event starts? Probably need to make the changes to the servers for that event.
    *smacks forehead* DUH, I forgot about that! That might be what it is!! I had a thought in the back of my mind that it might be too soon for the update and DLC release. Ah well, I'm excited for the Orsinium event too, so it works out for me!

    I considered that, but then looked at what they are doing for the Orsinium event.
    • Orsinium DLC game pack and the limited Collector's Bundle should already be in the game, so account system maintenance is all that should be needed, if even that.
    • Pariah's Pinnacle home and the Malacath's Chosen Furnishing Pack. These are returning items and should already be in the game.
    • Double items harvested from crafting nodes and double rewards. I can't see they would need to go to this level effort for that, since this is not the first time it has been done.

    Unless they removed this stuff from the game, or it is broken, and they added this event at the last minute, there has been plenty of time to get the Orsinium event into the game.

    My thought is that this is related to the Midsummer event, not Orsinium.

    Yeah, it's really unusual to schedule a complete maintenance. It smells like a serious patch for something.

    Is there a live exploit out there? I can't imagine that this is the Time Vault wardrobe, but something else? Millions of AP for sneezing on someone, maybe?
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  • SantieClaws
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    Khajiit would assume it might be because of the new month's rewards?

    Perhaps with the issues last time they need to have the servers down to make sure it all works before letting it loose on all of us travellers yes?

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  • Karivaa
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    According to the banner, all (Live?) megaservers in all geographies are being taken offline at 2 am ET on Wednesday.

    This is the first time that I can think of where they have done them all at the same time, along with the account and store. Wonder what's up?

    I hope it is to fix the pvp, but it may be to fix some stupid glitch people are taking advantage of.

  • weedgenius
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    What I want to know is if this is when Traitor's Vault is getting nerfed on consoles?

    Do I need to up my farming game or will I still have some time before the nerf bat strikes?

    @DragonRacer It's in the PTS patch notes so it will be nerfed when the new Wolfhunter update comes out. Probably in the Fall.
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  • Ydrisselle
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    Probably for new month rewards ...

    Yeah, it's a good guess. I assume they want to avoid the problems they encountered this month.
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    My guess would be a major hardware upgrade. Not necessarily to the world servers, more likely as it's all in one go that it's an upgrade to their internal system hardware such as login servers etc.
    Edited by Tandor on July 29, 2018 8:11PM
  • Peekachu99
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    Khajiit would assume it might be because of the new month's rewards?

    Perhaps with the issues last time they need to have the servers down to make sure it all works before letting it loose on all of us travellers yes?

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    Santie Claws

    This actually makes sense. Good call.
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