Maintenance hours during event
matterandstuff
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Last night's unsuccessful hotfix means that, after taking out the entire evening Thursday from 6pm until 11pm for Australian users, they're now taking out the entire *next* evening on Friday from 6pm until at least 9pm, meaning that most working Australian users will be able to participate little, if not at all, in the first day of Midyear Mayhem.
We're usually pretty patient with maintenance consistently being done in our absolute busiest hours, but two days in a row, during an event, for a bug that doesn't affect the playability of the game for most people? 4am EDT until 7am EDT are reasonably busy hours on EU server and it's frustrating that there's never a time picked that affects less people unless things break so suddenly that ZOS has to completely drop what they're doing.
We're usually pretty patient with maintenance consistently being done in our absolute busiest hours, but two days in a row, during an event, for a bug that doesn't affect the playability of the game for most people? 4am EDT until 7am EDT are reasonably busy hours on EU server and it's frustrating that there's never a time picked that affects less people unless things break so suddenly that ZOS has to completely drop what they're doing.
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shimm✭✭✭✭✭The hamsters get tired… they need rest and to be fed. I’m sure if it happens again tomorrow, more hamsters will be added.0 -
ThePlacidHatter✭✭✭What's most annoying is the assumption of patience; "Thanks for your patience with this issue, everyone.".
Losing prime time, right at the end of the week, after a long week of work does not instil patience. Especially after already losing prime time the night before.
Why does ESO plus cost the same for Aus & US if Aus don't get to play this game as often as US?
Some regions should get a 'we don't value your region' discount on ESO Plus.16 -
omegatay_ESO✭✭✭✭I hear you op. I work swings in the US. This will now be TWO days in a row of no play time. Can't even do my dailies.
We will get people in this thread supporting zos, calling us entitled whiners. Almost always this down time does not affect them. So to you people, shove it.
To Zos, as we say at work, get it together people's.Edited by omegatay_ESO on June 24, 2021 9:36PM5 -
NoxiousBlight✭✭✭✭✭I usually don’t mind the maintenance and just play something else, but to have it happen during an event is quite frustrating. Going to lose several hours of play time on my day off. And MYM is my favorite event so it is twice as painful.
Just let people abuse Undertaker this weekend for all I care and fix it with some planned maintenance on Monday instead of taking away more play time.3 -
GenjiraX✭✭✭✭✭I imagine they’ll extend the event. They have in the past when they’ve bodged things up good and proper.0
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NeKryXe✭✭✭✭✭
✭So... is this message real?
I got exactly the same message yesterday, so I assumed that they just forgot to remove it.0 -
GenjiraX✭✭✭✭✭So... is this message real?
I got exactly the same message yesterday, so I assumed that they just forgot to remove it.
It is real. See the banner at the top of the page.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7307183/#Comment_73071830 -
dvonpm✭✭✭✭I think there actually is an exploit related to that bug. Hence the double update, but sorry, yeah that does suck.
If it's any consolation the lag when you get in will make you feel like you rubberbanded back in time 🤔1 -
Chadak✭✭✭✭✭This Maintenance event is pretty sweet.
I'm confused about why they want me to go play GW2 so much, but if they insist, who am I to argue?
It's really very kind of them to think of all the other games there are to play and all the other crap around the house there is to do. They're really looking out for us and the gaming community here guys.
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matterandstuff✭✭✭✭This is now the third time in five days they've hit Oceanian and Asian users with maintenance that takes our entire peak time during an event without apology or extending the event.
Every time we're hit with days of back-to-back maintenance, many players in this part of the world are left going "why am I paying a subscription for a game I can't actually play?", some will drop off, and it's never acknowledged. It's incredibly harmful to actually having a functioning player community in this part of the world.
Could we, like, get a response from ZOS for once?1 -
Grandchamp1989✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭How can they keep doing doing these maintanence? I have never played another game that needs maintanence every other day...
Please Zos, upgrade your kit already.. This is too much xD2 -
Lugaldu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭matterandstuff wrote: »This is now the third time in five days they've hit Oceanian and Asian users with maintenance
Apparently I should have extended my vacation by the sea for another week...
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Caligamy_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I miss the days when I played FFXIV and maintenance meant.. changing areas while they shutdown one section of the game and you could continue to play elsewhere..
That was a really long time ago too, so it continually surprises me to see these things that feel like we're still gaming in the 90's in ESO. love is love4 -
Asardes✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭This is Maintenance Mayhem, a new PvServer event
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FluffyBird✭✭✭✭✭
✭Grandchamp1989 wrote: »How can they keep doing doing these maintanence? I have never played another game that needs maintanence every other day...
Please Zos, upgrade your kit already.. This is too much xD
This one is the regular patch maintenance, no? They usually do these on PC every other Monday at this time, sometimes move it to Tuesday. This time they added two attempts to hotfix something, so we got a nice bundle. Their timing is fine for me, though, because I'm working anyway.
Yes, it would be more appropriate to apologize and compensate for the inconvenienceThePlacidHatter wrote: »What's most annoying is the assumption of patience; "Thanks for your patience with this issue, everyone.".0 -
ZaddiucsSoul ShrivenTX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »They should rename Midyear Mayhem to Midyear Maintenance
It's a new feature they added to try and stop people from reaching their daily/weekly endeavors on time
Just another Twitch scrub... Grinding in more ways than one!2 -
matterandstuff✭✭✭✭FluffyBird wrote: »Grandchamp1989 wrote: »
Yes, it would be more appropriate to apologize and compensate for the inconvenienceThePlacidHatter wrote: »What's most annoying is the assumption of patience; "Thanks for your patience with this issue, everyone.".
I wish ZOS would at least understand this instead of assuming that all their East Asian and Oceanian users are just cool with being patient with having the game rendered repeatedly unplayable at all.0 -
krayphysh✭✭✭I'm upset about this as well. I work a second shift job and don't get home until around midnight, I can play from midnight until about 6am central time (USA) but don't have time to enjoy the game because of this near daily maintenance! This is affecting second shift workers and people in other countries! How are we supposed to participate in the event, do our writs, complete the endeavors, do dungeons, battlegrounds, or just run around and collect goods when we only have 3 hours per day to play? I think we should be compensated in some way for all the time that has been taken from us since the latest chapter release. I would think that like myself, most people who play at this time of the day do so because it's the only available time that we are able to play. Most late night gamers, maybe all of us, are adults with second shift jobs, families, ect. We don't have the luxury of playing at any time, we have to schedule play time in around real life priorities. Why are we the only group of people that are constantly subjected to maintenance? Be fair, let everyone have a taste of what we experience on a regular basis. At least give us something to make up for all the time you've taken from us recently. Again, we don't chose to play this late, this just so happens to be the only timeframe available for us to play. Please, don't put this on us every single time. How about give us a name and race change token to at least show you've read this and understand why we're upset. It won`t solve the problem but at least we won't feel like we mean nothing and you truly do hear or see what we are saying.0 -
krayphysh✭✭✭TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »They should rename Midyear Mayhem to Midyear Maintenance
Lmao that's too good! XD0 -
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Longtimer since beta, the usual. 26 CP toons. ~1700cp on main account, 1000cp on 2nd account. Endgame-ish lol. Most Vets / some HM's cleared.5
