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Death to Downtime !

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CCP Spitfire
C C P
C C P Alliance
#21 - 2011-11-09 08:09:02 UTC
There's actually a video blog about that in the works. Smile

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#22 - 2011-11-09 08:13:25 UTC
I havent seen it yet :( last i heard was they needed to do a sit down on how to handel mechanics that involve or require DTs. Asteriod growth could be handeled in a decent manner but a outpost out of an egg would look odd going POOF !"Im a station now." On both a database and graphical sense.

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Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#23 - 2011-11-09 08:17:44 UTC
DT takes nowadays less than 15 min. It is not any issue anymore for most ppl. Furthermore, after the dt, it gives you a time frame to avoid gate camps when ppl is still logging back in.
Wolfcan
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#24 - 2011-11-09 11:50:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Wolfcan
Grukni wrote:
DT takes nowadays less than 15 min. It is not any issue anymore for most ppl.


Why don't people get the problem with DT? With DT you can't organise any fleet operation or fleet has to dispand with DT coming up. For people in the DT hitting peak play times this is a major problem. Its not the length of DT its the fact DT happens EVERY night. DT could be 5 min for all I care. Its the fact you have to stop everything your doing and start again.
Steveir
Hagukure
#25 - 2011-11-09 13:07:44 UTC
If it wasn't for down time I would never get to go to the super market on days off; hence we would starve to death :)
Talon SilverHawk
Patria o Muerte
#26 - 2011-11-09 14:31:31 UTC
Mr Fenris wrote:
T' Elk wrote:
Eve is also probably the mmo you've ever played with one "instance". Things are bound to be different, get over it.


Actually it's not but I can tell by your attitude there's no point discussing it.



Cool can you tell us the name of the other MMO's that aren't sharded ? and have such a large online player base (as in in game at the same time)

Just curious

Tal





Howard Saint
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#27 - 2011-11-09 15:06:34 UTC
Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:
I like down time. It gives me a quiet period afterwards when only some people are online.


This!


I usually use this time right after DT to move expensive stuff in my covert transport and things like that to minimize the risk. Smile
Efraya
V0LTA
OnlyFleets.
#28 - 2011-11-09 15:09:36 UTC
DT is about 10 mins atm, which is one hell of a technical achievement. Excellent work CCP, keep it up!

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Bhaal Chinnian
#29 - 2011-11-09 15:16:18 UTC
Wolfcan wrote:
With DT you can't organise any fleet operation or fleet has to dispand with DT coming up


^ notice I bolded it for you? Since you were apparently unaware of DT and couldn't organize your fleets, now you will be prepared....thus organized.

'A Good Plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed next week'-- George Patton
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#30 - 2011-11-09 15:27:17 UTC
So in England and chunks of Europe it goes down duing business hours. Excellent!

In the EST time zone where I am, it goes down at roughly 6am. Also Excellent!

I am pretty ok with this, tbqh

Also its only a half hour, and seems even shorter lately. Not a lot to complain about.
Wolfcan
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#31 - 2011-11-10 12:19:38 UTC
Bhaal Chinnian wrote:
Wolfcan wrote:
With DT you can't organise any fleet operation or fleet has to dispand with DT coming up


^ notice I bolded it for you? Since you were apparently unaware of DT and couldn't organize your fleets, now you will be prepared....thus organized.

Thanks heaps Bhaal, thats what I was doing wrong. Silly me. Will definitely take that into consideration and magically organise people to not log off for an hour with DT coming up. Great Idea. :)
Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#32 - 2011-11-13 11:13:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Grukni
DT is now less than 10 min long (8-9 min). While it's a big improvement, I hope hear from CCP that DT will be killed soon(tm).
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#33 - 2011-11-13 11:38:07 UTC
Ten Bulls wrote:
CCP looks to have well and truly found their path, lots of long called for improvements, YAY !!!

There is one major annoyance that breaks immersion, annoys many timezones, and is a technical embarrassment for CCP; downtime.

There is a year old dev blog, death to downtime that states "It is our goal that sometime in the not too distant future, EVE Online will have no daily downtime."

Any update on that ?

(im hopeful)


Since downtimes are often under 10 minutes, I think they're making pretty good progress on this.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#34 - 2011-11-13 11:40:51 UTC
Wolfcan wrote:
Grukni wrote:
DT takes nowadays less than 15 min. It is not any issue anymore for most ppl.


Why don't people get the problem with DT? With DT you can't organise any fleet operation or fleet has to dispand with DT coming up. For people in the DT hitting peak play times this is a major problem. Its not the length of DT its the fact DT happens EVERY night. DT could be 5 min for all I care. Its the fact you have to stop everything your doing and start again.


DT need not be more than a minor inconvenience. Your voice comms don't stop working, after all. If your fleets take more than 5 minutes or so to reform after being interrupted by DT, then you need to get better at organising people.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#35 - 2011-11-13 11:45:27 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Ten Bulls wrote:
CCP looks to have well and truly found their path, lots of long called for improvements, YAY !!!

There is one major annoyance that breaks immersion, annoys many timezones, and is a technical embarrassment for CCP; downtime.

There is a year old dev blog, death to downtime that states "It is our goal that sometime in the not too distant future, EVE Online will have no daily downtime."

Any update on that ?

(im hopeful)


Since downtimes are often under 10 minutes, I think they're making pretty good progress on this.


According to the Devblog, a year ago we would have soon a 5 min only DT. I expect them to do better. Let's see if the awesome winter expansion brings us more improvements on this.
PhoenixShadow
Dutch Legions
Solyaris Chtonium
#36 - 2011-11-13 11:53:23 UTC
CCP Spitfire wrote:
There's actually a video blog about that in the works. Smile


About grammar correction?
Shingihada Rubik
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#37 - 2011-11-13 15:33:42 UTC
Grukni wrote:

According to the Devblog, a year ago we would have soon a 5 min only DT. I expect them to do better. Let's see if the awesome winter expansion brings us more improvements on this.

LOL.

They are about 4-5 five minutes away from 5 minute DTs and yet you expect them to do better? Seriously, the technical challenges on doing a single instance world and keeping it stable and working probably take a lot of effort and continuous updating to keep doing so. Being a QQ-bear about 8-9 minute DTs and complaining about them promising something from the dev blog? How much have they not promised in the dev blogs that haven't been implemented (no offense though, I quite like CCP and EVE), but complaining about something as minor as taking a **** break is just childish.
Warzon3
Perkone
Caldari State
#38 - 2011-11-13 19:48:14 UTC
Grukni wrote:


According to the Devblog, a year ago we would have soon a 5 min only DT. I expect them to do better. Let's see if the awesome winter expansion brings us more improvements on this.


someone here doesnt know what soon means for CCP
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#39 - 2011-11-13 20:33:44 UTC
Talon SilverHawk wrote:
Mr Fenris wrote:
T' Elk wrote:
Eve is also probably the mmo you've ever played with one "instance". Things are bound to be different, get over it.


Actually it's not but I can tell by your attitude there's no point discussing it.



Cool can you tell us the name of the other MMO's that aren't sharded ? and have such a large online player base (as in in game at the same time)

Just curious

Tal







I'm curious as well.

Quote:
There's actually a video blog about that in the works. Smile


Excellent and unexpected news. I'll be looking forward to it.

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Wolfcan
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#40 - 2011-11-13 21:50:49 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Wolfcan wrote:
Grukni wrote:
DT takes nowadays less than 15 min. It is not any issue anymore for most ppl.


Why don't people get the problem with DT? With DT you can't organise any fleet operation or fleet has to dispand with DT coming up. For people in the DT hitting peak play times this is a major problem. Its not the length of DT its the fact DT happens EVERY night. DT could be 5 min for all I care. Its the fact you have to stop everything your doing and start again.


DT need not be more than a minor inconvenience. Your voice comms don't stop working, after all. If your fleets take more than 5 minutes or so to reform after being interrupted by DT, then you need to get better at organising people.

You seem to still to not understand me. How do you organise people who don't want to stuff around and come back with DT coming up, especially when there will not be any targets for a couple of hours after DT. Further, I don't get why people who are not negatively affected by DT don't like when people who are negatively affected DT want the problem fixed. If DT doesn't affect your game play thats awesome, whats it to you if people don't want any more DT. ESPECIALLY when CCP have already said they are planing on getting rid of DT FFS!!!!! Its not like we're asking something that is impossible, CCP have said that is there plan.
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