These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE General Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
Previous page12
 

Bank Holiday Downtime

First post
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Tyrendian Biohazard
The Bastards
Sedition.
#21 - 2013-05-06 11:58:45 UTC
I can no play Eve!?!?!?!

Scandalous!!! Shocked


So you came to Eve because of downtime "features" and not content? I heard WoW now has pretty good uptime!

Twitch streamer and EVE NT tournament broadcaster.
Feer Truelight
#22 - 2013-05-06 11:59:45 UTC
HTFU? Not everyone has a bank holiday today.
No, you are not special.

8/7/2006 3:39:36 PM UTC FreeCCP Promotional Game Time 7 Days Paid

6/1/2012 5:48:57 PM UTC PayPal 1 x 1 Month EVE Subscription + Signup €19.95 Paid

CCP took 6 years to convert me to a (still) paying subscriber :)
Kainotomiu Ronuken
koahisquad
#23 - 2013-05-06 12:06:48 UTC
Abon wrote:
What the heck is Bank Holiday?

A day in the UK where everything closes. Basically just a free Sunday.
Raiz Nhell
PeregrineXII
#24 - 2013-05-06 12:07:11 UTC
As an Aussie, and as someone who lives in the NT, we had the May Day holiday today...

Perfect time for extended downtime... Just prior to sunset, few beers, take in the world...

And wonder just why everyone else is whinging...

Loving Eve... Happy Birthday :)

There is no such thing as a fair fight...

If your fighting fair you have automatically put yourself at a disadvantage.
Amber Harrington
Corp Yo
#25 - 2013-05-06 13:06:19 UTC
Sunny weather here in London \o/

Time to clean my room :(
xwolfi
#26 - 2013-05-06 13:07:17 UTC
****** weather in Paris and I took the week off... it starts well ! :D
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#27 - 2013-05-06 13:07:18 UTC
Thing about major patches... you should just set a long skill to train and allow for an entire day for the server to be stable again.


In all fairness, though, CCP's track record at getting patches running has greatly improved since they went to the incremental system of "mini patches" for adding content.

"EVE is dying." -- The Four Forum Trolls of the Apocalypse.   ( Pick four, any four. They all smell.  )
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#28 - 2013-05-07 12:24:29 UTC
Abon wrote:
What the heck is Bank Holiday?


Let me google that for you... wikipedia knows!Big smile We have two days off coming up in the Netherlands, don't exactly know why but it's some religious thing or something. Not that I care but I'm looking forward to sending some ships to DIAF.Big smile
Thorleifer
Yeti Cave
#29 - 2013-05-07 12:37:34 UTC
Hey atleast eve does not break the game on patch day (for the most part). WOW breaks everytime they release a patch, so you have 1/2 day downtime and then the other half of people not able to get patch and connect. I think EVE does fairly well at implementing patches.

If we could just get them to install the iWin button for people Roll
CCP Guard
C C P
C C P Alliance
#30 - 2013-05-07 13:07:52 UTC
Don't be mean, guys. It's a perfectly normal question :)

Nobody likes long downtimes, including us. Which is why we've done a lot to decrease the time needed to do daily maintenance and scheduled upgrades. Oh, and we've also really decreased the odds of TQ having unexpected problems and crashes as you've probably all noticed if you're been around for a while.

To answer the question, the UK is our 2nd-3rd biggest market and we will generally try to schedule downtimes outside prime play times. Sorry we couldn't do that this time around!

CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer | @CCP_Guard
Domina Trix
McKNOBBLER DRINKING CLAN
#31 - 2013-05-07 13:28:34 UTC
Hotti Stuff wrote:
Hi all

One of the main features for me coming to the game was the lack of random and extended downtimes, also when patches happened they arrived on a Tuesday, a day I don't play much.

I've logged in today to find the game will be down for almost 7 hours on a Bank Holiday (estimated time).

Is this normal to take the game down during potentially busy times?

Only reason I'm asking is that I came here from SWTOR where the continual downtimes (many unannounced, you suddenly found yourself kicked out of the game and it down 'indefinitely') made trying to play the game a nightmare.



meh, it meant more time to play Defiance :D

Two of the defining characteristics of a carebear are wanting other players to play the way the carebear wants and whining on the forums for the game to change when they don't. Yet I see more threads on these forums from gankers than I do miners whining about wanting the game changed to suit them.
Steijn
Quay Industries
#32 - 2013-05-07 14:19:39 UTC
CCP Guard wrote:
Don't be mean, guys. It's a perfectly normal question :)

Nobody likes long downtimes, including us. Which is why we've done a lot to decrease the time needed to do daily maintenance and scheduled upgrades. Oh, and we've also really decreased the odds of TQ having unexpected problems and crashes as you've probably all noticed if you're been around for a while.

To answer the question, the UK is our 2nd-3rd biggest market and we will generally try to schedule downtimes outside prime play times. Sorry we couldn't do that this time around!


You still havent answered why it was only announced at such a stupid time. 23.52 for an 0800 DT means a lot (like myself) had no idea until trying to log on.

Now if you are asking us to accept that it couldnt be scheduled at any other time, fine, but can you please say why the advance notification for this was so poor?
mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
#33 - 2013-05-07 14:22:38 UTC
CCP Guard wrote:
Don't be mean, guys. It's a perfectly normal question :)

Nobody likes long downtimes, including us. Which is why we've done a lot to decrease the time needed to do daily maintenance and scheduled upgrades. Oh, and we've also really decreased the odds of TQ having unexpected problems and crashes as you've probably all noticed if you're been around for a while.

To answer the question, the UK is our 2nd-3rd biggest market and we will generally try to schedule downtimes outside prime play times. Sorry we couldn't do that this time around!


Back in the old days downtimes were indeed much much longer. I seem to remember a 24 hour downtime as well ;)
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2013-05-07 14:52:44 UTC
Hotti Stuff wrote:
Hi all
I've logged in today to find the game will be down for almost 7 hours on a Bank Holiday (estimated time).


I would think that pretty much every day, is a bank holiday, somewhere on the planet. It is a global game.
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#35 - 2013-05-07 14:53:12 UTC
Hotti Stuff wrote:
no idea where i got that time from, think i took 1 hour off the start for BST then added 1 hour on the end for BST, must remember to not log into the game while still in bed, lol.

thanks for the replies, I haven't been in the game long and would rather leave than go through the SWTOR experience again.

but if its just a rare occurrence then back to mining.


When Oddessey goes live (June 4th) you can probably expect EVE to be offline for at least 12 hours, and you should plan (skillqueues, tower fuel etc) for 24. Plus there's usually a restart or two as people discover a hilarious bug to exploit. CCP usually start expansion DT at 08:00 EVE time or so.

But once per 6 months isn't too onerous. Just make other plans for that day, avoid the slow patch downloads, login queues, server restarts

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

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
DrHeinz Doofenshmirtz
The Scope
#36 - 2013-05-07 15:30:56 UTC  |  Edited by: DrHeinz Doofenshmirtz
thank you ccp for scheduling the long maintenance outside of my bank holiday.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#37 - 2013-06-17 21:19:43 UTC
Hotti Stuff wrote:
Hi all

One of the main features for me coming to the game was the lack of random and extended downtimes, also when patches happened they arrived on a Tuesday, a day I don't play much.

I've logged in today to find the game will be down for almost 7 hours on a Bank Holiday (estimated time).

Is this normal to take the game down during potentially busy times?

Only reason I'm asking is that I came here from SWTOR where the continual downtimes (many unannounced, you suddenly found yourself kicked out of the game and it down 'indefinitely') made trying to play the game a nightmare.
EVE and DUST are developed in Reykjavík, Iceland and Shanghai, China. TQ is updated and operated from Reykjavík, Iceland (even if it's located in London, England). While we try and not conflict with major holidays around the world then holidays in Iceland and China are the primary factors for our work schedule.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#38 - 2013-06-17 21:21:57 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Hotti Stuff wrote:
no idea where i got that time from, think i took 1 hour off the start for BST then added 1 hour on the end for BST, must remember to not log into the game while still in bed, lol.

thanks for the replies, I haven't been in the game long and would rather leave than go through the SWTOR experience again.

but if its just a rare occurrence then back to mining.


When Oddessey goes live (June 4th) you can probably expect EVE to be offline for at least 12 hours, and you should plan (skillqueues, tower fuel etc) for 24. Plus there's usually a restart or two as people discover a hilarious bug to exploit. CCP usually start expansion DT at 08:00 EVE time or so.
Hey, we did it in lot less than 12 hours! Big smile

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
adopt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#39 - 2013-06-17 21:47:27 UTC
I remember patch day back in my day.
Previous page12