Downtime Notice: Wednesday, July 17th 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[Oliphant]

Did you try unplugging for a couple minutes and plugging back in?

 

[Knowbody important]

Did you try unplugging for a couple minutes and plugging back in?

What do you think they are actually doing? Its a lot of cords......but sometimes they skip a few hundred. Its why weekly maintenance is sometimes shorter. Today they are just unplugging them all and plugging them back in 20 minutes later. They are doing this in large batches. Hence why its taking so long.

 

[Balvix]

Well, i guess today is the day I go outside for the first time in however many years. Maybe ill touch that weird green stuff, I think you guys call it "grass"?

 

[Thumbed_Servant]

Would be nice if these extended down times could be done overnight. Sure, someone would still not be able to play (Europeans?) but fewer someones than when done during the daytime.

 

[Wazoo]

I think I'm fairly strong with the Enthusiasm, but SSG somehow sap a lot if it away, like

 

[Tremes]

Well, i guess today is the day I go outside for the first time in however many years. Maybe ill touch that weird green stuff, I think you guys call it "grass"?

You do know that is still illegal in some states. But if all your going to do is touch it, then maybe it's good.

Psst, I have papers.

 

[32bliss]

I believe Thursday's used to be the scheduled downtime day. Not sure why the change to wednesdays, but I personally prefer it to be predictable.

My guess is they switched to Wednesdays so if an update doesn't go well, they'd still have the next weekday to work on a fix and then Friday for another downtime before the weekend.

 

[Cmecu]

He was basing the cost off of a yearly DISCOUNTED rate.

Likewise, you are basing it off of a 3 month DISCOUNTED rate.

You should be basing the cost off of the monthly subscription rate. That is roughly 49 cents for a day lost. You're only charging 33.

SSG is making out like a bandit.

Damn..all those math classes I took I college and I'm still dumb.
That's it.. I need my therapy pony for security

 

[RayRay Ramone]

I don't care what adjustments are being made but after all of the extended maintenance and extensions to the extended maintenance it would be nice to see an improvement in performance which so far we have not.

Yes, this exactly. I see a lot of extended downtimes to improve things, but no improvements. What are they doing exactly?

 

[Cmecu]

No, not directly. This work is more about maintaining the technology and game deployment environment.

SSG DDO game server technology and game deployment environment.

 

[Wazoo]

Yes, this exactly. I see a lot of extended downtimes to improve things, but no improvements. What are they doing exactly?

They aren't improving anything. They are just trying to prove they do something, aka nothing.

 

[Elminster]

I think (and yes I don't know the exact technical problems) but wouldn't it been smarter if you guys split this maintenance between two Wednesdays instead of trying to shove it all in on one?

 

[hendelgc]

What I don't understand is since they cancelled the update they saved about 2 hours of downtime, but Cordovan said the downtime would last the same amount of time. Why not cut the time by 2 hours? If they need this much time for "maintenance" now is it just going to get worse? Also, they have no concept of PR, they have done nothing to apologize for this mess other then thanking us for our patience. The weekend bonuses have been crap, they should have at least had one exp weekend (heroic, epic, reaper, and VIP) This would have allowed people to catch up from the downtime. Oh well, maybe it's time to quit ddo :(

 

[Eoin-1]

lol, does maintaining the technology and game deployment environment actually mean anything ? Sorry, but I have to call out blatant techno-babble.

Probably upgrading from 5400 IDE to 10k SCSI, upgrading the 10MB switches to 100MB, blowing dust out the rack, cleaning the gunk off the mouse ball wheels, degauss the monitors, maybe run memmaker if there is enough time...

 

[Cmecu]

Psst, I have papers.

 

[Tolmynn]

SSG DDO game server technology and game deployment environment.

Actually it's this:
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[Buddha5440]

As someone who knows how to repair cars, it isn't some big, unexplainable mystery when it comes to those repairs anyway. Without explaining every bolt that must be loosened, they can tell you if they are rotating the tires, changing the oil, replacing the air filter, and changing out your radiator fluid, for example. If they don't do that, and you just pay for "Maintenance," you are probably getting ripped off.

Now it could be that server maintenance is something so technical that it can't be explained in simple terms, but I doubt it.

They explained what they were doing in the initial downtime post...

We apologize for the extended duration of recent maintenance windows. This work is varied but includes quarterly and yearly maintenance related work in addition to engineering and resource adjustments to improve the health of the game environment.

 

[Pardoner]

STILL Down :(

 

[Buddha5440]

Well, i guess today is the day I go outside for the first time in however many years. Maybe ill touch that weird green stuff, I think you guys call it "grass"?

I think that's only if it's 4:20. At least that's what I heard from Chappelle.

 

[Kathwynn]

I got everything else done.. And still down.. I guess i will walk outside and see the sky.. It is still blue right?