Servers down?

[nitrous]

Sitting here trying to get in and cannot get past the login servers.

[Galithdor]

go to <a href="http://www.eq2players.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.eq2players.com</a> lol and look at the message <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Horlok]

The servers are down, as is posted on the eq2players page, however they crashed.  There was no ingame warning of servers coming down for maintenance and there is nothing on the eq2players page that indicares a planned down time.  I just wish the people incharge would make a posting of the crash and estimated time for it being fixed so we didn't have to go through the "servers down?" thing each time.

[nitrous]

I have and do not see anything meanful to me there.   Rooting around I see a list of servers that are down.   Nothing I see tells me the why, when, how, etc.   Very unsusal for them to go down this early.

[Kri]

<p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/news_archive.vm?id=1131&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a></p><p> *sigh*</p>

[Bati]

<p>The message on eq2players is the 3rd one down:</p><p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?id=1131&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scheduled Downtime on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007</a> -04/23/2007 All EverQuest II game servers will be brought down at 4:00 AM PDT tomorrow. This downtime should last for approximately two hours and end at 6:00 AM PDT. Please note that this downtime includes all game servers (US and international). Thank you for your patience during the downtime.</p><p>BUT, it is not listed on the network status page under scheduled downtime, the only place many of us check <img src="/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> and there were NO in game warnings of any sort, even a 1 minute warning could have allowed us to get somewhere safe...<img src="/smilies/2e207fad049d4d292f60607f80f05768.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[C]

<p>Before the forum revamp this kind of info used to be posted on the front page (which is my homepage), you didn't have to go rooting around in the news section for it, which I don't check regularly as there is rarely anything of much interest.</p><p>More than this, I really wish they'd say <i>why</i> the servers are coming down.  I'm guessing it's for GU34, but it would be nice not to be kept in the dark.</p>

[nitrous]

Shadowbreath@Splitpaw wrote: <blockquote><p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/news_archive.vm?id=1131&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a></p><p> *sigh*</p></blockquote><p>Well that did help, Thank you.   </p><p>But still not easy to find notes like this.    On the EQ2players page it does not appear initially.    Maybe it is in the Game Updates?  Nope, not there.   OK then, perhaps it is in the Servers link.   Nope.    I know, how about the Network Status or Support?   Nope, not in either location although the Network status did finally list the servers that are down.   </p><p> So, as you can see unless you know what link this note is buried under it may not be easy to find by those that do not visit the website enough.   </p><p>Now, I only wish they would place me information in the note (as well as make it easier to find) explaining to some degree what they are doing. <sigh>   Oh well, I can dream.</p>

[Thunderthyze]

Afton@Splitpaw wrote: <blockquote><p>Before the forum revamp this kind of info used to be posted on the front page (which is my homepage), you didn't have to go rooting around in the news section for it, which I don't check regularly as there is rarely anything of much interest.</p><p>More than this, I really wish they'd say <i>why</i> the servers are coming down.  I'm guessing it's for GU34, but it would be nice not to be kept in the dark.</p></blockquote> Maybe it's a surprise.....bit early for GU34 (isn't that slated for tomorrow?)..... more likely just some db maintenance in advance of the update?

[Horlok]

<p>When I click the link in the pprevious posts I do see a note on the servers coming down, however when I look at the server status, on the eq2players site, there is no mention of it.  Just a list of servers down and the newest comment below that is for april 15th?  Dow you have to pay for the extra features or something to get the current notifications?  This is the page I see</p><p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/network_status.vm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...twork_status.vm</a></p><p> If you go there and there is a comment like the one from your links I would appreciate knowing?  There still should have been in game notifications as many people play this game and never use eq2players.  I certainly don't check it before logging in to play.</p>

[Eshaac]

<cite>Bati wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>and there were NO in game warnings of any sort, even a 1 minute warning could have allowed us to get somewhere safe...<img src="/smilies/2e207fad049d4d292f60607f80f05768.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p></blockquote> Umm hhmm I got a warning 1 hour before/ 30 mins before and so on.. It was broadcasted on all me chat windows.  So don't know why you would not have..  Tho the first one that said in an hour, also said down time was for 1 hour. The second one said in  30 mins and down time was for 2 hours.. so does that mean 3 hrs total?  hahahah.. hhmm interesting.... and to top it all off.. they are going down tomorrow for gu34 .... hahahahaha.. ya gotta love it.. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> 

[Kri]

<cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote>Shadowbreath@Splitpaw wrote: <blockquote><p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/news_archive.vm?id=1131&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a></p><p> *sigh*</p></blockquote><p>Well that did help, Thank you.   </p><p>But still not easy to find notes like this.    On the EQ2players page it does not appear initially.    Maybe it is in the Game Updates?  Nope, not there.   OK then, perhaps it is in the Servers link.   Nope.    I know, how about the Network Status or Support?   Nope, not in either location although the Network status did finally list the servers that are down.   </p><p> So, as you can see unless you know what link this note is buried under it may not be easy to find by those that do not visit the website enough.   </p><p>Now, I only wish they would place me information in the note (as well as make it easier to find) explaining to some degree what they are doing. <sigh>   Oh well, I can dream.</p></blockquote><p>It does show up on the EQ2Players front page, but only on my laptop, because it's using US English locale. On my computer at home (Swedish locale) I have to update the page umpteenth times before it displays everything correctly.</p><p>The network status page has unfortunately never been very trustworthy. </p>

[eversilence1]

<p>lmfao soe going back to there old ways </p><p>chat closed down and no warnings ingame congrats soe</p>

[Wingrider01]

Myst@Vox wrote: <blockquote><p>lmfao soe going back to there old ways </p><p>chat closed down and no warnings ingame congrats soe</p></blockquote> got one at 60 minutes, 30 minutes and 10 minutes. Maybe they need to start sending the message out every 5 minutes, 2 hours before the scheduled downtime

[Jagged Halo]

<cite>bensilvi wrote:</cite><blockquote>Myst@Vox wrote: <blockquote><p>lmfao soe going back to there old ways </p><p>chat closed down and no warnings ingame congrats soe</p></blockquote> Oh stufu. The announcement for the downtime for today was posted yesturday pay the [I cannot control my vocabulary] attention.</blockquote><p> We had wwarrnings on RE from 1Hour before every 15 mins then with 4 mins to go</p><p>Chat was fine when i was in there a moment ago</p>

[eversilence1]

<p>and what server u on havent been to the forums in a long time due to the community manager</p><p>so what server u on?  so plz refrain from u should be looking at forums more than the game plz</p>

[eversilence1]

<p>nothing said on vox no warning and alot of other servers had no warnings  feel lucky if u did get informed</p><p>and yes chat is back was saying  no avatrs before and was no chat</p>

[Kinvalar Abolesco]

Definately had no warning on Oasis =( Was in the middle of Avatar ring in Kaladim as the servers went down heh... had just pulled the 2nd encounter of mobs standing around inactive Avatar

[Kyouki]

<p>Keeping yourself informed is YOUR responsibility.</p><p>It's not hard to check the news once a day.</p>

[Kinvalar Abolesco]

To say that its the player's responsibility to watch news sites on the off chance that the server won't warn is us is crap. To take precautions for something that only happens when the eq2 staff screws up makes no sense to me. They dropped the ball on warning most servers, thats all there is to it.

[Kyouki]

Kinvalar Abolesco wrote: <blockquote>To say that its the player's responsibility to watch news sites on the off chance that the server won't warn is us is crap. To take precautions for something that only happens when the eq2 staff screws up makes no sense to me. They dropped the ball on warning most servers, thats all there is to it. </blockquote><p> You want someone to come knocking on your door whenever there's been a car crash near you too?</p>

[Kinvalar Abolesco]

That is not even close to a logical comparison. Traffic going somewhere, or possible danger is quite a bit more severe than server downtime on a game. Those are the kinds of things that might be a good idea to look into beforehand, if able. The fact is, they set a precedent. For most/all downtimes I can recall, they have warned us. It was not us reading news to learn about impending downtimes. Cutting that practice on some servers, and upholding it on others is nothing like your given situation. Now, if we had a team of psychics warning people about car crashed before-hand, then your situation might be pertinent to the current thread.

[DarrkElf]

I don't check the forum every day, and am used to the server going down around 6am PST, not 2 hours earlier.  No in game warning that I could see on Najena, just got booted from the server while in the middle of Loping Plains. I visit the forums ocassionally, but I pay to play the game, not to read the forum.  In game notice would be nice.

[kukubird]

Maybe emergency fix to clear up some rampant exploiting ... ? massive dumping on station exchange 2 servers right now.. Maybe the fix couldn't wait?  Price of plat on station exchange has dropped about 50% almost 5 days under .70 per plat on vox. Saw signs of it for a few weeks but nobody acted...... again... maybe everyone starting to post about it... made them act early. Who knows...

[singerstone]

It's all a communist plot to over throw the government. The black helicopters should be hovering over your house soon. Sony is behind it all.

[Kri]

There have been times when I've been dead sure there wasn't a message before the servers went down. Then I talk to guild mates and they say they saw the message(s). It's easy to miss if you're zoning or quickly clicking through an NPC dialogue. So I'm guessing they did send out messages about the servers going down but that many people simply missed it. Perhaps they could make the 10 minute warning a box you actually had to click to close. Slightly annoying but less people would be booted in the middle of something dangerous. Still, there will always be people who never read what the pop-up boxes say before they close them... Or perhaps place a clock somewhere that counted down to _scheduled_ downtimes (kind of tough to plan an emergency).

[Gilamarth]

In general SOE has made it a practice in the past to announce upcoming server downtimes via in-game announcements as well as posting on their website. With that being the case, if either announcement method is missed it can and probably will/does cause problems to some player or another as both methods can be used. If SOE missed updating the website instead I'm sure there's some player(s) out there using the website announcements to plan their playtime during that “unannounced downtime” and would have a similar issue as those players that didn't get the in game announcement. IMO it's not a matter of what I demand SOE does or how I think they should do it. If SOE wants to notify the player base in game, then that's where I'll be looking for it. If they give other options in providing the info, then I'm likely to pick the method that works best for me. I'm sure if I made a long distance phone call to CA, waited on hold, then requested this upcoming weeks downtime schedule, I might be able to get that information, but of course there's nothing to say that the person I speak to can't make a mistake and give me the wrong time/day/etc anyways which would lead to a similar situation. Something to remember is that the in game announcements is something SOE has decided to use themselves and, as with anything with the game, if somethings not working right or simply broke SOE does like to know about these things so they can fix em. If everyone was supposed to get the in game message, but didn't, then that's simply something SOE might want to be made aware of. -Gil 

[Silverpaws]

If I cant log in, I check the forums or the eq2players site for info. Why is this so hard for people to understand? Besides, its freak'n 4-6am pst scheduled this time.  (/clap SOE) Go to bed, go to work, go to school, go for a walk, whatever.  Its a game, go out into the real world children.  Be in your world now!  Its huge!

[Ruut Li]

<p>Denuve:s status: ONLINE</p><p>Denuve POSTS a reply in a board telling the children to go out in the real world...</p><p>Denuve:s status: still ONLINE</p><p>.....</p><p>Oh oh hang on...denuve is probably sitting in the park with his laptop = mature grown-up behaviour, "experiencing" the real world, right? Roflmao!</p>

[Bati]

<cite>Kyouki wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Keeping yourself informed is YOUR responsibility.</p><p>It's not hard to check the news once a day.</p></blockquote><p>Keeping myself informed is why I check the Network Status page, which by the way had absolutely nothing about today's downtime on it, and nobody in my group received a broadcast message (just to verify we're not blind, I just looked through my chat logs, nada about the server going down).</p>

[Silverpaws]

Ruut Li wrote: <blockquote><p>Denuve:s status: ONLINE</p><p>Denuve POSTS a reply in a board telling the children to go out in the real world...</p><p>Denuve:s status: still ONLINE</p><p>.....</p><p>Oh oh hang on...denuve is probably sitting in the park with his laptop = mature grown-up behaviour, "experiencing" the real world, right? Roflmao!</p> </blockquote>Actually, Im a woman.  And, my pc is never turned off.  So if I walk way from the computer, to lets say, take care of work, I just might look like Im still logged in.

[Valdaglerion]

<p>I am more interested in the fact the servers did go down at 4am PST and were scheduled to be down for 2 hours but it is now 8:09 AM PST and the servers are still down with no additional postings (as previously done) concerning extended downtime.</p><p> I thought LU34 was going in today but saw someone post earlier it was going in tomorrow. Anyone have a link for LU34 implmentation date?</p>

[NorrinRadd]

Neither SOE or The Devs need anyone to come on here & Defend them but on their behalf I have to say that not only was this Server downtime posted on the EQ2 players page but it was also posted in the Developer page, which you can access here on the Forums allday yesterday. I saw it and was ready for the downtime today, the people upset obviously didn't see these posts but how is that SOE's fault? They are people doing a job just like you & outside of sending an E-Mail or Calling every player,(Which some still would miss) how else can they make you aware of the Server Maint.? You all really need to step up and start accepting some responsibility for some issues and quit trying to pass blame when you miss info that was available to all, these SOE screwed me again posts are really starting to get abit old & tired.

[Moldylocks]

<cite>NorrinRadd wrote:</cite><blockquote>Neither SOE or The Devs need anyone to come on here & Defend them <span style="color: #3300ff"><i>but on their behalf</i></span> I have to say that not only was this Server downtime posted on the EQ2 players page but it was also posted in the Developer page, which you can access here on the Forums allday yesterday. I saw it and was ready for the downtime today, the people upset obviously didn't see these posts but how is that SOE's fault? They are people doing a job just like you & outside of sending an E-Mail or Calling every player,(Which some still would miss) how else can they make you aware of the Server Maint.? <span style="color: #0000ff"><i>You all really need to step up and start accepting some responsibility for some issues</i></span> and quit trying to pass blame when you miss info that was available to all, these SOE screwed me again posts are really starting to get abit old & tired.</blockquote><p>Uh, no one hired you to be the SOE spokesperson so go away, troll.</p><p>And being paternally condescending doesn't earn you points either.</p>

[NorrinRadd]

Moldylocks, I'm going to make 1 reply to you & then leave this subject alone. Read your post & then re-read mine & then you tell me who's trolling.<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Moldylocks]

<cite>NorrinRadd wrote:</cite><blockquote>Moldylocks, I'm going to make 1 reply to you & then leave this subject alone. Read your post & then re-read mine & then you tell me who's trolling.<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote><p>Well, since you put yourself in a position to speak on SOE's behalf..that would be you. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Stuge]

Looks like someone doesn't have a grasp as to what "trolling" means. Move on.

[Cele]

  *sigh*

[Wingrider01]

<cite>Bati wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kyouki wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Keeping yourself informed is YOUR responsibility.</p><p>It's not hard to check the news once a day.</p></blockquote><p>Keeping myself informed is why I check the Network Status page, which by the way had absolutely nothing about today's downtime on it, and nobody in my group received a broadcast message (just to verify we're not blind, I just looked through my chat logs, nada about the server going down).</p></blockquote> There is a  message in the announcements here

[Martrae]

Patch notes? Or was this just maintenance?

[Velsha]

I envy you people who can sit here and [Removed for Content] about not being able to play the game while I sit here at WORK and can only browse the forums here and there.

[Ruut Li]

<p>Denuve you little liar! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Take care of work? if it was real work you were responsible of you wouldnt post flame baits here. Now run along little child and experience the world /laughs.</p>