Servers went boom @ 9:06pm CST

[Cozumel]

No notification...just boom.  Network status says all are down.Any news on when we can expect them to come up??

[Loolee]

No notification?  I was playing since 7:30am est and there were notices like every 30 minutes!

[Hastur8]

Did they say how long it would be down?

[Kendricke]

<cite>Loolee wrote:</cite><blockquote>No notification?  I was playing since 7:30am est and there were notices like every 30 minutes!</blockquote>Aye, notifications all morning.

[Seclusion]

<p><b> </b><b>Scheduled Downtime Updated</b> - 03/05/2008 at 7:00 AM PSTAll EQ2 US servers will be brought down on 03/05/2008 at 7:00 AM PST.The estimated down time will be 1 hours.- SOE Operations team</p><p>I generally check here before playing in the morning:</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>

[Skywarrior]

<cite>Cozumel wrote:</cite><blockquote>No notification...just boom.  Network status says all are down.Any news on when we can expect them to come up??</blockquote>Scheduled maintenance for 1 hour.  There was plenty of notification, both on EQ2Players and in game. 

[Cozumel]

Ahh... well, I had logged on for about 20 seconds before they went down... So I didn't get the notification.  My bad.And I don't check the boards before I login.  Whoops.

[TheWarparty]

Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??  I mean [Removed for Content] is going on here??  The only time I get to do much playing is when I get off work in the morning.  If these constant outages are to fix problems with LoN (as I have heard) then put that stupid thing on its own server. If it is to fix issues that the LAST update screwed up,  then how about saving it up and doing it once a week so I can play the game I am PAYING for??   This crap is enough to make a person switch to WoW.  Sorry for the rant Y'all, but this is getting to be to much.

[Soulforged_Unre]

Servers have gone down every monday through thursday at around 9 am cst for an hour or so since release. It's more a server maintenance, its been going on a lot longer than LoN has been around.Now those one or two hour server downtimes on friday nights for LoN updates really really [Removed for Content] me off.

[interstellarmatter]

<cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??  I mean [I cannot control my vocabulary] is going on here??  The only time I get to do much playing is when I get off work in the morning.  If these constant outages are to fix problems with LoN (as I have heard) then put that stupid thing on its own server. If it is to fix issues that the LAST update screwed up,  then how about saving it up and doing it once a week so I can play the game I am PAYING for??   This crap is enough to make a person switch to WoW.  Sorry for the rant Y'all, but this is getting to be to much.</blockquote>If your primary play time is weekday mornings, I suggest trying the European server (patch different time).  Patch time normally happens weekday mornings at 7 AM PST.  I wouldn't say every weekday morning, but it's best to assume every morning.

[Killerbee3000]

<cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??  I mean [I cannot control my vocabulary] is going on here??  The only time I get to do much playing is when I get off work in the morning.  If these constant outages are to fix problems with LoN (as I have heard) then put that stupid thing on its own server. If it is to fix issues that the LAST update screwed up,  then how about saving it up and doing it once a week so I can play the game I am PAYING for??   This crap is enough to make a person switch to WoW.  Sorry for the rant Y'all, but this is getting to be to much.</blockquote>maybe should do some research into how long the servers are down in that other game (multi hour downtimes are pretty common), besides, there you have things like queue's to be able to login.... besides, downtimes also reset bugged encounters / get harvesting nodes out of trees and many other things, so regular downtimes can be a good thing even without actual patching going on.

[Spyderbite]

<cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??</blockquote>Notice was posted on website. And, these downtimes used to be daily around the same time. And, last but not least, SOE guarantees 0% uptime. So you're getting 98% more than what you're paying for. Take a deep breath, grab a dose of patience, and enjoy the game. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Soulforged_Unre]

<cite>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??</blockquote>Notice was posted on website. And, these downtimes used to be daily around the same time. And, last but not least, SOE guarantees 0% uptime. So you're getting 98% more than what you're paying for. Take a deep breath, grab a dose of patience, and enjoy the game. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /></blockquote>Read through the EULA yesterday, and I couldn't find where they said they guaranteed 0% uptime. They just said they guaranteed that you would not always have access to your account. Not a really big difference, but /shrug.

[Gladiia]

<cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??  I mean [I cannot control my vocabulary] is going on here??  The only time I get to do much playing is when I get off work in the morning.  If these constant outages are to fix problems with LoN (as I have heard) then put that stupid thing on its own server. If it is to fix issues that the LAST update screwed up,  then how about saving it up and doing it once a week so I can play the game I am PAYING for??   This crap is enough to make a person switch to WoW.  Sorry for the rant Y'all, but this is getting to be to much.</blockquote><p>The last LU was just a couple days ago.  There are almost always several more downtimes very close to a new LU.  </p><p>Anyone who tells you that the reason for excessive downtimes is LoN is full of poop.  LoN updates, while frequent, come from an entirely different source, and those changes go live without the need for eq downtime - when they go live you just don't see it until the next time you relog.  While I would imagine that there could be downtime in the event of a LoN loot card in-eq-game exploit, I have never seen that occur to this point.  </p><p>There have been some massive changes to the game since the expac, as well as a <b>very</b> large influx of new players.  And that is the cause of the higher-than-normal downtimes.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<cite>TheWarparty wrote:</cite><blockquote>Am I the only one getting tired of the servers going down so often??  I mean [I cannot control my vocabulary] is going on here??  The only time I get to do much playing is when I get off work in the morning.  If these constant outages are to fix problems with LoN (as I have heard) then put that stupid thing on its own server. If it is to fix issues that the LAST update screwed up,  then how about saving it up and doing it once a week so I can play the game I am PAYING for??   This crap is enough to make a person switch to WoW.  Sorry for the rant Y'all, but this is getting to be to much.</blockquote>Doesn't bother me in the least, and yes I do play during this time period. You heard wrong on the downtimes being only to fix LON, the 1 hour downtimes where in place way longer then LON has been in existance. As far as paying for it, read the terms of service for your account - it specificly states that the servers may not be available 7x24x365. Bottom line - deal with it or go to another game.