Everfrost Crashed

[Controlor]

<p>Just as it says.... boom goes EF</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Crashed at 20% on raid boss, fix this shi* jesus...</p>

[Sluggo]

<p>I think we should all just log and try again tomorrow</p>

[MystsofLedge12]

<p>Dear Sony:</p><p>The Everfrost server is a Piece of Dung, it crashes too much and has too many problems. Get new Hampsters</p><p>Respectfully,</p><p>99.9% of all players on Everfrost</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p>I concur...BOOM!</p>

[Izoa]

<p><cite>MCS-Apophis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Crashed at 20% on raid boss,<span style="font-size: xx-large;"> fix this shi* jesus</span>...</p></blockquote>

[StormQueen]

<p>And once again Everfrost crashes..... if SoE hadn't put a limit on char transfer per account, I'd be out of EverCrash server so fast you'd see only my dust.</p><p>Getting SUPER frustrated here, guys.  Luckily I wasn't killing a raid mob like a previous poster.</p>

[Lalen]

<p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p>

[Nazztee]

<p>I was almost finished with the ring war <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Sluggo]

<p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>more like buffer overflow</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>Well, to be fair it was running 13 of [Removed for Content] last night at one point. Load seemed far less tonight. There has still been a ton of casting lag and such.</p>

[Mike7447]

<p>BAH! come on Sony..We know we are the s**** server and dominate your hardware...maybe time to upgrade?</p>

[Lalen]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>more like buffer overflow</p></blockquote><p>Or both.</p><p>I guess the chewing gum and duct-tape holding the hampster wheel up fell off.</p>

[Sluggo]

<p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>more like buffer overflow</p></blockquote><p>Or both.</p><p>I guess the chewing gum and duct-tape holding the hampster wheel up fell off.</p></blockquote><p>And you left out 1 thing... the zip ties</p>

[Controlor]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>more like buffer overflow</p></blockquote><p>Or both.</p><p>I guess the chewing gum and duct-tape holding the hampster wheel up fell off.</p></blockquote><p>And you left out 1 thing... the zip ties</p></blockquote><p>Also forgot the uberst of glues out there .... Childrens paste .... edible too.</p>

[Lalen]

<p>This reminds me of that EQ1 video they made a while back "Ranger Down!" just after "Blackhawk Down!" movie... Really, I need to make a spin-off of "EF DOWN!".</p>

[Sluggo]

<p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p>

[Lalen]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Buffer underun? ;P</p><p>Yep EF needs new hardware, poor Commidor server can barely even take 6 instances at once =P</p></blockquote><p>more like buffer overflow</p></blockquote><p>Or both.</p><p>I guess the chewing gum and duct-tape holding the hampster wheel up fell off.</p></blockquote><p>And you left out 1 thing... the zip ties</p></blockquote><p>I wouldn't be so sure they've advanced to that technology yet <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p>

[Sluggo]

<p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p></blockquote><p>But i think the ultimate hot geeky chick.... definitely kari byron on mythbusters</p>

[Lalen]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p></blockquote><p>But i think the ultimate hot geeky chick.... definitely kari byron on mythbusters</p></blockquote><p>She needs to do the EQ2 commercials... Wait... They don't have those.</p>

[Sluggo]

<p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p></blockquote><p>But i think the ultimate hot geeky chick.... definitely kari byron on mythbusters</p></blockquote><p>She needs to do the EQ2 commercials... Wait... They don't have those.</p></blockquote><p>All she would have to do is say... I play everquest 2... instant subscriptions.</p><p>She was even more hot when she was preggo.</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p></blockquote><p>But i think the ultimate hot geeky chick.... definitely kari byron on mythbusters</p></blockquote><p>I do not concur with this but I don't know who I think is the hottest. I shall have to use my Google-Fu.</p>

[Controlor]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that gothic chick on NCIS is hot as heck</p></blockquote><p>I concur with this as well.</p></blockquote><p>But i think the ultimate hot geeky chick.... definitely kari byron on mythbusters</p></blockquote><p>She isnt that bad. Geeky kinda though if took her looks and the brain of a particle physicist THAT would be ultra hot.</p>

[Controlor]

<p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>All she would have to do is say... I play everquest 2... instant subscriptions.</p><p>She was even more hot when she was preggo.</p></blockquote><p>Hmmm does this mean that if she said she played eq2 AND her toons were on everfrost .... than MAYBE SOE would give us new hardware?</p>

[Lalen]

<p><cite>Controlor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Evilpepper@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>All she would have to do is say... I play everquest 2... instant subscriptions.</p><p>She was even more hot when she was preggo.</p></blockquote><p>Hmmm does this mean that if she said she played eq2 AND her toons were on everfrost .... than MAYBE SOE would give us new hardware?</p></blockquote><p>No, but they'd prob add something like a "Goth me out" set to SC.</p>

[jhoppyn]

<p>So a bunch of people get suspended for a week and don't really care because Rift just launched and you just pushed them to the new game. Crazy thing about Rift is it launched on time (to the second) and nobody got screwed out of the launchdate. And I'm willing to bet I'll be moving to Rift too even though I didn't get suspended. I can't play everquest2 anyways because you can't keep everfrost online for 5 minutes. If I were compensated for unscheduled serverdowntime on everfrost I'd have a hell of a lot of beer.</p>

[Sluggo]

<p><cite>jhoppyn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So a bunch of people get suspended for a week and don't really care because Rift just launched and you just pushed them to the new game. Crazy thing about Rift is it launched on time (to the second) and nobody got screwed out of the launchdate. And I'm willing to bet I'll be moving to Rift too even though I didn't get suspended. I can't play everquest2 anyways because you can't keep everfrost online for 5 minutes. If I were compensated for unscheduled serverdowntime on everfrost I'd have a hell of a lot of beer.</p></blockquote><p>see ya.</p><p>I am pretty used to soe.  See ya back here in a few months!</p>

[ammiken]

<p>Well at least the crash gave me something to do...down loaded Rift!  Great Job SOE!  Stellar yet again.</p>

[Sluggo]

<p>Gave me time to work on my home lab in vmware. Building out an entire enterprise</p>

[Lalen]

<p><cite>jhoppyn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So a bunch of people get suspended for a week and don't really care because Rift just launched and you just pushed them to the new game. Crazy thing about Rift is it launched on time (to the second) and nobody got screwed out of the launchdate. And I'm willing to bet I'll be moving to Rift too even though I didn't get suspended. I can't play everquest2 anyways because you can't keep everfrost online for 5 minutes. If I were compensated for unscheduled serverdowntime on everfrost I'd have a hell of a lot of beer.</p></blockquote><p>Why did people get suspended again?  I mean if they're hacking or buying/selling plat/gear then they need to be gone and go pollute a game I don't play <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Sluggo]

<p>just got logged in</p>

[Nazztee]

<p>Server is back up!</p>

[SaphireRain]

<p>servers up but im missing my toons again</p>

[StormQueen]

<p><cite>Lalen@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>jhoppyn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So a bunch of people get suspended for a week and don't really care because Rift just launched and you just pushed them to the new game. Crazy thing about Rift is it launched on time (to the second) and nobody got screwed out of the launchdate. And I'm willing to bet I'll be moving to Rift too even though I didn't get suspended. I can't play everquest2 anyways because you can't keep everfrost online for 5 minutes. If I were compensated for unscheduled serverdowntime on everfrost I'd have a hell of a lot of beer.</p></blockquote><p>Why did people get suspended again?  I mean if they're hacking or buying/selling plat/gear then they need to be gone and go pollute a game I don't play <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I believe the suspensions were over an exploit for Flying Mounts. Some players were getting them in the same day they started the quest, and were actually on here bragging about it. Yep, here's the link:</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=496005">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=496005</a></p>

[SaphireRain]

<p><cite>SaphireRain wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>servers up but im missing my toons again</p></blockquote><p>deleted files and there back does this mean after eveyupdat im going to have to delet thoes files?</p>

[Buckminster]

<p>Aaaaand... *kaboom*</p><p>Down goes Frasier!</p><p>Everfrost seems to have crashed again... amusingly, within one minute of when one of our raiders quipped about the server going toes-up just before our (again-delayed) raid call.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  You can't even buy prepackaged irony like that!</p><p>/chuckle</p>

[Damyse]

<p>yep we were just about to do a bunch heritage quests w/ guild and kaboom it goes again....</p>

[charliezen]

<p>been trying to be patient but this is third night in a row i haven't been able to play through my normal playing time, it's getting old. how's about we all move to the black burrow server and you toss the EF one out</p>

[Sakuraseven]

<p>Still looks down to me... Yeah suspended for cheating and then showing it off and bragging, good reason to be suspended I think.</p>

[Kujm]

<p>I've just wanted to log in and transfer some of my characters when the free transfer came around, but I've been unable to log in every time I've tried.</p><p>Everfrost server players are unable to participate in the week of dov due to these problems, please give us extra time on these things.</p>

[Sakuraseven]

<p>Can we atleast get someone from SoE to say like we are working on this or aknowlede they know about the issue.</p>

[drizzt7]

<p>an exploit huh?!? apparently they knew of the exploit in the beta version but did nothing to fix it until now ... pretty lame to me SoE ... just roll back those particular characters and have them do the quests all over again ... you say you know exactly who was doing it and how they were doing it AND THEN decided to make examples of them...</p>

[Elanthia]

<p>missing characters again.</p><p>cant raid,</p><p>server down</p><p>not happy</p><p>please fix. Thx</p>

[mav7492]

<p>This is the 3rd night in a row I've been booted from the server....for what? Server overload? I know others are complaining about missing out on world first events. For me it doesn't really matter given that I have no lvl 90 toons and thus the xpac does not give me anything worth having (except maybe the extra AA's, but most of my toons have 100 or less in that department, so that isn't even much of an incentive). However, what I am concerned about is that when I attempt to log in after the servers crash, I get the 'Could not find world Everfrost' then....nothing. Given that the server status says that the server is still up, what the devil is going on? Can you please send both my accounts back to the Blackburrow server?</p>

[Wookin]

<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/110859301_5cc01c7ed5.jpg" width="389" height="352" /></p>

[charliezen]

<p>ok you've asked us to stay in this thread can we get an explination in this thread then?</p>

[Panic]

<p>Just in case soe didn't see this - EVERFROST IS DOWN, Should have just kept us on Blackburrow</p>

[Crychtonn]

<p>Fix this crap already or step up and give everyone on EF transfer tokens for ALL their toons so we can all leave this god forsaken server and you can toss it in the trash.</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p>This is going to be an even bigger issue if it happens tomorow during double experience.</p>

[Psic]

<p>Is it too late to change servers with the one time freebie? I think I've just about had it with Everfrost.</p>

[Wookin]

<p><img src="http://nieja.kronikus.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/frustrated.jpg" width="288" height="288" /></p>

[Ventisly]

<p>/tapsfoot</p><p>really? really?!?!</p><p>Desn't look too good for the servers being up on double XP day with everyone trying to log in then <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Sakuraseven]

So all the other threads have a SoE rep telling us to use this thread, but they havent said anything on this thread.

[Dimi]

<p>So Everfrost is seriously down again?</p>

[charliezen]

<p>im thinking you need to do mroe than just "restart" <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /> try kicking the side of it or something.</p>

[Trenal]

<p>Fix it</p>

[Wookin]

<p><img src="http://janeheller.mlblogs.com/frustrated.jpg" width="415" height="428" /></p>

[Rothgar]

<p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p>

[Trenal]

<p>What really kills me, is the lack of communication. All we get is "Thread locked, we moved the discussion to over here.. in the darkest corner of the forums."</p>

[Caldwell]

<p>Omg hi wookin!</p>

[stondgoat]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>Sooooo..9 more Hours got ya</p>

[Chanson]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>Any chance we can get SOE's definition of "shortly"? Shortly to me would be less than an hour.</p>

[Caldwell]

<p><img src="http://www.stephencjensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/brick-loud-noises-b.jpg" width="550" height="289" /></p>

[Shareana]

<p><cite>Trenal@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>What really kills me, is the lack of communication. All we get is "Thread locked, we moved the discussion to over here.. in the darkest corner of the forums."</p></blockquote><p>Not quite...  We move it to where it has the better chance to be seen by those that can fix it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Dimi]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>This response is getting really played out</p>

[Rothgar]

<p><cite>Trenal@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>What really kills me, is the lack of communication. All we get is "Thread locked, we moved the discussion to over here.. in the darkest corner of the forums."</p></blockquote><p>The community manager isn't in a position to tell you what has happened but she is trying to keep the discussion in one place so someone like myself only has to look here for info and post updates to one thread.</p>

[mav7492]

<p>Define 'shortly'.....</p>

[Shareana]

<p><cite>stondgoat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>Sooooo..9 more Hours got ya</p></blockquote><p>Goodness, I hope not, I need to get some sleep at some point!</p>

[Zez]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>Woot! Thanks for posting and letting us know you are on the scene <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Sleepyhollow]

<p>How much will it take before something is actually fixed? I really don't believe Sony would let this go on forever, but time is moving really slow right now too. =(</p>

[Neamuke]

<p><img src="http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/angry-obama-1.jpg" width="420" height="393" /></p>

[Wookin]

<p>Oh hi! </p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_79GYb7PPh58/TMZETXIhm-I/AAAAAAAAAqg/ZmTgwea_dHU/s1600/angry-woman-pic-dm-111793587.jpg" width="468" height="378" /></p>

[Trenal]

<p><cite>Zez wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We are looking into it and will have it back up shortly.</p></blockquote><p>Woot! Thanks for posting and letting us know you are on the scene <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>/agree</p><p>At least we know its being looked into now</p>

[Luchog]

<p>Ahh, and there it is, that little red dot next to Everfrost that so warms my heart. </p><p>Step one:  Show the server offline - check.</p><p>Step two:  Let the good little folks that live (or try to live) on Everfrost know how long they get to wait this time - Pending.  (ahh, sorry about that Rothgar...posts crossed in the mail.)  Check.</p><p>Any ETR or have the AWOL hamsters just been noticed about the time the server status changed? </p><p>Folks, I know whinging doesn't solve anything but I've gotta say, I'd REALLY like to kick something right now.  I don't think EF peeps have had 24 hours of the server being up since the launch.  That's a pretty lousy KPI to show folks.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /> </p>

[Wookin]

<p><img src="http://janeheller.mlblogs.com/violent.woman.jpg" width="340" height="339" /></p>

[Nari]

<p>Well, you can take this time to download Rift.</p><p>To all of you saying "Can I have your stuff? See you in a month or 3" I say that it is mighty optimistic of you to think that this crap will be working by then.</p><p>I am thankful that my subscription runs out after the weekend so that I won't be paying another penny until you get your crap together.</p><p>To those (ir)responsible for this nonsense, I hope the TSRs put your hand in warm water when they catch you napping at your desk.</p>

[Pesty]

Thank you for the reply Rothgar. Could you please give us a ballpark on what shortly means?

[RaunII]

Anyone else wonder if this is intentional? I was thinking it was SOE just not giving a crap about their subscribers as usual after the rocky EF merger, and then for the first 5 hours after EF server was down on launch day... But I am starting to wonder if maybe SOE is paying too much for servers, so they decided to downsize. If they frustrate people enough, they will either stop playing or transfer to another server...solving contractual obligations. I am also wondering if maybe they moved EF and Blackburrow's original servers over to EQX, and gave us the (Explicative) server. Either that or the merger left us with some bad code on our server...regardless of the issue, I think we can all confirm that their is a problem, and after this much time it should be (Explicative) permanently fixed, not patched or a log in server reboot and temporarily locking and unlocking the log in server. Enough is (Explicative) enough...fix it now or give us back our months subscription. Simple as that.

[charliezen]

<p>rothgar, do you do this when you have to tell us it will be fixed shortly?</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7Bt8p9w4&feature=related" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7...feature=related</a></p>

[Caldwell]

<p><img src="http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0808/nerd-rage-demotivational-poster-1219435528.jpg" width="640" height="488" /></p>

[Wookin]

<p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G8TFB8PFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></p>

[Sleepyhollow]

<p>You use too many acronymns; it's hard to understand you.</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Luchog@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ahh, and there it is, that little red dot next to Everfrost that so warms my heart. </p><p>Step one:  Show the server offline - check.</p><p>Step two:  Let the good little folks that live (or try to live) on Everfrost know how long they get to wait this time - Pending. </p><p>Any ETR or have the AWOL hamsters just been noticed about the time the server status changed? </p><p>Folks, I know whinging doesn't solve anything but I've gotta say, I'd REALLY like to kick something right now.  I don't think EF peeps have had 24 hours of the server being up since the launch.  That's a pretty lousy KPI to show folks.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /> </p></blockquote><p>You know, I'll let you kick me, because I was going to get snarky about the extra g in whining until I used Googe and surmized that you might be from the UK.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Ok, seriously, I come home to find the Everfrost server down again.  This makes like 5 times now since Tuesday, and thats after the 18+ hour downtime.</p><p>Why is it that this specific server is suffering from massive downtimes?</p><p>When are the players of the Everfrost server going to get some payback for the 30+ hours of lost play time?</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p>It's up.</p>

[Amnerys]

<p>The server is being brought up now. I also heard mention of Guk issues... can anyone verify if Guk's still having problems?</p>

[Aeronlen]

Four out of five times I have had time to play this week (since launch), Everfrost has been down. I think you folks ought to give us a little love...more info on the problems and maybe some station cash or something for the annoyance.

[MCS-Apophis]

<p><cite>Nari@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well, you can take this time to download Rift.</p><p>To all of you saying "Can I have your stuff? See you in a month or 3" I say that it is mighty optimistic of you to think that this crap will be working by then.</p><p>I am thankful that my subscription runs out after the weekend so that I won't be paying another penny until you get your crap together.</p><p>To those (ir)responsible for this nonsense, I hope the TSRs put your hand in warm water when they catch you napping at your desk.</p></blockquote><p>Yeah, go ahead download Rift and Install it, then you can wait 3+ hours for a slot to login.  99% of their 25+ servers are full at the moment.</p>

[Caldwell]

<p><img src="http://www.nsftools.com/misc/ServerDownCard.jpg" width="670" height="447" /></p>

[Rothgar]

<p><cite>charliezen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>rothgar, do you do this when you have to tell us it will be fixed shortly?</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7Bt8p9w4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7...feature=related</a></p></blockquote><p>Yes, sometimes I want to do that.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>It should be coming up now.  There's your definition of "shortly". </p>

[Nari]

<p><cite>Ruon@Blackburrow wrote:</cite>Enough is (Explicative) enough...fix it now or give us back our months subscription. Simple as that.</p><p>Since my subscription runs out Monday, I am not demanding a whole month but you can bet I am not paying for another if this crap isn't working. It's simple as that, you don't deliver, I don't pay you. Seems like enough people have already left, so get it together or end up like Ashron's Call 2.</p>

[mav7492]

<p>A friend of mine is on Guk and she said that yes, they are still having intermittent problems. Nothing on the scale of the Everfrost server, but she fears Guk is headed for the same problems.</p>

[RaunII]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The server is being brought up now. I also heard mention of Guk issues... can anyone verify if Guk's still having problems?</p></blockquote><p>How long has Guk been down or had issues since DOV launched? Has it been down for even 1/4 of the time EF has been down? Not to be rude to the residents of Guk, but you would think the Devs and Coders would have their hands full fixing this issue PERMANENTLY (not for the next two hours, actually fixing whatever is causing the issues) at the moment...</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The server is being brought up now. I also heard mention of Guk issues... can anyone verify if Guk's still having problems?</p></blockquote><p>Server may be up, but its extremely slow to respond.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Server died again,</p>

[Gilasil]

<p>I figure I'll come here and rant while I wait for STO to patch.  It's been awhile since I played it because I was playing EQ2.  Guess it'll get some love.  The space combat in STO is the best combat I've experienced in any MMO.</p><p>Incidentally, whereas the EQ2 downloader hoses my XP TCP stack every 100 MB or so (and was doing it more frequently Monday).  The STO downloader just sailed past 200 MB without any problem at all.</p><p>As far as I'm concerned this third time in a week is inexcusable. First time I might give you (although it would not be acceptable where I work).  Second time is getting pretty bad.  Third time in a week is beyond bad.  It illisturates that SoE is not a competantly run company.</p>

[Trenal]

<p>DOWN AGAIN</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p>Haha, I tried to login, waited around 4 or 5 mins and it sent me back to the character slest screen, sans about 4 characters, and now I have to log out and rerun patcher.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>This, Its up, no wait, its down, oh wait its locked, no its down again, crap is getting extremely old....</p>

[Chanson]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>charliezen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>rothgar, do you do this when you have to tell us it will be fixed shortly?</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7Bt8p9w4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7...feature=related</a></p></blockquote><p>Yes, sometimes I want to do that.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>It should be coming up now.  There's your definition of "shortly". </p></blockquote><p>So in the future can I hold you to this roughly 13 minute time frame when you say shortly? =)</p>

[Elanthia]

<p>I am still getting the issue your character can not be found please restart and rerun the patcher.</p><p>ALONG with the rest of my toons are missing.</p><p>same crap as Tuesday.</p>

[Irogarj]

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Couldn't resist...</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The Server Not Taken </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(with apologies to Robert Frost)</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Two servers diverged in an SOE 'hood, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And sorry I could not play on both </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And be one gamer, long I stood </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And looked at Oasis as best as I could </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">To where it bent in the undergrowth; </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Then took Everfrost, as just as fair, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And having perhaps the better claim, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Because it was older but wanted wear; </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Though as for that the passing there </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Had worn them really about the same, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And both that morning equally lay </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In games no toon had trodden black. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Oh, I kept the first for another day!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Yet knowing how way leads on to way,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I doubted if I should ever come back.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I shall be telling this with a sigh</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Somewhere ages and ages hence:</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Two servers diverged in a wood, and I—</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I took Everfrost, oh my…</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And that has made all the difference.</span></span></span></p>

[RaunII]

<p><cite>MCS-Apophis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Server died again,</p></blockquote><p>What? You mean they didn't fix it? Wow...I am beyond shocked...</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Trenal@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>DOWN AGAIN</p></blockquote><p>Now, there is your definition of 'shortly'.</p>

[Caldwell]

<p>Missing characters! Oh noes!</p>

[Nari]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>charliezen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>rothgar, do you do this when you have to tell us it will be fixed shortly?</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7Bt8p9w4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quh7...feature=related</a></p></blockquote><p>Yes, sometimes I want to do that.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>It should be coming up now.  There's your definition of "shortly". </p></blockquote><p>I'll admit that was fast but I have no characters again. (Deleted cache files and ini stuff.) I would suggest that you delete *your* cache files but that might not be the solution I am looking for.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Awesome, I've got no characters again, wow, this feels like Tuesday all over again.</p>

[Damyse]

<p><cite>Kirlia@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Couldn't resist...</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The Server Not Taken </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(with apologies to Robert Frost)</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Two servers diverged in an SOE 'hood, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And sorry I could not play on both </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And be one gamer, long I stood </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And looked at Oasis as best as I could </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">To where it bent in the undergrowth; </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Then took Everfrost, as just as fair, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And having perhaps the better claim, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Because it was older but wanted wear; </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Though as for that the passing there </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Had worn them really about the same, </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And both that morning equally lay </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In games no toon had trodden black. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Oh, I kept the first for another day!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Yet knowing how way leads on to way,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I doubted if I should ever come back.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I shall be telling this with a sigh</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Somewhere ages and ages hence:</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Two servers diverged in a wood, and I—</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I took Everfrost, oh my…</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">And that has made all the difference.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p>absolutely LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Caldwell wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Missing characters! Oh noes!</p></blockquote><p>This little issue is as stale as the server crashes.</p>

[Trenal]

<p>Still down /nod</p>

[Caldwell]

<p>lol yeah this is the third time this week my characters have vanished.</p>

[Rothgar]

<p>Despite what it may seem, we are making lots of progress on server stability.  The fix we made for Freeport will be increasing speed on all live servers.  The issue that Everfrost had earlier this week is leading to an optimization that will also help other servers. </p><p>The crash that just occurred appears to be unrelated but I will find out soon.  The issues that Everfrost had earlier this week should be behind us now.  This doesn't mean that a different problem can't happen in the future, but we are resolving the issues almost as soon as the crop up.</p><p>I just received an update as I am writing this that the crash was indeed unrelated to the issues we've already fixed, so that's good.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>It doesn't feel like Tuesday until I arrive =(</p><p>We're working on Everfrost as quickly as possible.  My deepest, sincere, apologies, fellow server-mates.</p>

[Katz]

<p>It doesn't look up to me. </p>

[drizzt7]

down again?!? i never even saw it come back up

[RaunII]

So...uh...Everfrost server is starting to look like a 500 pound person on a treadmill... We should start a thread where we log how many hours the server is offline or unable to be logged into. I bet the total hours would be at least 50% unusable since DOV...

[Chanson]

<p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Trenal@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>DOWN AGAIN</p></blockquote><p>Now, there is your definition of 'shortly'.</p></blockquote><p>Come on let's be fair, he said they'd be back up shortly. He never said how long they'd stay up.</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Despite what it may seem, we are making lots of progress on server stability.  The fix we made for Freeport will be increasing speed on all live servers.  The issue that Everfrost had earlier this week is leading to an optimization that will also help other servers. </p><p>The crash that just occurred appears to be unrelated but I will find out soon.  The issues that Everfrost had earlier this week should be behind us now.  This doesn't mean that a different problem can't happen in the future, but we are resolving the issues almost as soon as the crop up.</p><p>I just received an update as I am writing this that the crash was indeed unrelated to the issues we've already fixed, so that's good.</p></blockquote><p>And what is causing me to have to delete my ini file and totally rerun patchers becuase I am missing characters everytime this happens or on random occasions when I decide to camp out?</p><p>Also, define progress? What is the starting point you are using?</p>

[Caldwell]

<p>Here's a pic of the everfrost server.</p><p><img src="http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/x-hamster.png" width="245" height="186" /></p>

[mav7492]

<p>Yep...I'm having the same problems. Have rerun the patcher 3 times...NADA....5 toons missing--my highest level toons at that--hope they come home tonight...Seriously? I'm a full-time grad student and a single mom of 4...I don't get much play time (usually in bursts) and this is what I have to deal with when I do try to log on?</p><p>On another note, I guess I should be glad I'm playing and not my 13 year old son--He would have thrown both my desktop and laptop out the window by now <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Katz]

<p>Its that same up/down up/down can't see your character mess we had on launch day.  That five day wait for your mount is going to turn into weeks at this rate.  I haven't even gotten to be on long enough to start the quest.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p>

[StormQueen]

<p>Rothgar, if this helps, I was in Great Divide trying to zone into an old TOFS zone I wanted to get an update from.  I sat at "Waiting on Zone Server" for 5 minutes before it told me "zone unavailable" and kicked me back out into Great Divide.  This I tried twice, each time able to talk to guild and private tells.  Folks were talking about long zoning and crashing.</p><p>Then when I tried to call to guild hall, I hung up (hubby was on a toon in Great Divide and didn't see me crash until the server itself crashed).</p>

[Mystyn]

<p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/mystyn/misc/rerun.jpg" /></p>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Leeroy@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Rothgar, if this helps, I was in Great Divide trying to zone into an old TOFS zone I wanted to get an update from.  I sat at "Waiting on Zone Server" for 5 minutes before it told me "zone unavailable" and kicked me back out into Great Divide.  This I tried twice, each time able to talk to guild and private tells.  Folks were talking about long zoning and crashing.</p><p>Then when I tried to call to guild hall, I hung up (hubby was on a toon in Great Divide and didn't see me crash until the server itself crashed).</p></blockquote><p>Platinum Coldain Ring? If so, you have to kill Xalgoti yourself to get the update. If not, carry on.</p>

[Chanson]

<p><cite>Ecotira@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/mystyn/misc/rerun.jpg" /></p></blockquote><p>New logo for Everfrost?</p>

[Itsey]

<p>PLEASE HURRY! I don't know how much longer I can sit here and resist pre-ordering RIFT!!!</p>

[drizzt7]

<p><cite>Katz wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Its that same up/down up/down can't see your character mess we had on launch day.  That five day wait for your mount is going to turn into weeks at this rate.  I haven't even gotten to be on long enough to start the quest.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>same here ... just about to finish the harvest pack mule quest when i crashed ... just picked up the gryphon quest shortly before that ...</p>

[StormQueen]

<p>No, I have that update also: I know I have to do it within an hour after Xalgoti drops. I was after the wandering npc in there if it's still up.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Id like to get a honest reply from Rothgar that basically says the following.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Dear Everfrost Users,</p><p>During the installation of the DoV patch to the everfrost server, the sql script that we used to during the database upgrade screwed up at some point which we cannot identify thats causing instabilities on our servers that are causing the sql services to go offline without warning.</p><p>We are investigating this issues but at this time we honestly don't have a clue of whats causing the problem.  At this point we cannot give an eta so you'll probably continue to see the stability issues throughout the weekend or until we decide to restore a backup to the server we made prior to the DoV installation and then repatch.  We know that this will wipe out about a 3 days worth of play time on your toons however at least the server will be stable after this process.</p><p>Please have some patiences while we work through this issue.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Devs</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Now if I received this type of post I would feel a whole lot better about this situation because as a System Admin Ive been in this type of position myself.  This garbage of "we are working on it" but not going to give you any details about the problem is for the birds....</p>

[Trenal]

<p><cite>Ecotira@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/mystyn/misc/rerun.jpg" /></p></blockquote>

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Leeroy@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>No, I have that update also: I know I have to do it within an hour after Xalgoti drops. I was after the wandering npc in there if it's still up.</p></blockquote><p>You also have to be present for the kill. Which, they should just say that in the quest journal, "Kill Xalgoti and hollar at that skelly on the ground afterwards."</p>

[Caldwell]

<p>shows up but cant get in.</p>

[Pesty]

Okay so now I have something new... Welcome to Everquest II .. please create a character!

[RaunII]

<p><cite>MCS-Apophis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Id like to get a honest reply from Rothgar that basically says the following.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Dear Everfrost Users,</p><p>During the installation of the DoV patch to the everfrost server, the sql script that we used to during the database upgrade screwed up at some point which we cannot identify thats causing instabilities on our servers that are causing the sql services to go offline without warning.</p><p>We are investigating this issues but at this time we honestly don't have a clue of whats causing the problem.  At this point we cannot give an eta so you'll probably continue to see the stability issues throughout the weekend or until we decide to restore a backup to the server we made prior to the DoV installation and then repatch.  We know that this will wipe out about a 3 days worth of play time on your toons however at least the server will be stable after this process.</p><p>Please have some patiences while we work through this issue.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Devs</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Now if I received this type of post I would feel a whole lot better about this situation because as a System Admin Ive been in this type of position myself.  This garbage of "we are working on it" but not going to give you any details about the problem is for the birds....</p></blockquote><p>Good luck with that.</p>

[Crystalreine]

<p>well nice to know we are the "model" to fix other servers....what about EF...we get to deal with all the issues so everyone else can play?</p>

[Eyema]

unfortunately deleting cache files or ini isnt going to help anything. if you have been one of the people to do this everytime the server goes down or you are missing characters you are just wasting your time. when you reload the patcher it will update your caches. just for future notice, in case this continues past this week.

[Crychtonn]

<p>Servers up</p><p>Servers down</p><p>Servers up</p><p>Servers down</p><p>Servers up</p><p>Servers down</p><p>Servers up</p><p>Servers down</p><p>Servers up</p><p>Servers down</p><p>WTB Antonia Bayle hardware upgrades for our miserable server</p>

[Chanson]

Looks like I got in. Took a LOOOOONG time to zone in.

[Rothgar]

<p><cite>MCS-Apophis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Id like to get a honest reply from Rothgar that basically says the following.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Dear Everfrost Users,</p><p>During the installation of the DoV patch to the everfrost server, the sql script that we used to during the database upgrade screwed up at some point which we cannot identify thats causing instabilities on our servers that are causing the sql services to go offline without warning.</p><p>We are investigating this issues but at this time we honestly don't have a clue of whats causing the problem.  At this point we cannot give an eta so you'll probably continue to see the stability issues throughout the weekend or until we decide to restore a backup to the server we made prior to the DoV installation and then repatch.  We know that this will wipe out about a 3 days worth of play time on your toons however at least the server will be stable after this process.</p><p>Please have some patiences while we work through this issue.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Devs</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Now if I received this type of post I would feel a whole lot better about this situation because as a System Admin Ive been in this type of position myself.  This garbage of "we are working on it" but not going to give you any details about the problem is for the birds....</p></blockquote><p>So you want me to just tell you a lie?  Because the problem you described is nowhere near what is actually going on.</p><p>When I tell you we are working on it, that means we are looking into the cause of the problem.  Servers can crash for an infinite number of reasons, so when I come here to let you know we are on it, I can't make an assumption about the cause or I wouldn't be doing my job.</p><p>The performance problems from earlier this week were related to database issues that occurred back during the merge.  That data has been cleaned up and fixed those problems.  I am told that the crash from today is related to an issue with a network driver, nothing to do with what happened earlier. </p><p>These issues had nothing to do with Velious.</p>

[StormQueen]

<p>And back to down server down! Bad Everfrost!</p>

[Trenal]

<p><cite>Chanson@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Ecotira@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/mystyn/misc/rerun.jpg" /></p></blockquote><p>New logo for Everfrost?</p></blockquote>

[Caldwell]

<p>lol if they rolled us back to tuesday, I would quit the game. Not an idle threat, and I'm sure a ton of people would too.</p>

[Sleepyhollow]

<p>I am on everfrost on 2 clients.</p>

[Lempo]

<p><cite>Ruon@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>So...uh...Everfrost server is starting to look like a 500 pound person on a treadmill... We should start a thread where we log how many hours the server is offline or unable to be logged into. I bet the total hours would be at least 50% unusable since DOV... </blockquote><p> That would probably be a good estimate.</p>

[MystsofLedge12]

<p>SOE,</p><p>I want my money Back</p><p>over the last 4 days, its been down when i want to be up</p><p>Who the heck is in charge of maintainenceand upkeep on the Everfrost servers, they need to be retrained or fired</p>

[rattlebonz]

<p>Shortly!</p>

[Trenal]

<p>How on earth does a network driver issue cause a roll back? Wouldnt it just kick everyone off but the servers continue to save and go on?</p>

[StormQueen]

<p><cite>MystsofLedge12 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>SOE,</p><p>I want my money Back</p><p><strong>over the last 4 days, its been down when i want to be up</strong></p><p>Who the heck is in charge of maintainenceand upkeep on the Everfrost servers, they need to be retrained or fired</p></blockquote><p>[Removed for Content].</p>

[drizzt7]

at least is see some work being feverishly done ... it partial comes up, get rerun patch message, and then its down again ... work work work

[Elanthia]

<p>I still cant log in.</p><p>Charaters still lost.</p><p>still getting please restart and rerunpatcher.</p>

[drizzt7]

ITS UP ... I'M IN ...

[rattlebonz]

<p><cite>Blackmoor@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>ITS UP ... I'M IN ... </blockquote><p>This ties in very well with the [Removed for Content] comment.</p>

[drizzt7]

<p><cite>Niayl@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Blackmoor@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>ITS UP ... I'M IN ... </blockquote><p>This ties in very well with the [Removed for Content] comment.</p></blockquote><p>ROFL<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Mystyn]

<p>Don't zone if you get in.  /sigh.</p><p>Receiving zone info...</p><p>for 5 minutes.</p>

[Elanthia]

<p>oh hello my alts long time no see</p><p>yay!!!!</p>

[MystsofLedge12]

<p><cite>Leeroy@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>[Removed for Content].</p></blockquote><p>Try some Speed and Black Coffee introveneously injected into the hampsters inside the server</p>

[Gilasil]

<p><cite>Caldwell wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>lol if they rolled us back to tuesday, I would quit the game. Not an idle threat, and I'm sure a ton of people would too.</p></blockquote><p>I'd be happy if a roll back gave us some stability.</p><p>I been able to play so little since Tuesday thanks to these interminable crashes I wouldn't even miss the time lost.</p>

[FoamFollower]

<p>C'mon Frosty abuse meeeee....you know i love the way you bounce, bounce...cmon frosty bounceee bouncee.</p>

[Pesty]

<p>Okay I was in.. saw some people say they lost some progress.. held my breath while switching toons and crash down again.... oh oh and back up but with less toons again. - and then I got the dreaded server can't see characters.</p><p>Please tell me I didn't loose the 4 AA and tradeskill level I worked on before all this crashed.</p>

[Bleuty]

I'm showing the server is down and my toons are missing.

[Katz]

<p>Well great.  It's up but I lost progress on quests.  If it didn't take me so dang long to kill the mobs I wouldn't mind .....</p><p>In fact, quite a bit.  I'm going to call it a night.</p>

[MCS-Apophis]

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>MCS-Apophis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Id like to get a honest reply from Rothgar that basically says the following.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Dear Everfrost Users,</p><p>During the installation of the DoV patch to the everfrost server, the sql script that we used to during the database upgrade screwed up at some point which we cannot identify thats causing instabilities on our servers that are causing the sql services to go offline without warning.</p><p>We are investigating this issues but at this time we honestly don't have a clue of whats causing the problem.  At this point we cannot give an eta so you'll probably continue to see the stability issues throughout the weekend or until we decide to restore a backup to the server we made prior to the DoV installation and then repatch.  We know that this will wipe out about a 3 days worth of play time on your toons however at least the server will be stable after this process.</p><p>Please have some patiences while we work through this issue.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Devs</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Now if I received this type of post I would feel a whole lot better about this situation because as a System Admin Ive been in this type of position myself.  This garbage of "we are working on it" but not going to give you any details about the problem is for the birds....</p></blockquote><p>So you want me to just tell you a lie?  Because the problem you described is nowhere near what is actually going on.</p><p>When I tell you we are working on it, that means we are looking into the cause of the problem.  Servers can crash for an infinite number of reasons, so when I come here to let you know we are on it, I can't make an assumption about the cause or I wouldn't be doing my job.</p><p>The performance problems from earlier this week were related to database issues that occurred back during the merge.  That data has been cleaned up and fixed those problems.  I am told that the crash from today is related to an issue with a network driver, nothing to do with what happened earlier. </p><p>These issues had nothing to do with Velious.</p></blockquote><p>Thank You, this is much better.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Is anyone still unable to log in or with an empty character list?</p><p>If your character list is empty delete the following files and folders and log in.</p><p>LoginCache</p><p>LoginCache-US</p><p><accountname>_characters.ini</p>

[Tyli]

<p>Everfrost still down - 1 1/2 hours now and still its not being shown on the Community/Servers page.    What gives?</p>

[mav7492]

<p>Well, I haven't had any problems since I was able to get back on 2 hours ago. Until now, that is. I am *trying* to zone from Stonestair Byway into Nepeta Cataria...Been about 15 minutes now and still says, 'Waiting for Zone Server.' What the devil is going on? Down, up, down, up, down........up, but you must now wait 15 minutes to zone from a city to a crafting zone? The one week in the month I actually have time to play and I have to deal with this...Sigh.</p>

[Tigress]

<p>was directed to keep everything in this giant thread.  i dont understand why bc its a different time frame but here's the link of the crash that happened with time/date in the first post of thread.  (i attempted to put it in the title but the title refused to change).</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=496121" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=496121</a></p><p>i was crafting, had just turned in a writ and the server crashed.  have no idea if it ever came back up, i left and didn't look back the rest of the night.</p>

[Pesty]

<p>Not sure this is the same issue, but since it is happening on Everfrost I will post here. I am trying to purchase the Halas Pioneer Furniture Set from the marketplace. I continue to get the Please wait while your purchase is being processed and nothing ever progresses. This process locks up my whole UI and I have to exit the game and come back in. Wallet balance is not being deducted thankfully.</p><p>Okay update:  I went in and tried to buy just a chair from the Halas Pioneer collection and could do that.  The full package though locks up the UI, but not the chat.  Things like the EQ button wont' work, etc.</p>

[Shareana]

<p><cite>Pesty wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Not sure this is the same issue, but since it is happening on Everfrost I will post here. I am trying to purchase the Halas Pioneer Furniture Set from the marketplace. I continue to get the Please wait while your purchase is being processed and nothing ever progresses. This process locks up my whole UI and I have to exit the game and come back in. Wallet balance is not being deducted thankfully.</p><p>Okay update:  I went in and tried to buy just a chair from the Halas Pioneer collection and could do that.  The full package though locks up the UI, but not the chat.  Things like the EQ button wont' work, etc.</p></blockquote><p>Are you using a custom UI?  Could that be it?</p>

[Nari]

<p>Death</p><p>Taxes</p><p>Everfrost not letting people log in.</p><p>Guess which just started.</p><p>Edit: Now it let me log in. It had just kicked me out. Rothgar, I know you guys have been working really hard on this and it was very encouraging to see you checking things out on Everfrost last night. I hope you find the culprit bug and squash it into a bloody pulp.</p>

[Trepan]

<p>Down again... and back.</p>

[Dimi]

<p>well logged in to one toon went to camp to another to work on the behind griffon mount quests and nothing, cant get back on missing toons. is this an everyday thing now?</p>

[RaunII]

I got kicked while zoning, lost characters, and cannot log back in. Is the server still up or did it crash?

[MCS-Apophis]

<p>Rothgar this is getting old.</p><p>Doesn't this sit directly on your back?  I hope your working saturday.</p>

[charliezen]

<p>FFS every day?? same time just about??</p>

[Samovila]

<p>WOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!! I had 6:44pm EST in the pool!!!!</p>

[Katz]

<p>Everfrost is down for its daily crash. </p>

[Methriln]

<p>Great...down again am i going to loose aa this time because of a roll back?</p>

[Pesty]

And ... it is down again on double exp day! sigh.

[Wookin]

<p>WTB Crash Insurance, must cover boss mob at single-digit health when server kicks you.</p><p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/22/article-1152403-039FB68B000005DC-630_468x398.jpg" width="468" height="398" /></p>

[charliezen]

<p><cite>Samovila wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>WOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!! I had 6:44pm EST in the pool!!!!</p></blockquote><p>i had my money on 2hours from now, if they get it up in time theres still hope for a second crash</p>

[linkjunk]

<p>Can you belive it.. wow.</p>

[Dimi]

<p>im so freaking irritated, now its gonna be even later tomorrow that i can fly. you know at the very least since yall saw fit to make the griffon quests on a day timer is let us go ahead and finish them. take the timer off last quest.</p>

[Mystyn]

<p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/mystyn/misc/rerun.jpg" width="336" height="218" /></p>

[Jonnytom]

<p>Well I not sure who else but this is getting very old.  </p>

[Zoomie042]

<p>Mods please lock this thread - everyone else please go to "Connection" support and post there under a relevant topic.</p>

[Sakuraseven]

<p>Formally requesting a server split, give us Blackburrow back.</p>

[Mustang8259]

<p>Really?!? Come on SOE... get your _______ ____ together! And on a double exp day to boot! You _______ are lucky I gotta wait 2 hours to get in to my Rift head start or I wouldn't even be here anymore...</p>

[RaunII]

So do you think that SOE will give Everfrost server a couple of double XP days after they get this problem completely fixed to make up for all the playtime and XP missed because of their downtime issue? DOUBT IT... I am betting there won't be anyone here on a weekend to attempt to fix the problem...I will be very surprised if the server is usable tonight.

[Shareana]

<p>Going to lock this one down to avoid confusion since this is a new day/new crash.</p>