Server down, again?

[Skeez1e]

<p>Once, just once, I'd like to be in control of 'the button' when NPU is raiding.</p><p>ETA of server up?  It's my day off!</p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Oh gods <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Glad hubby needed me. What did you do to the server message hamsters? Could you at least remotely care?</p>

[Hordolin Awanagin]

<p>Is this again or still from last night?</p>

[Skeez1e]

<p><cite>Hordolin Awanagin wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Is this again or still from last night?</p></blockquote><p>This is again.  They finally turned it on last night about 10PST.  Same story this time though - server down, no warning and no ETA.</p><p>Quality control is not evident on Test Server, whatsoever.</p>

[Hordolin Awanagin]

<p>Maybe the server got a new babysitter?</p>

[Skeez1e]

<p><cite>Hordolin Awanagin wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Maybe the server got a new babysitter?</p></blockquote><p>That is not my belief.  I think it's an old dog refusing to learn new tricks.</p>

[Hordolin Awanagin]

<p>But we just got the last one fully trained <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Funny, patcher says Test_Copy is running with Low population. But we can't get to it because the login server is down.</p>

[Skeez1e]

<p>Could we get a hi, goodbye, kiss my pixels statement please?   Just the teeniest bit of common courtesy?</p>

[Resstful]

<p>It's a TEST server for Brell's sake! Perhaps a copy of TEST but nonetheless a TEST server.</p><p>One expects such a server to crash at any time, go down for no reason and without warning and, yes, lose data.</p><p>Playing on TEST or TEST_COPY is a challenge. They are not the live servers. The unexpected and/or unwanted is normal.</p>

[Hordolin Awanagin]

<p>Umm. Yeah. Ok. We totally didn't know that already.</p>

[LothoGrick]

<p>I thought it was me!    I deleted a character but I mailed all my stuff I could to all my other chars on Test as well....</p><p>I know it can't be me.....but if it was .....sorry and doh!<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Skeez1e]

<p><cite>Resstful wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's a TEST server for Brell's sake! Perhaps a copy of TEST but nonetheless a TEST server.</p><p>One expects such a server to crash at any time, go down for no reason and without warning and, yes, lose data.</p><p>Playing on TEST or TEST_COPY is a challenge. They are not the live servers. The unexpected and/or unwanted is normal.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, as another as so aptly put it - we know.   For many of us it's our only server and yes, we expect the unexpected and usually we roll with the punches - but a little posting from someone in the know that says "server is down, we're working on it" or something similar would be nice. </p><p>I think, why we post, is - there have been a number of times the server goes down for a patch and someone forgets to turn it back on.  There has been times we've been down for for anywhere from a few hours to a few days in those instances.</p>

[Hordolin Awanagin]

<p>Yay</p>

[Cloudrat]

<p><cite>Skeez1e wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Resstful wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's a TEST server for Brell's sake! Perhaps a copy of TEST but nonetheless a TEST server.</p><p>One expects such a server to crash at any time, go down for no reason and without warning and, yes, lose data.</p><p>Playing on TEST or TEST_COPY is a challenge. They are not the live servers. The unexpected and/or unwanted is normal.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, as another as so aptly put it - we know.   For many of us it's our only server and yes, we expect the unexpected and usually we roll with the punches - but a little posting from someone in the know that says "server is down, we're working on it" or something similar would be nice. </p><p>I think, why we post, is - there have been a number of times the server goes down for a patch and someone forgets to turn it back on.  There has been times we've been down for for anywhere from a few hours to a few days in those instances.</p></blockquote><p>Yeah, what she said <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Beajay]

<p>I'm with Cloudrat on this. <span >Test</span> is my only server and I pay full price, on two accounts, to play here. I have had the server down so many times, without notice, when I've wanted to play that it is hard for me to even remember I still play EQII. I was just thinking today what a mistake I made paying for a year in advance on one account. And I so rarely get to play on my primary account that I'd be better off paying the $5 to play when I'm sure the server is actually up. Like now, do I start reading a book, watch TV, or wait in hopes the server will go up? If I knew it would just be a few minutes I'd just wait. As it is, I'll try again and then do something else if it isn't up.</p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Thing is, we're not in a testing phase and since last year, we always get the hotfix after live (or nearly so). So there is absolutely no reason we can see to have the server go down for extanded time.</p><p>Anyway, when a server goes down, it's usually appreciated to get a server message and also nice to get some kind of update when the server is late going back up.</p><p>For example on Storms not long ago we had a EU server crash and half an hour later we did have a tech explaining that it crashed and they were working on it. Yes, an exception, we don't often get notices on EU servers either. But still, some kind of warning and notice later are expected. Especially as a warning gives the possibility to see the difference between a server downtime and a player-induced crash.</p><p>And we're speaking about Test, not Test_Copy, we are Test residents, we know how it works.</p><p>Oops, sorry, just realised that may be the problem: we're Test residents, we're not random copies while in a testing phase, so we don't deserve any attention/notice/basic curtesy.</p>

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[Raknid]

<p><cite>NM <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></cite></p>

[feldon30]

<p><cite>Skeez1e wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Once, just once, I'd like to be in control of 'the button' when NPU is raiding.</p></blockquote><p>Just FYI, NPU closed its doors a few weeks ago. This happened after years of tackling bugged content that received insufficient attention from the EQ2 team. I know you were being catty, but there is no reason to think the Test server is alone in this regard.</p>

[Skeez1e]

<p><cite>feldon30 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Just FYI, NPU closed its doors a few weeks ago. This happened after years of tackling bugged content that received insufficient attention from the EQ2 team. I know you were being catty, but there is no reason to think the Test server is alone in this regard.</p></blockquote><p>Wow, no I hadn't heard. That is such a shame.  When I first left end game raiding in EQ and came here I used to wistfully follow their progress and often, very often, thought of apping.   I hadn't realized the raiding side of the game was in that shape.</p><p>This game has evolved in a way I don't think anyone could have predicted.  It's been interesting to watch.  I don't decorate houses but man, oh man, is there ever some talent in people that do.   And who'd ever have thought when the game first started that that would become part of the game.   Like any other company - they put their resources where they expect the most return for their money.   It's too bad one part of the game has to suffer while another gains attention.</p><p>But I'm enjoying this GU (and I had my doubts for a while that I would) and it looks like a lot of time and effort was put into the mid-game.   Hopefully that level of playing is going to continue to be supported - I sure do love this game! </p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Hum...</p><p>Could we get a server message when Test goes down? Server kicked me and is now locked. I would have liked to know it before starting to play (that is, if downtime was shedulded)</p>

[Amber]

<p><cite>Whilhelmina@Storms wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hum...</p><p>Could we get a server message when Test goes down? Server kicked me and is now locked. I would have liked to know it before starting to play (that is, if downtime was shedulded)</p></blockquote><p>I second that.. again...</p>

[Purr]

<p>Wow, gone for a few months to job and what did I come back to?</p><p>*goes to ready "There and back again" while now really waiting for an Elder Scrolls Multiplayer Challenge and working on some nice Khajiit Siamese Patterns*</p><p>PS: Hugs to all who know and don't hate me!   <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>We hate you! You want to eat us mousies! (yeah, I have more rats than cats hehe)</p>

[Purr]

<p>*huggles*</p>

[tkia]

Purr! Pickett still loves you! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Well, when you're not carrying any of those nasty trapses in your pocketses ....