Najena to Unrest Server Merge Discussion Thread

Amnerys · 12-13-2010, 06:07 PM

Monday Maintenance + Tuesday Merger: Unrest & Najena

Hey everyone! Please see the announcement linked above about the server merge for Najena and Unrest.

The servers will be coming down at midnight tonight (12:00 am Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010), so please feel free to use this thread to chat while you anxiously await meeting your new server family. In fact, you might use this thread to get to know each other in the meantime.

Please note that many of the small bugs that were found during the first round of merges have now been addressed and shouldn't affect the upcoming merges. However, if you experience unexpected results from the merge, we invite you to let us know about them here in this thread. Thanks!

PlaneCrazy · 12-13-2010, 06:10 PM

In the interest of helping Rothgar and the rest of the team successfully complete this merger, I would like to offer up a Canadian aid to working long nights....

Jrral · 12-13-2010, 06:24 PM

Since I know SOE's offices have Keurig machines, here's some rocket fuel:

Kordran · 12-13-2010, 06:45 PM

The name of that energy drink is ... wrong. At least here in the United States.

Calthine · 12-13-2010, 06:58 PM

Y'all are welcome to join us in ZAM IRC chat (the #EQ2 channel of course!) during the downtime. If you're stuck at work or don't have an IRC client handy, EQ2 Wire has a webportal: http://eq2wire.com/zamchat/

Cyliena · 12-13-2010, 06:59 PM

Good luck to Najena and Unrest!

edit: Boooo Calthine beat me to it. SMILEY

PlaneCrazy · 12-13-2010, 07:41 PM

Jrral@Unrest wrote:

Since I know SOE's offices have Keurig machines, here's some rocket fuel:

I <3 my Keurig! Van Houtte Kenyan Dark is my favorite.

Alvane · 12-13-2010, 08:40 PM

While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane.

I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks.....

Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks!

And merry merry!

PlaneCrazy · 12-13-2010, 10:15 PM

Alvane@Unrest wrote:

While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane.
I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks.....
Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks!
And merry merry!

Just delete the candy cane you have then receive the new one. Once you have examined the candy cane once, you don't need it again. And it goes "poof" when the quest is done.

Alvane · 12-14-2010, 01:15 AM

PlaneCrazy wrote:

Alvane@Unrest wrote:
While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane.
I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks.....
Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks!
And merry merry!
Just delete the candy cane you have then receive the new one. Once you have examined the candy cane once, you don't need it again. And it goes "poof" when the quest is done.

I can't - candy cane is gone.... quest is done and no it didn't go "poof" when quest was finished. I had to destroy it anyway. Then came the deluge of additional candy canes with the fanatic quest and I can't delete them, nor accept the cane to destroy.

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 01:22 AM

T minus 3 hours and 38 minutes!

I know I'm excited, are you?

Calthine · 12-14-2010, 01:22 AM

Rothgar wrote:

T minus 3 hours and 38 minutes!
I know I'm excited, are you?

yes!

Xonatho · 12-14-2010, 02:21 AM

This is one of my first posts on the EQ2 forums. I just want to say thank you for all your hard work SoE. I work in IT and I know what it’s like to be up all night and weekends to ensure something as huge as this (Server Merges) goes as seamlessly as possible. Sure there are hiccups but that’s normal. You guys are dealing with them but the most important thing that you are doing which really counts is that you are keeping your customers informed of what’s happening. Even something as simple as, “yes we see there is a problem and are looking into it” means the world. Most companies tend to hide out and not say anything until AFTER the issue is resolved but that is a sure way to annoy people.

Thanks again SoE team and I hope you are well compensated for all your hard work, overtime, and commitment.

Gaige · 12-14-2010, 04:59 AM

What am I going to do with no EQ2 for 24 hours :'(

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 05:03 AM

Aaaaaand, we're off!

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 05:05 AM

Gaige wrote:

What am I going to do with no EQ2 for 24 hours :'(

Roll a character on another server and see how far you can get in 24 hours. SMILEY

Luevien · 12-14-2010, 05:41 AM

Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest SMILEY

Cheers, Luevien

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 05:53 AM

Luevien wrote:

Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest Cheers, Luevien

Thank you very much Leuvien! We feel very good going into this merge having tracked down and fixed all known issues from the last merge. So unless something new rears it's ugly head, this should be smooth sailing. (Now I'm looking around for some wood to knock on)

Luevien · 12-14-2010, 06:01 AM

Plenty of real, genuine wood here, and I just knocked on some a few times for you

Skiy · 12-14-2010, 06:27 AM

Hey Rothgar,

Is there any truth to what I heard on Kithicor tonight, that you are also planning on doing 2 mergers tomorrow (Wednesday) and 2 more on Sunday? And do you know when Kithicor will be merged to Butcherblock? Your post said in the Blackburrow - Everfrost post that Kith to BBlock was next (I know things can change =) ) but just want a little heads-up on it.

Thanks for your time!

ccarro · 12-14-2010, 06:30 AM

Rothgar wrote:

Luevien wrote:
Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest Cheers, Luevien
Thank you very much Leuvien! We feel very good going into this merge having tracked down and fixed all known issues from the last merge. So unless something new rears it's ugly head, this should be smooth sailing. (Now I'm looking around for some wood to knock on)

You totally just jinxed yourself.

Are we there yet?

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 07:07 AM

Two hours down, everything is on schedule and no issues.

scalzo · 12-14-2010, 07:08 AM

Bye Bye Najena /cry.

Rothgar · 12-14-2010, 07:13 AM

scalzo wrote:

Bye Bye Najena /cry.

We will have a goodbye/welcome party in Sinking Sands when the server comes up.

Remann · 12-14-2010, 08:06 AM

I've been on Najena since launch, going to seem strange, not logging into Najena or creating new toons there. See y'all on Unrest when it comes up.

denmom · 12-14-2010, 08:18 AM

May the merge not end up with a result like in the original "The Fly". SMILEY

I'm going to be spending long hours with Netflix. There's a bunch of silly horror movies that I want to see. There and FearNet.com.

feldon30 · 12-14-2010, 09:15 AM

Now if we can just get some folks (including Rothgar) into the IRC chat... And yes, I have RAS Syndrome. SMILEY

Cyliena · 12-14-2010, 09:26 AM

feldon30 wrote:

Now if we can just get some folks (including Rothgar) into the IRC chat... And yes, I have RAS Syndrome.

LOL. Yup, come join us in IRC! I'm awake now so that's bound to make everything all betterer. SMILEY

iceman23 · 12-14-2010, 09:36 AM

Rothgar, way to not answer the obvious questions. The last merger thread, posted merging Kith and Butcherblock. So people have been planning their lives around it, now at the last minute... it's Najena and Unrest. Awesome... so you going to answer Skiy's question above or dodge this question with it?

erinn · 12-14-2010, 09:41 AM

Good luck guys! As someone that went through this on EverFrost last week, I know what you're going through. SMILEY

12-13-2010, 06:10 PM	#2
PlaneCrazy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 934	In the interest of helping Rothgar and the rest of the team successfully complete this merger, I would like to offer up a Canadian aid to working long nights.... __________________

12-13-2010, 06:45 PM	#4
Kordran Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,484	The name of that energy drink is ... wrong. At least here in the United States. __________________

12-13-2010, 06:58 PM	#5
Calthine ZAM EQII Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,439	Y'all are welcome to join us in ZAM IRC chat (the #EQ2 channel of course!) during the downtime. If you're stuck at work or don't have an IRC client handy, EQ2 Wire has a webportal: http://eq2wire.com/zamchat/ __________________ Please visit my non-gaming Blog! or follow me on Twitter!

12-13-2010, 07:41 PM	#7
PlaneCrazy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 934	Jrral@Unrest wrote: Since I know SOE's offices have Keurig machines, here's some rocket fuel: I <3 my Keurig! Van Houtte Kenyan Dark is my favorite. __________________

12-13-2010, 10:15 PM	#9
PlaneCrazy Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 934	Alvane@Unrest wrote: While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane. I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks..... Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks! And merry merry! Just delete the candy cane you have then receive the new one. Once you have examined the candy cane once, you don't need it again. And it goes "poof" when the quest is done. __________________

12-13-2010, 06:07 PM	#1
Amnerys Community Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,317	Monday Maintenance + Tuesday Merger: Unrest & Najena Hey everyone! Please see the announcement linked above about the server merge for Najena and Unrest. The servers will be coming down at midnight tonight (12:00 am Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010), so please feel free to use this thread to chat while you anxiously await meeting your new server family. In fact, you might use this thread to get to know each other in the meantime. Please note that many of the small bugs that were found during the first round of merges have now been addressed and shouldn't affect the upcoming merges. However, if you experience unexpected results from the merge, we invite you to let us know about them here in this thread. Thanks!

12-13-2010, 06:24 PM	#3
Jrral Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,610	Since I know SOE's offices have Keurig machines, here's some rocket fuel:

12-13-2010, 06:59 PM	#6
Cyliena Server: Everfrost Guild: Crusaders of Neriak Rank: Colonel Fansite Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,798	Good luck to Najena and Unrest! edit: Boooo Calthine beat me to it.

12-13-2010, 08:40 PM	#8
Alvane Server: Unrest Guild: Old Timer Guild Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,363	While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane. I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks..... Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks! And merry merry!

12-14-2010, 01:15 AM	#10
Alvane Server: Unrest Guild: Old Timer Guild Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,363	PlaneCrazy wrote: Alvane@Unrest wrote: While the team is at it, seems characters received 1 or 2 more Chardy Frostfell Frantic canes. Cannot delete them from the mail since one can't accept it if one already has the Frantic quest/cane. I hope something can be done to correct that. Thanks..... Oh, and one more thing - can the devs decorate all the houses of my characters while things are being done? Thanks! And merry merry! Just delete the candy cane you have then receive the new one. Once you have examined the candy cane once, you don't need it again. And it goes "poof" when the quest is done. I can't - candy cane is gone.... quest is done and no it didn't go "poof" when quest was finished. I had to destroy it anyway. Then came the deluge of additional candy canes with the fanatic quest and I can't delete them, nor accept the cane to destroy.

12-14-2010, 01:22 AM	#11
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	T minus 3 hours and 38 minutes! I know I'm excited, are you?

12-14-2010, 01:22 AM	#12
Calthine ZAM EQII Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,439	Rothgar wrote: T minus 3 hours and 38 minutes! I know I'm excited, are you? yes! __________________ Please visit my non-gaming Blog! or follow me on Twitter!

12-14-2010, 02:21 AM	#13
Xonatho Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2	This is one of my first posts on the EQ2 forums. I just want to say thank you for all your hard work SoE. I work in IT and I know what it’s like to be up all night and weekends to ensure something as huge as this (Server Merges) goes as seamlessly as possible. Sure there are hiccups but that’s normal. You guys are dealing with them but the most important thing that you are doing which really counts is that you are keeping your customers informed of what’s happening. Even something as simple as, “yes we see there is a problem and are looking into it” means the world. Most companies tend to hide out and not say anything until AFTER the issue is resolved but that is a sure way to annoy people. Thanks again SoE team and I hope you are well compensated for all your hard work, overtime, and commitment.

12-14-2010, 04:59 AM	#14
Gaige Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 9,500	What am I going to do with no EQ2 for 24 hours :'( __________________

12-14-2010, 05:03 AM	#15
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Aaaaaand, we're off!

12-14-2010, 05:05 AM	#16
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Gaige wrote: What am I going to do with no EQ2 for 24 hours :'( Roll a character on another server and see how far you can get in 24 hours.

12-14-2010, 05:41 AM	#17
Luevien Lord Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 28	Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest Cheers, Luevien

12-14-2010, 05:53 AM	#18
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Luevien wrote: Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest Cheers, Luevien Thank you very much Leuvien! We feel very good going into this merge having tracked down and fixed all known issues from the last merge. So unless something new rears it's ugly head, this should be smooth sailing. (Now I'm looking around for some wood to knock on)

12-14-2010, 06:01 AM	#19
Luevien Lord Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 28	Plenty of real, genuine wood here, and I just knocked on some a few times for you

12-14-2010, 06:27 AM	#20
Skiy Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 21	Hey Rothgar, Is there any truth to what I heard on Kithicor tonight, that you are also planning on doing 2 mergers tomorrow (Wednesday) and 2 more on Sunday? And do you know when Kithicor will be merged to Butcherblock? Your post said in the Blackburrow - Everfrost post that Kith to BBlock was next (I know things can change =) ) but just want a little heads-up on it. Thanks for your time!

12-14-2010, 06:30 AM	#21
ccarro General Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 225	Rothgar wrote: Luevien wrote: Good luck to you, Rothgar, and thanks for your hard work. I followed along in the thread for the BB -> EF merge, and I was impressed by your effort keeping the players informed of the progress, especially once the use of the outdated name-precedence script became clear. If you'll pardon my being so familiar, you and the rest of the team kept your heads very nicely while you created a solution to that problem. For all that there were undoubtedly some uncomfortable moments in the midst of that, I'm reassured having seen how well you handled it. Can't wait to get back to Norrath! And hello, Unrest Cheers, Luevien Thank you very much Leuvien! We feel very good going into this merge having tracked down and fixed all known issues from the last merge. So unless something new rears it's ugly head, this should be smooth sailing. (Now I'm looking around for some wood to knock on) You totally just jinxed yourself. Are we there yet? __________________

12-14-2010, 07:07 AM	#22
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Two hours down, everything is on schedule and no issues.

12-14-2010, 07:08 AM	#23
scalzo Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 196	Bye Bye Najena /cry.

12-14-2010, 07:13 AM	#24
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	scalzo wrote: Bye Bye Najena /cry. We will have a goodbye/welcome party in Sinking Sands when the server comes up.

12-14-2010, 08:06 AM	#25
Remann Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 69	I've been on Najena since launch, going to seem strange, not logging into Najena or creating new toons there. See y'all on Unrest when it comes up. __________________

12-14-2010, 08:18 AM	#26
denmom Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradigm Clutch: Never shift reality without one... Posts: 2,490	May the merge not end up with a result like in the original "The Fly". I'm going to be spending long hours with Netflix. There's a bunch of silly horror movies that I want to see. There and FearNet.com. __________________ What I do when not playing EQ2: Paradigm Clutch

12-14-2010, 09:15 AM	#27
feldon30 Fansite Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,424	Now if we can just get some folks (including Rothgar) into the IRC chat... And yes, I have RAS Syndrome. __________________ .. EQ2Wire.com \| EQ2U - Character, Item, Spell, and Guild Data

12-14-2010, 09:26 AM	#28
Cyliena Server: Everfrost Guild: Crusaders of Neriak Rank: Colonel Fansite Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,798	feldon30 wrote: Now if we can just get some folks (including Rothgar) into the IRC chat... And yes, I have RAS Syndrome. LOL. Yup, come join us in IRC! I'm awake now so that's bound to make everything all betterer.

12-14-2010, 09:36 AM	#29
iceman23 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2	Rothgar, way to not answer the obvious questions. The last merger thread, posted merging Kith and Butcherblock. So people have been planning their lives around it, now at the last minute... it's Najena and Unrest. Awesome... so you going to answer Skiy's question above or dodge this question with it?

12-14-2010, 09:41 AM	#30
erinn Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 175	Good luck guys! As someone that went through this on EverFrost last week, I know what you're going through.