nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers

Kiara · 10-21-2009, 07:31 PM

The official announcement and all updates on the status of the merge can be found here.

Please use this thread for any questions or discussion.

Thank you

Grugg · 10-21-2009, 07:38 PM

"The Venekor server will be brought down at midnight tonight"

Is that midnight-midnight or the noon sort of midnight? Just kidding. SMILEY

Kiara · 10-21-2009, 08:24 PM

Grugg wrote:

"The Venekor server will be brought down at midnight tonight"
Is that midnight-midnight or the noon sort of midnight? Just kidding.

* throws stuff *

Sprin · 10-21-2009, 08:38 PM

guess its another full day of playing on test again...

Cloakentuna · 10-22-2009, 12:52 AM

This thread, much like the cake, is a lie. Word on the street is the merge was canceled!

sawbones · 10-22-2009, 01:49 AM

nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers

Desna · 10-22-2009, 06:02 AM

sawbones wrote:

nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers

Cry moar.

Nimble · 10-22-2009, 07:25 AM

I noticed that our venekor characters have been taken down for the merge and we can create new characters in those slots. What would happen if we had made a character while the merge is on and our venekor characters come back online? Will we lose the new character or our old one?

Duotang · 10-22-2009, 08:18 AM

sawbones wrote:

nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers

Ahhhhh yes, the provebial "compensation" post. Don't worry, I'm sure your mother can afford a day or two on her credit card without being compensated.

Thanks Kiara, for the updates. I'll stay tuned to see how the merge is unfolding.

Xehx · 10-22-2009, 09:03 AM

Compensation? Really? I mean...yea...sure...getting something is always nice and I for sure wouldn't complain if they threw us all something for all the downtime. But...it's not like they're doing it to be like "HAHAHAHAHA!!! Take that! More downtime for you!" They're just doing their job and trying to keep things running smoothly so that we, the players, can enjoy this fine game that we all play. If they feel that compensation is somehow in order for us, then I am sure they will grant it. If not...then oh well. And on that note...I bid you all a good night. (Making use of downtime by sleeping or doing some form of activity is highly recommended)

PS: Hey...you guys should totally give me some awesome LoN loot cards. SMILEY haha jk ... Sorta... >_>

Abstract · 10-22-2009, 09:33 AM

Compensation should be, DELETE all characters that are/ have not logged in in more then 2 years, level 9 and under.

might free up some space. less junk in the DB.

Hilt · 10-22-2009, 12:12 PM

Maybe the merge will resolve the boatload of non-toons I still see listed, but have long since deleted, on eq2players...

One can only hope...

Zelthuius · 10-22-2009, 04:19 PM

its 2pm central here right now... status update?

Zelthuius · 10-22-2009, 04:20 PM

er its only been 3 hours, i thought it had bee 5... ooops...

Zelthuius · 10-22-2009, 04:21 PM

oi think we should have a free week, it seems like i've had downtimes a bunche this last week. and i hope this new server is all its cracked out to be, i shouldn't be lagging.

slave2mywerk · 10-22-2009, 04:34 PM

Zelthuius@Venekor wrote:

er its only been 3 hours, i thought it had bee 5... ooops...

Status of the merge can be found here: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=461129

There is an update from Rothgar, they had a crash.... ugh....

This thread is just to talk about it I think. SMILEY

TSR-DanielH · 10-22-2009, 04:35 PM

Hilt wrote:

Maybe the merge will resolve the boatload of non-toons I still see listed, but have long since deleted, on eq2players...
One can only hope...

The merge probably wont have an effect on that issue. We can manually delete those character entries on our end, though. I would advise contacting support thought phone, chat, or e-mail so that we can assist you with that issue. The following link contains our contact information:

http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bi...p?p_faqid=10404

Elfrodite · 10-22-2009, 06:35 PM

Was Butcherblock impacted by this after all? It is down and I don't see anything about why.

Krescendo · 10-22-2009, 06:59 PM

If you create new characters in the empty slots, one or more old characters will be 'pushed off the bottom of the screen'. To get them back you'll have to delete one of the characters above those pushed off.

Its the same process as if you moved from an extra character slot all access account back to a regular account.

That is my understanding, I have read it several times and experienced it once with regards to the going from all access back to a regular account.

Smart folks don't take my word for anything, after all, I didn't think the merger would go smoothly either....

Kiara · 10-22-2009, 07:05 PM

Please keep checking this thread for the most current updates.

Thanks so much Rothgar for keeping everyone informed!

Zelthuius · 10-22-2009, 07:33 PM

OMG 11 MORE HOURS [Removed for Content]?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

frelingo · 10-22-2009, 09:39 PM

I do have a feeling, that the crash was because of must people from nagafen made an alts in venerko, when nagafen was down doing to the opgrade heh SMILEY

Well i am still excited, want to see how good vener are in their pvp skills - SMILEY

Liblikas · 10-22-2009, 09:42 PM

Zelthuius@Venekor wrote:

OMG 11 MORE HOURS [Removed for Content]?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

whining doesnt really help here at all + its better when errors come out now than later when server is up and running...

i'm pretty sure most people are willing to wait even 24h+. Aslong as it happens someday /pray and we all have always something else to do...

And those who are thinking that soe is doing it on purpose, camoon... Rothgar and hes team (if he has one =P) are prolly crocking up under pressure.

Rothgar wrote:

so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server.

That does just sound sooo wrong =P

And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ?

Muusic · 10-22-2009, 10:11 PM

I'm Still waiting to hear:

"After the servers are merged there will be a hotfix to increase the population of Snow Badgers and Teren's Guards to ensure that all players have an equal opportunity to zerg mindlessly in Kylong Plains"

Rothgar · 10-22-2009, 10:27 PM

Liblikas@Venekor wrote:

Rothgar wrote:
so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server.
That does just sound sooo wrong =P
And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ?

During our first attempt to export the data we were running the script from one of the Venekor world servers. When the script crashed at 7am we decided to run it from the same server that we tested the merge process from several times without a problem. Unfortunately our "test" server isn't exporting as fast as the Venekor world server was, but we needed to eliminate hardware as a factor for the crash.

Liblikas · 10-22-2009, 11:32 PM

Well i guess most SOE team went to home but if there is someone online reading this, would b cool if u pop mr. Moosh to Test Copy server. Some just logged in and cant zone to community lounge anymore to visit mr. Moosh there

Abstract · 10-22-2009, 11:49 PM

Liblikas@Venekor wrote:

Well i guess most SOE team went to home but if there is someone online reading this, would b cool if u pop mr. Moosh to Test Copy server. Some just logged in and cant zone to community lounge anymore to visit mr. Moosh there

QFE

Please!

Zelthuius · 10-22-2009, 11:57 PM

Rothgar wrote:

Liblikas@Venekor wrote:
Rothgar wrote:
so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server.
That does just sound sooo wrong =P
And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ?
During our first attempt to export the data we were running the script from one of the Venekor world servers. When the script crashed at 7am we decided to run it from the same server that we tested the merge process from several times without a problem. Unfortunately our "test" server isn't exporting as fast as the Venekor world server was, but we needed to eliminate hardware as a factor for the crash.

i understand perfectly, makes sense. good job rothgar and the rest fo the team!! keep up the exceptional work!

Zelthuius · 10-23-2009, 03:47 AM

venekor server downtime over 24 hours. dont tell me not to whine!!

gdawg311 · 10-23-2009, 03:53 AM

I remember when they shut down EQ1 to merge ALL of the servers for a day.

IT helps in the end tbh, smoke something eat somethin and wait it out

10-21-2009, 08:24 PM	#3
Kiara Community Relations Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,359	Grugg wrote: "The Venekor server will be brought down at midnight tonight" Is that midnight-midnight or the noon sort of midnight? Just kidding. * throws stuff *

10-22-2009, 06:02 AM	#7
Desna Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: Veeshans Fury Rank: Vegeta Cheerleading squad -Recruit Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 256	sawbones wrote: nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers Cry moar.

10-22-2009, 08:18 AM	#9
Duotang Server: Nagafen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 217	sawbones wrote: nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers Ahhhhh yes, the provebial "compensation" post. Don't worry, I'm sure your mother can afford a day or two on her credit card without being compensated. Thanks Kiara, for the updates. I'll stay tuned to see how the merge is unfolding.

10-22-2009, 09:03 AM	#10
Xehx Server: Nagafen Guild: Of Hopes and Dreams Rank: Officer Loremaster Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 45	Compensation? Really? I mean...yea...sure...getting something is always nice and I for sure wouldn't complain if they threw us all something for all the downtime. But...it's not like they're doing it to be like "HAHAHAHAHA!!! Take that! More downtime for you!" They're just doing their job and trying to keep things running smoothly so that we, the players, can enjoy this fine game that we all play. If they feel that compensation is somehow in order for us, then I am sure they will grant it. If not...then oh well. And on that note...I bid you all a good night. (Making use of downtime by sleeping or doing some form of activity is highly recommended) PS: Hey...you guys should totally give me some awesome LoN loot cards. haha jk ... Sorta... >_> __________________ Indeed

10-22-2009, 04:19 PM	#13
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	its 2pm central here right now... status update? __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-21-2009, 07:31 PM	#1
Kiara Community Relations Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,359	The official announcement and all updates on the status of the merge can be found here. Please use this thread for any questions or discussion. Thank you

10-21-2009, 07:38 PM	#2
Grugg Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 109	"The Venekor server will be brought down at midnight tonight" Is that midnight-midnight or the noon sort of midnight? Just kidding.

10-21-2009, 08:38 PM	#4
Sprin Server: Nagafen Guild: L U S H Rank: LUSH (Supreme Drinker!) General Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,364	guess its another full day of playing on test again...

10-22-2009, 12:52 AM	#5
Cloakentuna Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 853	This thread, much like the cake, is a lie. Word on the street is the merge was canceled!

10-22-2009, 01:49 AM	#6
sawbones Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1	nice it looks like soe is going to screw us over again with more down time. are we going to get any compensation for all the down time we have had in the last week?btw we raided poao and the lag was horrible,grats on the new servers

10-22-2009, 07:25 AM	#8
Nimble Server: Venekor Guild: Oz Force Elite Rank: Recruit Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1	I noticed that our venekor characters have been taken down for the merge and we can create new characters in those slots. What would happen if we had made a character while the merge is on and our venekor characters come back online? Will we lose the new character or our old one?

10-22-2009, 09:33 AM	#11
Abstract Server: Nagafen Guild: Tunare Watch Rank: Council of Tunare Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philthadelphia Posts: 124	Compensation should be, DELETE all characters that are/ have not logged in in more then 2 years, level 9 and under. might free up some space. less junk in the DB.

10-22-2009, 12:12 PM	#12
Hilt Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 286	Maybe the merge will resolve the boatload of non-toons I still see listed, but have long since deleted, on eq2players... One can only hope...

10-22-2009, 04:20 PM	#14
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	er its only been 3 hours, i thought it had bee 5... ooops... __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-22-2009, 04:21 PM	#15
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	oi think we should have a free week, it seems like i've had downtimes a bunche this last week. and i hope this new server is all its cracked out to be, i shouldn't be lagging. __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-22-2009, 04:34 PM	#16
slave2mywerk Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 20	Zelthuius@Venekor wrote: er its only been 3 hours, i thought it had bee 5... ooops... Status of the merge can be found here: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=461129 There is an update from Rothgar, they had a crash.... ugh.... This thread is just to talk about it I think.

10-22-2009, 04:35 PM	#17
TSR-DanielH Customer Service Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5,593	Hilt wrote: Maybe the merge will resolve the boatload of non-toons I still see listed, but have long since deleted, on eq2players... One can only hope... The merge probably wont have an effect on that issue. We can manually delete those character entries on our end, though. I would advise contacting support thought phone, chat, or e-mail so that we can assist you with that issue. The following link contains our contact information: http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bi...p?p_faqid=10404 __________________ Daniel H Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment

10-22-2009, 06:35 PM	#18
Elfrodite Lord Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 26	Was Butcherblock impacted by this after all? It is down and I don't see anything about why. __________________

10-22-2009, 06:59 PM	#19
Krescendo Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 219	If you create new characters in the empty slots, one or more old characters will be 'pushed off the bottom of the screen'. To get them back you'll have to delete one of the characters above those pushed off. Its the same process as if you moved from an extra character slot all access account back to a regular account. That is my understanding, I have read it several times and experienced it once with regards to the going from all access back to a regular account. Smart folks don't take my word for anything, after all, I didn't think the merger would go smoothly either....

10-22-2009, 07:05 PM	#20
Kiara Community Relations Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,359	Please keep checking this thread for the most current updates. Thanks so much Rothgar for keeping everyone informed!

10-22-2009, 07:33 PM	#21
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	OMG 11 MORE HOURS [Removed for Content]?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-22-2009, 09:39 PM	#22
frelingo Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6	I do have a feeling, that the crash was because of must people from nagafen made an alts in venerko, when nagafen was down doing to the opgrade heh Well i am still excited, want to see how good vener are in their pvp skills -

10-22-2009, 09:42 PM	#23
Liblikas Server: Venekor Guild: Evolution Rank: Board Member Scholar Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3	Zelthuius@Venekor wrote: OMG 11 MORE HOURS [Removed for Content]?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? whining doesnt really help here at all + its better when errors come out now than later when server is up and running... i'm pretty sure most people are willing to wait even 24h+. Aslong as it happens someday /pray and we all have always something else to do... And those who are thinking that soe is doing it on purpose, camoon... Rothgar and hes team (if he has one =P) are prolly crocking up under pressure. Rothgar wrote: so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server. That does just sound sooo wrong =P And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ?

10-22-2009, 10:11 PM	#24
Muusic Server: Venekor Guild: New Age Rank: Leaders Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 295	I'm Still waiting to hear: "After the servers are merged there will be a hotfix to increase the population of Snow Badgers and Teren's Guards to ensure that all players have an equal opportunity to zerg mindlessly in Kylong Plains" __________________ Muusic 92-320AA Troub/92 Grandmaster Jeweler-Venekor born Muusic 92-320AA Troub/92 Grandmaster Jeweler-Antonia Bayle Imyourr 92-320AA Dirge/92 Grandmaster Tailor-Venekor born Wecanbe 92 - 320AA Warden/92 Grandmaster Provisioner Myndtrixx 92/320AA Illusionist - Antonia bayle Avithax 92 - 320AA Shadowknight - Nagafen Silencess 92-320AA Conji/92 Grandmaster Sage- Venekor born Alisylent 92/320AA Ranger/92 Grandmaster Weaponsmith- Antonia Bayle Amphlify 92 - 320AA Dirge Antonia Bayle Smiiles 92-320AA Monk/92 Grandmaster Jeweler-Antonia Bayle Avithax 92 - 320AA Shadowknight/92 Grandmaster Alchemist - Antonia Bayle Playforr - 92/320AA Defiler - Antonia Bayle

10-22-2009, 10:27 PM	#25
Rothgar Developer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,273	Liblikas@Venekor wrote: Rothgar wrote: so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server. That does just sound sooo wrong =P And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ? During our first attempt to export the data we were running the script from one of the Venekor world servers. When the script crashed at 7am we decided to run it from the same server that we tested the merge process from several times without a problem. Unfortunately our "test" server isn't exporting as fast as the Venekor world server was, but we needed to eliminate hardware as a factor for the crash.

10-22-2009, 11:32 PM	#26
Liblikas Server: Venekor Guild: Evolution Rank: Board Member Scholar Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3	Well i guess most SOE team went to home but if there is someone online reading this, would b cool if u pop mr. Moosh to Test Copy server. Some just logged in and cant zone to community lounge anymore to visit mr. Moosh there

10-22-2009, 11:49 PM	#27
Abstract Server: Nagafen Guild: Tunare Watch Rank: Council of Tunare Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philthadelphia Posts: 124	Liblikas@Venekor wrote: Well i guess most SOE team went to home but if there is someone online reading this, would b cool if u pop mr. Moosh to Test Copy server. Some just logged in and cant zone to community lounge anymore to visit mr. Moosh there QFE Please!

10-22-2009, 11:57 PM	#28
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	Rothgar wrote: Liblikas@Venekor wrote: Rothgar wrote: so I'm still optimistic that it was just a hardware problem on the other server. That does just sound sooo wrong =P And just curious which other server, Venekor or the one u moving flat file to =P ? During our first attempt to export the data we were running the script from one of the Venekor world servers. When the script crashed at 7am we decided to run it from the same server that we tested the merge process from several times without a problem. Unfortunately our "test" server isn't exporting as fast as the Venekor world server was, but we needed to eliminate hardware as a factor for the crash. i understand perfectly, makes sense. good job rothgar and the rest fo the team!! keep up the exceptional work! __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-23-2009, 03:47 AM	#29
Zelthuius Server: Nagafen Guild: Opus Dei Rank: Trial Lord Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	venekor server downtime over 24 hours. dont tell me not to whine!! __________________ -worship me -i am your new god -your god was weak -so i killed him

10-23-2009, 03:53 AM	#30
gdawg311 Loremaster Join Date: May 2007 Location: Long Island NY! Posts: 218	I remember when they shut down EQ1 to merge ALL of the servers for a day. IT helps in the end tbh, smoke something eat somethin and wait it out