Maintenance....

[bigcow]

Why on earth has the server been taken down for maintenance at the weekend?

Think about the schedule for these things and maybe, just maybe it would be better to do this mid-week.

So far this weekend there have been crashes, server downs, huge lag and now maintenance.

/clap

[Chibi]

done yet?1

[sloffe]

"....So far this weekend there have been crashes, server downs, huge lag and now maintenance. "
Maybe you just answered your own question?

[Redus]

Why on earth has the server been taken down for maintenance at the weekend?

Think about the schedule for these things and maybe, just maybe it would be better to do this mid-week.

So far this weekend there have been crashes, server downs, huge lag and now maintenance.

/clap

So there have been crashes, server downs and huge lag and you really wondered why they do a maintenance? I admit if they planned it today weeks ago then yes it would be odd, but routine might mean it is just a standard maintenance.

Chibi seems it got delayed one more hour.

[stang]

Why on earth has the server been taken down for maintenance at the weekend?

Think about the schedule for these things and maybe, just maybe it would be better to do this mid-week.

So far this weekend there have been crashes, server downs, huge lag and now maintenance.

/clap

I agree! Shutting the server down at weekends for around 3hrs is madness!

It wouldn't be that bad if the maintenance was scheduled. There was nothing on the announcements till after the server was shutdown. Were paying for this game.. its not beta.. get your act together and do some planning!!

[bigcow]

So there have been crashes, server downs and huge lag and you really wondered why they do a maintenance? I admit if they planned it today weeks ago then yes it would be odd, but routine might mean it is just a standard maintenance.

Chibi seems it got delayed one more hour.

To be fair there have been crashes, server downs and huge lag all week so why wait untill the weekend?

[doowac13]

yea i hope this isnt something that there going to start doing every weekend pulling down the sever cause people are going to get sick of this very quickly including me<<<<<

[Redus]

I agree! Shutting the server down at weekends for around 3hrs is madness!

It wouldn't be that bad if the maintenance was scheduled. There was nothing on the announcements till after the server was shutdown. Were paying for this game.. its not beta.. get your act together and do some planning!!

I am pretty sure there was. I checked the forum an hour before the server where suppose to go down and it was announced. Also like the person said the weekend has been bad with lags and such so I guess that is why they do this maintenance. It clearly not good, but that is really what you can expect from indy companies. I think actually Xsyon is above standard when looking to other indy companies (Especially the game and features).


To be fair there have been crashes, server downs and huge lag all week so why wait untill the weekend?

I do play a fair amount of time not a lot, but do crash "a lot" (Most likely has nothing to do with the server though), but had no problem with server downs (once) and huge lag (happens one in a while, but not really a problem). Might be the zone I am in though.

[mmogaddict]

I'm no Fanboi, especially for a paying product that seems to be floating somewhere between an Alpha and a Beta, but even I'm beginning to feel sorry for the poor devs.

Crashes, Lags etc - People Whine
Take the server down to try and fix said problems - People Whine

Not enough communication - People Whine
Put up information - People Whine

I started playing these games in the late 80's and through 22 odd years of playing MMORPG my golden rule has held true for all games.

Rule: People are Broken.

[Haunt]

I was going to start this thread and then I saw it had already been started.

SATURDAY MORNING IS NOT THE TIME TO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. Either tell us that it is not routine and it was needed because the servers are borked, or tell us that you screwed up and scheduled routine maintenance on one of the worst days possible (and that you will not do it again).

[Hanover]

I'm no Fanboi, especially for a paying product that seems to be floating somewhere between an Alpha and a Beta, but even I'm beginning to feel sorry for the poor devs.

Crashes, Lags etc - People Whine
Take the server down to try and fix said problems - People Whine

Not enough communication - People Whine
Put up information - People Whine

I started playing these games in the late 80's and through 22 odd years of playing MMORPG my golden rule has held true for all games.

Rule: People are Broken.

Agreed... People would be bitching no matter when they did it

[stang]

I am pretty sure there was. I checked the forum an hour before the server where suppose to go down and it was announced. Also like the person said the weekend has been bad with lags and such so I guess that is why they do this maintenance. It clearly not good, but that is really what you can expect from indy companies. I think actually Xsyon is above standard when looking to other indy companies (Especially the game and features).


I like the game and think they have done a great job, im only saying they need abit more planning when it comes to maintenance. Also it really makes no odds what kind of company they are as there a company providing a service. If there big or small they still have to keep clients happy.

[bigcow]

I'm no Fanboi, especially for a paying product that seems to be floating somewhere between an Alpha and a Beta, but even I'm beginning to feel sorry for the poor devs.

Crashes, Lags etc - People Whine
Take the server down to try and fix said problems - People Whine

Not enough communication - People Whine
Put up information - People Whine

I started playing these games in the late 80's and through 22 odd years of playing MMORPG my golden rule has held true for all games.

Rule: People are Broken.

From the official thread...

March 26

The game server will be down from 3:00 AM to approximately 6:00 AM PST for routine maintenence.

Its routine maintenence, no mention of it being taken down to fix specific problems. The devs are not "poor" everyone here has given them $40 so dont feel sorry for them. When you are paying for a product/service and its broken people or as I like toi call them "customers" are entitled to whine.

Peaple are broken , game is broken ...meh

[ocoma]

Waaaaahhhhhh I want the servers to work perfectly, and tons of features implemented, and bugs and lag fixed and other stupid stuff I'm gonna keep yelling about in various threads....but I dont want you to take the servers down to do it.

Thats what I'm seeing.

Get over it. Servers will be up when they are ready. So long as they are doing sheit and get stuff done I dont care what day of the week it is done on. Yes I'm sitting here waiting too. Luckily this is a PC game and I've got other games installed to play till the servers are up. Maybe you all should do something else as well. Its not like there is a whole lot to do yet in game anyway.

Edit: And maintainance means less chance of the servers f'ing up when we are playing. It needs to be done.

[Andius]

This is a very, very, small game.

If you were talking about a game being released by some major company with deep pockets I would agree. But the fact is, its not. You aren't paying for this game because its really ready, you are paying for it, because it probably needs money for continued development. I am perfectly fine with that. Because major gaming companies refuse to release new and innovative MMO titles like Xsyon in favor of WoW style MMO's wrapped in 5000 pretty new packages supporting small independent companies like this is the only way you will find real progress being made in MMOs.

That said I wouldn't be surprised if they go to an hour of regular maintenance every night (including weekends) like EVE or Darkfall. Right now its too unstable for that though, given if they give us a set time, people will whine like little babies if they go over that hour, and will whine even more if they give themselves a huge buffer like 3-4 hours. Either way people will whine like little babies because but hell, the customer isn't always right. In fact costumers are generally pretty whiny, spoiled and ignorant. Try developing a game like on the funds they have before you scream and yell too much.

Take my 40$, take my 15$ each month. Just give me something to gnaw on while you make this into a real game.

[jokhul]

Xsyon has been "live" for 2 weeks. Thus far there is no discernible routine to anything, due to the constant reboots and patches that are being applied to fix/improve the game performance.

So imho, there's no such thing as "Routine Maintenance" in Xsyon yet :D

Once we get to the point where the servers only need to be restarted once a day, THEN we can start using terms like "routine"...

[Haunt]

Fanbois.... INCOMING

[psyrox2k]

The fact you are all here whining so hardcore means you are pretty into the game, which means all in all the game devs did a good job =). Rather see a good game getting fixed with a little downtime, then all the hyped up trash being released lately that runs good.

Don't get me wrong this game needs some work too but it has a lot of potential. Most people have no idea (including myself) of all the work the goes into making a video game, but while you got some downtime you're obviously not spending constructively, how about educating yourself with all the bs that goes into making this whole thing happen, instead of assuming everything is a 5 minute fix and whining, while you are at it, look into some forums on scanning your computers for malware, because you're the same type of people that have it crawling on your system =)
-Psych

[Chibi]

Chibi seems it got delayed one more hour.

I know. I wasnt asking the game team if its done yet. I was asking bigcow if he was done.

I understand the need to bring the game down and tweak some things. No complaining here. In fact I used this time to go get some donuts and read the news.

[Andius]

Fanbois.... INCOMING

I'm not so much a fanboy of independent MMO gaming companies as I am fed up with the crap put out by the big developers who release the same game over, and over and over again with pretty graphics and 5 billion shiny mounts, and possibly one or two unique features if you are really, really, lucky.

I'll put up with unstable servers and rampant bugs just to get away from those games, and their mindless fanboys. Though apparently not all of their fanboys...

Still the fact there is not a single topic on these forums discussing raids, is a nice refreshing feeling.

[redrazor]

Must be hard to wake up in the morning and think you're gonna forget your miserable existance and then the game is down. The horror that must be having to think "Oh no...now I have to live my own life for 3 hours, how am I going to manage that?"

Seriously: People are Broken! (this is the singlest and greatest sentence ever written on this Forum, and I've been here for quite a while). mmogaddict, I am now your fan.

Im sure when they take down the server during the week it will have a thread titled "Server down over a *insert day of the week here*???? Cmon Devs!?"

[dradrules]

I know. I wasnt asking the game team if its done yet. I was asking bigcow if he was done.

I understand the need to bring the game down and tweak some things. No complaining here. In fact I used this time to go get some donuts and read the news.

MMMMMM Donuts Are you from Canada?

[caldrin]

6.46 pst now..

dont know why im worried tho even it was up id only log into a zone thtat had 5 fps constantly lol

[Lily]

I was going to start this thread and then I saw it had already been started.

SATURDAY MORNING IS NOT THE TIME TO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. Either tell us that it is not routine and it was needed because the servers are borked, or tell us that you screwed up and scheduled routine maintenance on one of the worst days possible (and that you will not do it again).

Last week they took the server down for 6 hours during Euro prime time, Friday evening. Although a Saturday morning isn't the best time to do it, it's a hell of a lot better than a weekend evening. Considering it's supid-o'clock in the morning for them, I'm glad to see they took note of the back-lash last week. Who the hell gets up before lunch on a Sat morning anyway?

[redrazor]

The US adicted population that lacks a life...

[wulvgar]

no way you mean the lag hasn't been fixed ? lol People claim the lag is fixed just don't seem to get the servers are dead during the week

[bigcow]

Well...

The server ran fine for almost four hours!!!

The server has just gone down again. Even I can tell the "routine maintenence" was a complete sucess and was well worth the four hours the server was down earlier.

/clap

[Dade512]

no way you mean the lag hasn't been fixed ? lol People claim the lag is fixed just don't seem to get the servers are dead during the week

I get on the servers during weekday evenings and during weekend days, I can honestly say except for the day the servers were screwed for a few hours I've had next to no lag in quite a while.