Servers are coming back up... when?

Discussion in 'Time Locked Progression Servers' started by Legionarius - Xegony, Apr 16, 2020.

  1. Legionarius - Xegony Elder

    Everquest: Pay-to-Play (for TLP's)
    Everquest: Servers Down yesterday. Servers down today.

    "Play" I don't think this word means what you think it means.
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  2. Icetech Lorekeeper

    I kind of wish i knew what their servers were and what the actual load is... 13 hours to patch is nuts and downtime like this is even worse.
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  3. Nolrog Augur

    Soon (TM) and not a minute longer.
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  4. Sabre Serial Complainer

    Servers are 27 Apple IIIs dirty wired together with a modded boot floppy for each expansion in the drive.
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  5. Davorus New Member

    Servers are been dealt with and tested thoroughly to reduce risk of happening, they will be online once they have completed this I guess.
  6. Bruzum Grobbfist Journeyman

    3 hours after servers are brought down, we get an update. update says no eta. eq future not looking bright for today. we might have to find something else to do lol
  7. Legionarius - Xegony Elder

    Yeah I did network engineering for 7 years and server maintenance were NEVER that long. I don't understand why in this day and age this is necessary. I can't honestly think of any other game that has downtime like this. Really odd. I cannot imagine that gaming servers are that much more different than any other server.
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  8. Ubor New Member

    It was up just now, then I logged in and it was down ... lmao.
  9. Arshesnay New Member

    its a way to push the playerbase somewhere else. ''Get over it'' they sayin...''This game is over''. Well ok sir. Dont worry for me. Farewell and Thx for all the shoes
  10. Calzonae Journeyman

    Rest assured that past incompetents have been previously sacked and new competents are on the job! And as the newest hardware is in use, it has to be carefully monitored and preventative measures must be taken far in advance less it gain sentience and become self aware.
  11. Legionarius - Xegony Elder

    Server downtime explained:

    Old servers.
    They use tubes.
    Can only buy them in Alaska.
    It's a long drive.

    [IMG]
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  12. Vanshir New Member

    SOE servers are like mages in the Lords of the Rings. They dont get up soon or late, they get up whenever they want
  13. Legionarius - Xegony Elder

    It's bad when a private server P99 is more stable. Just sayin'.
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  14. Calzonae Journeyman

    Welcome to the new era of gaming where you, the customer, pay a fee to be permitted to beta test.
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  15. Bruzum Grobbfist Journeyman

    if that were true.. you'd have a point there. just sayin'
  16. Icetech Lorekeeper

    i'm sure the ancient code they are dealing with is most of the problem.. but holy hell.. at this point i'm almost certain they are using 36gb scsi's in a broken raid 5 and just praying they hold up a little longer.
  17. Runes Augur

    They need to fire whoever is coding these patches and not doing a thorough testing before going live, because this is beyond poor job performance, they clearly do not have the skills needed. I mean after 5 years of having experience with TLPs and their patches, to have a two day shut down after a 12 hour patch, is absurd.
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  18. Icetech Lorekeeper

    At this point i am wondering if they are having to roll back then re-apply the patches... which means backing up the user data first (depending on how they have it setup)... so we might be in for a mess.
  19. Overcast451 Augur

    Maybe they meant 13 hours each day and not just yesterday...?
  20. Zinth Augur


    well Luclin launch and patch upon patch last what? 21 days total? this is NOTHING my young Padawan