tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post702671988603667158..comments2023-06-06T04:54:53.829-08:00Comments on Divine Plea: News Flash - Tuesday's are bad mmkayAdgamorixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-26744366319572454762010-06-29T19:55:11.301-08:002010-06-29T19:55:11.301-08:00We raid on Tuesdays because its one of the few day...We raid on Tuesdays because its one of the few days that works for our raid team. But we do this knowing we have to deal with the occasional downtime. Its never bothered us if we have to postpone.Mister Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507189470915254379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-1455876938328947252010-06-28T08:48:00.259-08:002010-06-28T08:48:00.259-08:00Saunder - I can't really comment on the 'w...Saunder - I can't really comment on the 'why' that is with Blizzard not being able to take down the Oceanic realms at different times - but I think I can make a couple of educated guesses.<br /><br />1) Manpower/costs - If I recall correctly, the Oceanic servers are actually located in the US, the only thing that makes them "Oceanic" is their time zone. If this is true, then you'd have to pay a lot more for the maintenance, as you'd have to have more staff on hand to deal with it. Of course I could be wrong, but given the posts I've seen about there finally being Australian servers in Oz, I think I'm right.<br /><br />2) This is the real one - databases. Right now we have a couple of different 'zones' for WoW - notably US and European. Even though we have Oceanic servers, Russian servers, Asia, etc - I think that there are only two different sets of authentication/database servers (I've never seen outage notifications for anything else - so please correct me if I'm wrong).<br /><br />Given this, there are times when you need to take all the servers down because of authentication issues, etc. You've got accounts with characters on Oceanic/US servers, and I'm guessing a lot of the core data sets are linked between the two.<br /><br />3) This I've actually seen - when one set of servers are down, another gets bombarded with everyone else who can't play. I've seen this (and done it) where you roll a toon on some different server, just so you're logged into the game. A large percentage of a server's population would re-roll on a live server - simply because it was up. <br /><br />I don't know what the answer is, and I certainly can understand the frustration that must go on. Downtime for me is 5AM to 10AM, so it's not that big of a deal - I just can't do my quick random before work. I think as long as US players can log onto Oceanic servers, they're all going to undergo maintenance at the same time.Adgamorixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-1343088456423777362010-06-27T16:34:52.013-08:002010-06-27T16:34:52.013-08:00One of the biggest complaints is for players not i...One of the biggest complaints is for players not in the continental US - I have no problem with regular maintenance, I have no problem with required outages, but when its, say 9pm at night? That really bites. And don't tell me that Blizzard couldn't take all Oceanic realms down during the early hours of OUR mornings, for instance!Soheihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159602222579704106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-26081380895388498072010-06-25T15:44:22.648-08:002010-06-25T15:44:22.648-08:00We've been Tuesday & Wednesday since I'...We've been Tuesday & Wednesday since I've run with the group in the spring of 2009. We've only had one or two completely busted Tuesdays. First trick: Uther is a very stable server. Second: we don't start until 9:30PM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-17678901770930147592010-06-25T15:13:42.205-08:002010-06-25T15:13:42.205-08:00For my guild, Tuesday is the only day that worked ...For my guild, Tuesday is the only day that worked for a long time :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-21576654289924821932010-06-25T14:50:54.799-08:002010-06-25T14:50:54.799-08:00Mmkay? Thaaaanks. We take a pass on scheduled raid...Mmkay? Thaaaanks. We take a pass on scheduled raids for Tuesdays for just that reason. Wednesday is one of our days though, and even yesterday we were still having issues. It was some patch! But even the slight instability of a Wednesday is better than the nearly guaranteed frustration of waiting for servers to come back up on a Tuesday.Vidyalahttp://puggingpally.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com