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Rami Tinard Amarr Ministry of War	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:07:00 - [1] I was considering booking March 10th off as a holiday from work, but then again is it worth it? I mean if the expansion comes out that day, then surely it won't roll live on the servers until the scheduled 11.00 - 12.00 downtime (which may well be longer than usual?). So at the very least it would mean a wasted morning of sitting reading the box & picking my nose. Or will they schedule the downtime / expansion going live at some other time? Plus then theres the mass of people trying to log in which I bet will increase, but there's no getting around that I suppose - just keep trying...trying..
Berious Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:10:00 - [2] Never play on patch day is a general rule for all MMOs
Bish Ounen Gallente Best Path Inc. Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:10:00 - [3] March 10th is a TUESDAY. Waste of a holiday. If you MUST take a day off, take Friday, March 13th. Since it's a "bad luck" day in most of the western world, I suspect that many workplaces will be light that day anyway as all the superstitious people call in sick. You'll just blend in with the crowd taking the day off. Fix the Wardec System!
Zeba Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:13:00 - [4] If previous large expansions that introduced tons of new features are any indication then wait till the weekend to put any serious playtime in as any gamekilling issues will have been squashed by then with the rest getting zapped in the following weeks. Yay! Got meh sig back! ♥ Weatherman
Akita T Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:15:00 - [5] March 10 will most likely be a "day of downtime", so getting that day free would be a big mistake. March 11 will probably be a day of instabilities and hotfixes, so getting THAT one free would be a bad idea too. March 12, now you're starting to talk... but I'd probably wait until the 13th, or even just the 16th (since 14/15 are the weekend, so usually free anyway). _ Create a character \|\| Fit a ship \|\| Get some ISK
Zyck Dark-Rising	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:24:00 - [6] Yep...as has been said, take the Friday or the Monday. Patch day itself is an all-day downtime. The day after is going to be laggy, buggy, and a general pain in the ass. By Friday things should start to be looking up...but in my opinion, monday is your safest bet. -Zyck
Pesky LaRue Minmatar	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:25:00 - [7] i'd personally give it till at least the Thursday, just to avoid getting frustrated. \|+ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ +\|
Drunk Driver Gallente Aliastra	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:27:00 - [8] I think I'll tell everyone I'm going to take the 13th off to play Eve, then sneak off to ride my motorcycle. If I stay off the main roads so the police won't notice I'm not wearing a helmet. Damn thing gets in the way when I try to take a drink from my beer.
SentryRaven KIA Corp KIA Alliance	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:30:00 - [9] Patch day itself, you should be outside, taking a glimpse at the sun (if you do not live in the UK, they simply don't offer sun there), breathe some fresh air, replenish the food stocks in your gaming bunker and do whatever you need to do that prevents you from gaming on normal days. You know, sex and that stuff.... The day after (P+1), you may want to go to work, if you are internet capable there, to read the abnormous amount of threads about "CCP broke this" "CCP nerf/fix this" and "EVE is dying". Now, the Day after Patch Day's next day [!sic] (P+2), you may actually consider taking the day off, but do not be disappointed if you don't get the amount of "whoah!" and "wow!" and "jeeeeeeezus" that you might have expected from reading the forums on P+1, since CCP will have ninja-fixed/nerfed/boosted stuff over DT. :) Overall... you shouldn't take a day off for major Patches... save those for more important stuff... just call in sick -------- EBANK Forum Manager \| KIA Recruiting Director
Misanth RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE Black Legion.	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:33:00 - [10] Originally by: Berious Never play on patch day is a general rule for all MMOs This. Do it a day or three later.
Korerin Mayul	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:37:00 - [11] Originally by: Rami Tinard I was considering booking March 10th off as a holiday from work, but then again is it worth it? March 11th :D i think ill be off work with a bad case of wormholes.
Liz Laser	Posted - 2009.02.25 17:42:00 - [12] Edited by: Liz Laser on 25/02/2009 17:42:05 Originally by: Berious Never play on patch day is a general rule for all MMOs This! Been involved in far too many lagfests and rollbacks. Though another general rule in MMOs is: Exploit early and often! That rule will cause many hopeful exploiters to take the day off, especially if SiSi has helped them discover a bug or a game imbalance.
Dark Soldat Caldari Heaven's Gate Scalar Federation	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:12:00 - [13] i will take the opportunity to call in sick and exploit any way i can make isk with unfixed bugs... but shushhh...
Irida Mershkov Gallente Noir.	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:16:00 - [14] Originally by: Korerin Mayul Originally by: Rami Tinard I was considering booking March 10th off as a holiday from work, but then again is it worth it? March 11th :D i think ill be off work with a bad case of wormholes. I think you'll be off work with a bad case of unstable server and hotfixes!
Miss Uylear Caldari The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:26:00 - [15] But wasn't there a patch recently for the client so it can handle large amounts of date more effiecently?
Sargeant HAmmer Caldari Hammers Academy	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:28:00 - [16] eve usually deploy their big patches on a tuesday or wednesday on experience. now as some of you know they can make a mess of patch day (no offence against you guys at eve) and it has been known to go on for 3 days in the past and with a barely workable system after that for another day or so. so basically if you take the days off at the beginning of march and eve is down then dont expect to play it. from what i recall being said they were going to launch apocyrpha at the end of march but who knows.
Genya Arikaido	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:43:00 - [17] First, the patch is going to be huge, 1.3GB or bigger. Second, don't take a day off until the patch to fix the patch. By then the general game-breaking bugginess is gone or bearable. Help me move to Iceland!
Sun Clausewitz	Posted - 2009.02.25 18:47:00 - [18] I always wait until the next day to patch and let the rest of you be the boot.ini discoverers
Gunnanmon Gallente UNITED STAR SYNDICATE	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:26:00 - [19] March 10th - expansion day. March 11th and 12th - patch, and patch-patch day.
Ms Delerium	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:32:00 - [20] uh? shut down the computer and go back to work!!!! not really, you are fired. kthx.
Novantco The Tuskers	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:36:00 - [21] Waste of a holiday.
hoOWa	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:39:00 - [22] I plan to have a massive shyte on the 10th of march...along with the eve online server cluster
Beckoner Venhatha	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:49:00 - [23] March 10 = my birthday... I intend to spend most of it in bed (with company) My toon will be working on a 5Day+ skill at the time
Shevar Minmatar Target Practice incorporated	Posted - 2009.02.25 19:51:00 - [24] Originally by: Rami Tinard I was considering booking March 10th off as a holiday from work, but then again is it worth it? I mean if the expansion comes out that day, then surely it won't roll live on the servers until the scheduled 11.00 - 12.00 downtime (which may well be longer than usual?). So at the very least it would mean a wasted morning of sitting reading the box & picking my nose. Or will they schedule the downtime / expansion going live at some other time? Plus then theres the mass of people trying to log in which I bet will increase, but there's no getting around that I suppose - just keep trying...trying.. Downtime will most likely be between 4 and 12 hours depending on if they are changing hardware as well or not. So the day itself is pretty pointless and if you are really lucky it MIGHT be a good idea to take the Wednesday off so you can play Tuesday night. But it might as well be that the cluster will be unstable as **** for a week or so (and then it would be a waste as well :>) --- -The only real drug problem is scoring real good drugs
Soporo Caldari	Posted - 2009.02.25 21:32:00 - [25] I'm set to be off from Mar 12-20.
Armoured C Gallente Federation of Freedom Fighters Executive Outcomes	Posted - 2009.02.25 21:42:00 - [26] i booked 11th off so that i have 11,12,13,14,15,16 off anyways :P got to love my work This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
Traidor Disloyal Minmatar Private Nuisance	Posted - 2009.02.25 22:12:00 - [27] Originally by: Rami Tinard I was considering booking March 10th off as a holiday from work, but then again is it worth it? Put all your characters (if you have more then one account) on a long training skill the day before the patch (at least a 4 day training skill) and go do something else. ************************************************* I have three characters. One has Cov Ops V along with all the bells and whistles that goes with it.
Zeba Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company	Posted - 2009.02.25 22:15:00 - [28] Originally by: Armoured C i booked 11th off so that i have 11,12,13,14,15,16 off anyways :P got to love my work Hah! I'm retired so I'm off everyday. got to love my lack of work Yay! Got meh sig back! ♥ Weatherman
Armoured C Gallente Federation of Freedom Fighters Executive Outcomes	Posted - 2009.02.25 22:16:00 - [29] Originally by: Zeba Originally by: Armoured C i booked 11th off so that i have 11,12,13,14,15,16 off anyways :P got to love my work Hah! I'm retired so I'm off everyday. got to love my lack of work wow i hate you a little bit more everyday This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
Zeba Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company	Posted - 2009.02.25 22:18:00 - [30] Originally by: Armoured C wow i hate you a little bit more everyday bows with a flourish Yay! Got meh sig back! ♥ Weatherman

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