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Anosha de'Cavemann Tranquility Quality Control 13	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:00:00 - [1] - Quote Perhaps my google-fu has failed me, but I can't find an answer... On expansion release day, how long is down time typically? I ask as DT for me is 6am, and I'm taking the day off work. I don't want to miss any initial player fireworks. As a noob player, this is my first expansion but..... I don't want to set my alarm clock to early. Been following a lot of posts the last 6-8 weeks and I'm excited to see what happens. EvE, it's all about tear managment.
Suddenly Forums ForumKings Republic University Minmatar Republic 388	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:01:00 - [2] - Quote I would advise doing Caldari Battleship 5 just in case.
Roll Sizzle Beef Space Mutiny 1630	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:03:00 - [3] - Quote Downtime is usually extended for big patches. And can last anywhere from 1 hour to a few days due to complications... But usually just a few hours.
Surfin's PlunderBunny The Python Cartel. 3512	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:03:00 - [4] - Quote Just make sure you have a full skill queue and you'll be set, longest I remember (memory of a lemming) is 24 hours... followed by a ton of resets "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
Derath Ellecon Washburne Holdings Situation: Normal 436	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:03:00 - [5] - Quote A good expansion or bad? I think I've seen it as short as an hour. My first expansion was I think incarna, which had the servers up and down for the better part of a day. It was when I learned to stick a long skill in the queue for patch day. I think I lost about 6 hours of training that day.
Anosha de'Cavemann Tranquility Quality Control 13	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:04:00 - [6] - Quote Thanks of the advice, but wasn't looking for suggestions. Lots of other topics for those. Just looking for any historic (or planned) times. That's it. EvE, it's all about tear managment.
Torvin Yulus State War Academy Caldari State 112	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:08:00 - [7] - Quote ccp will keep the server down longer for hi seccers (constant crashes and disconnects) so that the nullsec aspies can force us into their CTA ferox or whatever crap. im a pubby and im proud
Val'Dore PlanetCorp InterStellar 195	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:34:00 - [8] - Quote If I remember right, Castor had TQ down for a week. Star Jump Drive
Lipbite Express Hauler 222	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:35:00 - [9] - Quote 1-3 hours + restarts.
Shederov Blood Wrecketeers 226	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:36:00 - [10] - Quote They typically take the server down something like 4 hours before regular downtime on patch day, and plan to have it up again 6 hours later, which inevitably gets extended by anything from 90 minutes to 36 hours.
Surfin's PlunderBunny The Python Cartel. 3512	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:38:00 - [11] - Quote I remember the boot.ini incident "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
James Amril-Kesh RAZOR Alliance 1238	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:45:00 - [12] - Quote Torvin Yulus wrote: ccp will keep the server down longer for hi seccers (constant crashes and disconnects) so that the nullsec aspies can force us into their CTA ferox or whatever crap. What does that even mean? http://themittani.com/features/local-problem A simple fix to the local intel problem
Shederov Blood Wrecketeers 226	Posted - 2012.11.15 02:51:00 - [13] - Quote James Amril-Kesh wrote: Torvin Yulus wrote: ccp will keep the server down longer for hi seccers (constant crashes and disconnects) so that the nullsec aspies can force us into their CTA ferox or whatever crap. What does that even mean? Umm.... grrrrr.... goons? vOv
Karn Dulake Sad Flutes 997	Posted - 2012.11.15 03:34:00 - [14] - Quote You could go Titan V just to make sure. CCP have has some extensive downtimes before I dont normally troll, but when i do i do it on General Discussion.

ISD Dorrim Barstorlode ISD Community Communications Liaisons 1070	Posted - 2012.11.15 03:46:00 - [15] - Quote I've removed some off topic posts. Any associated post was also removed. Please keep posts on topic and civil. Have a pleasant evening. ISD Dorrim Barstorlode Commander Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department

Panhead4411 Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services The Possum Lodge 248	Posted - 2012.11.15 04:27:00 - [16] - Quote Shederov Blood wrote: They typically take the server down something like 4 hours before regular downtime on patch day, and plan to have it up again 6 hours later, which inevitably gets extended by anything from 90 minutes to 36 hours. Truth. Honestly, its a real crapshoot. Though the one they ended up giving everyone free SP for the day+ of server down was nice. It will be atleast a 1.5gig download, so that will add some time to get everyone up to speed, my honest guess will be server back online 6 hours later than normal. If i had to put money on a time, that would be it. Also, on patch day, there will be alot of short "ETA"s given out by CCP if they foresee the patch taking longer. Typically there are several of these updated after the previous one expires. So, if they start saying "will be online in another 20 minutes" after they are already past their previous ETA...just go watch some Netflix or something constructive and come back in an hour. It's what i wish i'd done every. single. time. http://blog.beyondreality.se/shift-click-does-nothing -á-á < Unified Inventory is NOT ready...
Me ofcourse There is no life in space 34	Posted - 2012.11.15 05:29:00 - [17] - Quote Anosha de'Cavemann wrote: Perhaps my google-fu has failed me, but I can't find an answer... On expansion release day, how long is down time typically? I ask as DT for me is 6am, and I'm taking the day off work. I don't want to miss any initial player fireworks. As a noob player, this is my first expansion but..... I don't want to set my alarm clock to early. Been following a lot of posts the last 6-8 weeks and I'm excited to see what happens. suggestion is probably set your training queue for fighters 5 from scratch or something simply because in all of CCP fashion which we all know and love, CCP breaks the server first a few times, then gets it working a few hours after another patch + the release Edit: it's CCP's way of saying, go outside and see the sun for a while and enjoy real life till your sick of it again, then come back
ThisIsntMyMain Republic University Minmatar Republic 135	Posted - 2012.11.15 05:38:00 - [18] - Quote Honestly mate, Patch day is probably the WORST day to take off work. While CCP have got much much better at rolling out upgrades, mistakes can and do happen. Your typical patch day is characterized by endless posts from CCP saying "SOON" followed by a bunch of frustrating game breaking bugs that need to be patched the next day. Set a long skill queue of at least a week and forget about Eve for the day. Seriously, take the NEXT day off work, you will appreciate it much more.
Me ofcourse There is no life in space 34	Posted - 2012.11.15 05:39:00 - [19] - Quote ThisIsntMyMain wrote: Honestly mate, Patch day is probably the WORST day to take off work. While CCP have got much much better at rolling out upgrades, mistakes can and do happen. Your typical patch day is characterized by endless posts from CCP saying "SOON" followed by a bunch of frustrating game breaking bugs that need to be patched the next day. Set a long skill queue of at least a week and forget about Eve for the day. Seriously, take the NEXT day off work, you will appreciate it much more. hence where the " SOONGäó " came from
blake fallout Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 6	Posted - 2012.11.15 08:12:00 - [20] - Quote Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote: I remember the boot.ini incident Ditto, was Telling in Everyone in Corp Chat ~ if on xp thiers a Boot.ini problem be carefull .... i was told where to Go Next day Thier PCs Dident Start So them Only Time i can say thank God i was on Vista . Linkin park
Othran Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic 255	Posted - 2012.11.15 08:25:00 - [21] - Quote Anosha de'Cavemann wrote: Perhaps my google-fu has failed me, but I can't find an answer... On expansion release day, how long is down time typically? I ask as DT for me is 6am, and I'm taking the day off work. I don't want to miss any initial player fireworks. As a noob player, this is my first expansion but..... I don't want to set my alarm clock to early. Been following a lot of posts the last 6-8 weeks and I'm excited to see what happens. The only reason to login on expansion day is to make a profit on whatever item(s) became FoTM. In my experience flying (and fighting) on expansion day is exceptionally dumb but YMMV. In terms of how long deployment takes - about 6 hours is average in the last few years. Its also fairly normal that the server will get at least one emergency restart to hotfix something important which the expansion broke. Were I you I'd just go to work as normal, read the forums and enjoy the expansion day wailing
Vera Algaert Republic University Minmatar Republic 430	Posted - 2012.11.15 08:32:00 - [22] - Quote ThisIsntMyMain wrote: Honestly mate, Patch day is probably the WORST day to take off work. While CCP have got much much better at rolling out upgrades, mistakes can and do happen. Your typical patch day is characterized by endless posts from CCP saying "SOON" followed by a bunch of frustrating game breaking bugs that need to be patched the next day. Set a long skill queue of at least a week and forget about Eve for the day. Seriously, take the NEXT day off work, you will appreciate it much more. ^ this alt speaks the truth. Also take into account that you don't know how broken Retribution will be on release. If we are lucky it's just T3s flying backwards and POSes shooting blues, if we are unlucky CCP will release the new Crimewatch in a completely broken state and high-sec will either be Free For All or Total Concordokken Helldeath. I'm a NPC corp alt, any argument I make is invalid.

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire 5480	Posted - 2012.11.15 10:39:00 - [23] - Quote Also, this depends on how quick your internet connection is, for bigger expansions you may have to download several 100MB's of data (so if you're on a slow dialup "your" patchday could be much longer than others). But server DT is typically 4-6 hours, and when something does not go according to plan 12. Hope you will enjoy your first expansion, personally I've seen all kinds from the last 18 Hope you get a great day even if you take it off work - the forum I'm sure will have lots of fireworks too! /c GÿàGÿàGÿà Secure 3rd party service GÿàGÿàGÿà Visit my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar' Follow me on Twitter @Chribba

Belisario Lionheart Pro Synergy ARK. 3	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:06:00 - [24] - Quote Hello guys, Is today patch day? I had no idea, the server seems to be offline
Ruskarn Andedare Lion Investments 12	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:11:00 - [25] - Quote Belisario Lionheart wrote: Hello guys, Is today patch day? I had no idea, the server seems to be offline Doh!
Just Another NPC Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 0	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:12:00 - [26] - Quote Vera Algaert wrote: You don't know how broken Retribution will be on release. If we are lucky it's just T3s flying backwards and POSes shooting blues, if we are unlucky() CCP will release the new Crimewatch in a completely broken state and high-sec will either be Free For All or Total Concordokken Helldeath. () inb4 "I am a special snowflake and would consider this an improvement to the game".... I vote for Total Concordokken Helldeath
Lin-Young Borovskova Science and Trade Institute Caldari State 932	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:16:00 - [27] - Quote I usually keep the old "patch day no play" adage and set a very long skill on my characters, profit to do something else for a day or two where usually I would be online for 2h average, and then get cookies at the first log in: "downloading patch (fix)...)" brb
First Main 7th Deepari Defence Armada The Veyr Collective 1	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:20:00 - [28] - Quote How long are the forums usually down for during patch day. Ive played through the last 4-5 patches from, but was never really into the whole forum stuff back then. Any idea? A dev response on this would be nice. Im sure they must have some rough schedule or timeline somewhere
Christopher AET Segmentum Solar Intrepid Crossing 258	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:28:00 - [29] - Quote I joined the game just after Apocrypha came out and my first expansion was Dominion. So this will be my sixth I think. Budget for half a day but plan contingency for as long as is practicable. A good time for that battlecruisers 5 skill if you don't have it. For both filling time and in preparation for tiericide. Two birds, one stone so to speak. I drain ducks of their moisture for sustenance.
Anosha de'Cavemann Tranquility Quality Control 13	Posted - 2012.11.15 11:30:00 - [30] - Quote ThisIsntMyMain wrote: Honestly mate, Patch day is probably the WORST day to take off work. While CCP have got much much better at rolling out upgrades, mistakes can and do happen. Your typical patch day is characterized by endless posts from CCP saying "SOON" followed by a bunch of frustrating game breaking bugs that need to be patched the next day. Set a long skill queue of at least a week and forget about Eve for the day. Seriously, take the NEXT day off work, you will appreciate it much more. Thanks for all the info, it's this advice I think I'm going to take... EvE, it's all about tear managment.
Daquaris The Milkmen Test Alliance Please Ignore 38	Posted - 2012.11.15 14:53:00 - [31] - Quote http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/eve_releases.php ^^ That should answer your question.
Hoarr RPS holdings 73	Posted - 2012.11.15 15:36:00 - [32] - Quote Just Another NPC wrote: Vera Algaert wrote: You don't know how broken Retribution will be on release. If we are lucky it's just T3s flying backwards and POSes shooting blues, if we are unlucky() CCP will release the new Crimewatch in a completely broken state and high-sec will either be Free For All or Total Concordokken Helldeath. () inb4 "I am a special snowflake and would consider this an improvement to the game".... I vote for Total Concordokken Helldeath This was by far my favorite feature on Duality a few weeks ago. No where in High Sec was safe. It was glorious.

CCP Explorer C C P C C P Alliance 1030	Posted - 2012.11.15 17:55:00 - [33] - Quote We used to have up to 24 hour expansion deployment DTs, in the distant, distant past. Most recently then the expansion deployments have been 4-6 hours and point releases 1-3 hours. Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson \| Software Director \| EVE Online, CCP Games \| Follow on: Twitter / Google+

Melvin Coulter Cobalt Conspiracy Incorporated 2	Posted - 2012.11.15 17:57:00 - [34] - Quote Wait patch day! DEAR GOD my skills.... Oh well devs can we beg you not to have concord go insane forcing everyone to flea to null or lowsec? Mel
Beekeeper Bob Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic 291	Posted - 2012.11.15 21:18:00 - [35] - Quote Are we talking the initial downtime? Or are you including "restarts" ....... "Paranoia is the number one killer of idiots and Republicans."
LHA Tarawa Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic 22	Posted - 2012.11.15 21:27:00 - [36] - Quote Which upgrade was it that it was down for so long that CCP handed us a bunch of skill points to make it up to us? If I recall, that one, they ran a DB clean up tool that started running through the inventory database an making random changes to item numbers, and they had to restore the old DB and fix the clean up code... took... if I recall.. more than 24 hours to get the server back up and running.
flakeys Angels of Anarchy Interstellar Confederation 427	Posted - 2012.11.15 22:30:00 - [37] - Quote CCP will say servers will be down till X hour. Offcourse as usuall they won't be and that's when the fun starts every time.One thread after the other about complaints that servers are still down , CCP now saying servers will bee up an hour later wich they won't , even more whines and threads about thiss.Finally the server goes up ......... and will go down again a few hours later and we repeat the above again. Best thing to do on patchday -and i use this for patchweek tbh - just think you won't be able to play at all.That way any time you actually CAN play during that day/week is a nice bonus :) There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.-á
Mire Stoude Capital Industries Research And Development Fidelas Constans 18	Posted - 2012.11.15 23:18:00 - [38] - Quote Boot.ini
Matalino 4	Posted - 2012.11.15 23:35:00 - [39] - Quote Mire Stoude wrote: Boot.ini Best patch ever
Beekeeper Bob Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic 292	Posted - 2012.11.16 03:17:00 - [40] - Quote Matalino wrote: Mire Stoude wrote: Boot.ini Best patch ever Careful what you say, they may try to outdo themselves this time..... "Paranoia is the number one killer of idiots and Republicans."
TriadSte IronPig Sev3rance 127	Posted - 2012.11.16 09:09:00 - [41] - Quote Basic rule of thumbs and this isnt a troll. CCP although they strive for excellence they are uber poor, the worst worst guys at actually predicting when tranquility will be online. If they say its a 4 hour downtime expect to not log on for 9-10 hours. Theyre also very poor and actually horribley slow at updating the community during such a downtime. It mostly gets put on twitter first. Why twitter? I dont know. You'd have thought it would be HERE first on the forums but uhm no... I paint a bad picture? I do but also I am a realist and I speak the truth & dislike bigging something up which is bad. In my 5 years of playing, on big patch/update day I've never once thought "good job" guys in reference to keeping up with expected time frames for downtimes. Also for your information they always and I do mean "always" blame database issues.. I am pretty sure they have a saved doc on their local intranet which they copy paste to us.
Aprudena Gist GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation 15	Posted - 2012.11.16 20:06:00 - [42] - Quote depends on how bad they **** up the worst was a about 5 days so far so plan for that

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