Apologies for reposting this (sanitised), but I would like to ask you to respond.


When are you people going to learn to do these patch days properly!?

For the one millionth time: Estimate how long it is going to take, and then DOUBLE IT!!!
That way you avoid wasting people's time (yet again), and of course you can then only surprise on the upside.

Why do you insist on making yourself look completely incompetent... EVERY ... SINGLE ... TIME!??
What exactly is the logic underpinning the current approach?

Could I have an answer please? I really am very curious about this...

Thanks for taking this seriously.
You positively reek of professionalism....

You have to cut the ops team some slack, trolling the player base with made up downtime estimates is the only fun they get around here.

Thanks for taking this seriously.
You positively reek of professionalism....

Thanks for taking this seriously.
You positively reek of professionalism....

... when DT arrives I am almost always in the middle of something (like a POS siege....)

If you want a professional reply, file a petition. That's what petitions are for, not the forums.

No, I was just concerned it might get drowned out by laughable attempts at flaming from bored angst-filled pseudo-intellectual teenagers like you.
Case in point...

You have to cut the ops team some slack, trolling the player base with made up downtime estimates is the only fun they get around here.

I would just like a better (perhaps even a slightly more conservative) estimate of it's duration.
In addition, I would really love to know exactly what the internal CCP plan is on patch day.
Do they just go "Oh well - we'll see how it goes", or do they actually consider inflating the time estimate?

Call it... 'curiocity' - something you fanbois seem to have an alergic reaction to.

Aaaand again, for the obviously mentally impaired:

I know you're trying to troll me, but I am going to bite.

I don't care how many extended down-times there are.

I don't even care how long they are.


I would just like a better (perhaps even a slightly more conservative) estimate of it's duration.
In addition, I would really love to know exactly what the internal CCP plan is on patch day.
Do they just go "Oh well - we'll see how it goes", or do they actually consider inflating the time estimate?

Call it... 'curiocity' - something you fanbois seem to have an alergic reaction to.

The issue is that CCP seem to always think that things are going to go exactly as planned, and then it seems to come as a complete surprise to them when they don't. They then have to extend the DT, and after a little while they have to extend it again, and so on and so forth - each time wasting another 20 minutes(times number of players looking to log on).
If they just assumed that things WON'T go to plan (as most people in life do - if they're sensible!), then we wouldn't have to collectively waste quite so much of our time.

And if you're wondering why I don't just go off for 3 hours, thus increasing the likelyhood that the server will be back up when I come back, it's simply because when DT arrives I am almost always in the middle of something (like a POS siege....)

All I am asking is that CCP try to behave in a slightly more sensible, service minded, customer orientated manner.

Aaaand again, for the obviously mentally impaired:

I know you're trying to troll me, but I am going to bite.

I don't care how many extended down-times there are.

I don't even care how long they are.


I would just like a better (perhaps even a slightly more conservative) estimate of it's duration.
In addition, I would really love to know exactly what the internal CCP plan is on patch day.
Do they just go "Oh well - we'll see how it goes", or do they actually consider inflating the time estimate?

Call it... 'curiocity' - something you fanbois seem to have an alergic reaction to.

The issue is that CCP seem to always think that things are going to go exactly as planned, and then it seems to come as a complete surprise to them when they don't. They then have to extend the DT, and after a little while they have to extend it again, and so on and so forth - each time wasting another 20 minutes(times number of players looking to log on).
If they just assumed that things WON'T go to plan (as most people in life do - if they're sensible!), then we wouldn't have to collectively waste quite so much of our time.

And if you're wondering why I don't just go off for 3 hours, thus increasing the likelyhood that the server will be back up when I come back, it's simply because when DT arrives I am almost always in the middle of something (like a POS siege....)

All I am asking is that CCP try to behave in a slightly more sensible, service minded, customer orientated manner.

Is the game really so boring that SO many people would rather post badly thought out crap in some random thread.....

This is becoming sublimely ridiculous, but here goes:

1. It was never about whether there is an estimate or not. You're missing the point, Sir.
2. Who are you to decide that? Do you work for CCP!?
3. Yes, everyone knows that. Now you're just writing stuff to write stuff.
4. Already made the point that certain things take a long time, and so "planning" won't make the slightest bit of difference.
5. I am not trolling, and I was never interested in whether bored fanbois like you think my thread has 'charm'.

I would just like a better (perhaps even a slightly more conservative) estimate of it's duration.

These things take time, so you have to start at some point(obviously!), and it just might happen to stretch across DT.

Yeah - that would be pretty cool actually.