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The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 11:59:00 - [1] RE: This thread. Yesterday I mentioned how there was very little warning, or rather, not as much warning as there could have been, about the extended downtime yesterday. Now to today. I've literally just started EVE thinking 'ooh, I know it's quarter to 12, but it might already be up'. Far from it, I'm told by my login screen that downtime is extended to ruddy TWO O CLOCK - AGAIN! And I have another bleeding skill to change at about 1pm, just after which I have to go to work, which means I still won't be able to change the skill when the server does come up. I won't be back from work until 1AM - 11 HOURS after the server is due to come up, and a full 12 hours after my skill stopped training. This is wasting time, time that I am paying for. At the moment I'm so busy that I don't have room in my day to play EVE for any length at all really, so at the moment, the only thing I can do is pop online to change my skills - except I can't do that either. Yesterday's DT I can understand, and I'll just let that slide into unimportance, but today I'm just a bit frustrated. grr.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:03:00 - [2] Originally by: Lil'Red Ridin'Hood ZOMG!! Losing 12 hours of training is clearly unacceptable. We should sue CCP. I think one... hundered... billion!! dollars per minute lost is more than fair. I am quite clearly not demanding tons of money back or saying which should shut down CCP. My OP is an expression of frustration at something that could have been avoided.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:05:00 - [3] Originally by: Astridelle Can hardly give you a week's notice on that can they.... Perhaps it could have been made right in the first place? Apparently patch day was to fix one tiny weeney little problem that affected a small percentage of the population. Now it's screwed us all up.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:07:00 - [4] Originally by: Lil'Red Ridin'Hood Okay... Then I say, we should sue them for every patch they've applied to this game! If it would work, it'd be worth a try :-P In fact, yes, it would work - the money I get back from CCP would allow me to take some more time off work which means I'll be more able to spend time in the EVE-world and I'll see these downtimes coming which means I won't get this problem! Hurrah!
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:07:00 - [5] Originally by: flashfreaking ANd letting a skill finish 5 minutes after planned DT is smart... go troll somewhere else <-- Hello Kitty that way \| Wow that way --> 1pm approx. Not 12:05pm.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:09:00 - [6] Originally by: Astridelle Originally by: OwlManAtt Originally by: Astridelle Bloody whiners. Whine you've something to whine about. There's still no Mac client stability fix in this patch. How's that? :p That's whine worthy. Moaning about an extra extended DT to correct something is not. Read my words again. I am not moaning about the downtime - I'm frustrated that we don't seem to be getting any kind of obvious warnings that stop us from getting stuck with skill changes (re: that thread I linked to)
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:09:00 - [7] Originally by: Astridelle So you've done everything perfect in your entire life have you? Get a grip, ffs. No, don't be stupid. That's not really a constructive comment.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:13:00 - [8] Originally by: TheJacko well if you wasnt such a noob That's an incorrect accusation, and tbh a bit immature and uncalled for. Originally by: TheJacko you would of realised by now that ccp allways like to do more than 1 patch after a patch deployed :) allways set a long skill at dt :) I don't tend to assume I'm always going to be recieving a rubbish service wherever I go or whatever I do.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:15:00 - [9] Originally by: Astridelle Originally by: The TX Originally by: Astridelle Originally by: OwlManAtt Originally by: Astridelle Bloody whiners. Whine you've something to whine about. There's still no Mac client stability fix in this patch. How's that? :p That's whine worthy. Moaning about an extra extended DT to correct something is not. Read my words again. I am not moaning about the downtime - I'm frustrated that we don't seem to be getting any kind of obvious warnings that stop us from getting stuck with skill changes (re: that thread I linked to) Only the MOTD, news item, and forum thread. Maybe they should have invented telepathy and beamed it into your head.... Once again, I point in the direction of the thread that this thread is based on: Linkage There are others that see my point - you gonna insult them too?
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:17:00 - [10] Originally by: Karyuudo Tydraad You don't actually pay for the skill training. You pay for the privilege of accessing a digital world immersive enough that you're actually upset about decreased skill training efficiency in it. v0v Besides, it's what? 12 hours? That's nothing. I needed a particular skill to finish training (which very soon, it will have) to then train another one to level 1, so that as soon as I can I can attach a module to do a certain something as soon as possible whenever I get back from work later on.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:19:00 - [11] Originally by: Kedan Denning I agree, i was lucky enough to have seen this on the forum last night, but an in-game announcement would have been nice, just to let everyone know Originally by: Jonny MoJo Op is corret. CCP never told us much about DT. Solution is simple - add in a skill queue which can hold a maximum of 1 skill, so it cannot be abused. Problem solved. Ah good, the cavalry. I thought I was the only one fighting this fight for a while there. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:20:00 - [12] Originally by: Jaketh Ivanes Originally by: The TX Originally by: Lil'Red Ridin'Hood Okay... Then I say, we should sue them for every patch they've applied to this game! If it would work, it'd be worth a try :-P In fact, yes, it would work - the money I get back from CCP would allow me to take some more time off work which means I'll be more able to spend time in the EVE-world and I'll see these downtimes coming which means I won't get this problem! Hurrah! Yes, you and the 50.000 other people who would follow in your footsteps (precedence). That would decrease income to CCP, meaning they would have to fire a dev or 2. So some more fixes would go wrong and this time it would take 3 hours to fix instead of 2.. And there you go sueing them again until they have to sell CCP to EA or close it all togeather. Yes, a very good way to fix things. Oh come on, I was obviously joking, sheesh. Originally by: Jaketh Ivanes until they have to sell CCP to EA Don't even say things like that! I'll have nightmares now...
The TX	Posted - 2008.02.20 12:24:00 - [13] Originally by: Emily Spankratchet Originally by: The TX Perhaps it could have been made right in the first place? My God, you're right. I bet nobody else in CCP or on the forums has thought of that. The only way to avoid patch day woes is to scan the news regularly. CCP often think nothing of giving around 5 or 6 day's notice of a patch. Then plan accordingly. Even minor patches sometimes cause snafus that take several days to clear. When they say train a long skill, they don't mean something that takes a day. They mean Racial Battleship V. Yes, it's not very professional. But that's CCP for you. If you don't like it, you're going to have to find another game. Because they've been like this for years and show no sign of changing. ROFL. Your post agrees with me that the situation is pants, but also informs me that I should open my eyes a bit, which is true. Can't they use the test server to TEST things before adding them to the real server?

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