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AgyM
21.04.15, 07:31
Does anyone know when we can log back in to see changes as mine still says is ongoing ?

Zeeta
21.04.15, 07:47
Like usual, just have to wait AgyM.........if it says its ongoing, its ongoing!

MCLueppers
21.04.15, 07:48
I'm already used to creating threads just to keep track of frustrated players clicking the "Play now" button without success. Ravel, any news regarding this extended maintenance?

RokiG
21.04.15, 07:49
They are bad to keep the time the setup. :(

smolfine
21.04.15, 07:50
mclueppers u can soon change u signature again :)

Maoq
21.04.15, 07:52
I just started last night. How long does the maintenance normally take. (please don't just say it went super late last week I mean in general)

MCLueppers
21.04.15, 07:52
mclueppers u can soon change u signature again :)

lol, indeed I'm going to but I'm afraid soon the signature length limit will kick in so prolly I'll create a separate thread and just link it to my signature.

Zeeta
21.04.15, 07:52
Please please not a repeat of last week, I cant survive like this......

LordBosse
21.04.15, 07:53
Well, no panic yet, they probably just need more time due to all the old bugs they've ignored fixxing for about 3,5 years.

MCLueppers
21.04.15, 07:54
I just started last night. How long does the maintenance normally take. (please don't just say it went super late last week I mean in general)

In general they finish before the announced time but lately lazy scripts don't run as fast as expected.

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 07:54
UPDATE 8.50 AM: As you can see, the maintenance is taking longer than expected.
We will post more updates as soon as possible.

BillAl
21.04.15, 07:55
i hope game server will be up soon. Good luck

LordBosse
21.04.15, 07:56
Yeah, we kind of have noticed :P No panic yet though, I just go play the old classic Syndicate Wars (1993) for an hour or so ;)

KelTor
21.04.15, 08:04
It's the bunnies from the Easter I bet. They cursed BB...

Peter-Elis
21.04.15, 08:05
seems to me lately maintenance is too often and takes too long. what's going on i wonder.

RokiG
21.04.15, 08:05
KelTor yh it must have been their fault :)

blacknat
21.04.15, 08:06
Sorry BB that is not an update its stating the obvious, an estimated time of resumption of the game would be more of a help.

Ramzkie
21.04.15, 08:06
Revenge of the wabbits. :3

Cassady
21.04.15, 08:07
I wonder has this slap dash team realised that punctuality is actually rather important and frequent unreliability is a very undesirable attribute.

Please do what you say and say what you mean.

Gandelfthegrey
21.04.15, 08:10
Special mines will all be crashed again.

smolfine
21.04.15, 08:12
my 100 gems 4 7days in a row

Nihilista
21.04.15, 08:14
Seriously...

freddiethefox
21.04.15, 08:14
now over run by 1 1/4 hours still ongoing

smolfine
21.04.15, 08:16
lets hope they not overdue as long as the 14

Wu-L
21.04.15, 08:17
hope this time we'll get a premium coin. last week premium was extended, but it was no use (was almost evening, so didn't have the time to play all advs I wanted) literally you wasted my prem coin and seems like it's going to repeat :(

zOUfr
21.04.15, 08:18
Special mines will all be crashed again.

you should probably know better and stop them before the maintenance ?

Zeeta
21.04.15, 08:19
So far:

Cleared out that glory hole under the work surfaces in kitchen.
Done the washing up.
Emptied the rubbish and (!) actually washed out the swing bin.
Took out the recycling
Cleared my junk mail folder

Some of these are unknown activities in this household.

Keep it up, if it goes like last week the whole house will have had a clear up/wash down, but I will still be very unhappy.

smolfine
21.04.15, 08:23
lol yeah rl is calliing

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 08:24
UPDATE 9.20 AM: We have an ETA: The servers should be up and running at approx. 11.00 AM BST. Thank you for the patience!

Zeeta
21.04.15, 08:26
Thanks.....should fit in all the laundry, a run to the shops and my exercise routine by then!

Qualan
21.04.15, 08:26
...

topgearfan
21.04.15, 08:30
you should probably know better and stop them before the maintenance ?

To be fair regular (no big changes) maintenance has been a strong point in BBs otherwise poor performance. As a rule it has ended early. So early ive never been able to catch it still ongoing after waking up. :D Sad if that is also gone. I had gotten really good at predicting BBs failures but didnt see this one coming.
Maybe there were some hidden faults left from last weeks maint?

SmurfAsH
21.04.15, 08:38
To be fair regular (no big changes) maintenance has been a strong point in BBs otherwise poor performance. As a rule it has ended early. So early ive never been able to catch it still ongoing after waking up. :D Sad if that is also gone. I had gotten really good at predicting BBs failures but didnt see this one coming.
Maybe there were some hidden faults left from last weeks maint?

There's a change log for this maintenance, so it's not a regular one.
30707-Change-Log-21-04-2015 (http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/30707-Change-Log-21-04-2015)

SwampHen
21.04.15, 08:44
Why does maintenance still come as a surprise to some? It's always on Tuesday. Yes they had a shocker last week. Cut the team some slack. My background is in IT. When servers don't work to plan, it is very stressful for the team, just like when your computer at home doesn't work the way it's meant to.

And don't run your special mines over maintenance if they aren't fully topped up and buffed properly. My arctics had 20k and a 24 hour buff on before maintenance. No problems.

Xibor
21.04.15, 08:45
They need to change the line "End at approx 08:00 am BST" to "We really have no idea". Why even post an approximate time? Once again, my buffs are all off schedule, mines depleted that should have been refilled, buildings running that I would have shut off. 3 hours overdue is not within any definition of "approximate" that I have heard before. I'm in the habit now of making sure anything precious like my Arctic Mine is off before maintenance because I can't trust the time frame like I used to be able to.
*groan*

btw - if you post time with all digits (e.g. 08:00) it implies a 24 hour clock so the am is redundant - but that might be just me

Gandelfthegrey
21.04.15, 08:47
Yes I probably should, heavy day at work yesterday and forgot about maintenance,

Xibor
21.04.15, 08:48
Why does maintenance still come as a surprise to some? It's always on Tuesday. Yes they had a shocker last week. Cut the team some slack. My background is in IT. When servers don't work to plan, it is very stressful for the team, just like when your computer at home doesn't work the way it's meant to.

And don't run your special mines over maintenance if they aren't fully topped up and buffed properly. My arctics had 20k and a 24 hour buff on before maintenance. No problems.

My background is in IT also... and I maintain a QA environment. I post a realistic time frame (over-estimating if necessary) so expectations are not raised. But those decisions are made before posting the time for the outage. If I have any reason to be unsure of the time involved then I add a buffer so the users know it might take longer than usual. But I am able to test my upgrades before deploying, which it appears in this case is not possible (and I wonder why). I am well aware of the stress and the surprises that can occur, but I wouldn't post a 'generic' outage time every week when I know the scripts are running with deeper changes.

There must be a way to know if it's a "regular" maintenance or a "special" maintenance and adjust the estimated time frame accordingly.

And btw I have my buildings and buffs set appropriately assuming I can trust the posted outage. If you can't trust that, how much buffer do you give yourself - enough for days - weeks - months? In a game like this you need to be able to trust time because so many things are closely tied to it.

Ozzymandeus
21.04.15, 09:46
Woke up, made coffee, logged in, immediately thought, "Here we go again!".

I have Red Flying Settlers running out about now, but it could be worse.
I might not have had forethought to skip my Arctic Mine.

I have rainbows running out this afternoon, but it could be worse.
I might not have had the forethought to skip my gold chain (including SGM).

Although, I really shouldn't be having to consider how long maintenance might over run when working out my buff schedule. I am almost wishing for the 'good old days', when all we really had to worry about was whether maintenance was gonna start earlier than advertised.

AgyM
21.04.15, 09:52
Hmm how many here actually believe that it will be done at " 11:00"
It certainly looks like the bad old days are back and it will have to be a case of bite the bullet or spend 30 or so minutes making sure all is turned off in future.

Sariath
21.04.15, 09:53
9 minutes from now supposably

SmurfAsH
21.04.15, 09:54
.. I really shouldn't be having to consider how long maintenance might over run when working out my buff schedule. I am almost wishing for the 'good old days', when all we really had to worry about was whether maintenance was gonna start earlier than advertised.
-1

:p

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 09:57
UPDATE 10.50 AM: New ETA: 12.00 (noon) BST. As a side-effect of trying to speed things up, some of you might still get some Stripy egg collectibles. They will not show up anymore after the next collectible refresh.

RokiG
21.04.15, 09:59
Say what????

UPDATE 10.50 AM: New ETA: 12.00 (noon) BST. As a side-effect of trying to speed things up, some of you might still get some Stripy egg collectibles. They will not show up anymore after the next collectible refresh.

king-bobert
21.04.15, 09:59
Eggs are back

KelTor
21.04.15, 09:59
Are we there yet? :D

Emporer-Dalek
21.04.15, 09:59
Now I'm looking forward to the goodies BB will undoubtedly give us in recompense :)

Sariath
21.04.15, 10:00
sheesh

conasatatu
21.04.15, 10:00
Ok, whoever got stripy eggs collies after last maintenance, admit it here, its all your fault!!

Sariath
21.04.15, 10:01
there goes my special gold mines

RokiG
21.04.15, 10:01
LoL what are they doing? Thought no one had easter eggs left. But well now we know we gonna get eggs for dinner ROFL

AgyM
21.04.15, 10:02
Well it seems these new stripy eggs don't want to go and are fighting for the same rights as there cousins the spotty eggs,

they must be playing hardball in negotiations with BB, lol

fisho1
21.04.15, 10:06
ok for those that sleep through most of this, but we here on the other side of the planet now miss out on game for 24 hours, being 10pm now, unable to log in after work, and now will not be able to log in until after work tomorrow, ensuring our islands daily log in rewards go back to red crosses. no good.

Gandelfthegrey
21.04.15, 10:09
Deja vu me thinks, should be up and running by 5pm then lol

lordloocan
21.04.15, 10:15
Running out of domestics to do here. Stuck a wash in, washed the dishes, hovered round, hung the wash out, planted some more runner beans, parsnips and carrots, what next? Might have to find the polish and duster I guess.

king-bobert
21.04.15, 10:17
Running out of domestics to do here. Stuck a wash in, washed the dishes, hovered round, hung the wash out, planted some more runner beans, parsnips and carrots, what next? Might have to find the polish and duster I guess.

Im going to clean out my nose and then have dinner

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 10:37
UPDATE 10.50 AM: New ETA: 12.00 (noon) BST. As a side-effect of trying to speed things up, some of you might still get some Stripy egg collectibles. They will not show up anymore after the next collectible refresh.

Stripy egg? BB, the event has finished a week ago :D Removed :D

very, very good :D
from week to week we get a wroster experince!!!

Dear TabulRasa,

Pleas use appropriate language on our forum

MOD_Fhearghus

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 10:38
Time to look for a game that's more reliable I think.

levchenko
21.04.15, 10:42
I really feel for people like Fisho1 in a different time zone that lose out on a whole days play because of this. We never really get a proper apology or proper compensation in my view.

Carara
21.04.15, 10:45
I keep getting "Connection Failed" is this due to the maintenance they are still doing please?

bobsie
21.04.15, 10:55
I keep getting "Connection Failed" is this due to the maintenance they are still doing please?

Yes, hang on 5mins and then either try again or check for updates. We're supposed to be back at 12.

NeoStar
21.04.15, 10:56
I wonder if they have ever considered porting to a platform that supports real-time system maintenance.... imagine if you could always log in!

Carara
21.04.15, 10:58
Thank you bobsie. I thought it was because I logged on with my tablet but used a different character name as couldn't remember what my one on my laptop was called.

tabman
21.04.15, 11:00
And now it has been pushed out to 13:00? Beyond a joke now!

god666
21.04.15, 11:00
UPDATE 11.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 13.00 BST.

im starting to give up on this game :(((

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 11:01
UPDATE 11.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 13.00 BST.

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:01
there's a pattern emerging here

Dear Settlers,

UPDATE 11.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 13.00 BST.

UPDATE 10.50 AM: New ETA: 12.00 (noon) BST. As a side-effect of trying to speed things up, some of you might still get some Stripy egg collectibles. They will not show up anymore after the next collectible refresh.

UPDATE 9.20 AM: We have an ETA: The servers should be up and running at approx. 11.00 AM BST. Thank you for the patience!

Sariath
21.04.15, 11:01
1pm now arrrghhh

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:02
ugh. hour after hour... over it.

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 11:02
Why don't they just say there not sure when it will be done ...there turning the game into a joke

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:03
it is a shame because if they do this week after week people will just drop out.

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:03
Shall we assume ETA of 1300 being pushed to ETA of 1400....

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:05
yes. lol.

Hurzty_II
21.04.15, 11:05
so does this mean i'm going to miss out on my daily log in?? as some of us are going to end up going to bed soon :(

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:06
in future on the homepage change the time

Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 08:00am BST

to

Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 15:00pm BST

Steve1077
21.04.15, 11:06
As I said this has become a joke, is the cleaner now also doing maintenance on here? lol

Lets hope if they give us a gift it will be a little better than last time! That was also a joke

g0lfg0d
21.04.15, 11:06
well done 7 pm and no end in sight , another wasted day of premium. need to change these from maintenance days to general outage days

Wh4t3ver
21.04.15, 11:08
Omg, some things just never change. didnt play for years, now I know why I stopped playing! Thx for the reminder!

KelTor
21.04.15, 11:08
So? Are we there yet? :)

ATHTHEMANIAC
21.04.15, 11:09
why are you all suprised at bb incompetence??..lol
this game is run by interns who have;nt a clue what they doing tbh....if you let a bunch of monkeys write your code you cant expect anything else...lol

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 11:09
in future on the homepage change the time

Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 08:00am BST

to

Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Your guess is as good as ours BST

RokiG
21.04.15, 11:14
Since I started the updates/upgrades takes way longer to fix then they say in beginning. Regret i buy gems. Feels like game will die.:(

EctoRune
21.04.15, 11:14
UPDATE 11.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 13.00 BST.

How exactly are these times estimated? I would love some insight into that process...

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:15
Since I started the updates/upgrades takes way longer to fix then they say in beginning. Regret i buy gems. Feels like game will die.:(

the updates are done, now there FIXING the updates

Hurzty_II
21.04.15, 11:15
i'm thinking a gem pit for everyone should fix this maint down time

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:16
I think every hour they ask each other "how long do you think?" and they say "hmm, another hour or so". repeat until grow old and die.

Ozzymandeus
21.04.15, 11:17
I am starting to see a familiar pattern (http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/30714-Maintenance-14-04-ETA) emerging here. Oh well... last week I fixed the shed... I guess I can figure out something useful to do this afternoon... see you folks when the servers make it back up around 17:00 (if last week is anything to go by).

http://i.imgur.com/UIDOULq.gif

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 11:19
INCOMPETENCE is the only reason!!!

RokiG
21.04.15, 11:21
I Want my 800 gems back bought 1 week premium and will lose it becuase of this. I can only play til thursday night maybe friday morning and now a whole day I could have spent on leveling and farming with premium is gone. And next week doesnt help me. And it doesnt help me that i get a few hours longer. I can not play after thursday that much for nine days. So well 800 gems is throwed away :(

And Yes I like and I understand game will need to fix upgrades and bugs/lags and so on. But this isnt ok.

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:21
the updates are done, now there FIXING the updates

lol so true :p

Urd123
21.04.15, 11:22
This is wasting our time :(


Dear Settlers,

UPDATE 11.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 13.00 BST.

UPDATE 10.50 AM: New ETA: 12.00 (noon) BST. As a side-effect of trying to speed things up, some of you might still get some Stripy egg collectibles. They will not show up anymore after the next collectible refresh.

UPDATE 9.20 AM: We have an ETA: The servers should be up and running at approx. 11.00 AM BST. Thank you for the patience!

UPDATE 8.50 AM: As you can see, the maintenance is taking longer than expected.
We will post more updates as soon as possible.

Weekly maintenance for this week will take place on Tuesday.



Worlds: All (1-3) closed
Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 08:00am BST
Adventures & Premium: Time will be extended
Guild quests: Will NOT be reset

Why not just say that it is from
Start: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 01:15am BST
End: Tuesday, April 21st at approx. 17:00 PM BST

If it is ready before that, then it is just very nice, but most of us would not come back and try to log on every hour in vain.

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:24
Agreed.

If it is ready before that, then it is just very nice, but most of us would not come back and try to log on every hour in vain.[/QUOTE]

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:24
... most of us would not come back and try to log on every hour in vain.

erm yes we would :p

Diego004
21.04.15, 11:25
i have worse and worse feeling from MA to another MA..

Korbun
21.04.15, 11:26
I think the term ETA should be change to PTA (Praying for Time of Arrival)

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 11:26
How exactly are these times estimated? I would love some insight into that process...

We are updated via email by the team handling the maintenance. As soon as I get more info from them, I post it for you guys to see.

I understand the constant change of ETAs can be confusing, but everyone is doing their best to get the servers back online asap and we don't like having to prolong the maintenance any more than you guys do. Meanwhile, all we can do is offer updates.

Speaking of updates, rest assured that the premium and adventure time has been extended.

SmurfAsH
21.04.15, 11:27
How exactly are these times estimated? I would love some insight into that process...

The chief engineer's need for breaks..
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5f/c6/90/5fc690b4b6c8854625faee84a9ca5c0e.jpg

dondoncic
21.04.15, 11:27
again maintenance problem. WHYYYYYYYYYY

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:29
We are updated via email by the team handling the maintenance.

oh no, updates of updates updating the updates

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:30
We are updated via email by the team handling the maintenance...
http://media.giphy.com/media/1229mlttgo8aR2/giphy.gif

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 11:31
oh no, updates of updates updating the updates

Updation. :)

P3ws
21.04.15, 11:31
10 G-melters buffed until this morning, feeding 15 coinages buffed with cookies...
So if i run dry on G-bars my cookies was for no use... Argh...

RokiG
21.04.15, 11:31
We are updated via email by the team handling the maintenance. As soon as I get more info from them, I post it for you guys to see.

I understand the constant change of ETAs can be confusing, but everyone is doing their best to get the servers back online asap and we don't like having to prolong the maintenance any more than you guys do. Meanwhile, all we can do is offer updates.

Speaking of updates, rest assured that the premium and adventure time has been extended.

Extended yes but if you cant play and use that time you extend it? All doesnt live by computer everyday and can play 24/7. So for me this doesnt help at all.
(I understand what you say, Just think we all should recive 1 premium days x2 or something) becuase this spoils alot. to buy gems and use them for playing and then be able to play less time, becuase irl comes first

Qualan
21.04.15, 11:31
Probably using google translate as well

guapoisplayer01
21.04.15, 11:32
Feels like game will die.:(

Na, if everything fails they can still rollback to the maint dropping weapon loots & introducing pvp.

How about a poll:
1. loose all progress / get weapon loots
2. continue with extended maintenance events, pvp and lags :) OK, admitting stack building in barracks is a plus :)

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:33
why are you all suprised at bb incompetence??..lol
this game is run by interns who have;nt a clue what they doing tbh....if you let a bunch of monkeys write your code you cant expect anything else...lol

^^

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:33
Updation. :)

time to UPDATE the maintenance crew

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:34
Updation. :)

Ûpestidation

Sugie
21.04.15, 11:34
LMAO I would like to thank everyone for the humour in these threads gives me something to do ;-p , the only time I scroll through the forums and worth it every time :)

MutantKid
21.04.15, 11:35
Good job BB. Looks like u well on the way to getting another 42 pages of complaints in this weeks mainto thread :) Maybe u wanna try for 43 this week?

Aedann
21.04.15, 11:37
the server won't be back up online until this thread's length exceeds the length of that thread of last week. come on guys, there are only 40 pages to go.

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:37
Na, if everything fails they can still rollback to the maint dropping weapon loots & introducing pvp.

How about a poll:
1. loose all progress / get weapon loots
2. continue with extended maintenance events, pvp and lags :) OK, admitting stack building in barracks is a plus :)

3.Restart everyone at lvl 0 with 30k gems each and start a player rank display in-game and make it a race, extend lvl max to 100. 1st to 100 wins erm... stuff n respect!

The_Brick
21.04.15, 11:40
I'm just going to bed :)

rocneasta
21.04.15, 11:40
seriously not getting all this. this maint and the last one took 24h of game time not to mention time wasted afterwards on repairing the island, damages to production that was constantly monitored and buffer, 24 hours that explorers were idling etc. And the point of it all, is in the end no premium day to make up for a day spent and all we get is glue, deposit and pvp buffs that not all players use...

Shape up and plan accordingly, if maint is such a huge task, then divide it in weeks to come. Not everything has to be changed on one maint...

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:42
wonders why they dont mirror the server, run the update on the mirror, see if it works and then launch it.....
erm isn't that called a test server?....
hey, dont we already have one of those....
2+2=....

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:44
update

Can we have an update telling us when were getting an update for the 14:00pm update ETA

g0lfg0d
21.04.15, 11:46
Speaking of updates, rest assured that the premium and adventure time has been extended.
wow my premium will be extended, i guess i can play in my sleep and take a day off work tomorrow

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 11:46
BB incompetence is visible to ALL now :D

my friend, also a gem buyer leaved the game just now(got a telephone call)... he will log on later, send me all he can send me and close the account

CONGRATULATION TO THE INCOMPETENTS :D

Gaza71
21.04.15, 11:47
15 mins to go, taking bets on the next 10 mins another post saying we have extended til when ever

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:49
we have extended til when ever

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 11:50
Speaking of updates, rest assured that the premium and adventure time has been extended.
wow my premium will be extended, i guess i can play in my sleep and take a day off work tomorrow

u had to slip now and wait the game to start again! u know BB logic :D
and be happy they will bribe us with 100gems like last week.... LOL :D

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:50
Hi Sugar N Ath btw :)

king-bobert
21.04.15, 11:50
UPDATE 12.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 14.00 BST.

ive posted it for you Ravel

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 11:51
[
One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O'clock rock
Five, Six, Seven O'clock, Eight O'clock rock
Nine, Ten, Eleven O'clock, Twelve O'clock rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:52
ive posted it for you Ravel

what the...

bobsie
21.04.15, 11:53
what the...

king-bobert is just pre-empting the next post from BB_Ravel. As yet there is no update, so his post is somewhat misleading if you are skim-reading.

KelTor
21.04.15, 11:53
I feel like the Donkey.
Are we there yet?

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 11:53
meanwhile, over at anno online, they cleaned up their easter event and resumed normal function in 3 hours. lol.

puit
21.04.15, 11:54
this game has so much potential... and yet they ruin it all bit by bit. maybe they will wake up when there is only a few players left. it's a shame !

NeoStar
21.04.15, 11:55
[
One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O'clock rock
Five, Six, Seven O'clock, Eight O'clock rock
Nine, Ten, Eleven O'clock, Twelve O'clock rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

"Rock Around The Clock" was written by Myers, James / Freedman, Max.

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

Put your glad rags on and join me hon'
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we'll yell for more
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the chimes ring five, six, and seven
We'll be right in seventh heaven
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I'll be goin' strong and so will you
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes twelve we'll cool off then
Start rockin' 'round the clock again
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight

Songwriters
MYERS, JAMES / FREEDMAN, MAX

Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, ROBERT W. CINQUE, ESQ.

Gaza71
21.04.15, 11:55
I feel like the Donkey.
Are we there yet?

NO lol

TiTaKa1503
21.04.15, 11:55
and again its still maintainence=D

KelTor
21.04.15, 11:58
NO lol

So? Is this the Kingdom of Far Far Far FAAAAAAR Away?

Gaza71
21.04.15, 11:59
So? Is this the Kingdom of Far Far Far FAAAAAAR Away?

even further, might wash the car to get there

tassiejimbo
21.04.15, 11:59
wow it just gets worse now all my stuff is Removed my artic mines will crash my lev5 coal mine will crash unreal,and the worst thing is we will get Removed all from BB in componsation so Removed


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inyi
21.04.15, 12:00
Speaking of updates, rest assured that the premium and adventure time has been extended.


what is the use of extended premium if it is extended over night
I had premium running last time and lost almost a full day premium because the servers where down till 6pm
premium should be extended by a full day if maintenance last longer

Nihilista
21.04.15, 12:01
UPDATE 13.00 BST: Unfortunately more time is needed still. ETA is now 15.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 12:02
UPDATE 13.00 BST: Unfortunately more time is needed still. ETA is now 15.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 12:02
ive posted it for you Ravel

lol. you almost nailed it!!

Gaza71
21.04.15, 12:03
OMG, going to wash the car, getting bored of this waiting

TiTaKa1503
21.04.15, 12:03
no settlers to me today... might get on much later i hope..... this is the second time already... next week will be the same...lol

Korbun
21.04.15, 12:04
is that severs work with steam and coal?!........seems to me to be in a stone age

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 12:04
:rolleyes:

Fadito
21.04.15, 12:06
"UPDATE 12.50 AM: The maintenance is still ongoing. The ETA has been pushed to 14.00 BST."
ive posted it for you Ravel

It was wrong :)


its 15.00 BST

DarkSecret2014
21.04.15, 12:06
it now says 15.00

Gandelfthegrey
21.04.15, 12:08
Probably get 25-1 odds at the bookies on what time the game restarts !!

dykteryjka
21.04.15, 12:08
UPDATE 13.00 BST: Unfortunately more time is needed still. ETA is now 15.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

I do not have any questions :cool:

Hurzty_II
21.04.15, 12:09
this is bull man!! i got buffs runnin out of smelters and weapon makers that need updating, this is gonna cost me, also a lot resources i'm going to lose out on, not fair devs, not fair :(

Durin_d
21.04.15, 12:10
If removing one event item takes two ~15h maintenance will we get ~7 day maintenance after summer when the rest of the event items are removed

Wu-L
21.04.15, 12:10
I don't want my premium extended, because I usually sleep at night. I want it back :mad:

unicornlinzy1
21.04.15, 12:10
Oh for crying out loud still no game!!:( I think I will have put my island to sleep every time there is a maintenance coming up, we lose far more than the paltry compensation they give us. I'm begining to wonder if this is the latest ploy by BB to get lots of our resources of the server.

And please please stop giving us PVP related things in the compensation....there are a lot of folks that don't want anything to do with your so called PVP.

tbchris10
21.04.15, 12:10
This is just a repeat of last Tuesday. Promise after promise made and then broken. It gets more like politics every day. It doesn't matter what they say WE all lose. A few free gifts will not fix this, it needs to be properly sorted out.

rdeejaynz
21.04.15, 12:11
UPDATE 13.00 BST: Unfortunately more time is needed still. ETA is now 15.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

Doesn't help anybody who lives in a time zone where it's time to sleep so all that extra time is gone to waste, not that this will affect me cos i stay up all night/morning anyway but i'm sure there are plenty others from my side of the world that it does. Will a gift package reflect this with a free prem coin? and another 100 gems for those that miss out on the login bonus...again! hmm lets see.

Bowlock
21.04.15, 12:15
BB_Ravel,

I know its another really busy Tuesday for you batting off all these complaints about your game once again being unavailable, but it really is worth reading some of the excellent comments above about the mail that should come round with stuff in it. Anyways, I thought I would add to the thread and tell you what I REALLY WANT form the mail. You should be able to just cut and paste this tbh, and it might at least pause further bad feeling.

What I would really like in the mail is an add 100 Fish deposit, but IT MUST come with the following.

"Dear Player,

We know we've had some issues with maintenance the last few weeks, and in fact we know you had issues with game play all year. We are incredibly embarrassed about this. The game has been out of Beta for a long, long time now, and you really shouldn't be getting these issues on a weekly basis the way you are at the moment. Truly we are sorry that you are. Issues have become so bad and so frequent that our management board has instructed us to get a working version on the servers as soon as possible and then lock that code up until such time as we can figure out who to fire and/or how to write and deploy code properly. Coming from such a bad place, we obviously cannot promise to get things 100% right in future but what I can assure you is that we are going to try. We absolutely understand that the level of service / up-times you have experienced, really from the start are not by any measure acceptable. In future we are going to concentrate on keeping the game available. Further, when we do have issues in the future, we are not going to send you a load of old tat, and go on about bunnies / ghosts eating the system because we know it just insults your intelligence and makes you all very angry. Instead we are going to be open, honest and frank both to you our cherished customers, and ourselves about what is expected of us and where we fall short. Once again we are truly, truly sorry, we understand that the experience you have had is atrocious but we are now working our socks off to sort it out, rather than writing a load of new tat nobody wants."

There you go - easy-peasy ;)

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 12:16
i feel bad for the ones who spend money on this...

puit
21.04.15, 12:20
well said !

Sugie
21.04.15, 12:21
I have ate 4 pieces of fruit toast, 1 bag of wine gums SO far please be quick ......... ;p

puit
21.04.15, 12:22
BB_Ravel,

I know its another really busy Tuesday for you batting off all these complaints about your game once again being unavailable, but it really is worth reading some of the excellent comments above about the mail that should come round with stuff in it. Anyways, I thought I would add to the thread and tell you what I REALLY WANT form the mail. You should be able to just cut and paste this tbh, and it might at least pause further bad feeling.

What I would really like in the mail is an add 100 Fish deposit, but IT MUST come with the following.

"Dear Player,

We know we've had some issues with maintenance the last few weeks, and in fact we know you had issues with game play all year. We are incredibly embarrassed about this. The game has been out of Beta for a long, long time now, and you really shouldn't be getting these issues on a weekly basis the way you are at the moment. Truly we are sorry that you are. Issues have become so bad and so frequent that our management board has instructed us to get a working version on the servers as soon as possible and then lock that code up until such time as we can figure out who to fire and/or how to write and deploy code properly. Coming from such a bad place, we obviously cannot promise to get things 100% right in future but what I can assure you is that we are going to try. We absolutely understand that the level of service / up-times you have experienced, really from the start are not by any measure acceptable. In future we are going to concentrate on keeping the game available. Further, when we do have issues in the future, we are not going to send you a load of old tat, and go on about bunnies / ghosts eating the system because we know it just insults your intelligence and makes you all very angry. Instead we are going to be open, honest and frank both to you our cherished customers, and ourselves about what is expected of us and where we fall short. Once again we are truly, truly sorry, we understand that the experience you have had is atrocious but we are now working our socks off to sort it out, rather than writing a load of new tat nobody wants."

There you go - easy-peasy ;)

Hats of for this comment Bowlock ! BB realy ought to reply on this herself .

AgyM
21.04.15, 12:22
UPDATE 13.00 BST: Unfortunately more time is needed still. ETA is now 15.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

premium extended......... Really ! that only servers you the game makers and not the customers who purchased the gems.

Players chose times when and when not to do premium for a reason..........its to suit them ..........not you!!!!!

The real lack of understanding from the management on this game is incredible.

SmurfAsH
21.04.15, 12:24
Doesn't help anybody who lives in a time zone where it's time to sleep so all that extra time is gone to waste, not that this will affect me cos i stay up all night/morning anyway but i'm sure there are plenty others from my side of the world that it does. Will a gift package reflect this with a free prem coin? and another 100 gems for those that miss out on the login bonus...again! hmm lets see.

..but even less for euro-people playing daytime only.

AFAIK The UK1-3 servers have allways had maintenance during european nighttime. If that's a big problem, how about playing on a US server? (Just wondering.)

king-bobert
21.04.15, 12:25
The test server runs better than the game,

going back there for a few hours to get my fix

URANE
21.04.15, 12:26
LOL last two posts steals my words ^^
competely agreeding , there are sure good reasons for all that mess to happens, but wich ones?
and i m happy premium and adventures are extended... but what about all those mines going exhausted? and all those buff running off letting productions in red?

well, hoping to see the game stable one of those days, i wish the maintenance equipe all the luck they can get ^^

Mayhassen
21.04.15, 12:27
BB_Ravel,

I know its another really busy Tuesday for you batting off all these complaints about your game once again being unavailable, but it really is worth reading some of the excellent comments above about the mail that should come round with stuff in it. Anyways, I thought I would add to the thread and tell you what I REALLY WANT form the mail. You should be able to just cut and paste this tbh, and it might at least pause further bad feeling.

What I would really like in the mail is an add 100 Fish deposit, but IT MUST come with the following.

"Dear Player,

We know we've had some issues with maintenance the last few weeks, and in fact we know you had issues with game play all year. We are incredibly embarrassed about this. The game has been out of Beta for a long, long time now, and you really shouldn't be getting these issues on a weekly basis the way you are at the moment. Truly we are sorry that you are. Issues have become so bad and so frequent that our management board has instructed us to get a working version on the servers as soon as possible and then lock that code up until such time as we can figure out who to fire and/or how to write and deploy code properly. Coming from such a bad place, we obviously cannot promise to get things 100% right in future but what I can assure you is that we are going to try. We absolutely understand that the level of service / up-times you have experienced, really from the start are not by any measure acceptable. In future we are going to concentrate on keeping the game available. Further, when we do have issues in the future, we are not going to send you a load of old tat, and go on about bunnies / ghosts eating the system because we know it just insults your intelligence and makes you all very angry. Instead we are going to be open, honest and frank both to you our cherished customers, and ourselves about what is expected of us and where we fall short. Once again we are truly, truly sorry, we understand that the experience you have had is atrocious but we are now working our socks off to sort it out, rather than writing a load of new tat nobody wants."

There you go - easy-peasy ;)

I actually read all of this, did BB?

Grumblingsnake
21.04.15, 12:28
Time to paint another window frame and watch it dry

megadethmaniac
21.04.15, 12:29
I have been unable to log on for 4 hrs now, anyone else with the same problem?

king-bobert
21.04.15, 12:30
Time to paint another window frame and watch it dry

just go outside and watch the grass grow

MadScorpion77
21.04.15, 12:31
nope.. no one at all. lol.

Mutra
21.04.15, 12:32
What are you guys using behind?
Cassandra? Elasticsearch? Hadoop?

RokiG
21.04.15, 12:32
ROFL those 100 gems was crap!

Sugie
21.04.15, 12:33
makes a note to set barracks to upgrade to level 5 before next maintenance :) good use of downtime will be done when I get back on

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 12:39
What are you guys using behind?
Cassandra? Elasticsearch? Hadoop?

i'm sure it is MS SQL or just MySQL :D

RokiG
21.04.15, 12:39
I dont care about extended time for adv. and prem. That absolutley correct to do. That you shouldnt say its a fact we get it. What about us who bought premium (gems) do you really thinks that we understand and will throw our gems away everytime?! We pay to benefit our game and that we can play. Doesnt help us at all to get few hours extended on adv/prem. Give us premium days as 1 day prems a stack of them as payment back. That will give me more than this.

What would you do when people drops off and stop buying gems?!

Yh im angry.

Ball_lightning
21.04.15, 12:41
Hmmm - Seems that BB didn't like my comments and have removed them. And I thought this was a forum. My mistake!

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 12:41
makes a note to set barracks to upgrade to level 5 before next maintenance :) good use of downtime will be done when I get back on

i'm sure that day the maintenance will be finished before 7am :D and u will be mad! :D

ghost57
21.04.15, 12:42
quick note to BB was trying to get from lvl45 to 46 on 7 day premium still had 280k xp to get nice surprise if TSO gave me xp instead of gift's I really don't whan't
my 800 gem's I spent to get 7 day premium would be nice!!!

god666
21.04.15, 12:45
i used to buy gems every happy hour but not any more
wont spend another penny on the game

TabulaRasa
21.04.15, 12:45
Removed want give me my money back, they can't exchange gems to currency... try to be funny.... but they are just Removed

U can maintain the server and do mistakes? THEN U CAN GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK, Removed

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RokiG
21.04.15, 12:47
i used to buy gems every happy hour but not any more
wont spend another penny on the game

So did I. And agree! Wont get a penny more from me!

Bowlock
21.04.15, 12:48
Hats of for this comment Bowlock ! BB realy ought to reply on this herself .

Thanks Puit, but i fear it will be some inane mail about gremlins, 100 gems and an exo basket. To be absolutely fair to BB it should be gems, not because they are particularly useful but because gems = real money and it is the only thing that they can send that says "hey, we've messed you about, so in return we are sending you something we don't like giving away because it actually costs us cash"

ATHTHEMANIAC
21.04.15, 12:48
when places rainbows on my gold chain i gabe myself a 6hr buffer over maint time.....with the mess we got now do bb have any intention of maybe making raindbows longer to account for there incompetence..maybe a week long buff is needed now....lol
why dont they have it so all buff timers stop while game is offline?.....you extend adv time,prem time....why not buff time to!!!!!!

DocAckersonCO1
21.04.15, 12:54
i used to buy gems every happy hour but not any more
wont spend another penny on the game


Hello, I am of the thinking that you probably enjoyed game a lot. and now not as much. I hope you got enough entertainment for your money.

I think BB sells gems at a reasonable price and one can enjoy game without purchase. I really appreciate a company that does that in the gaming world.

I have over a thousand friends in my list, and over 95% no longer have a green dot. Any game only lasts so long with intensity.

I am satisfied with their selling structure in relation to gameplay as just an option. I think you may actually agree. : )

Sugie
21.04.15, 12:54
withdrawals not good :( had to go on test server just to get my buff fix ;p

Peajay
21.04.15, 12:58
I hope they're not trying to beat their 18 hours a week maintenance time record.

Bowlock
21.04.15, 13:00
i used to buy gems every happy hour but not any more
wont spend another penny on the game

I think that is kinda the problem actually god666. I myself have spent money on the game but since I realized how incompetent they were is stopped. It seems to me that an awful lot of ppl have come to the same conclusion. The problem for BB is that rather than realize why people stopped spending money on the game (ie the downtime, bugs, lack of customer service, inability to chat to friends etc) and put that right. What they in fact did was starting writing "more features" to encourage ppl to spend cash. In turn this has lead to even more downtime / bugs etc and even less ppl spending, so in turn they start writing even more content with even more bugs. Essentially a vicious downwards spiral. Time and again BB have been told by players through the support channel or the forum channel to troubleshoot the bugs and keep the game available to restore confidence. Time and again they have failed to address this. Clearly BB are under pressure to increase revenues, but sadly are going about it completely the wrong way. I fear that at this rate it will not be long before the parent (Ubisoft) step in and close the whole thing down (as Square Enix did with Final Fantasy 13), because BB are basically destroying one of Ubisoft's prime assets i.e. The "Settlers Franchise". As far as I am concerned it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world because there might at least be a decent settlers game down the line somewhere.

Qualan
21.04.15, 13:00
nope- this is a testrun for the record attempt which is scheduled next week :P

god666
21.04.15, 13:01
Hello, I am of the thinking that you probably enjoyed game a lot. and now not as much. I hope you got enough entertainment for your money.

I think BB sells gems at a reasonable price and one can enjoy game without purchase. I really appreciate a company that does that in the gaming world.

I have over a thousand friends in my list, and over 95% no longer have a green dot. Any game only lasts so long with intensity.

I am satisfied with their selling structure in relation to gameplay as just an option. I think you may actually agree. : )

hiya Doc

yes i do agree
and i do still love the game
i do hope BB get these problems sorted out soon ( not holding my breath tho )

Ozzymandeus
21.04.15, 13:02
"Dear Player,

We know we've had some issues with maintenance the last few weeks, and in fact we know you had issues with game play all year. We are incredibly embarrassed about this. The game has been out of Beta for a long, long time now, and you really shouldn't be getting these issues on a weekly basis the way you are at the moment. Truly we are sorry that you are. Issues have become so bad and so frequent that our management board has instructed us to get a working version on the servers as soon as possible and then lock that code up until such time as we can figure out who to fire and/or how to write and deploy code properly. Coming from such a bad place, we obviously cannot promise to get things 100% right in future but what I can assure you is that we are going to try. We absolutely understand that the level of service / up-times you have experienced, really from the start are not by any measure acceptable. In future we are going to concentrate on keeping the game available. Further, when we do have issues in the future, we are not going to send you a load of old tat, and go on about bunnies / ghosts eating the system because we know it just insults your intelligence and makes you all very angry. Instead we are going to be open, honest and frank both to you our cherished customers, and ourselves about what is expected of us and where we fall short. Once again we are truly, truly sorry, we understand that the experience you have had is atrocious but we are now working our socks off to sort it out, rather than writing a load of new tat nobody wants."+MILLIONS!

How you can roll out buggy update after buggy update, again and again, and not once, ever, publicly apologise for the atrocious service defies all decency and sense.

Keep your Colony Mode buffs... Keep your omniseeds... Keep your extended premium time... Keep everything you are going to send and give it to someone who gives a hoot!

Instead...

1. Send 100 gems to anyone who loses their login bonus. (Not just to everyone, because that is not fair!)

2. Send a premium token to anyone who has premium active for them to activate when they will be able to make best use of it!

3. Have whoever has been responsible for these last two updates going pear-shaped draft a statement of apology to be posted on the News section of the front page as a mark of RESPECT for your CUSTOMERS.

EDIT: P.S.
That last bit needn't take them much time...
Bowlock already wrote a pretty good one they could just cut and paste! :cool:

SwampHen
21.04.15, 13:06
When it takes as long as this, it makes me think there was a really big screw up. Perhaps all islands lost or locked and restoring from backup.

wierdjohn
21.04.15, 13:06
To be honest I think they know there flogging a dead horse...its only a matter of time before the devs are replaced
or the game ends.

Wh4t3ver
21.04.15, 13:13
Wow, someone can't complain anymore without u guys deleting the message? If u dont want people to complain about ur very, very, veeeerrrry long maintenance fix it alright.

KelTor
21.04.15, 13:14
It's a free game people. What you expect?

rdeejaynz
21.04.15, 13:15
..but even less for euro-people playing daytime only.

AFAIK The UK1-3 servers have allways had maintenance during european nighttime. If that's a big problem, how about playing on a US server? (Just wondering.)

Oh i've never had a problem but then BB have never had such bad problems of late with maintenance over running way way way over schedule. Normal maintenance time end i can be back on in the afternoon but now it's 1:15am. But as you pointed out no matter the time zone we all get affected somehow

chelseamick
21.04.15, 13:18
cant connect either....doh

ghost57
21.04.15, 13:20
well I have missed today's login...so there are no gem's this week
will I be compensated for my 7 day premium as well
TSO please consider the "little" people who play your game as a source of entertainment!!!!

BB_Ravel
21.04.15, 13:20
Please note that ONLY posts containing profanity have been removed. Please send in a support ticket if you wish to discuss moderation as this is not the place.
I understand you are frustrated but the rules of the forum have not changed.

That being said, I have passed on your concerns regarding the premium time extension (as some can't benefit from it due to their timezone) and the depleted mines.

king-bobert
21.04.15, 13:21
ive logged in, its back up

ghost57
21.04.15, 13:22
Yippee!!!!login now happening!!!!

god666
21.04.15, 13:27
im not :(

darkorman
21.04.15, 13:29
i cant login

Iolanthe
21.04.15, 13:30
Once again the continuing updates are much appreciated, though the continued time changes are more 'frustrating' than 'confusing', no doubt for players and assorted local teams alike. Fingers crossed for better results shortly.



BB_Ravel,

I know its another really busy Tuesday for you batting off all these complaints about your game once again being unavailable, but it really is worth reading some of the excellent comments above about the mail that should come round with stuff in it. Anyways, I thought I would add to the thread and tell you what I REALLY WANT form the mail. You should be able to just cut and paste this tbh, and it might at least pause further bad feeling.

What I would really like in the mail is an add 100 Fish deposit, but IT MUST come with the following.

"Dear Player,

We know we've had some issues with maintenance the last few weeks, and in fact we know you had issues with game play all year. We are incredibly embarrassed about this. The game has been out of Beta for a long, long time now, and you really shouldn't be getting these issues on a weekly basis the way you are at the moment. Truly we are sorry that you are. Issues have become so bad and so frequent that our management board has instructed us to get a working version on the servers as soon as possible and then lock that code up until such time as we can figure out who to fire and/or how to write and deploy code properly. Coming from such a bad place, we obviously cannot promise to get things 100% right in future but what I can assure you is that we are going to try. We absolutely understand that the level of service / up-times you have experienced, really from the start are not by any measure acceptable. In future we are going to concentrate on keeping the game available. Further, when we do have issues in the future, we are not going to send you a load of old tat, and go on about bunnies / ghosts eating the system because we know it just insults your intelligence and makes you all very angry. Instead we are going to be open, honest and frank both to you our cherished customers, and ourselves about what is expected of us and where we fall short. Once again we are truly, truly sorry, we understand that the experience you have had is atrocious but we are now working our socks off to sort it out, rather than writing a load of new tat nobody wants."

There you go - easy-peasy ;)

That would be amazing. :D But since it's clear some of that would never get through even baby steps from the people/person writing and authorising these, whoever they may be, would be welcome. The spirit of the bold bit would be an excellent start.

The grinches and gremlins and piebald accordianists, while not infuriating, have certainly been completely daft for a very long time. While the idea may well be to avoid "confusing" people who've had no issues, or not noticed issues due to timing, the habit of pointing wildly at some made-up thing whilst declaring "We didn't do it, the side-winding gouger did! It's his fault! We saved you! :D" really just beggars belief.




AFAIK The UK1-3 servers have allways had maintenance during european nighttime. If that's a big problem, how about playing on a US server? (Just wondering.)

That's an idea, but it only goes so far. From the US/.net homepage (http://www.thesettlersonline.net/en/homepage):


Maintenance 04/21 [EXTENDED]

Dear Settlers,

Update 8:20am EDT: We estimate the servers to be online at 10:00am EDT
Update 7am EDT: Maintenance is extended by 2 hours.

The Weekly Maintenance will take place on Tuesday, April 21st.

Important information regarding maintenance:

Start: 4:00 AM EDT / 1:00 AM PDT
End: 7:00 AM EDT / 4:00 AM PDT 10:00 AM EDT / 7:00 AM PDT
Guild quest reset: No
Adventure and Premium Time will be extended.

While .net's regular timing is a bit different, like last week it's not just 'our' servers affected by Maint delays. 10:00am EDT is 15:00 BST. (Currently they're still down.)



EDIT: Simuled with update of some people on Newfoundland getting in. :D

Qualan
21.04.15, 13:31
It's a free game people. What you expect?

Best inform yourself again, it is not a free game, it is a game with in game purchases and as such no longer a free game for all

Yes, people chose to pay for the game experience they want- and this impacts it- so in that respect the it's a free game doesn't hold

lets put it like this: if not enough people use the paid features- the plug would have been pulled already on the game so in that respect issues that impact willingness to spent money on the game will impact all players regardless of the amount of money they spent in game

Ozzymandeus
21.04.15, 13:32
The problem for BB is that rather than realize why people stopped spending money on the game (ie the downtime, bugs, lack of customer service, inability to chat to friends etc) and put that right. What they in fact did was starting writing "more features" to encourage ppl to spend cash. In turn this has lead to even more downtime / bugs etc and even less ppl spending, so in turn they start writing even more content with even more bugs. Essentially a vicious downwards spiral. Time and again BB have been told by players through the support channel or the forum channel to troubleshoot the bugs and keep the game available to restore confidence. Time and again they have failed to address this. Clearly BB are under pressure to increase revenues, but sadly are going about it completely the wrong way.

Quod Erat Demonstrandum:


BB incompetence is visible to ALL now :D

my friend, also a gem buyer leaved the game just now(got a telephone call)... he will log on later, send me all he can send me and close the account

CONGRATULATION TO THE INCOMPETENTS :D


i used to buy gems every happy hour but not any more
wont spend another penny on the game


So did I. And agree! Wont get a penny more from me!

I just hope someone with the power to change things at Blue Byte is paying attention.

Ball_lightning
21.04.15, 13:45
[QUOTE=BB_Ravel;279314]Please note that ONLY posts containing profanity have been removed. Please send in a support ticket if you wish to discuss moderation as this is not the place.
I understand you are frustrated but the rules of the forum have not changed.


Please examine my post of 1318 ish BST today for profanity. The word "[COLOR=indigo]Removed" has several meanings 1. An animal of the horse family. 2. A silly or foolish person. Nowhere is there an "R" in the word which would indeed contavene the rules !

You are not doing yourselves any favours here BB.

Dear Ball_Lightning

Please follow the rules on our forum, most certainly when quoting the CM
THX

MOD_Fhearghus

Madorosu
21.04.15, 13:56
It's a free game people. What you expect?

As a wise man once said, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain%27t_no_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch).

You may not pay any money to play... I may not pay any money to play... but if nobody pays any money to play, then there is no money to pay for Dev's wages, no money to pay for hardware maintenance, no money to pay for bandwidth and pretty soon The Man from Del Monte is no longer saying, "Yes!".

god666
21.04.15, 14:01
UPDATE 15.00 BST: World 1 is up and running. However, we need more time for World 2 and 3. ETA is now 17.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

Goafer
21.04.15, 14:02
So much FAI,L its kinda funny to think this is a professional company....

bickle
21.04.15, 14:04
So much FAI,L its kinda funny to think this is a professional company....

what did you expect with silly german techs/owners who cant code to save their lifes..........

Goafer
21.04.15, 14:09
Trust me, been here long enough to expect nothing.. Just still makes me giggle for them in embarrassment :/

EctoRune
21.04.15, 14:11
Just for the record, new features mean way more to me, as a paying, active player than further bugfixes. It's ridiculous that we can't have both a stable game with reasonable maintenance periods, as well as a regular schedule of new feature rollouts. But if I had to choose one or the other, I'd just more features ten out of ten times.

Playing the game now, I am dying of boredom. I originally started to play TSO because I had a job with internet access and regular downtime to fill. Now I'm playing because of the social aspect. I have a guild filled with interesting, funny, really nice people I talk with. If it wasn't because of them, I would have left ages ago, and I certainly wouldn't have bothered buying all those gems. This is a sentiment I've seen echoed again and again - the game itself is really bad, but filled with really great people. In my guild, when we're told one of the veterans are leaving the game, it's always the same story. It's too boring, and the only reason I stuck around for so long was because of the guild. I've certainly never heard anyone say "the game is great, but the bugs and occasionally over schedule maintenance has ruined everything for me". I can't even imagine such a situation.

Do you know when TSO is interesting to me? When something new comes out. Fairy Tales, Skill Books, PvP, the seasonal events. All of those see a sudden flurry of activity and interest for me. Those are the times where I have something to strive for in the game. Something to do, other than look at my fully upgraded island and do RB in my sleep. The rest of the time, it's basically a glorified chat room.

This is all to say, that I definitely don't think you should listen to the people in this thread, saying to keep the game as is, and fix the bugs. They don't have any data to back up their claims anyway. It's all anecdote, and my anecdotes go in the strictly opposite directions. Why on earth is the max lvl still 50? The same as it was when I joined 2½ years ago? Where is the next tier of buildings, and the next tier of troop types. The next tier of adventures?

For the love of Hyela, get some damned content into the game.

LordBosse
21.04.15, 14:17
I say keep the game as it is while fixing all bugs, then before adding new stuff thoroughly test the stuff for bugs, before letting it go live.

lordloocan
21.04.15, 14:30
The missus (ladyloocan) just got back from work and wishes me to send huge thanks to BB for this extended maintenance. Apparently the house hasn't been so clean and tidy since we bought it. Just the last few cobwebs to remove from the shed and I can have a nap till 5pm +/- depending on next update. Still, it's sunny outside....

LeBeuf
21.04.15, 14:31
At the next maintenance do your self a favor and write "Will be down for 24 hours", then there will not be so many posts in here..

Unless it takes over 24 hours ofc.

TheVox
21.04.15, 14:32
For the love of Hyela, get some damned content into the game.

Very valid point there. If TSO was the only game in the world, maybe wont mind the extreme slow rate of updates. But BB you need to realize there are tons of games out there to play / socialize and more essentially, spend money on. If there is another place you would have us gripe, please let me know and I will willingly do it. We need new content, desperately.

Having agreed to EctoRune's points, a game's stability is entertainment factor is high in deciding if I want to spend money on it. I spent decent amount on gems, but now its hard for me spend money when I don't believe in BB's ability to keep this game going further. These are by far the HIGHEST down times I have ever seen on a game, and the consistency of "unforeseen problems" just leads me to believe there is no progress happening. I am sure there is tremendous pressure on developers to deliver, but just putting pressure on developers is not the salvation we need. Identify problems, bring more resources, change strategy, but demonstrate something please. My belief now is that TSO will just keep going the way it is and then in a year or two, we will suddenly get the news that servers are shutting. I for one am not going to invest any more money in this. I am even warning new players in my guild not to buy gems at all unless they don't mind throwing away money.

Now, I agree this might seem as rants of just 1 guy, but.... what if there are others feeling the same way? What then, BB?

KelTor
21.04.15, 14:36
At the next maintenance do your self a favor and write "Will be down for 24 hours", then there will not be so many posts in here..

Unless it takes over 24 hours ofc.

24hrs downtime coming from BB means ... a week?

Zeeta
21.04.15, 14:37
Its true, people are leaving the game because of this!
How can we not wonder that with the bugs and glitches mounting exponentially, the plug wont just get pulled?
Not only is it a bad service, BB is doing itself a dis-service as potentially paying players leave in droves.

Rihonia
21.04.15, 14:50
I understand people leaving the game when a maintance takes so much more time then it should.

If i would break a timeline at my work like this, i would be out off work ASAP

Gaza71
21.04.15, 14:54
car is clean and shiny and STILL no tso pfffft

Zeeta
21.04.15, 14:56
its true the housework has benefited.....I wish the game was clean and shiney

bickle
21.04.15, 15:06
im thinking of going back to WoW, or should i be more creative and go back to the pub

Zeeta
21.04.15, 15:08
seems you have plenty of time to decide

bickle
21.04.15, 15:10
already been once, a 2 hour long extended lunch, was hoping the game would have been back when i got back to work 90 mins ago

DokFaustus
21.04.15, 15:14
Arg

M1ANM
21.04.15, 15:17
I'm in !!

philm
21.04.15, 15:18
Iv only been a member of this great community for a short amount of time but as a new player, I can see the problems in the game and how difficult it is to get new players to stay with this level of up-time. I hope this is just a couple of bad maintenances in a row and it wont be a regular (weekly) occurrence. See you all when the servers come up (I may need my mines buffed) haha

puit
21.04.15, 15:24
Removed

Dear puit,

First of all , the use of dutch on this forum is not allowed
Secondly, please refrain from insulting anyone in any language

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BB_Aguton
21.04.15, 15:34
UPDATE: World 1 is up and running. However, we need more time for World 2 and 3. ETA is now 17.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

Bikerz
21.04.15, 15:55
How do I know which world I am?

inyi
21.04.15, 15:55
it's not waiting for the server to be back now, it's checking to see if a new ETA is posted...

god666
21.04.15, 15:56
How do I know which world I am?

sandycove

inyi
21.04.15, 15:56
How do I know which world I am?

Bikerz Bikerz is online now
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Rihonia
21.04.15, 15:56
I am in....

Zeeta
21.04.15, 16:00
To be fair, saying I am in Sandycove does not say which world I am in because they are identified by numbers.

World 1 is up and running.
How does anyone know which world number Sandycove is?
Since SC is still down, I am guessing its not world 1!!!

BB_Aguton
21.04.15, 16:01
UPDATE 17.00 BST: World 2 is now up and running as well. We still need more time for World 3. ETA is now 18.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

Micke596
21.04.15, 16:01
Bikerz, i think we're in world #3, sandy cove

inyi
21.04.15, 16:01
Newfoundland 1, Northisle 2, Sandycove 3

Zeeta
21.04.15, 16:02
Just my luck....18.30 ETA!!!! Sigh!

Solthariun
21.04.15, 16:03
lmao this is getting really funny

philm
21.04.15, 16:03
Awwww, I chose the wrong server, I too, am in Sandycove, and my mines died at approx midday today :(
I am sure this is frustrating for the team running maintenance as they have to answer to someone?

inyi
21.04.15, 16:03
UPDATE 17.00 BST: World 2 is now up and running as well. We still need more time for World 3. ETA is now 18.00 BST. Premium and Adventure time will be extended.

i want a refund tbh and no i do not have premium running, i learned from last week !
I also would like to see my nightcrew gets 100 free gems for missing their daily login bonus :L

Bikerz
21.04.15, 16:09
Bikerz Bikerz is online now
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Sorry just saw. That was my 1st post so saw after I posted.

WolfHall
21.04.15, 16:11
Ok who broke Sandycove?

DocAckersonCO1
21.04.15, 16:13
Sorry just saw. That was my 1st post so saw after I posted.

hi friend,


also , under everyone's name who posts in forum, their server is located under their name to the left.

inyi
21.04.15, 16:17
Sorry just saw. That was my 1st post so saw after I posted.

np :)

Boudicaa
21.04.15, 16:19
I just get the message - "connection failed - please try again later" :(
only a few days left for playing every day for a whole year ... if I loose my gems because of a "general failure" - I will NOT be amused :) :(

zarrin2012
21.04.15, 16:48
only a few days left for playing every day for a whole year ... if I loose my gems because of a "general failure" - I will NOT be amused

Ditto!!

Dorotheus
21.04.15, 16:53
Dear customers, in order to eliminate lag we have found it prudent to bulldoze Sandycove.

Zeeta
21.04.15, 17:00
Yep Dorotheus, its has already gone!

mrnjau
21.04.15, 17:00
there should be a live chat during every maintenance :)

MildyMac
21.04.15, 17:01
I'm not one to complain all that much, and generally defend BB against those that are never happy, but this is close to 24 hours of down time now. There's only one word for that -

INCOMPETENT!

Sort it out BB!

Madorosu
21.04.15, 17:01
I just get the message - "connection failed - please try again later" :(
only a few days left for playing every day for a whole year ... if I loose my gems because of a "general failure" - I will NOT be amused :) :(

This came up during last week's outage but I'll post it here... PLEASE NOTE:

The play for six months and one year achievements are clearly stated to be "non-consecutive"... that means that should you miss a day (for whatever reason) the counter WILL NOT RESET. It will just continue on as and when you manage to log in again.

The worst will that happen as a result of this outage is that you will get the achievement a day later than you would otherwise.

There are a lot of reasons to be unhappy about what has happened today... and last week for that matter... but this is NOT one of them!

Zeeta
21.04.15, 17:02
Well at least it would give us something to do other than the housework.