Yes.
I actually thought it was already working like this. If a mine is to expire during maintenance, you can't stop it manually so it would be nice to have the whole island stopped so mines etc. can't run out.
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Yes.
I actually thought it was already working like this. If a mine is to expire during maintenance, you can't stop it manually so it would be nice to have the whole island stopped so mines etc. can't run out.
yes please!
Same as that dude above me, already lost a lot of titanium ore cause buffs running out during maintenance.
A no from me as I reckon having it stopped during maintenance would do more damage for a lot of people than the current arrangement. However, thank you for asking.
nay
A big NO thanks. We get enough warnings of main to plan for buffs and stop low res mines
No.
This would mess up things like specialist and buff timings, delay barracks recruiting and production cycles for guild and daily quests or bookbinder. Too many things would go out of sync for a much longer period than the maintenance takes. It's easier to prepare for a pre-announced maintenance and stop critical things if needed than try resync your stuff.
No, usually get enough notice for people to plan around it. I would be very unhappy for troop production to cease for hours at a time.
Why not make it an option. Choose yes or no inside the game from the option menu?
Thumbs up for BB for thinking about this and letting the players decide.
The question is weird though: why would you need to freeze for regular maint that is communicated well in advance? It might be useful but for the "hotfix" type stuff only.
Before anyone votes yes consider that it also freezes barracks, prov houses and bookbinder. Not acceptable imo.
I would support it if it was a user choice in the options. Also there have been requests for vacation mode or whatever you want to call it. Basically a button that does the freeze on user demand.
Anyway it better not take away development time from 63+ content! :D
actually you haven't given us all the info..Quote:
Originally Posted by BB_Saqui
Please explain in detail, why, after all these years, BB would want to do this?
no just give us better notice of maintenance's
when I 1st saw this I thought "why would any1 want their isle froze?" after reading all the replies i am left thinking, "why would any1 want their isle froze?"
ur mines, fields etc will burn out and u have to build more? HELLO, that will happen anyway! ur buffs will run out? wouldnt u rather have prod running unbuffed rather than no prod at all? Forward planning is always key with settlers, stop being greedy and use some common sense!
Thx for asking BB, but its a big fat NO from me
I see no benefit. If we know when the maintenance will occur, we can plan around it. OK, overruns can be a little problematic, but we're used to that ;-)
No
How about a profile selection - you can choose which you want to apply to you?
I'm voting no. I'm happy with production continuing during maintenance even if that means certain things run out.
Fellow Settlers, I recommend a NO vote. It would disrupt any logical schedule for buffs, provisions, recruitment, you name it. You are usually adequately compensated when unscheduled maintenance causes significant loss, and scheduled maintenances are notified well in advance. Please think it through.
No, I am not :)
We know when maintenance is due, so people should put premium buildings/mines that might run out in this period, on freeze themselves. Stopping production during maintenance makes no sense and could lead to you not achieving production quests.
NO
no
just completely freeze everything during maintenance. we have no access anyway. then unfreeze with all buffs etc continuing from where they left off. I believe everything is controlled from your end so the problems should be small.
Please don't, it will throw of my timings, i try to live a very regular life :)
No, I want my home island to remain active during regular maintenances (i.e. keep producing/extracting goods during regular maintenances)
Subnote - what would be useful is a local (to only my island) freeze button. This way I can CHOOSE to stop everything on my island if there is maintenance coming up. 95% of the time i would not.
But a wholesale stop? No thanks!
I also like the "C) dont mess with it or something else will break" that a member posted on page 1 :)
no
For the depleting mines problem, an alternative option could be to have the game automatically put mines to sleep just before the last production run that would deplete it, if that last run falls inside a maintenance window. When people then log in after the maintenance, they still have the choice to refill the mine or just wake it up so it would almost instantly deplete so geologists can a new deposit again.
But halting the entire economy is too drastic; it has too much disadvantage (as pointed out by others).
Is it 1st April today or what ;-) ? Just no. Period.
no problem
If any stop to production should be added only some kind of vacation mode - I know production stops after 24h if nobody visits the island but if there are some Pepping Tom's this way you would have more control over this during the period you are not able or you don't want to connect (everyone needs a break from time to time).
And if anybody chooses to use this for maintenance be my guest :)
No
No, keep it the way it is.
No
Vote:No
Nop no need stoping/freezing my island
No
Producing all special and regular goods using special buffs and it take time to gather enough for (again) special goods I need. So, for me time is what I need, no work=time wasted, ty.
NO!
No thank you.
no
No, I want my home island to remain active during regular maintenances (i.e. keep producing/extracting goods during regular maintenances)
No.