Maintenance

[zOUfr]

it's free to play.
"pay peanuts, get monkeys"

You want higher quality, well there's some very good games out there for which you pay.

You choose to spend real coins to get gems, your choice.

I spend a decent amount of euros (100+) to get gems, but I made that choice knowing that TSO is F2P and that I shouldn't expect top notch quality.
My character is "only" lvl 41.

I'm not optimising gold production (I should as it's very expensive in ressources running un-buffed) but hey, am I complaining ?
No. I'm a reasonnable adult, I've weighted my choices and I take responsability for them.

Don't shoot the messenger, don't shoot the devs (or there will be even less of them )

Be patient, accept your choices.

[CaneFlail]

Again, taking the vaxing metaphor.........

I vaxed three weeks ago and have lovely clean carpets now.

[MarcusAnthony]

Hey Hey guys ,,, having been more or less house bound for the last 7 months,,, Settlers is my saviour, keeping me sane!! And yes,,, i am very much looking forward to the Easter Event, and yes, i was a bit peeved to find i was unable to loggin this morning,,,, but, i have nowhere else to go, so i'll wait, patiently thanks TSO Team

[LordBosse]

You don't play from work?!

Not everyone can play games at work

[mysticme]

Have a little patience. Time to log from forums. Things to do. Happy easter

[Dickie-Bird]

The bad planning comes from BB, as others have stated they should inform you that maintenance takes 8h instead of 6h, and if they manage to get done ahead of time that's just a good thing. The problem this time is more of the connection issues from 24h ago and then this again in a short amount of time, that is what makes people irritated.
If possible, you always plan for things to take longer time than expected ofc, but you shouldn't have to. Planned for one hour extra this time. but that didn't work either.

Im peeved as well, i sent all my explorers out yesterday on long/very long searches so that they would return about 8 am when i log in. Was hoping they would bring a nice load of eggs with them to get me in the mood for more eggs in the islands. Expect they are back now, eggless, and i will lose some hours while they search again. Just remember guys, its ONLY A GAME. Just wave goodbye to the Martial Arts gen as you wont get one now you miss out on a few eggs

[Happy_Santosh]

HI thought open season started..hmm my shotgun ready to hunt some wabbits ,cannot wait longer ...please BB start the season

[Sharpielein]

it's free to play.
"pay peanuts, get monkeys"

You want higher quality, well there's some very good games out there for which you pay.

Well ... I would agree with you, but like I already mentioned, Google and Facebook have significantly better processes.
As does Wikipedia and many other services which are also free.

Just happens to be that nowadays, a software engineer is (or should I say: "should be") more than a monkey hitting the keyboard, hoping that the gumbo somehow compiles.

Providing a F2P game is no excuse for crummy processes.
It only reveals a company that has no control over themselves and is therefore at danger of losing control over their products, therefore their sales (i.e. bankruptcy).

That BB can't make enough money from F2P to sustain a high quality product is a sign of marketing failure as well, not an excuse.

The industry is tough. Adapt or die. And serving poor quality under pretenses of "It's free" doesn't go very far with people who grew up in "Generation Google".

[killedagain]

Any idea how long please? Those easter eggs are hurting already

UPDATE: The maintenance will take longer than expected. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

[MerlinXII]

Hey guys and girls, Happy Easter, Take a leaf out of a newbie kinda as since all the problems we have been having i have started to sleep gold production over night due to some technical issues recently. Im hyped about easter event as this my first one. Really gutted i couldnt log in at 7am but oh well it happens and yes very dissapointed. I hope its resolved asap as im eager to start sending my boys out for eggs as well. Dont think im complaining much but anyway i wish you all luck, have fun once we get back to the game

Thanx for the wishes... I hope you enjoy your first Easter... rather late than never..

I myself feel like some chocolate eggs now. Good luck to you all and happy egg trading.