Why hasn't Turbine done a server downtime in awhile?

[Goodgoing]

It's been almost two weeks and they haven't even done sever maintenance in awhile. The last one was on the 28th last month. In fact, I haven't seen any blue names on the fourms recently. Kinda unsettling.

[Valamar]

At least part of the time, this week (2/6 to current) New England -- especially the Cape area (i.e. just south of Boston) has been under a Blizzard watch from the National Weather Service.

I don't get Boston or Providence news so I don't know how bad things were. All of the coverage has been about New Hampshire -- which is west of the Watch area.

[Pfeifenkraut]

I have the flu. It has ravaged my whole family. I'm guessing it's hit the Turbine staff too. It's just a guess, but it would explain why we haven't seen a lot from them publicly, lately.

[Nosdracir]

At least part of the time, this week (2/6 to current) New England -- especially the Cape area (i.e. just south of Boston) has been under a Blizzard watch from the National Weather Service.

I don't get Boston or Providence news so I don't know how bad things were. All of the coverage has been about New Hampshire -- which is west of the Watch area.

Just FYI.

I live about 20 miles from the Turbine offices. We had a winter storm advisory for Mon Feb 8 with up to a foot of snow predicted and potentially a blizzard. People were urged to stay home, schools were closed, many offices closed or worked at home. Ended up only getting 5-6 inches of light fluffy stuff by the time it died down around 8 PM. Everyone should have been back at work today since the roads were fine.

Snowstorms can be very unpredictable around these parts. If the storm path tracks 20 miles to one side of the prediction we can get hammered while 20 miles to the other side means we remove the snow with a broom.

[djheydt]

And here in northern California it's spring, and the
trees are in flower (plums, almonds, acacia) and
everybody's lawn is covered with Oxalis pes-caprae..

https://www.google.com/search?q=oxal...soM6A0Qr404%3D

Officially it's a weed, but such a pretty weed.

Keep warm, Turbinites and others, and take good
care of yourselves till spring gets to you.

[Nymphonic]

And here in northern California it's spring, and the
trees are in flower (plums, almonds, acacia) and
everybody's lawn is covered with Oxalis pes-caprae..

https://www.google.com/search?q=oxal...soM6A0Qr404%3D

Officially it's a weed, but such a pretty weed.

Keep warm, Turbinites and others, and take good
care of yourselves till spring gets to you.

It hit 87F here in San Diego today. Good grief, it felt like it was in the 90's.


On topic, I've kinda had enough of server downtimes. I work evenings so my play time is their maintenance time.

[dmark101]

It hit 87F here in San Diego today. Good grief, it felt like it was in the 90's.

it was nearly the same here as well in LA. high 80's, occasional hot breeze. not an el nino in sight.

[Nosdracir]

And here in northern California it's spring, and the
trees are in flower (plums, almonds, acacia) and
everybody's lawn is covered with Oxalis pes-caprae..

https://www.google.com/search?q=oxal...soM6A0Qr404%3D

Officially it's a weed, but such a pretty weed.

Keep warm, Turbinites and others, and take good
care of yourselves till spring gets to you.

A weed is an invasive plant that you do not like. Can't possibly be a weed if you like it.

My front "lawn" is covered with dandelions. Each spring there will be one week when the front is a solid sheet of bright yellow backed by the pink of the azaleas. The next week is a sheet of misty white as the azalea flowers die off. Then the lawn stays green all summer, no matter how much sun beats down upon it. No watering needed.

[Yuffie67]

Just FYI.

I live about 20 miles from the Turbine offices. We had a winter storm advisory for Mon Feb 8 with up to a foot of snow predicted and potentially a blizzard. People were urged to stay home, schools were closed, many offices closed or worked at home. Ended up only getting 5-6 inches of light fluffy stuff by the time it died down around 8 PM. Everyone should have been back at work today since the roads were fine.

Snowstorms can be very unpredictable around these parts. If the storm path tracks 20 miles to one side of the prediction we can get hammered while 20 miles to the other side means we remove the snow with a broom.

foot of snow..... Man I remember as a Kid, it had to be below 0, crazy winds below zero... 2-3 feet of snow to get schools to close. -_-'

Then again, maybe Wisconsin was a tougher bunch to winter back then. XD (or just stupid) hehehhehe.

[Vilan]

Turbine shuts down the servers to try to fix lag, people complain about downtime. Turbine doesn't shut down the servers, people complain they're not doing anything.

[Grahlwur]

Turbine shuts down the servers to try to fix lag, people complain about downtime. Turbine doesn't shut down the servers, people complain they're not doing anything.

Exactly what I was thinking when I saw this thread. Didn't bother to type it down, but now I couldn't resist pointing it out!

Regards

[Gwinthilnel]

foot of snow..... Man I remember as a Kid, it had to be below 0, crazy winds below zero... 2-3 feet of snow to get schools to close. -_-'

Then again, maybe Wisconsin was a tougher bunch to winter back then. XD (or just stupid) hehehhehe.

I live in Minnesota (the state that is next to Wisconsin on the left), and like us, Wisconsin has the plows and resources to handle big snowstorms, while the east coast unfortunately does not. When we get a foot of snow, our many plows are able to clear it up quickly and our pretreated roads help keep it less icy. Sure it can get a little wild, but we're tough Generally speaking, schools close when wind chills are around -40 F.

[Goodgoing]

I'm not really complaining. I just found it kinda weird about lack of downtime. Since Turbine is always on top of it when it is the case. I'm not one to complain. Just a little curious and worried.

[Frelorn]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

[Goodgoing]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

Ah, Thanks Frelorn!

Lotro has been running well for me. Even in Minas Tirith. So I don't really think the severs needs maintenance. But it is sad to see that there are those who can't even play the game because of lag, crashes, etc. Hopefully Turbine will find a solution to this. Because I know how annoying it can be.

[Tirian-Hammerfist]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

On a server performance note, I wondered if Turbine was aware of the greatly reduced performance, resulting in skill lag, in instances during peak hours for EU servers? Our kin tends to raid/do fellowship instances at 8/8.30GMT (on Evernight) in the evening, and on multiple occasions, we've been prevented from completing various instances due to skill lag of up to four seconds for all players in the group.

This doesn't affect player movement at all, just skills, and as it seems to happen across the raid, at what I assume are peak playing times for EU servers, I wondered what solution Turbine had for ensuring there's enough power for us all to play without a hitch? Or, if there's no solution as yet, it would be great to hear that Turbine are aware of the problem.

[Yuffie67]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

So when Friday rolled around, you guys could have done something?

Is this why I'm on a CTD-festa since then? Can't stay logged in past 5-30seconds now. >_>

[Urwendil]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

Welcome back Frelorn

I guess I'm in the lucky minority experiencing minimal CTDs (except whenever entering and exiting Minas Tirith in whatever way since the first hotfix to U17) but the lag (both FPS spikes down to as low as 3 and skills not firing) has rendered the Moors unplayable and I've taken a break from freepside playing odd creeps in dead hours.

More communication is needed.

Regards

[BBChild]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

Great Scotts - He lives!

[dmark101]

So when Friday rolled around, you guys could have done something?

Is this why I'm on a CTD-festa since then? Can't stay logged in past 5-30seconds now. >_>

yep. FIESTA! [i am kidding ]

Welcome back Frelorn

I guess I'm in the lucky minority experiencing minimal CTDs (except whenever entering and exiting Minas Tirith in whatever way since the first hotfix to U17) but the lag (both FPS spikes down to as low as 3 and skills not firing) has rendered the Moors unplayable and I've taken a break from freepside playing odd creeps in dead hours.

More communication is needed.

Regards

same. i haven't had many CTD's, but when they do occur, it's usually during a loading screen when moving out of a building or using swift travel. i've had a couple during combat, where i was fortunate not to have died when i relogged].

i do agree that more communication is necessary. it does lessen the amount of these types of threads and gives most folks some reassurances that things are being worked on.

[Frelorn]

Great Scotts - He lives!

Its true! I was on vacation 2 weeks ago and came back to a nice case of strep throat which lead to more time off. Finally feeling better this week and now catching up on everything I missed.

[BBChild]

Its true! I was on vacation 2 weeks ago and came back to a nice case of strep throat which lead to more time off. Finally feeling better this week and now catching up on everything I missed.

The latter is good to hear. These types of illnesses tend to be seasonal, so hopefully you'll be in good health for the rest of the year.
Your absence was well-noticed.

[Snowlock]

Its true! I was on vacation 2 weeks ago and came back to a nice case of strep throat which lead to more time off. Finally feeling better this week and now catching up on everything I missed.

Hope yer feeling better, strep sucks. When you gonna fix the skill lock, skill lag, stuttering and reduced awareness in pvmp for fights greater than 12 v 12?

[maartena]

Some changes and adjustments that we make to the server do not require a downtime. We are continuing to monitor and adjust things when needed, but as of right now none of the changes we have made recently required us bringing down the game worlds.

Welcome back

Sub-question to that though: Why are the patch messages rarely updated after a patch? It still says a patch is scheduled for January 28th.... people will just ignore the next patch message, as they assume its still the one for January 28th....

[Grapold]

Its true! I was on vacation 2 weeks ago and came back to a nice case of strep throat which lead to more time off. Finally feeling better this week and now catching up on everything I missed.

Glad to see you back and feeling better, but now you are here perhaps you could do something about the increasingly unreadable forums?

The dev tracker is mostly empty except for MoL and his affection for Bingo, posts are (rightly) being locked with no explanation, and we never seem to get any updates on well anything.
Logging in every morning to wade through 12 pages of spam is making them a just a bit pointless.

I can't believe that there is no one else in the office capable of managing these forums?

If this continues you might as well just get rid of them altogether and just stick to Facebook and Twitter which at least someone from Turbine visits regularly.