Closing For Maintenance

[davfra]

Twice in the last few hours I have been on the verge of completing a mission when a message comes up telling me that they are closing for maintenanc.
When I got back on, in both cases I was stationary being attatcked by about ten ships.
Why do we only get 5 minutes warning for a maintenance closure?
I think if this is multi-player game, it`s not for me.

[BULLDOGNK]

Twice in the last few hours I have been on the verge of completing a mission when a message comes up telling me that they are closing for maintenanc.
When I got back on, in both cases I was stationary being attatcked by about ten ships.
Why do we only get 5 minutes warning for a maintenance closure?
I think if this is multi-player game, it`s not for me.

According to the logs of the Server, the shutdown was at these times.

10/10/2007 12:21:20 AM: Message [The server is SHUTTING DOWN for auto-maintenance. It will be back up again in 5 minutes.] broadcast to universe
11/10/2007 11:47:50 PM: Message [The server is SHUTTING DOWN for auto-maintenance. It will be back up again in 5 minutes.] broadcast to universe

i think you may be wrong here buddy:)

Cheers

[Skorp]

Okay, the times may be wrong, but I think he's got a point.

Nothing is as frustrating as when you accepted a 500.000 Credit Mission with difficulty 42 against a whole Fleet of Red Hessians which you fight for about half an hour, and just before you manage to kill the last one, it tells you that the server will shut down NOW ...

Of course, when you log in again, the mission has failed automatically and your reputation goes down the drain...

How about the first reminder about 30 minutes before the shutdown and then every 5 Minutes or so?

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[Victor]

I think 30 minutes is a bit much. It would be nice to have like a 10min warning, and then 5 minutes. The 1 minute warning is a bit... on the dot.

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[BULLDOGNK]

The timing is in the Server operator software and can not be changed.

a bit pointless moaning about this subject:P

Cheers

[bluntpencil2001]

I think that they might be suggesting that admins give a warning on console chat 10 minutes before pushing the button, right?

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[davfra]

`a bit pointless moaning about this subject `

Why?
As to the time difference - I`d been playing for some time so I got the times wrong.
Even when my opponents are only level 20 or so, I`m getting wave after wave of them and it always seems to be when I have got to the last few enemies that the maintenance is required.
Also, when I re-loaded, I was stationary and surrounded by enemies and wiped out before I knew where I was.
Surely this shouldn`t be?

[BULLDOGNK]

This is also impossible,

The Admins dont sit on remote desktop to set it off, its Auto set at 12 hours.

cheers

[Victor]

12 hours ?? It once happened twice in one night... once around 6:30 and then again at 10:30... if my memory serves me right... was probably a manual maintenance or something...:unsure:

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[Ion]

server has to be maintained gentlemen. by humans.... the server ops dont always have time to give warning.

its not so frequent as to disrupt you heavily.

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