Completed Scheduled Maintenance January 6, 2019

Is it possible to get a 24 hour notice for all "Scheduled" Maintenance? Taking down 10 stores is a lot easier than needing each one to go out to the NPC to collect store belongings and come back in. If I know they're coming, they are easy to manage. Waking up and unexpectedly finding one going on is loathsome.

 

You have ten stores??

 

Check out cc6 fm2 sometime.

 

I'm not asking for special treatment, silly. But it's hardly "scheduled" if it's this spontaneous. I understand emergency server updates when crucial errors arrive, but giving us time to take down our stores (even if we only have 1 store) is kind. Besides, I saw no crawl in the FM last night about this, either. "Scheduled" insinuates everyone knows - and a 24-hour notice is common practice.

 

I was sleeping!!!

 

Normal sleeping patterns allow for 8 hours. People also work 8 hour shifts. 8 hours is NOT enough time. 24 hours is standard practice.

 

Just want to point out that making an announcement that a server restart will be coming in the future is not giving anyone special treatment. This is an announcement to everyone. But some people, apparently, would benefit more from this announcement than others.

That said, you shouldn't be giving Kimberly a hard time for doing her job and fixing bugs on the server. There's many heroes out there that could be benefiting from their achilles skill, and sorry to say, but they probably outweigh one cranky guy with ten FM shops.

 

You live to bitch, dude.

 

Annolis has 10 shops set up that sell common low level quest items that are extremely useful to new players, at prices new players can afford. He is not a merch complaining that he can't maximize his control of the FM. I consider his diligent shop upkeep with all of his accounts a service to the community. I doubt he makes much profit at all compared to the time he gives up for it. Don't take his suggestion the wrong way. I agree with him and disagree with Kimberly about this. Maintenances are almost always at the same time of day. So if someone works or sleeps during or shortly before that time, they are at a disadvantage to players who aren't. A 24 hour notice (if possible) at least helps those players prepare and shortens that disadvantage.

Otherwise why bother including "scheduled" at all?

 

I'm sure you are already doing this to some extent and try your best to let all players - across all time zones, know about any upcoming maintenance. Just a friendly reminder that many players are put at a disadvantage when not enough notice is given (and again, reasonable notice would be 24 hours if possible).

10 FM1 spots might be rude, but 10 spots in FM6 on CH2 like what Annolis does? I guess "normal gameplay" is not doing a service to the community lol

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike other people on this small server that enjoy merching off new players, Annolis is actually a genuine player that legit helps us all. He does a great job for the community so I don't think he deserves this "attitude" from you guys.

 

Guys can you stop?
The suggestion was heard and the server owner said no with a valid explanation. It might not be the most pleasing answer, but it's an answer that you could understand (she's got a life too and wanted to push out the update before going back to work today).
I agree with Annolis being a good guy and I don't think he means to offend anyone, but please understand that running a considerable server requires you to make decisions that might not always be what people want. I'm sure everyone has had to make decisions like that in whatever project they've done in their life.

 

Kimberly, I think you are misinterpreting my request. The others know where I set up all ten of my stores (Channel 6, FM 2 - where nobody intentionally goes - which I do on purpose), so I'm not asking for a 24-hour notice just so I have better chances for better spots in the FM. I truly find competing for store placement a waste of time and energy. The spots I want will still be available to me even if my stores haven't been up 24 hours after the server comes back online. You may have been doing it for years, but that doesn't mean you've been doing it right for years. When server checks happen at 6PM your time is about 10-11 AM my time, which means they're happening while I'm at work and won't be able to do anything about it for another 6 hours - and I'm FINE with that...as annoying as it is, because I'm well aware that everyone faces different advantages/disadvantages when it comes to time zones. If, however, I'm aware that it's happening, I can take down my stores well ahead of the maintenance and set them back up when I get home. It's so much easier to manually take down stores to set them back up later than it is to have to get your stuff back from the FM NPC - and this is the ONLY reason I ask for such a notification. Another favorite time of yours to do server checks hits me in the middle of the night - but, again, if I'm aware of them happening, I will sometimes wake myself up just to take down my stores and then go back to bed. All I'm asking for is the courtesy to be given enough time to prepare for the server check.

To say that you aren't meant to set up "that ridiculous amount of stores in normal game play" is patently false - you'd just have to have a lot of money to be able to do it. In GMS, I had three stores up using Permits. I'm not asking, nor would I ever ask, for you to delay a maintenance. All I'm asking for is you give more than just an 8 hour notice. GMS gave a 24 hour notice. That's all I'm asking for.

 

Alright.. hold on..

"It's much easier to get things manually from a store." How is that? You'd have to enter the FM, go ch2 fm6, take down your store, making sure there's enough inventory space on your character. Whereas the Frederick NPC is right at the FM entrance. So... my guess is, you just have a bunch of mules parked in fm6 ch2, and log them off, and you are literally only bitching about having to leave that map, walk a few steps to click on Frederick, and go back to set up your shop. This is just ridiculous.

I'm also confused how all these shops that are in such an out of the way place where "no one intentionally goes" actually helps anyone much. You know what, this is just memes.