Extended 8hr maintenance, poor form indeed
Scud77
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I’m trying to understand how maintenance needs to increase from 2hrs to 8hrs, 2hrs I can plan for, 8hrs requires no plan at all as I’ll not be able to login, is there perhaps a better way to go about maintenance maybe have it on a day that doesn’t matter, perhaps have a day set aside that no events are running to perform maintenance, and 30min timers are nice, but AQ once started requires a set amount of time to run its course, explored or not...I think there could be a better way to accommodate maintenance while having less impact on the community within the target window of time for maintenance to be run...
It is indeed understood that maintenance is needed, but could we get a solution to this disadvantage?
It is indeed understood that maintenance is needed, but could we get a solution to this disadvantage?
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They wouldn't do it purposely, not poor form at all.
Which is maybe why it’ll never change as those in your situation are the majority and are not affected by maintenance directly, as those who make are affected make up the minority and therefore get overlooked...
Passion? 😂😂😭😂😂
I'm expecting, no I'm demanding compensation. For once. Love your players kabam.
that's poor form.
I’m not against maintenance to improve the game, just wish it could have less impact during the time when I could be active
Given the timing of the extended maintenance really sucks for those in the asia pacific region there will be a bunch of people missing a day.
are you planning on being asleep for 24h?
sorry man, world doesn't revolve around you.
But I’m not the only one affected at this time...
Why do we need compensation before anythings even happened? That's a new one!
30min timers AQ can be finished quick time.
Maintenance won't affect anything
Unfortunately, there's no good day. AQ runs on an eight day schedule (5 up 3 down) while AW runs on a weekly schedule. Moreover AW matchmaking is disabled on Sunday and reactivated on Wednesday, while the prime arena events happen every day except Sunday.
The least disruptive time would probably be on a Sunday afternoon when AQ is not running. The next time that will happen is I believe December 10. And if something goes wrong after maintenance there is very limited moderator presence on the forums to report anything to.
Incidentally, "patch Tuesday" is not a random thing. A lot of operational time tables do major patches and maintenance on a Tuesday. There are many logistical reasons for doing this, but in my experience Tuesday is maintenance day five times more often than any other day, and even we often schedule planned maintenance on either Tuesday or Wednesday whenever possible. There's no one big reason, but an enormous amount of little reasons. If you do preventative maintenance long enough, you eventually learn a lot of them.
i really hope so
The usual “last week of the month” maintenance is usually longer as, IMO, server side has to be updated to account for next month’s EQ. It’s 2-3 hours, most of the time.
Add in 5.4 which is a longer quest than the regular EQ, it’s another 3-4 hours. Add in bug fixes and iPhone X optimization, another 1-2 hours, which fit the 8 hour rough timeline exactly.
They’ve already given us 30min timers for the WHOLE of this AQ series, instead of just maintenance day. That’s more than enough compensation for extended down time.
Even if you’re awake for the entire 8 hour maintenance, and you sleep 8 hours a day, you have 8 hours of energy (ie 16 energy) to clear your AQ. That’s more than your regular energy without maintenance. If your alliance can’t clear your AQ map with 16 energy per person, you really need to reconsider the map you’re doing.
Be thankful and quit complaining.
Thank you for that perspective, it gives an insight into what restrictions are perhaps placed on Kabam to continue providing a fun game, and to change said timetables and likely many other things would possibly create other issues
Says the guy complaining about everyone else and not adding any constructive comments
What bugs have been fixed by a Tuesday maintenance?
I think you're all fooling yourselves if you think that any bugs or current issues are going to be fixed, but I would rather be proven wrong.
It hasn't happened yet, i'm not sure what answer you're looking for?
Ill be at work until after maintenance starts and asleep by the time it finishes.
Unlike some who spend their whole life based around IG activity my time is limited to the period that will be almost completely covered by the maintenance.