by LadySirse on Dec 15, 2006
The Curse of Downtime
On the heels of the terrifying and surprising downtime on Tuesday, Savanja goes over the curse of the downtime, when it's actually needed, and why it happens. No one likes not being able to log in, especially this forum addict!
Downtime is one of those curses, that while usually necessary, we all hate. I remember reading a thread in the Gameplay section of the forums mentioning that the 7 am PST resetting of the servers was inconvenient for them. Well duh. Downtime is never good for anyone at anytime! Regular maintenance is very important though, especially if we want to avoid the horrors of unscheduled downtime during major playtimes. The red names did tell us long ago that the 7 am PST time was established because it was the time when the servers had the lightest load. Yes, it would be super if downtime were never needed, but isn't that a teeny bit unrealistic?
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