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**DugLess** · 05-21-2008, 09:24 PM

The game has only been released a couple of days and the company has unschedualed maintenance to patch with only 15 minutes warning. By itself, this isn't too much of an issue, but they've already blown the window twice. Ideally, in the world of MMO's, you want a regular maintenance window that people expect, and implement changes at that time. This establishes a routine for both the company and the players, and gives less opportunity to clash with the expectations of the community.

I'm not greifing, and I'm not saying the sky is fallling, but hopefully Funcom is learning from this experience. It's not a great start for them. I'll be keeping a closer eye on them to see how they run things in the future. Blown windows happen, but it's much better when they occuring during a regular maintenance window or at least with more notice.

05-21-2008, 09:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
DugLess Highly Focused Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 396	Bad signs from Funcom The game has only been released a couple of days and the company has unschedualed maintenance to patch with only 15 minutes warning. By itself, this isn't too much of an issue, but they've already blown the window twice. Ideally, in the world of MMO's, you want a regular maintenance window that people expect, and implement changes at that time. This establishes a routine for both the company and the players, and gives less opportunity to clash with the expectations of the community. I'm not greifing, and I'm not saying the sky is fallling, but hopefully Funcom is learning from this experience. It's not a great start for them. I'll be keeping a closer eye on them to see how they run things in the future. Blown windows happen, but it's much better when they occuring during a regular maintenance window or at least with more notice.