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Scenario - Server is about to go down

    • 9115 posts
    October 25, 2018 4:02 AM PDT

    Scenario - Server is about to go down in a few mins for maintenance, what is your ritual prior to shutting down? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters

    Bonus Question: Scenario - Servers have just come back up, what is the first thing you check or do? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters

    • 2138 posts
    October 25, 2018 4:29 AM PDT

    1. moan n groan for a bit then, if in a group, determine if we have enough time to fight back to entrance or get to a safe spot to camp. I would prefer to camp in town.

    2. Do some fast banking before starting where i left off from where servers went down or- see if things changed. Sometimes people dont come back right away or things happen to them in RL that I am not aware and see if anyone is heading back to the area I was in or decide somehting else to do.

     

    • 216 posts
    October 25, 2018 4:36 AM PDT

    I usually like to go back to town as quick as possible before servers go down, or at least find a space spot to log out, but I'd hope to have had more warning then a few minutes.


    First thing when servers come back up, is to start bothering my friends to group up so we can get some more stuff done.

    • 37 posts
    October 25, 2018 4:40 AM PDT

    Get somewhere safe to log out! Clean up bags and organize things so I'm fresh when I log back on. First thing when I log back on is get right back on the task I was doing when I logged off, like crafting or working on a quest, or whatever it was. :D

    • 1484 posts
    October 25, 2018 5:03 AM PDT

    I keep on until the very last moment, continue to play until it's no longer safe to. (No pull with less than a min remaining). Then I get in a safe spot and whine on /g /ooc about my life returning to misery.

    • 438 posts
    October 25, 2018 6:10 AM PDT
    Find a safe area to camp. Then wait until it’s back online. No point in grumbling over it.
    • 3852 posts
    October 25, 2018 7:01 AM PDT

    The obvious - I log off in a safe place if I can, in one that gives rest experience if the game provides for such. When I log on I resume what I was doing.

    • 1618 posts
    October 25, 2018 9:07 AM PDT
    Shut down - Inventor, bank, and broker organization.
    Restart - Scan favorite spots, hunting special loot mobs.
    • 72 posts
    October 25, 2018 9:33 AM PDT

    Assuming that resource nodes will respawn upon server reset, I will make my way to the nearest and most valuable resource spawn area that I can reach in time.

    As for the bonus question, I will begin searching for any resources that had spawned with the server reset.

    • 410 posts
    October 25, 2018 10:12 AM PDT

    Scenario - Server is about to go down in a few mins:

    Get safe, organise my inventory and get prepped for when I come back online.

     

    Scenario - Servers have just come back up:

    First thing I do: Check to see if it's a rollback. :P


    This post was edited by Nimryl at October 25, 2018 10:14 AM PDT
    • 33 posts
    October 25, 2018 1:54 PM PDT

    When servers are going down, I check the schedule of my group mates to see if they plan to log back in when the server comes up. Possibly we can go get a rare dragon which is about to respawn.

    When the servers come back up, I log into the alt camped in the out of way zone/dungeon to see if the rare spawn is up.

     

    If the game won't allow for server maintenance to generate rare spawns, then I probably go research my class or game tactics.

    • 755 posts
    October 25, 2018 2:02 PM PDT

    I am the type that usually camps early so that they capture my save file properly. I have had too many instances of rollbacks and losing items. Always hated that. 

    As for the bonus question, i usually try to gather a group right away and grab the best exp spot in the zone i was in. When i was raiding i would sit and wait for leaders to announce where to run first. 

    • 259 posts
    October 26, 2018 9:01 AM PDT

    1) I push hard at whatever I'm doing to get all I can in before that last second, HaHa!

    2) I head for that rare spawn if I'm farming one, or I head to the rare crafting material if I'm farming that.

    • 1012 posts
    October 29, 2018 8:39 AM PDT

    Knowing my luck I've only been online for 2 minutes so I frantically try to LFG for when the server is expected to come back up and try to arrange plans for travel.  If however I were in a dungeon I would try to find a "safe" spot in the dungeon for the group to log and arrange to regroup X mins after the restart or exit the dungeon and call it a night if it was too late. 

    If I wasn't involved in a group before the server kick I would likely go to the place most likely to get an xp group that I would otherwise have difficulty getting into because of groups camping spots or the difficulty of forming a new group when most everyone is already in a group.

    • 646 posts
    October 29, 2018 8:56 AM PDT

    Those kinds of things always seem to happen right at the start of a scheduled event with my friends. xD So we'd moan a bit, make sure we're somewhere safe, and then chill in Discord until the servers come back up. Then get back to doing what we were doing haha.

    • 363 posts
    October 29, 2018 9:09 AM PDT

    Kilsin said:

    Scenario - Server is about to go down in a few mins for maintenance, what is your ritual prior to shutting down? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters

    This depends on how long the server is down for. 20 mins or 7 hours? 20 mins - I go take care of anything I can in that time frame. Fix a snack, work on art, exercise, bathroom, etc. 7 hours - Watch a movie, work, excercise more, go for a walk, bike ride, go visit friends, hiking, fix a meal, play other games.

     

    Kilsin said:

    Bonus Question: Scenario - Servers have just come back up, what is the first thing you check or do? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters

    login and read update notes

    • 753 posts
    October 29, 2018 4:11 PM PDT

    What do I do when the server is about to go down for maintenance?

    I usually think to myself:  "Why does this crap ALWAYS happen on the once in a blue moon weekday that I happen to be home from work?"

    :) 


    This post was edited by Wandidar at October 29, 2018 4:12 PM PDT
    • 3 posts
    October 30, 2018 2:43 PM PDT

    Servers are about to go down? I usually head to a safe area near a town or newbie zone and spend the remaining minutes buffing people and messaging friends so I have plan when servers return!