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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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?"
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