103128-maintenance-warning-messages

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Appreciate the very visual improvement and following 30/15/5 SOP.
 
I was at the character login screen and saw the box in the upper right corner update from 30 to 15mins AND there was a box at the top middle of the screen that was a toggle box with a message about the impending maintenance in Orange.
 
Keep it up Carbine.  I don't see how anyone can miss your messages now! :)
 
BZ! Good Job!
 
Cheers!! :D	
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			Don't worry, there will always be angry people claiming the servers went down with no warning.	
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Chua think need more appreciation posts!
And silly Humans say Carbine not listening and not doing anything...	
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Olivar,
 
I agree with you.
 
This was a follow up thread to my observations about messages last maintenance cycle.  Carbine is indeed listening as they actually incorporated some of the ideas I expressed! :)	
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			I saw 30/15/5 this time, I approve and applaud.	
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Chua think need more appreciation posts!
And silly Humans say Carbine not listening and not doing anything...
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Personally I don't think that they aren't listening, but when a lot of players come from a game/s that already have things like informed messages on login screens about downtime we kinda just come to expect it.
 
I don't care either way personally but others might.
 
There are many things that i've seen where I shake my head and go "have you not been paying attention to other MMO's for the last 5-6 years"
 
I understand that designing code and then implementing said code into live systems are 2 completely different things.. but that's why you test test test alpha test beta stress stress test and do it all again.
 
 
I think they just ran out of time with a lot of things they wanted to implement but were getting pushed by NCSOFT for release. And the reason why a lot of in game bugs are taking longer to fix is probably due to them tidying up other things that should have come with release. That's my opinion though.
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Is right to certain point.
However many of said things cannot be tested. 
Carbine have not anywhere large enough test team to simulate chances on large player base.
So short test might show to be working, player feedback needed for fine-tuning implementation.
 
Chua just wish more Humans understood.
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Agreed, but the right type of player feedback...and that's where the issue lies I think...
 
The good thing is ( well for me anyway ) attunement is taking longer than I wanted so I haven't 
 
experienced too many problems stupid bugged empress daily quest and blue items turning to white items.
 
My white items have turned back to blue ( thanks Carbine no idea how you did it but kudos. ) and empress
 
hasn't bugged on me for 3 days ( Yay )
 
 
Entitlement and Expectations are main issues I read about on the forums, well thats the underlying message
 
that I am getting from all the rage posts. in 12 months time if the game succeeds ( I have high hopes it will )
 
the attitudes should start to change. There will always be forum trolls/whingers and white knights that will 
 
never change.
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Olivar,
 
I agree with you.
 
This was a follow up thread to my observations about messages last maintenance cycle.  Carbine is indeed listening as they actually incorporated some of the ideas I expressed! :)
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Yeah.. they've always done the warning messages at 30/15/5. Seen them all since Headstart on May 31st when down time was an hourly feature.
 
People have learned to pay attention to them and/or they're now populating on all realms/instances better than they were. Nothing new here.
 
We can prove this by 99% less threads crying about server restarts when it was announced well in advance.
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Chua.......found.....a Human who understands....
Chua must make note of this. Race might not be lost.
Can Chua take human along for science?
Also chua must warn, might be called fanboy from now on.
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Some people won't be happy until Carbine hires people to knock on players doors and give them an hours warning of the servers going down .... and then stand behind them while they play and keep them informed on the time.
 
Because reading is hard.	
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Some people won't be happy until Carbine hires people to knock on players doors and give them an hours warning of the servers going down .... and then stand behind them while they play and keep them informed on the time.
 
Because reading is hard.
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Some people won't be happy until Carbine hires people to knock on players doors and give them an hours warning of the servers going down .... and then stand behind them while they play and keep them informed on the time.
 
Because reading is hard.
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