123326-ncsoft-account-maintenance-is-this-normal

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Seems like NCSOFT does account maintenance alot, way more than other games I've played. The only time that I remember the login/account system being taken down for maintenance this often was just before EQ2 announced F2P. I have never played an NCSOFT MMO, is this a normal thing, with weekly to bi-weekly account maintenance?
 
P.S. Let me stress, I do not think they are going F2P, just something that lingers in my mind as a concern since that would require lots of changes behind the scenes, and it's the only instance I've known of a gaming company making lots of account changes. If this is normal, then I will go about my business and stop worrying!	
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			i've wondered the same thing	
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if it is a well done b2p/f2p... i guess i wouldn't mind. the game needs players.
 
but say hello to less loot and everything in the cash shop!
 
oh well. can't have everything...	
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			Been like this for a long time now.....but you never know with NCSOFT	
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if it is a well done b2p/f2p... i guess i wouldn't mind. the game needs players.
 
but say hello to less loot and everything in the cash shop!
 
oh well. can't have everything...
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			Yes, I know it's been like this for a while, which is why I'm asking. I never played GW or GW2, so I have no idea if NCSOFT really just does alot of account maintenance compared to other games, or this is more than normal for them.	
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Dominion side needs more players*. Haven't felt population was an issue for awhile now on Exile side
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Yes, I know it's been like this for a while, which is why I'm asking. I never played GW or GW2, so I have no idea if NCSOFT really just does alot of account maintenance compared to other games, or this is more than normal for them.
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there is no maintenance in gw2. its a godly game.
you simply need to log out and relog in to apply changes.
servers are never down.
 
its well made.
 
wildstar is made like if it 1997.
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Being the Release Manager, I'll try and shed some light here.
 
The NCsoft Platform (Account System) is utilized by multiple products -- games and websites. When one of these products require a new service or update, depending on what's being adjusted, it requires downtime. For example, WildStar recently released a new 10-Day Free Trial, which required some Platform adjustments to facilitate last week. Lineage 2 and Aion are also preparing some back-end work as well, which is the reason for tomorrow's downtime. Hardware OS updates can also be a reason for downtime, too.
 
Essentially, depending on the system architecture and how many products you have hooked up (and how active your dev teams are), the frequency of Platform maintenances can differ widely.
 
On this notion, we do tend to try and keep Platform work to Wednesdays only.	
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Being the Release Manager, I'll try and shed some light here.
 
The NCsoft Platform (Account System) is utilized by multiple products -- games and websites. When one of these products require a new service or update, depending on what's being adjusted, it requires downtime. For example, WildStar recently released a new 10-Day Free Trial, which required some Platform adjustments to facilitate last week. Lineage 2 and Aion are also preparing some back-end work as well, which is the reason for tomorrow's downtime. Hardware OS updates can also be a reason for downtime, too.
 
Essentially, depending on the system architecture and how many products you have hooked up (and how active your dev teams are), the frequency of Platform maintenances can differ widely.
 
On this notion, we do tend to try and keep Platform work to Wednesdays only.
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