Server Restarts: April 7th 11:45am PT - Xbox, PS3 & PC NA

[Ace41v39]

would be nice if there was something to come up in-game about this stuff I like playing the game not coming to forums every couple hours to check when its going to be down

They do, but you have to pay attention...

[Chaskcryaotic]

Can we get some kind of in game alert system? You know like every other MMO ever made does. Big all caps warnings in the chat box letting us know of a world shut down. Example:

WARNING SERVER SHUTTING DOWN IN 5 MINUTES

A warning every few minutes is pretty standard in MMOs

are you seriously not paying attention it pops up in your in game chat box dont blink

[bleuzarro]

They will be down for 15 minutes man lol gotta read that first post

every time they give a very very poor ETA. I wouldn't believe 15 minutes. Every time they've said 30 min, it's been an hour and a half or 2. 15 min is so we don't get up and leave and do something else.

[Szito86]

Ya'll know you can open up a full chat window, system chat message stay there for about 10 seconds for me at least, any way keep up the great work guys.

[ThanatosPa]

Here's a novel thought... perhaps and in-game notification would be nice? You know, if it's not to much trouble....

I see the warnings every time. They do put them in the chat.

[WalkingDeath]

Why wait to restart????? Been down since 1:50 est

Only for you then..been playing just fine for over an hour till now.

[Bob duWarted]

And I've played since April 1st with the VERY first downtime for me, yesterday. That's quite a few hours a day, every day. Sounds like bad timing. On the other hand, PC users seem to have less issues with connectivity. Multi-platform international; this is pretty impressive for not JUST an MMO, but an MMO with RPG elements. It isn't Call of Duty.

[Old Greybeard]

Still down? why? I am sorry but we paid for this game. every night its been server reset and reboot every night! Why are you down this long?

15 minutes of downtime a day is pretty good. There is no online product that goes beta to production without tuning, there are things that simply cannot be tested in beta like large loads. The game is less than a week out.

[colerockwell]

server will shut down in 15 minutes...
Server will shut down in 10 minutes...
Server will shut down in 5 minutes...
Server will shut down in 2 minutes...
Server will shut down in 1 minute...
Server will shut down in 30 seconds...
Server will shut down in 15 seconds...

freaking do this!!!!

they do this!

[Opyt]

I think it's the chat system acting up that prevents the warning from going across :P

For instance: I'm on teamspeak with a buddy and he tells me "Oh, the servers are going down in about a minute for a restart." He saw it on the chat, and I didn't. Silly chat system acting up. But what I suppose lots of people want at the moment is something like a "Server will be restarting/going down" broadcast. Unfortunately the easiest place to put it is right where the loot window is, so people will then whine and complain about that too. :P

And technically it is close to Call of Duty. As you gain "experience" you unlock more alternatives to playing the game, as well as the game getting easier. That and I dabbled in the Shadow Wars thing earlier and realized how much I suck, when everyone seems to run around with a shotgun, automatic rifle or the occasional rocket launcher. It's almost ironic that despite "Not being Call of Duty" it seems to follow the same patterns. All we're missing is a claymore.