Server takedown warning

[tobarstep]

I don't know about other platforms, but on the PS3 the chat window's normal state is a single line of text at the lower right of the screen. Text tends to scroll by quickly if you're travelling through zones or if someone is actually saying anything (which doesn't happen much on PS3), so even if the server coming down is announced to chat, there is a good chance it will be missed. Can't there be some more obvious warning? Maybe a big "Server coming down in 10 min" in the middle of the screen with an accompanying sound? It takes a lot of people by surprise, especially if they're involved in some heavy fighting.

[PitBull76]

Check the server status thread. They give plenty of warning.

[tobarstep]

You shouldn't have to check an external source. And if you'll notice the notification thread for today was posted 30 minutes prior to the takedown. Many of us were already in the game at that point.

[IGears]

Yeah i remember in the first Stress test, they had a warning in the middle of the screen (kind of at the top) that gave a 30 min, 10 min, and 5 min warning on the server shutdown. just wondering why cant they still do that now

[tobarstep]

Ugh. Again today with the server going down with no (or no observable) warning. The forum thread was posted an hour prior to the takedown, but who checks the forums on a regular schedule while playing? I checked before I logged in today and no thread existed at that time. There was a countdown posted to chat last night for a takedown... of EU servers that didn't even apply to us here in NA.

[Ativan]

I'll bump to that. I'm used to having a chat window in most PC MMO games, which is hidden away on Defiance. A "LARGE", yellow or red colored text to set precedence, server warning should scroll or pop up in the middle of the screen. It would make me happy and giggle.

[Darkstar Junglist]

Same here. Middle of a quest and suddenly kicked out with no warning. Really takes the fun out of the game when I have to check forums every half hour to see if I might lose my progress and have to wait around for the server instead of just playing the new game I bought.

[NirvanaDest]

Considering how everything else in the game works/doesn't work why should this be any different?