News Archive - Oct 08

'''All Worlds Back Online - Link

The patch was completed ahead of schedule. Frelorn had this to say:

''one thing I hope that everyone noticed is how quickly the worlds were back up. This is a direct result of new hardware. What does this mean going forward? It means that all of our future updates will involve less downtime for our players. This is something we have been working towards and will continue to try and improve.

''So in our next content update you will all more than likely note the downtime window we use will be smaller. :) __________________ Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo AC Community Relations Turbine, Inc

--An Adventurer 10:26, 28 October 2008 (CDT)

'''October Event Downtime 10/28/08 7am EDT - 2pm EDT - Link

''All worlds will be down on Tuesday October 28th from 7am EDT through 2pm EDT for the October event Seeds of Corruption. __________________ Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo AC Community Relations Turbine, Inc

--An Adventurer 14:25, 27 October 2008 (CDT)

'''Shadowfell server taken down and server migration date set. - Link

"The time has come for us to upgrade our game servers. After a successful test weekend we are ready for the game worlds to get thier new hardware. So on Monday, October 13th at 4am EDT all the worlds will come down. They will remain down until Tuesday, October 14th at 6pm EDT.

"Why will they be down that long you ask? We along with upgrading the hardware, we will also be bringing the game servers closer to us. Currently the game servers are located in Washington state, where they have been since the game launched. As you can imagine, this can be problematic if anything goes wrong or if we need to do some work fast. So we have decided to move the servers closer to us here in Massachusetts. This means we will have to copy all of the data from each world once it comes down and then transfer it the new hardware.

"This will be a time consuming process, but the end result will be the ability for us to provide better service to our players. Our hope of course is to have things back up and running much sooner than the window we have given ourselves, but as everyone knows, things can go wrong. So we have given ourselves some extra time just in case.

"We thank you all for your patience while we go through this transition. - Frelorn"

Shadowfell Server listed, cannot connect Shadowfell has appeared on the server list, but it cannot be played on yet. A server full message appears after connecting.

--An Adventurer 15:23, 4 October 2008 (CDT)

Shadowfell Test Server Delayed - Link

''Unfortunatly we have run into some unforeseen issues with getting the server set up tonight. We have decide to call it a night at getting things going this weekend, and we will get some fresh eyes on it this upcoming Monday.

''We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone. This is of course why we do these types of things before we just switch over to new hardware. __________________ Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo AC Community Relations Turbine, Inc

--An Adventurer 19:44, 3 October 2008 (CDT)

Shadowfell Test Server Opens Friday October 3rd - Link

"This will be our first live test of our new hardware that will be used on all worlds. This test server will be a copy of the Frostfell database, but will be open to all players from all worlds.

For this test world we are going to need your help. We want to get as many players as possible on this world as we can to test the limits of this new hardware. In order to accommodate players from other worlds, we will be placing the level up NPC's that were used in the Throne of Destiny testing, in various towns throughout the world. This will allow everyone to level up quickly to participate in all live world events for the weekend.

During this weekend, we will be running several live events. Various members of the team will be in the world throughout the weekend having lots of fun and wreaking havoc to test the limits of the new hardware."