Under Maintenance?!

The Kush · 2012-04-23, 02:43 AM

Check out planetside2.com it says under maintenance and you cant access the site. Hope its some good news

SOE's main site is still up.

basti · 2012-04-23, 02:54 AM

Forumside is under maintenance as well. Who knows what they do.

The Kush · 2012-04-23, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by basti

Forumside is under maintenance as well. Who knows what they do.

hmmm interesting..

Wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't anything major, but it never hurts to get your hopes up.. dare I say the word lol.

Lokster · 2012-04-23, 03:21 AM

They are probably finally adding official PS2 forums ... ?

The Kush · 2012-04-23, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by Lokster

They are probably finally adding official PS2 forums ... ?

That would be cool

Knocky · 2012-04-23, 05:04 AM

We'll find out in 24 hours....ish.

Hope whatever they are doing is worth it since everything is down for the day and night.

We will perform maintenance on Monday, April 23, 2012, that will affect all games, account management, and commerce transactions and forums beginning at 12:01AM Pacific* on 4/23/12. These services will be unavailable for approximately 24 hours.

Bazilx · 2012-04-23, 05:08 AM

This can only mean that the huge graphic that said "Beta has started" was too large for them to upload onto the website without taking it down first. It's the only logical conclusion.

ringring · 2012-04-23, 05:13 AM

I wouldn't get your hopes up.

They could easily be moving a server for anopther game to SD and it necessitates taking the whole infrastructure down for a period.

When they say 24 hours they're being pessimistic, it could be much less especially if they encounter no problems.

Just wait imho

Mod · 2012-04-23, 05:15 AM

I think it is more likely they are being optimistic

ringring · 2012-04-23, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Mod

I think it is more likely they are being optimistic

Na, when you take down servers you estimate how long the work will take then double it and add a bit for luck and never give out an underestimate.

Of course, lightning might strike and the worst will happen, but I bet SoE doesn't really think it will take that long.

stordito · 2012-04-23, 06:23 AM

they are moving everything to china /trollface

Mastachief · 2012-04-23, 09:01 AM

probably the prosat stuff

SniperSteve · 2012-04-23, 09:15 AM

Ah.. If it was only the PS2 site, then I would be all like: A WILD BETA IS ABOUT TO APPEAR!!!

But since it is the whole SOE game forum system, it is probably a big change to their back end system. That could be PS2 related, but I don't see how it would be required in order for them to kick off the PS2 Beta.

IMO: Perhaps a sign we are getting closer, almost certainly not a sign we are there.

Edit: After random trolling I found the following post by a random non-SOE person, it makes sense though, so thought I would share:

I heard the new server farm SoE moved to a while back with the last 24 hour down time was too HOT. They were reported to have portable AC units and fans on the servers to keep them cool. Well this move is so the servers can be place in an area that has the proper AC and will fix the down time problems they have been having.

Lorgarn · 2012-04-23, 09:20 AM

Sadly, this is often seen as a sign of good things to come in this industry. It's a unfortunate thing and I've seen this happen time and time again and rarely does it ever hide even the slightest of tidbits behind the curtains.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if this'll give us something but I'm doubtful at this very moment.

Saieno · 2012-04-23, 09:43 AM

They have already announced that all SOE games and services will be down for 24 hours if I remember correctly.