[ddo] VON

Diarmuid Reidy diarmuid at dspsrv.com
Fri Oct 27 14:32:00 IST 2006


there's been a definite speed increase in the past 10-20 minutes, seems 
like the load is lightening on the patch servers, might even get it 
patched sometime in the next day or two... ;-)

Cliffy wrote:
> i have 150 files to go :) closer closer
>  
> 149 ....
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Mike Kelly <mailto:mike.j.kelly at gmail.com>
>     *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>     *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2006 2:11 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
> 
>     I'm in the  "hey, at least no-one died" camp. However, Codemasters
>     have handled this poorly and I'm afraid I don't accept the "we
>     didn't know there'd be this much demand" excuse, they didn't plan
>     this right, they know how many people own the game and contingencies
>     should have been in place in case they were needed, Codemasters host
>     other MMOs for Turbine so they should have had the capacity. Oh
>     well, if it happens again next time then there'll be a few irate
>     posts from me on the forums but we'll leave them alone this time.
> 
>     I wonder if mine has finished patching yet?
> 
>     Either way, I got my Druids mining to 295 last night and I have 4
>     gnome alts full of ore in anticipation of the launch of
>     Jewelcrafting when BC comes. :)
> 
>     On 27/10/06, *Cliffy* <cliffy at iol.ie <mailto:cliffy at iol.ie>> wrote:
> 
>         I'm in the "trying not to get annoyed cos there are so many
>         things they can do different for the next patch" camp.
>          
>         And I think from what we've seen in the past - this should be
>         stonkingly good.
>          
>         I have a theory that anyone downloading tomorrow will have no
>         probs at all - but right now every subscriber in Europe has
>         his/her PC turned on - and by the looks of the forums everyone's
>         ship will come in around the same time, meaning the weight
>         should come of the servers all at the same time-ish, hopefully.
>          
>         Course I'll be throwing a massive hissyfit if /showhelmet
>         doesn't work.
>          
> 
>             ----- Original Message -----
>             *From:* Mike Kelly <mailto:mike.j.kelly at gmail.com>
>             *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>             *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2006 10:16 AM
>             *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
> 
>             17 hours so far and about the same, 700 files to go when I
>             left for work.
> 
>             This is kinda poor.
> 
>             On 27/10/06, *Cliffy* < cliffy at iol.ie
>             <mailto:cliffy at iol.ie>> wrote:
> 
>                 did I really think it would be done by the time I woke
>                 up this morning ..... kind of
>                  
>                 700 files to go.
> 
>                     ----- Original Message -----
>                     *From:* Mike Kelly <mailto:mike.j.kelly at gmail.com>
>                     *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>                     *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:00 PM
>                     *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
> 
>                     I'll be up for it too. About 2800 files to go :)
> 
>                     On 26/10/06, *Cliffy* <cliffy at iol.ie
>                     <mailto:cliffy at iol.ie>> wrote:
> 
>                         me too - any plans I had have been scuppered my
>                         Monsieur Flu
> 
>                             ----- Original Message -----
>                             *From:* Joe Vaughan <mailto:joev at jarhedz.com>
>                             *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>                             *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:22 PM
>                             *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
> 
>                             I'm up for it.
> 
>                             Joe.
> 
>                             On 26 Oct 2006, at 21:19, Leigh Murphy wrote:
> 
>>                             yup, still updating. nighty night.
>>                             Tomorrow?
>>                              
>>                             Leigh
>>
>>                              
>>                             On 10/26/06, *Cliffy* <cliffy at iol.ie
>>                             <mailto:cliffy at iol.ie>> wrote:
>>
>>                                 fyi
>>                                  
>>                                 Dear Players,
>>
>>                                 Due to the high number of users
>>                                 updating their client for the module
>>                                 3, some players may experience a loss
>>                                 of connection to the patch server.
>>
>>                                 Problem is occassionally we are
>>                                 running out of connections on patch
>>                                 servers so you may get unknown error,
>>                                 and a retry counter. The launcher will
>>                                 retry and if it gets a free connection
>>                                 it will start to download again. If
>>                                 not another error will appear, you
>>                                 should not have to restart the
>>                                 launcher unless the timer stops or
>>                                 download stops.
>>
>>                                 Download speeds will vary with size of
>>                                 file and we are seeing speeds between
>>                                 1.5K/sec and 150K/sec.
>>
>>                                 Thank you for your patience.
>>
>>                                 *Edited by Satine*: Hi everyone, I've
>>                                 just got off the phone with Net Ops.
>>                                 We can confirm that all the game
>>                                 servers are up, although the server
>>                                 status is not updating correctly. The
>>                                 issues we are seeing are all caused by
>>                                 heavy traffic all trying to patch at
>>                                 the same time.
>>
>>                                 We are currently looking for solutions
>>                                 to ease this up for you. In the
>>                                 meantime we recommend that you do NOT
>>                                 re-install as this will place further
>>                                 demand to get even more files from the
>>                                 patch servers.
>>
>>                                 If you find you are left with a
>>                                 corrupted installation then please try
>>                                 copying all the files in your
>>                                 C:\Program Files\Turbine\Dungeons &
>>                                 Dragons Online - Stormreach\Backup
>>                                 directory and pasting them into the
>>                                 installation directory. This will
>>                                 force your client to get fresh copies
>>                                 of the file.
>>
>>                                 It certainly seems that everyone was
>>                                 waiting for module 3 to come and are
>>                                 all trying to get to the Sands of
>>                                 Menechtarun simultaneously! People are
>>                                 eventually patching up and leaving the
>>                                 patch servers however.
>>
>>                                 We do apologise for the delays you are
>>                                 experiencing with udpating. The team
>>                                 are all at their stations working on a
>>                                 solution to ease the bottle-necks.
>>
>>                                 Please keep all comments and such to
>>                                 this thread and we will keep our
>>                                 updates to this thread too - this
>>                                 makes it easier for people to find the
>>                                 information. I will close all other
>>                                 threads and point back to here in the
>>                                 meantime.
>>
>>                                 Thank you for your patience.
>>                                  
>>                                  
>>
>>                                     ----- Original Message -----
>>                                     *From:* Joe Vaughan
>>                                     <mailto:joev at jarhedz.com>
>>                                     *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com
>>                                     <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>>                                     *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2006
>>                                     7:16 PM
>>                                     *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
>>
>>                                      
>>                                     3% after 5 mins... slow but
>>                                     steady... I'm on TS if anyone else
>>                                     wants to knock about and talk
>>                                     shite while waiting :)
>>
>>                                      
>>                                     (I'll be playing DoD so there's
>>                                     likely to be cursin... :>)
>>
>>                                      
>>                                     Joe
>>
>>                                     On 26 Oct 2006, at 19:12, Leigh
>>                                     Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>                                     19 % after 4 hours - gah
>>>
>>>                                     On 10/26/06, *setanta at dspsrv.com
>>>                                     <mailto:setanta at dspsrv.com>*<
>>>                                     setanta at dspsrv.com
>>>                                     <mailto:setanta at dspsrv.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                                         Sorry I have to work this
>>>                                         evening. Dinner meeting with
>>>                                         visiting surgeons :-(
>>>
>>>                                         B
>>>                                         (i will try to patch later tho)
>>>
>>>> Ok, if we can get Diarm, Joe
>>>                                         and Brian on for a cupla uair
>>>                                         we'll be
>>>> larfing.
>>>>
>>>> On 26/10/06, Cliffy
>>>                                         <cliffy at iol.ie
>>>                                         <mailto:cliffy at iol.ie>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I can confirm the servers
>>>                                         are down :)
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> *From:* Mike Kelly
>>>                                         <mike.j.kelly at gmail.com
>>>                                         <mailto:mike.j.kelly at gmail.com>>
>>>>> *To:* ddo at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October
>>>                                         25, 2006 11:44 PM
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ddo] VON
>>>>>
>>>>> Posted at 7:30 tonight:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Extended maintenance this
>>>                                         Thursday for Module 3!*
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *Extended maintenance this
>>>                                         Thursday for Module 3!*
>>>>> Due to the implementation
>>>                                         of our new content update,
>>>                                         Module 3: The Demon
>>>>> Sands, we need to extend
>>>                                         this week's scheduled
>>>                                         maintenance window. This
>>>>> Thursday the servers will
>>>                                         be down from 9.00am (GMT+1) until
>>>>> 13.00pm(GMT+1). We
>>>                                         apologise for any
>>>                                         inconvenience this may cause.
>>>>>
>>>>> In your face, halfling girl! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25/10/06, Dr. B. P.
>>>                                         Casey < setanta at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:setanta at dspsrv.com>>
>>>                                         wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hey-ya fellas,
>>>>> > Sorry I was a bit sketchy
>>>                                         last night, really had some
>>>                                         fairly
>>>>> > unsettled nippers here
>>>                                         and to be honest I was lucky
>>>                                         to get in the
>>>>> > gaming that I did!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Died twice, which suck! I
>>>                                         hate dying!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > VON so far rocks, a lot!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Conor, I think you lead a
>>>                                         little too much (and I mean a
>>>                                         little, and
>>>>> > only a little IMHO) but I
>>>                                         think that is balanced by the
>>>                                         fact that we
>>>>> > were trying to get a good
>>>                                         bit done with limited time
>>>                                         (that would be
>>>>> > me there Ted)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Feather fall was for me
>>>                                         the best DDO moment so far!
>>>>> > Mike being responsible
>>>                                         for total fallure, sorry
>>>                                         failure on VON 2 only
>>>>> > slightly took the shine
>>>                                         off it (only Joshing!!!)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lessons learned.
>>>>> > 1. stay away from the edge
>>>>> > 2. beholders are nasty
>>>>> > 3. sometimes its easier
>>>                                         to pay the money
>>>>> > 4. stay away from the edge
>>>>> > 5. dead beholders are cool
>>>>> >
>>>>> > B.
>>>>> > PS I may be around this
>>>                                         evening
>>>>> > On 25 Oct 2006, at 10:15,
>>>                                         Conor Clifford wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > haha we did three giant
>>>                                         loot runs after VON2 last
>>>                                         night - pretty
>>>>> > > much first item Diarm
>>>                                         got - "Deathblock Robe", only
>>>                                         thing that
>>>>> > > would have been funier
>>>                                         is if Mike had gotten an item
>>>                                         of featherfall
>>>>> :)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > > From:
>>>                                         ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com>
>>>                                         [mailto:
>>>                                         ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com>]On
>>>>> > > Behalf Of Leigh Murphy
>>>>> > > Sent: 24 October 2006
>>>                                         14:53
>>>>> > > To: ddo at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:ddo at dspsrv.com>
>>>>> > > Subject: Re: [ddo]
>>>                                         Happy Birthday Conor
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > You roxORZ.
>>>>> > > Someone text me when
>>>                                         you're there. I'm here.
>>>                                         waiting. in the
>>>>> > > background.
>>>>> > > With a knife.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > B-)
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > So, Conor, wake up
>>>                                         alone then?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On 10/24/06, Mike Kelly
>>>                                         < mike.j.kelly at gmail.com
>>>                                         <mailto:mike.j.kelly at gmail.com>
>>>                                         > wrote: I'll
>>>>> > > probably be on about
>>>                                         6:30 if it helps, I'll
>>>                                         hopefully help knock
>>>>> > > you two lewzers into
>>>                                         level 7-dom.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Heh, lewzers. I r teh
>>>                                         kewl!
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On 24/10/06, Diarmuid
>>>                                         Reidy < diarmuid at dspsrv.com
>>>                                         <mailto:diarmuid at dspsrv.com>>
>>>                                         wrote: indeed,
>>>>> > > happy birthday...
>>>>> > > Hope your hangover is
>>>                                         in good form for this evening.
>>>>> > > might be on a bit
>>>                                         earlier...
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > ciao,
>>>>> > > diarmuid.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Joe Vaughan wrote:
>>>>> > > > Lest I forget!
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > HIPPY BARFDAY C!
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > Love from Eli and I
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > Joe.
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >
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