Does MS even have a clue anymore?

[Metis]

How hard should it be to maintain one small rack of servers in tip-top shape? ESO came back up for a while but now is stuck on the loading screen. Surely MS has a technician with at least some basic knowledge of server and database maintenance that can spare for a few hours a week. I mean, sheesh, they literally wrote the book on much of the computing we do. I realize the game is old and not Minecraft. However, looking at the accounts created per week, even at a $20 sale price that's still a gross revenue of a million and a half a year, probably more as not everyone who buys the game comes online. Surely that's enough to warrant a bit of attention to keep a small but active fan-base from leaving the franchise altogether.

[momuuu]

When even Metis starts complaining, you know you have fucked stuff up.

[edeholland]

I guess there is either a new guy working on it who doesn't have a clue on how to do "weekly maintenance" or there is nobody assigned to the AoE3 servers and they gotta figure out how to deal with this yet.

[rcb]

Now it works?

[Metis]

Well, I'm going to go paint a shelving unit I built today. Maybe ESO will be back up later on.

[momuuu]

Id donate 5 euros every month if that'd help with a more stable server.

[Goodspeed]

Probably some issue with the ESO software which the people who are now responsible for it have no experience dealing with. Tbh I can imagine it being a difficult nut to crack considering the age, many bugs and just overall shittiness of the software. Good luck troubleshooting :-/

[N3O_Joe]

They did say Aoe would be down for maintenance ....

[Marco1698]

What is the problem? It's up to you. You can get a life finally