Today's Server Merges

[Hugh_de_Bris]

OK, ignoring the fact that merges for US-East weren’t announced until last night and my server specifically isn’t even on that list (Zugen to Orun). We’ll just chalk that up to the abysmal communication skills of the Devs.

Anyway, you all said it will start at 1130 and run 2 hours so 130, fine. Then you all announced that you’re extending the merge time an hour… also fine. Shit goes wrong sometimes… Especially with this game.

I notice though… the server my server is merging into (Orun) is Live. So… You all are merging multiple datasets into a LIVE server?

That’s not good. Like… that’s one of the first things you learn when you manage data, especially large amounts of it. It’s a “Don’t cross the streams” kinda thing. One write conflict can ruin your whole day. You think the odds of it happening are small and that you can beat them… until you learn, you can’t.

We wonder why bugs propagate in this game… Well, now we know.

[Hugh_de_Bris]

For clarity, I know the folks that mod the forums here are only slightly less in the dark then we are about the capricious whims for The Devs but… who else can we talk/bitch to/at.

Sorry for ship the mods are getting today… I’d say you all should strike but I doubt the Devs would notice.