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What's with all the server restarts?
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Post by
BlackMonarch
I understand that the occasional restart is necessary, and they're also scheduled for Tuesday mornings whether necessary or not. But lately, it seems like Bliz has been performing as many as two rolling restarts every day. Is this a CRZ thing?
Post by
Adamsm
They want to make sure everything is ready for when Mists come out.
Post by
wrlwnd
I have seen this many times when major patches come out and there are multiple server side hotfixes that need to be applied.
Post by
Azrile
CRZ´s are causing a ton of little bugs that are popping up everywhere.. things you barely even notice. For instance yesterday in Tol Borad.. Clock is down to 20 seconds left, we are defending... they destroy one of our towers.... the clock clicks down from 20 seconds to 0..then stops.. but we didn´t win. the server clock knew to give them the extra time they deserved even though our display clock showed 0.
There are also still issues when flying over wintergrasp, and also when changing servers completely like going to Northrend.
This is exactly the reason why expansion patches get broken into two parts.. just makes it a good deal easier to identify causes of stuff.
Post by
Interest
I think some other major patches caused a lot more restarts than CRZ...=)
I'm mostly referring to some (maybe one) Wrath patch(es)
Post by
Mevidoh
i've always wanted to know why stuff gets broken in the areas that aren't being changed, like the dismounting over wintergrasp, wasnt broken before cata cata hits and some patch in the middle its suddenly broken, but nothing is being added to the zone or taken away from it so what cause's the scripting to break an area that shouldnt be affected by the scripts
Post by
Izichial
I haven't seen any restarts recently. ;o
Early Wrath on the other hand...
Post by
Interest
I haven't seen any restarts recently. ;o
Early Wrath on the other hand...
Server instability hell.
Post by
Maddroxx
whenever they release major, and sometimes minor patches, there are unforseen conquences. with so many lines of code, its come to be expected. the server restarts as stated above are an attempt to create stability. yesterday for instance, i was trying to make some plate armor for a guildy, and though i was standing ON an anvil, the error message stated "requires Anvil" when i tried to make it. not as major as some of the other problems ive heard but an unforseen side effect nonetheless.
Post by
apsk
Several hotfixes were being applied over the past days. Most of them are unnoticeable, but some of them need a server restart to come into effect. Cosmetic changes, like tooltips, require a client patch (that's what 5.0.5 was for). I don't really care about server restarts, they don't take that much time and I know that when I come back several bugs, whether they affect me or not, will be fixed.
Post by
TheReal
I'm fairly certain the restart was to cement the hotfix that corrected DKs, warlocks, and mages being able to apply DoTs to friendlies. Lots of screenshots on the official forums.
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