Well, this is my 2nd post-having seen the "Server Maintenance" pop-up, I was kicked off at 10:10 EST-that is not even close to your maint. window!
So? There is a product called VMware ESXi server-it runs virtual machines-I have 100 VM's sitting in a Dell server with 32 GB of RAM-I use it for learning networking, security and such.
I hope that's what you have for development, patches and testing new "algorithms" of the game such as "build times" and such.
You make changes on your virtual machines-then test, audit and ensure the platform is "secure" (read as making sure "Server Maintenance" displays time! This would indicate to me to check what time zone I am in to coincide with your UTC clock settings! It would also facilitate a smoother transition when making updates to the production servers.
*******10:10 EST in UTC is 3:00 AM Friday, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)**********
You can check my account-yes, I have spent money-I enjoy the game immensely. But when I see a server maintenance window with NO TIME displayed other than 2/26 and I am sitting in an Eastern Standard Time Zone and the date is 2/25 at 10:10 EST-I figure I have enough time to build troops, activate complete protection for 24 hours..and log out, as well as-
-Not being kicked off
-Not kicked out of chat.
-Not able to save my troops (and money..you know..the item that I send you?)
I figured some network tech running backups and patching the system will not "jump the time". The person(s) that did this would render my network/business "unavailable". The tenets I have to live with every day are "Confedentiality, Integrity & Availibility of my network.
Plarium would do far better for the customer's sake, if they adhered to these tenets!
Thank you-love the game-but tonight makes me question your technical expertise!
Respectfully,
MJ
warlord said:
i can log in but it doesn't load the game anymore ??????????????/ i clear the cash and nothing log me in and won't load
it give me the message try again later ......//??????
Archon, please follow this link and our Support Team will gladly help you to resolve your loading issue - http://support.plarium.com/ensparta/
MICHAEL13000, Ingame news about maintenance are always posted in the time needed with a time corridor for you to be able to hide your troops.
At the same time we always warn players at the forum in advance about such cases, here is the link to the post we made this time - http://forum.plarium.com/en/sparta-war-of-empires/news-and-announcements/topics/maintenance--2/
Would it be possible to add something in the game that would indicate when a fellow Coalition Member / Friend was online?
Perhaps in the bar at the lower of the screen. I see that friends have a blue surround if they are Summoned as a Hero, could they get a Green Surround if they are currently online?
This would make Coalition activity easier to co-ordinate and add to the group play of the game.