More time before Maintenance?

[Azerelus]

I just got a 1 minute warning - nothing else before closing the system to fix bugs. This happened before and I thought it was that I wasn\'t paying attention.

Maybe 5 minutes warning would be better?
timing it it takes at least 1 minute to kill a rat (defensive attack, fists)

How about a 5 minute warning and a one minute warning in future - that way people can finish a battle and loot before the system shuts down.

Thanks

[UndeadInsanity]

I think a 10 minute countdown would be much more suitable.

[wormking]

I think there should be a 5-10 min count down in the corner. It also should be in big or bright(or both) letters so that people notice it. Then it would warn with a beep or something at 30 seconds left of so.

[Karosh_Steinkatz]

Why not 30 mins to slay 3 Teffies in the arena, walk back to the plaza and sell their teeth before the server goes down?
This game is still in alpha stage and therefore you can\'t expect too much comfort

[Azerelus]

Originally posted by Karosh_Steinkatz
Why not 30 mins to slay 3 Teffies in the arena, walk back to the plaza and sell their teeth before the server goes down?

Say hey, that idea is even better than mine - I would never have thunk to ask for that much time

 

[acraig]

Depends on the patch and situation.  If it\'s a normal ( ie non critical patch ) then can wait for a while.  But if it\'s something that is important ( ie can prevent crashes or fixes some critical issue ) then less time is available.  Also there are cases where we are testing some things so server could be up and down a lot in a short time.  We try to avoid those and mention in the IRC channel about that but doesn\'t reach everybody.