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[InnerSphereNews]

Greetings MechWarriors!

A new enemy draws closer to the Inner Sphere. We are taking defensive initiatives to prepare for this onslaught with a series of server-side hardware changes and data migration, which we would like to prepare you for as well:

Wave 1: Monday, March 31st @ 10 PM PDT - April 1st @ 10 AM PST (Est. 12 hours) This is a significant Data Migration. So that Pilots are not left idle throughout this period: We have scheduled our next Public Test to take place during this 12 hour window.

Wave 2: Tuesday, April 1st @ 10 AM PDT - 12 PM PDT (Est 2 hours) Upon completion of the Data Migration, we will be deploying our April 1st patch with a focus on stability fixes.

Wave 3: Friday, April 4th @ 10 AM PDT - 12 PM PDT (Est. 2 hours) This is a minor maintenance to upgrade server hardware.

During these maintenance periods, the game servers will be unavailable. You will not be able to login to the website/game, nor purchase MC until the maintenance is completed. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Active Premium Time will be reimbursed upon completion of the operations.

We are eager to take in your feedback for both the Public Test and Patch on the forums upon the completion of these operations.

Please Click here to Pre-download the Public Test Installer. Stay tuned to the Public Test Forum for more details.

Please check out the Spoiler for more details from Matt Craig on what's going on!

Spoiler

"As part of our work to prepare for future features we need to do a database migration, this necessitates a long down time for us. Beginning March 31st we will be rolling out this database update.

As mentioned in the last technical update we were aiming to get the fix for Target Designations and Server Side Authorative Hit Effects into the April 1st patch, we have moved these changes to the following patch to reduce risk for the database migration. The good news is that during the 12 hour downtime we will be opening up Public Test that will contain these changes along with LRM speed adjustments. This will help us ensure these changes work correctly for the community and give you time to provide us feedback ahead of the April 15th patch.

A number of crash fixes are included with the April 1st patch aimed at addressing the crash to Mechlab issues and the pure function call errors. So our goal is for the 1st patch to be largely a stability patch with the subsequent 15th patch introducing some additional fixes (Target Designation) and the Server Side Hit Effects.

Premium time will be credited back to users impacted by these downtimes and we appreciate your patience while we do the work necessary to build the foundation for future updates to MWO." -Matt Craig

[DocBach]

Why is there a tie in to the Clans? Are we testing Clan stuff on the public test server?

[mp00]

Thanks for letting us know in advance and good idea putting up test server during the maintenance time. Maybe have up for any future patches

[Tsunamisan]

April first patch huh better not be a joke

[BLOOD WOLF]

their just having a little fun is all. I found it amusing, nice to see thing getting ready for april.

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 27 March 2014 - 10:05 AM.

[Prezimonto]

Good call on the Public Test during a large down time window!

[Nikoliy]

Probably going to test some more LRM improvements for April 1st... LRM Rain Monsoon.

[Sable]

DocBach, on 27 March 2014 - 09:57 AM, said:

Why is there a tie in to the Clans? Are we testing Clan stuff on the public test server?

They could be hinting at testing clantech balance. It would be amazing for a 12 hour window i could drool over my timberwolf and i'm sure they'd get a lot of solid data and feedback on the direction they are taking with clantech....

But more likely it's just a for funzzies statement.

Edited by Sable, 27 March 2014 - 10:16 AM.

[Deathlike]

Another head scratching Public Test... and what are we testing again?

[aniviron]

DocBach, on 27 March 2014 - 09:57 AM, said:

Why is there a tie in to the Clans? Are we testing Clan stuff on the public test server?

My thoughts as well. One can hope for yes, though it seems unlikely.

Regardless, I hope this means improved server performance from now on, which can only be good.

[mp00]

Could be just some roleplay, but testing some clan stuff would be fun

[Dymlos2003]

Deathlike, on 27 March 2014 - 10:18 AM, said:

Another head scratching Public Test... and what are we testing again?

Launch Module

[Bront]

Deathlike, on 27 March 2014 - 10:18 AM, said:

Another head scratching Public Test... and what are we testing again?

At the moment, just the Public Test Server's capacity

[Matt Newman]

There will be details about what is going to be on PTS (public test server) before it goes up on Monday.

[Iqfish]

I hope for big stuff!

Thanks for letting us know

[Son of the Flood]

Thanks guys for the heads up on the downtime.

[Deathlike]

Dymlos2003, on 27 March 2014 - 10:24 AM, said:

Launch Module

Great?

Except, having mentioned the Public Test data, it's still not "updated" at all. Last use (and the current data that's there) was the LAST UI 2.0 test.

[Koniving]

DocBach, on 27 March 2014 - 09:57 AM, said:

Why is there a tie in to the Clans? Are we testing Clan stuff on the public test server?

I don't think we are. However, it's obvious that the stated down time is to implement things related to the clans. That's quite a downtime; probably the longest I've ever seen.

[Damocles69]

Please just fix SRMs.

[BLOOD WOLF]

Deathlike, on 27 March 2014 - 10:38 AM, said:

Great?

Except, having mentioned the Public Test data, it's still not "updated" at all. Last use (and the current data that's there) was the LAST UI 2.0 test.

not yet man, this is just a heads up