Server Issues?

[Odesius]

I was able to log in by allowing my other browser session wait for the "Tip Of The Day" message to let me in. The game eventually came on, but it is a pain to play. There is an alternating server lag event and normal play time. Any action you take may work instantly or be put on hold. It is as if tasks are queued and then suddenly released (then back to lag again). After several actions are queued, I tried going to a friend's island and applied buffs. It worked for a time and then lag occurred, followed by a boot out (refresh message appears / click button / back out to Login page).

At times, technology fails. This I accept. However, when failure occurs, I expect some form of timely notification. The message need not be detailed. A simple acknowledgement and confirmation that action is being taken will suffice. I doubt that this is a hardship, nor should it take considerable time to accomplish.

Such notifications are a standard followed by top I.T. shops in the world. One would think that Ubisoft, an international company with "1.061 billion euros" in sales 2011-20122, declared as the "2nd largest in-house development staff in the world with 26 studios in 18 countries" and a staff of "More than 6,900 team members worldwide including 5,800 dedicated to production" could spare a resource to send a notification.

To the Co-founder & CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot,

Sir, thank you for this wonderful game. It is quite entertaining and allows me to gain friends. I am sure that you are aware that in the United States of America, our constitution guarantees the pursuit of happiness. This game provides me the chance to do so.

I hope it is not a terrible inconvenience for you, but could you please wake up one of these dedicated team members. They appear to have fallen asleep.

Thank You for your time,

RMAGPILE

Wow, seriously?

[GraphiteHelix]

I was able to log in by allowing my other browser session wait for the "Tip Of The Day" message to let me in. The game eventually came on, but it is a pain to play. There is an alternating server lag event and normal play time. Any action you take may work instantly or be put on hold. It is as if tasks are queued and then suddenly released (then back to lag again). After several actions are queued, I tried going to a friend's island and applied buffs. It worked for a time and then lag occurred, followed by a boot out (refresh message appears / click button / back out to Login page).

At times, technology fails. This I accept. However, when failure occurs, I expect some form of timely notification. The message need not be detailed. A simple acknowledgement and confirmation that action is being taken will suffice. I doubt that this is a hardship, nor should it take considerable time to accomplish.

Such notifications are a standard followed by top I.T. shops in the world. One would think that Ubisoft, an international company with "1.061 billion euros" in sales 2011-20122, declared as the "2nd largest in-house development staff in the world with 26 studios in 18 countries" and a staff of "More than 6,900 team members worldwide including 5,800 dedicated to production" could spare a resource to send a notification.

To the Co-founder & CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot,

Sir, thank you for this wonderful game. It is quite entertaining and allows me to gain friends. I am sure that you are aware that in the United States of America, our constitution guarantees the pursuit of happiness. This game provides me the chance to do so.

I hope it is not a terrible inconvenience for you, but could you please wake up one of these dedicated team members. They appear to have fallen asleep.

Thank You for your time,

RMAGPILE

Dude...you win.

[Mulluane]

There was an announcement but you need to somehow magically know where to find it. It was posted under General Discussion. Servers are down for emergency maintenance for an unspecified time.

[Stormbreaker]

haha he made me laugh, but I have one question. Since I can't login what does that mean to the gems I would have been given for logging in for seventh consecutive day.

[Milkshake]

MY HACK VIRUS WORKED MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (look, If I can't troll global one then what else is there in my life *le sigh*)

[elite_warlord]

Server Status 08/18/2012

Attention all players, due to unforeseen technical difficulties the server will need to be shut down for an unspecified amount of time to prevent any data from being lost. We are currently working towards a resolution to this situation. We do apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause you.

This message is posted on the homepage - there must have been an unknown bug that slipped trough the testing fase - it can happen so dont blame ubisoft - they work pretty hard & fast if you look at other games
But i do agree it sucks tho

[Zynnia7277]

We should have an addiction thread to help people through this rough time. Here we sit...wondering....fidgeting...reading things we would never read...and we wait. How long will it be? How long are we willing to stay here and watch the clock slowly check off the minutes and hours until we can play again? I am going to study up on my war strategies (read the guides someone else wrote). LOL