This week’s poll is suggested by Kia who wants to know where is the primary location you get information about LOTRO Maintenance periods. There are several options and you may use a mix now and then but if you have a spot you get the information from more often then others, please select that option.
Where do you get your information about maintenance periods?
- CSTM Post (34%, 247 Votes)
- LOTRO Launcher / Try to Login (33%, 239 Votes)
- LOTRO Forums (13%, 98 Votes)
- A bit here and there, never the same source (13%, 95 Votes)
- @LOTRO on Twitter (7%, 48 Votes)
- Other (Leave a Comment) (0%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 734
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December 8, 2012 at 10:14 am
I usually get the notification from the official forums, since I check the dev tracker fairly regularly. If not that, it’s CSTM’s twitter account.
December 8, 2012 at 10:18 am
I think Launcher and trying to log in should be separate.
Seeing it in the launcher means you read it in the launcher, but trying to log in makes it seem that you weren’t even aware it was happening so didn’t hear it anywhere.
December 8, 2012 at 1:55 pm
The launcher is kinda the same source whether you read or login so that’s why it’s one option.
December 8, 2012 at 4:57 pm
Yes, but if we read about the maintenance in the launcher on Sunday night when we log in to play, it’s not the same as finding out about the maintenance while trying to log in Monday morning.
December 8, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Does it really matter this much to argue over a silly weekly poll? The choices may not be perfect but I think they are fine. Launcher reading vs Launcher login is both the launcher regardless of when you learned of the downtime.
December 8, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I assume that it’ll be daytime monday unless there’s a post on cstm. Might be 2nd hand but usually more reliable than the first hand info of late.
Forums just irritate me with the constant logging out that goes on.
Launcher should tell you before you try and get online but that requires joined up thinking by the numpties in charge.
Twitter isnt something I consider as a good medium for companies making announcements beyond teasers for games or nonsense promo stuff like BL2′s shift codes. Not a fan of the antisocialmedia platforms.
December 8, 2012 at 1:39 pm
I don’t know what I would do without CSTM. I wouldn’t know anything
December 8, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Multiple Sources, including Facebook, Twitter, CSTM and the LOTRO Forums.
December 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Multiple sources including Facebook, Twitter, CSTM, the Launcher and the LOTRO Forums.
December 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Multiple comments too. Subtle emphasis?
December 8, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Actually, for whatever reason it hasn’t been letting me post while logged in to MME. Now it lets one through, after I logged out. Odd.
December 9, 2012 at 10:01 am
MME posts are going to spam. I am unspamming them manually. It is accepting your post.
If possible, remove your MME profile from the URL field and it should allow you to post while logged in fine.
December 9, 2012 at 11:58 am
Thanks for the heads up. For anyone having the same issue, go to your Profile on MME and remove everything in the Website field.
December 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I put down multiple, but my main sources are both the dev tracker on the forums and twitter. More from Sapience (@rickheaton)when he retweets @LOTRO, though he is more than likely the one posting both.
I also follow both +CSTM and a few other sources on Google+ that post maintenance notices, but it’s usually after I have seen them on the dev tracker and twitter. I wish Turbine would use G+ more.
December 8, 2012 at 5:57 pm
CSTM always. For store sales as well. Always the most reliable source, and I don’t usually check the official site out of habit.
December 9, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Facebook
December 9, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Little bit of everywhere. Just depends where I notice it first.
December 10, 2012 at 9:06 am
I go to 2 places for my LOTRO info on any level … CSTM & twitter (twitter only for Maint. – CSTM for EVERYTHING else
The LOTRO forums are good communication, though.
(Facebook is useless)
Wyllo
December 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Here and Facebook. It’s about equal really.