What began as a one-day downtime to work on a data center has now stretched into three days of offline status for both Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online.
There seems to be no end in sight for the server work, which Standing Stone Games has repeatedly delayed since this past Wednesday. As of last night, the studio said that both games (and their respective websites) would be offline at least until 2:00 p.m. eastern on Friday and that it would be delivering a further update on the situation this morning.
This unexpected stretch of extended downtime dredges up memories of a similar period a few years back, which was followed by a new data center that ended up causing worse performance issues than before the change-up began. Both MMO communities have divided among those peeved at the lack of gaming and those showing support to SSG.
At least players are getting a few good jokes in to handle the wait:
Yes, I can't say I'm a big fan of Peter Jackson's extended edition of @LOTRO downtime. I preferred the original theatrical version which only lasted 22 hours. https://t.co/sPqzON2r0a
— Fredelas (@BrandywineFred) March 8, 2019
Downtime Extension: 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) Saturday, March 9th
Our downtime has been extended through 12:00 PM Eastern on Saturday, March 9th. We will keep you updated, and apologize for this lengthy downtime. #LOTRO
— LOTRO (@lotro) March 8, 2019
