Denizens of Jita logged in after a second emergency reboot lasting over an hour today only to find that the market was closed. A popup window read:
Market closed – The Forge market region has been closed until further notice by the SCC while officials investigate allegations of insider trading. Please try again tomorrow, or refer to another market region for your trading needs.
The announcement of course inspired many a trolling comment in local by the trading alts of Eve, while CCP Sharkbait’s assurances added fuel to the fire. Comments like “well at least scamming still works” were a common refrain.
Shortly after another emergency reboot was announced to fix the problem. CCP’s @Eve Status twitter feed which players can consult to find out what is happening server side resembled a timeline of a battle report. The problems appear to originate with an ‘extended downtime due to hardware and database changes’. The downtime was extended twice and when the server finally came back online players reporting login problems and lag caused the first emergency reboot.
As CCP tweeted at @EveOnline:
“On rare days like today it’s good to follow @EVE_status. Our most sincere apologies for the unexpected downtimes. #tweetfleet”
At the time of publishing, Tranquility appear to be down again. There is no word on when the server, or Jita trading, will resume regular operation.
Update: Because of repeated unscheduled downtime on February 29, and to some extent throughout February, CCP is compensating all characters with an active skill queue 200,000 SP to their unallocated SP pools. Expect your free SP in a few days. CCP Seagull touched on this in a video dev blog alongside other EVE developments, including the data center move, and the soon to be released Project Discovery feature.
This article originally appeared on TheMittani.com, written by Ion Blacknight.
