As a sysadmin I used to work under used to say, “Everything works until it breaks.” That goes for live service games which are reliant on various, well, services and servers to function. The Bazaar is no exception, so here’s how you can get the latest for when it’s down.
Currently, The Bazaar is more vulnerable than most, as Tempo’s hero builder is still in its closed beta period as of October 30, 2024. To even get access to it, you need to have purchased the Founder’s Pack.
The game goes down frequently at this point in time due to maintenance. At the time of writing, it was down up until a few minutes ago following 2-3 hours of work being done to patch the game. So, it’s not uncommon to see a message when trying to log in that you are unable to connect.
How to check if The Bazaar is down
Right now, Tempo doesn’t have a site setup to track the status of its services, so there’s no real-time tracker of problems. So, that sucks. But there are a few sources that you can turn to that should have recent-ish information on them.
The first is through the developers themselves (or spokespeople), who post on both Twitter and Bluesky. Their updates are rather frequent and timely, at least when it comes to planned maintenance.
But perhaps the best place to check is The Bazaar’s Discord server. You can use this link here or search for “playthebazaar” to connect. This is sometimes the better choice since you’re not merely relying on the developer to announce when outages happen, since you can ask the community if anyone else is having issues at that moment.
Published: Dec 3, 2024 01:52 pm