Why is the maintenance for NA servers in prime time NA?

[Lexia]

Well the original maintenance was

Jul. 7, 2017 from 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. (PDT)

but for w/e reason they changed it to

Jul. 6, 2017 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (PDT)

So it wasn't during prime time originally, even then it really only effects west coast.

[Serilda]

They have to release content (including hotfixes) simultaneously. Otherwise what invariably happens is the people in 'the future' discover what changed and the people still on the old version can exploit the knowledge to their advantage. That's also why they never tell us what's in an update until after it goes live.

In any case, any time is inconvenient for someone out there. This particular one is irrelevant to me but I've had days off to play where I haven't been able to due to when the maintenance occurred.

[Nixxe]

11 pm isn't prime time.

[Claviusnex]

I guess it boils down to what you consider prime time. I'd consider 11PM-12AM to be the end of prime time for any timezone. 11PM on the west coast is 1AM CDT and 2AM EDT which to me is well out of prime time no matter how you look at it.

[missybee]

11 pm isn't prime time.

Time zones are a weird thing.

I'm pretty sure 7:00 / 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 / 11:00 p.m. is pretty canonically "prime-time."

[Uriel_Kross]

If they changed the maintenance to an earlier time instead of going with their planned down time i would guess that there is something being address in that hotfix that cannot wait and needs to be addressed right away. SE is usually pretty consistence with maintenance and update windows.

[Nixxe]

Time zones are a weird thing.

I'm pretty sure 7:00 / 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 / 11:00 p.m. is pretty canonically "prime-time."

They knew what they were getting into the moment they chose to live in an inferior time zone.

[Sylvaneste]

They should do it at noon PDT. That allows (i think) the majority of the player base to avoid the maint. If you work second shift, you can get online before maint, and if you work first shift, you will be at work. if you work third.....well, that sucks. but first and second shift i think, is where the majority of the players work.

[HyperSMB]

They should do it at noon PDT. That allows (i think) the majority of the player base to avoid the maint. If you work second shift, you can get online before maint, and if you work first shift, you will be at work. if you work third.....well, that sucks. but first and second shift i think, is where the majority of the players work.

Other countries exist.

Pretty sure this makes it more convienient for Japan.

[LaylaTsarra]

Considering the size of the expansion... personally I'm surprised there haven't been a lot more scheduled and emergency maintenances. This one is pretty short.