Maintenance Times

[TaleraRistain]

It's also gradually getting earlier and earlier. It used to be about 10pm or 11pm PST, giving players in PST through EST at least a bit of time to log in and play. Now it's all the way back to 6pm PST. I got about an hour after getting home and settled from work in EST, and I imagine most in PST weren't even home/off work yet.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It's also gradually getting earlier and earlier. It used to be about 10pm or 11pm PST, giving players in PST through EST at least a bit of time to log in and play. Now it's all the way back to 6pm PST. I got about an hour after getting home and settled from work in EST, and I imagine most in PST weren't even home/off work yet.

It'll go back to normal times. They always start earlier when they do infrastructure maintenance. Its happened many times in the past. It gives them longer during their workday to fix actual server issues if anything happens, as well as perform actual server upgrades/maintenance unrelated to the game servers software.

[Kewitt]

There are many things I do when the game gets patched. They include but exclusive too.
Sleep
Play Another game
Post on forums because every patch people are raging.
Watch TV
Go camping
Go out for coffee.
Spend time with friends IRW
Spend time with family IRW

[TaleraRistain]

It'll go back to normal times. They always start earlier when they do infrastructure maintenance. Its happened many times in the past. It gives them longer during their workday to fix actual server issues if anything happens, as well as perform actual server upgrades/maintenance unrelated to the game servers software.

I'll have to check when the Lodestone is available again, but I believe this has been around the normal time for a while now. It doesn't seem to be just infrastructure, but the new regular time. It's been creeping back gradually, but steadily.

I don't know why they don't stagger it, since this is a globally-serviced game. It may mean that work is done in off hours, but as a software engineer and a systems admin I can attest that sometimes that's just part of the job when you service globally.

[DrWho2010]

I'll have to check when the Lodestone is available again, but I believe this has been around the normal time for a while now. It doesn't seem to be just infrastructure, but the new regular time. It's been creeping back gradually, but steadily.

I don't know why they don't stagger it, since this is a globally-serviced game. It may mean that work is done in off hours, but as a software engineer and a systems admin I can attest that sometimes that's just part of the job when you service globally.

they don't want one region to have an advantage over the other. because the game is global, any changes affects everyone. everyone must remain equal.

[FoxyAreku]

People talking about how SE is based in japan must not remember or didn't play during 2.0.

It's been a long time, but I remember maintenance happened late at night a whole lot back then. I'm not sure when or why they stopped caring about american primetime...but it does kinda suck.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

People talking about how SE is based in japan must not remember or didn't play during 2.0.

It's been a long time, but I remember maintenance happened late at night a whole lot back then. I'm not sure when or why they stopped caring about american primetime...but it does kinda suck.

Maint until like a month ago has been 10-11pm pst to 3am. It's only a few recent ones that have been extended.

[Callinon]

Maintenance for me usually starts at 11pm or midnight and finishes early in the morning. Except for major patches that take 24 hours.

The fact is, no matter when they take the servers down globally, it's going to be prime time for someone. It's unavoidable in a global service.

Also yes, the name "America" refers colloquially to the United States of America. If you're talking about the continents, you'll add the North or South to it, and every other country on these continents just refers to themselves as their country. Our's happens to share its name with the continent it's on, and "The United States of America" is a mouthful.

[Gemina]

People talking about how SE is based in japan must not remember or didn't play during 2.0.

It's been a long time, but I remember maintenance happened late at night a whole lot back then. I'm not sure when or why they stopped caring about american primetime...but it does kinda suck.

They work extremely long hours, including weekends. I think the question should be asked, "When will we start caring about theirs"?

[Angelov-Mercy]

They work extremely long hours, including weekends. I think the question should be asked, "When will we start caring about theirs"?

Concerning this subject of maintenance during our normal play time in the west, they understand we do pay for their service, and I personally enjoy what they have to offer, but....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzmwAKUppU
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