Maintenance times and length ?

[Shibi]

24 hours is one day, not two.

Sorta depends where you are in the world and when your playtime is. It is quite possible to lose 2 days of playtime in a 24 hour period.

[Burado]

24 hours is one day, not two.

Well it started today and end tomorrow at 2am. So we cant play today and tomorrow we can only play after 2am which most ppl will be sleeping.

[Iscah]

Well it started today and end tomorrow at 2am. So we cant play today and tomorrow we can only play after 2am which most ppl will be sleeping.

So it started today at 2am which means you could play up until 2am. You're missing the tail end of that day at a point when "most people will be sleeping", not a whole second day of access.

Assuming you have the same period of time free for gaming each day, a 24-hour maintenance will either fully cover one of your play periods or will take half from one, half from the other, adding up to a whole of one period lost.

[Bsrking5]

These maintenances tend to happen about 2 or 3 times per major patch. In normal conditions they last about 4 to 8 hours, but, due to the current global health situation, staffing limits have forced them to take 24 hours in order to do the same work.

Absolutely not. All the main patches are 24 hour, 5.0,5.1 ect. Side patches like 5.41 or 5.45 usually take 4 to 8 hours usually closer to 4 and may end a bit early. This isnt new at all.

[Avenger]

All the main patches are 24 hour, 5.0,5.1 ect. Side patches like 5.41 or 5.45 usually take 4 to 8 hours usually closer to 4 and may end a bit early. This isnt new at all.

Yeah, maintenance for major patches (5.4 in this case) is usually 24 hours but sometimes ends an hour or two early.

So usually you will not be able to play on the day before a major patch, usually Monday for the .x patches though the exact time and day will vary depending on your time zone.

Sometimes this interferes with completing limited time or seasonal
events, so be forewarned!

Note you can usually download the version update before server maintenance actually ends.