Maintenance during prime evening time for NA servers

[Frogstone]

If the servers open in just less of an hour, it will be oceania primetime, thats a nice change for us living in this neck of the coral beds.

[InkB]

And who do you think solves issues with the code if an emergency patch is needed? The server technicians? No, it's the developers IN JAPAN.

Very true.

Tho that could be fixed with having JP maintanance first (like they currently have "10-19") then NA later (like lets say 2 am - 11 am NA time like EU) with said "emerengy patch". But I dont think any of us are devs or server techs here so this is just speculation.

It is what is is. Thankfully we dont have long maintanances every week or something..

[TTiscancer]

Very true.

Tho that could be fixed with having JP maintanance first (like they currently have "10-19") then NA later (like lets say 2 am - 11 am NA time like EU) with said "emerengy patch". But I dont think any of us are devs or server techs here so this is just speculation.

It is what is is. Thankfully we dont have long maintanances every week or something..

Yes they could do what WoW does and roll out the patches and such in different times, but people cry about that too all the time. How it's unfair that EU gets to play a new patch first.

[InkB]

Yes they could do what WoW does and roll out the patches and such in different times, but people cry about that too all the time. How it's unfair that EU gets to play a new patch first.

I think people are just slightly annoyed that someone else gets to have fun before them. Which is slightly ridicilous since we are talking about few hours 2-3 times expansion (in wow) (and ~5 times in XIV)

If its new raid tier, WoW players are annoyed because of whole "world first race" is supposedly sooo important (spoiler: its not) and "its unfair they might know mechanics before us".

Thats why new raid tier at "same time" for all regions is better in XIV. If you are world first racer you probably dont care if you have to start raiding at 2 am in NA or 10 AM at EU.

[Violyre]

I think people are just slightly annoyed that someone else gets to have fun before them.

I think the difference with WoW and XIV in this regard is that there's actually story for this game, and those are in the same patches as the raid content. And people don't want that story spoiled before they have a chance to get to it.

[TTiscancer]

I think the difference with WoW and XIV in this regard is that there's actually story for this game, and those are in the same patches as the raid content. And people don't want that story spoiled before they have a chance to get to it.

Eh no, the way WoW does it pretty unique in the MMO landscape.

[Deceptus]

It's a Japanese game, so if important maintenance is to be conducted then that time is going to align with Japanese friendly hours...

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

[Wavaryen]

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

It might be global, but we are second string when it comes to feedback and when servers go down. And I am 100 percent ok with that.

[Hanayumi]

Maintenance is usually 11pm pst till like 2-4am, this Maintenance involved some server infrastructure which is usually much longer. Either way its not that big of a deal still looking at 3 months till EW plenty of time!

[KayRadley]

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

Which means no matter when maintenance takes place, it will be prime time somewhere.

Y'all need more hobbies than just FFXIV. I recommend drawing.