July 4th 24 hr Maintenance

[Shougun]

Ive seen this a few times that people like to think Japan has to change everything for America...
Its..kinda bothersome..if not worrysome behavior.

I mean it would be weird to schedule your 24 hour maint. in the middle of gold week or lunar new year too...

There are some people who think Murica #1 who gives a kweh about the rest of the world - which is wrong, but if you were easily able to incorporate major moments it would make sense to therefore do so. Especially for major markets, like obviously US is for FFXIV.

Though the idea of easy might be less fairly quickly. "Why didn't you add my country's holiday to the calendar- we make up 10% of the market!" .. lots o 'woopsy' then.

The other aside is I wonder what % of Americans have the 4th off lol. I've had a few companies that do (and obviously gov related fields that are non-essential), but uh.. I know there are quite a few that don't. Certainly more are off during Lunar New Year than the 4th, particularly Lunar since it's international. Maybe scheduling on Lunar is like scheduling on Christmas XD.

[Nizzi]

There are some people who think Murica #1 who gives a kweh about the rest of the world - which is wrong, but if you were easily able to incorporate major moments it would make sense to therefore do so. Especially for major markets, like obviously US is for FFXIV.

It's not wrong at all, our holy blessed American Independence Day is so important that Square Enix is shutting down their biggest money maker in observance for the greatest democracy the world has ever known. This game is even offered in 4 languages - Japanish, German (we beat them in the war), French (we saved them in the war) and AMERICAN. That means we're 1/4th of the languages and 4/4 of the WINNERS. Somewhere in the world, a Bald Eagle perched on Yoshida's shoulder sheds a single tear in remembrance for our freedoms. I applaud them for this great decision. It is not enough that America is celebrating the 4th of July - the rest of the world must celebrate it as well.