July 4th 24 hr Maintenance

[caffe_macchiato]

Its a Japanese game. Why would they work their patch schedule around an American holiday?

America is by far the largest region in FFXIV. The American playerbase is 50% larger than the Japanese and almost as large as all other regions combined.

But perhaps this game wasn’t made for us. It’s okay, we have other options! Nothing lasts forever.

[Denji]

Man, what's with all the judgy in this thread with how people want to spend their time on a holiday? Some people aren't barbecue and fireworks people. I look forward to spending a day in XIV on holidays since I can spend the entire day on it. I'm not crying about this one. I'll just play something else. But the point of a holiday is we all get to enjoy it in the way we want to, so I don't understand all the judgment about how someone else spends their time.

It's not that and more just Americans are once again acting as if they are the centre of the universe and everyone must cater to them, their whims and their timetables.

Does maintenance on the 4th of July suck? I mean... yes, if you're an American. But Americans aren't the only people who play FFXIV. It's a Japanese-made game with an international audience and that's the keyword here: International. Whether it be an online service or traveling abroad it seems like no matter what there is an American ready to just say "Okay that's nice and all but what about me."

It is genuinely frustrating and this thread really encapsulates the exact attitude that so many people who live outside the United States feel utterly exasperated by at this point. It's just so... Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka, y'know?

[Caitlinzulu]

America is by far the largest region in FFXIV. The American playerbase is 50% larger than the Japanese and almost as large as all other regions combined.

But perhaps this game wasn’t made for us. It’s okay, we have other options! Nothing lasts forever.

And only people from the USA play on the american datacenter? There afe no Canadian players at all? That demographic would be very interesting

[Cincierta]

I'm going to be pulling a long shift on July 4th, because people need their buns and cupcakes for the holiday here. So not having to worry about not logging in is a bit of stress relief.

[Denji]

And only people from the USA play on the american datacenter? There afe no Canadian players at all? That demographic would be very interesting

not to mention the entirety of south america. primal is made up of all americans not just the US. also i have many friends who live in indonesia, malaysia, thailand, etc who all also play on primal so seeing people think "american datacentre = USA" is really frustrating.

[Striker44]

America is by far the largest region in FFXIV. The American playerbase is 50% larger than the Japanese and almost as large as all other regions combined.

But perhaps this game wasn’t made for us. It’s okay, we have other options! Nothing lasts forever.

A.) Not true. Active US players are estimated at about 279k. Japan is 242k and Europe 125k. The USA is the largest single group, but not really close to "all other regions combined."

B.) Not everyone in the US has July 4th off, anyway. Most government jobs are off, but many local and private businesses are still open, and even public jobs like police, fire, etc. are on the job.

C.) Nothing lasts forever. But FFXIV right now is at one of its peaks, and hundreds of thousands of people are enjoying it

[Ransu]

America is by far the largest region in FFXIV. The American playerbase is 50% larger than the Japanese and almost as large as all other regions combined.

But perhaps this game wasn’t made for us. It’s okay, we have other options! Nothing lasts forever.

Those numbers also include the Canadians....Also, so what? Its still a Japanese company. They are going to run their patch schedule regardless of what other countries holidays are. They can't just take into account every single major holiday for each country the game is supported in. They'd never be able to patch the game because someone somewhere is always going to be upset that they can't play on their "day off."

[Denji]

Those numbers also include the Canadians....Also, so what? Its still a Japanese company. They are going to run their patch schedule regardless of what other countries holidays are. They can't just take into account every single major holiday for each country the game is supported in. They'd never be able to patch the game because someone somewhere is always going to be upset that they can't play on their "day off."

also the entirety of south america.

[VelKallor]

I'm sure there are others, but the only American studio game I can think of that can compare to my point would be Blizzard/WOW.

That treats anyone who is not American as a second or third class customer. Yet another example of why SE wont follow Blizzard's endless litany of failures.

[technole]

I know you're from Balmung and all, but you should relax the world is going to be okay for 24 hours without Limsa Thots