July 4th 24 hr Maintenance

[Myrany]

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

As an American I agree with this sentiment 100%. Why would an international company cater to our holidays? Makes no sense for them to do it.

[Bringer-of-Omens]

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

A) Please cite your source. Thanks.

[VelKallor]

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.

In my nursing days, Cincierta, we used to say "Public holiday..whats that"?

[MaeveHatesHousing]

Kupo its not too bad don't stress my friend. It is time to enjoy life with a cold one and some good food! The game will be there when we get back ^_^ enjoy some good times kupo <3

I love you. thank you for the laugh, Kupo.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Yea they should just delay the patch by a week for the americans, I'm sure nobody would mind.

[Doc_Seraph]

I love you. thank you for the laugh, Kupo.

<3 kupo anytime!

[Ranaku]

Come on SE, why haven't you figured this out yet? Bringing down the servers on a holiday for a major portion of your subscriber base is very uncool.

Ah yes cause the US and their holidays are the only ones that matter!

And maybe you try to celebrate your independence on that day rather than your dependence on the game. xD

[DPZ2]

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. And yes, I would advocate it would be better customer service if they didn't do a 24 hour maintenance on a day corresponding to a major holiday in the regions they provide service. To be clear, I'm not saying every holiday, but the big ones, if you are providing a service in a region, would be best to avoid.

You know, I believe we can petition Square Enix about this. How about this for everyone to sign?

"We, the undersigned, demand that any maintenance to the North American servers be delayed if they are scheduled to occur on a Major US Holiday. We are more than willing to allow the Rest of the World to have a new patch a week before we do in order to accommodate the small number of players in North America who are upset about holiday patch cycles."

[Renalt]

i dare you to eat a scorpion

Funny enough I've not even seen one in the time I've lived here. I'm sure if I hit up a hiking trail or something I'd find one quickly enough...but only crazy people go on hikes in this heat.

[Striker44]

A) Please cite your source. Thanks.

https://dotesports.com/mmo/news/all-...er-populations

You're welcome

Oh, and that's ignoring what other people have brought up about how the "USA" servers include a sizable number of people from Canada and the entirety of South America, meaning the actual "American" population is even significantly smaller in comparison.