Excessive maintenance is starting to piss off the casual, non-raiding players.

[VerdeLuck]

They're going to base their maintenance times around their own time zone....because duh...? Why would they cater to the US market in terms of that? It's just logical that a JP company would do maintenance during JP timezone convenience. Why is that annoying or an issue? Just play something else or binge watch YouTube if sleep isn't an option for you.

It's not a big ask to want a company that operates globally to consider and listen to players outside of their own region when they make decisions.

[Kes13a]

It's not a big ask to want a company that operates globally to consider and listen to players outside of their own region when they make decisions.

there is another global game company, perhaps you have heard of them? Blizzard, a small indie studio

they typically do maintenance during their normal business hours. since the world is not one time zone, that tends to inconvenience people world over. you would think they would consider people outside their business hours in your world.. but they do not. why? money. after hours work generally means overtime which is more money to pay out.

plus there is generally a belief that all regions should get the updates at the same time (not time zone wise) so the idea of staggering maintenance is a non starter. sorry.

[VerdeLuck]

there is another global game company, perhaps you have heard of them? Blizzard, a small indie studio

they typically do maintenance during their normal business hours. since the world is not one time zone, that tends to inconvenience people world over. you would think they would consider people outside their business hours in your world.. but they do not. why? money. after hours work generally means overtime which is more money to pay out.

plus there is generally a belief that all regions should get the updates at the same time (not time zone wise) so the idea of staggering maintenance is a non starter. sorry.

I could not care less about what Blizzard does.

[Kes13a]

I could not care less about what Blizzard does.

actually you should. considering it has a truly global subscription base and couldnt give two shakes of a rats tail who might be inconvenienced by maintenance, and was the big boy on the block for a while, AND Yoshi has said he was influenced by them.... you dont think that how they do things is just a little responsible for how other companies with a similar product are going to do things as well?

I know, you dont care about so no need to state it. you dont have to care about it to be honest, because SE isnt going to care about or change for you either. but I doubt they have a schedule up with your name on it and they plan when to inconvenience you and you only. maintenance is needed, they notify us and they do it. game comes up life goes on. if you cannot plan around something they give you plenty of notice on, thats on you, not them.

one of those unhappy facts of life apparently.

[Silverbane]

they typically do maintenance during their normal business hours. since the world is not one time zone, that tends to inconvenience people world over. you would think they would consider people outside their business hours in your world.. but they do not. why? money. after hours work generally means overtime which is more money to pay out.

Plus your key people -- the ones you definitely want involved so nothing goes wrong -- may not want to work graveyard shifts. And they may be difficult enough to replace that you don't dare try to make them.

The last thing we want is this scenario:

Key_Developer: I got a date Monday night with the person I mentioned; it looks like I'll finally get lucky.
So can you find someone else to do the maintenance?

Manager: Sure, no problem. We'll just get an intern to do it

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[SnowVix]

It's not a big ask to want a company that operates globally to consider and listen to players outside of their own region when they make decisions.

Cool anti-worker stance. Making the devs who monitor maintenance and patching burn the midnight oil so your precious entertainment isn't interrupted. How does it feel to hate the working class?