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[Gramul]

Okay. I know everyone hates that the fact that maint. seems to always be against the Euro's and the NA's players times...however I don't think SE will ever cater to our requests...they didn't in XI why on earth would they now...I've made peace with this...so let me make a suggestion of what I do when this occurs...



Now, I know many of you are die hard FFXIV fans...and I'm enjoying it myself a lot too. However, I promise this MMO is fine...you can at least play it during maint. It's fun pending on what you decide to do...

^(Thought I would just try and lighten the mood with a bit of a laugh)

Looks like they guys you linked are a little greedy with their images.

[Vonleo]

If this was a game where there were different servers for different time zones (for instance, JP servers, NA servers, EU servers), I could see your point. It would be a nice convenience if they did 'rolling restarts' to implement the patch... but, that's not the case here. Every single server is international, and although it sucks during patch day, we'll soon forget about this when we are enjoying all of the new content.

As someone else mentioned, when the patch is finally over... it is early midday for the Japanese. Many of them are still at work or school when the patch is ready to play. Most of the European players are asleep when the patch is 'ready to go'. In an interesting turn of events, the NA are probably the most likely to play the patch FIRST (barring the hardcore fans that don't work, or will skip work to play... or just won't sleep that night...)

We will only have a few hours to play before we go to bed (if we choose to go to bed) and then the rest of the world is a 'day' ahead of us... but this is the way it works. NA are technically at the 'end' of the day (if you look at the international dateline). It's just where we live.

I see a rational post thank you. Now i am not so mad about the maint being at the time it is. No not because of "we are likely to play it first" but now i know whats going on. I just thought we NA were just being screwed over just to to be screwed over. thank you

[LillithaFenimore]

Looks like they guys you linked are a little greedy with their images.

Is this another link I posted that's not working ><; Grrr! God I /fail at this...I should just stop posting.

It's so funny cause when I post it on my post, it shows up just fine, no issues at all, but when someone else posts it to show me...it doesn't show what I have posted. THanks for bringing it up. I'll fix it >.>;

[Ryuko]

I see a rational post thank you. Now i am not so mad about the maint being at the time it is. No not because of "we are likely to play it first" but now i know whats going on. I just thought we NA were just being screwed over just to to be screwed over. thank you

No problem. I understand your frustration, but it all makes sense when you really know all of the facts. I'll basically get 2 hours to play before I need to sleep, and then I work all day. I'm not a little kid anymore or I would happily 'skip school' and play. When Diabolos came out in FFXI, I definitely faked sick the next day just to get him... but I can't do that anymore. Way too old. =/

[Vonleo]

No problem. I understand your frustration, but it all makes sense when you really know all of the facts. I'll basically get 2 hours to play before I need to sleep, and then I work all day. I'm not a little kid anymore or I would happily 'skip school' and play. When Diabolos came out in FFXI, I definitely faked sick the next day just to get him... but I can't do that anymore. Way too old. =/

Ahh the days we could call in sick for school...haha when diablo 3 comes out tho il probably have to call in...all week LOL

[Delsus]

See again your shoving words into my mouth which i find quite funny. Where in the world did i say NA was the most important? please tell me because all you have is assumptions which is complete "BS".

Also this thread was created maybe 15 minutes ago? so using the "your the only NA player to complain about this" excuse doesnt fly.

You wish to affect 2 other timezones (admitedly more Japan will be near the end) more than your own, not once did you suggest rotating maintanance times (which I would support) but "moving maintanance 2hrs" that looks to me like a why should NA get affected more than anywhere else, because the start time used it affects less users and affecting less users causes fewer problems, inconvinancing the fewest customers is a prime business tactic, it is used everywhere, you have a problem with that start your own business inconvinancing as many customers as you can, that is why the maint is where it is that is why NA gets affected end of stort case closed. I am in EU I can't log on when maint finishes do you see me crying about that, um... NOPE cos I dont care, I can live without the game, which it seems like you can't.

I guess your too thick to work that out, and on that note i'm going to sleep (because its not prime time for the whole world.)

[Delsus]

Ahh the days we could call in sick for school...haha when diablo 3 comes out tho il probably have to call in...all week LOL

Wow it seems like you really can't live without games if you call in sick to play a game, I dont do that, I will never do that because I can play when I finish.

[Kiroh]

Wow it seems like you really can't live without games if you call in sick to play a game, I dont do that, I will never do that because I can play when I finish.

Yet you have the time to sit on an internet forum criticizing someone's syntax when you've already said you need to go to bed.

But do look down your nose some more, oh high and mighty one.

[Vonleo]

Wow it seems like you really can't live without games if you call in sick to play a game, I dont do that, I will never do that because I can play when I finish.

Hmm can't take a joke can ya? i think il just put you on my block list all you have done is take personal shots at me in this thread so yeah bye.

[Delsus]

Yet you have the time to sit on an internet forum criticizing someone's syntax when you've already said you need to go to bed.

But do look down your nose some more, oh high and mighty one.

Definaltly last post.

OMG 3 MINS WILL KILL ME, I THINK IMMA DIE FROM LACK OF SLEEP NOW UGH... /dies.