what takes so long

[syntaxlies]

Oh look another QQ thread. I am SO surprised! /sarcasm . All MMOs out there have maintenance for hrs usually. This maintenance is only an hr. Relax!

it would only be a QQ thread if i was complaining, which im not. was just asking why it takes 1 hour

[Felis]

well i was just curious, but now that you mention entitlement, i guess you could say we are entitled to be able to play and not watch a maintenance screen since, oh , you know, since we payed...

Eh?
You know you payed for the maintenance, too? Whether you want them or not, they are in the price included.

[Denmo]

maybe it really only takes 30 mins and they round up to an hour to be safe

I've worked in a custom frame shop. When we took orders, we told the people that it takes 2 weeks to finish their order. This is because supplies need time to ship and there are other orders we've already taken that are in line waiting as well.

In reality, it took maybe 5-7 days for their supplies to ship. Once we had everything in the shop, we could finish their order right then and there in about 15-30 minutes. So why didn't we tell them 7 days instead?

Several reasons: We wanted to not be rushed all the time. We wanted to have enough time to finish other orders in case we got behind (and we did a lot). We wanted the customer to be surprised when their order took less time than we told them it would take, rather than disappointed that it took longer than expected.

It's human psychology. Better to have low expectations on things, than to have high expectations and be disappointed all the time.

TLDR: By rounding up the time to an hour or several hours on maintenance, SE is covering their own asses from gamer rage in the event that something goes wrong.

ill make a pointless thread and see how many stupid post show up in it

You got me, good sir.

[WinnipegJet]

Why does a hot fix that takes 10 seconds to download and another 10 seconds to install take an hour on SE's end?

Despite the personal enjoyment you derive from it, trolling does not really endear you to a community. One as small as this especially remembers.

[Answa]

I'll address the elephant in the room:

paid*

[Jokerz]

I've worked in a custom frame shop. When we took orders, we told the people that it takes 2 weeks to finish their order. This is because supplies need time to ship and there are other orders we've already taken that are in line waiting as well.

In reality, it took maybe 5-7 days for their supplies to ship. Once we had everything in the shop, we could finish their order right then and there in about 15-30 minutes. So why didn't we tell them 7 days instead?

Several reasons: We wanted to not be rushed all the time. We wanted to have enough time to finish other orders in case we got behind (and we did a lot). We wanted the customer to be surprised when their order took less time than we told them it would take, rather than disappointed that it took longer than expected.

It's human psychology. Better to have low expectations on things, than to have high expectations and be disappointed all the time.

TLDR: By rounding up the time to an hour or several hours on maintenance, SE is covering their own asses from gamer rage in the event that something goes wrong.

Careful man, common sense doesn't enter into many peoples mind when they have to have something now! o.o

[Amherst]

I detect trollbait.

Yeah, we know. We're all just bored and waiting for maintenance to end too. Either for this or D3.

[Tatsuguy]

ill make a pointless thread and see how many stupid post show up in it

Fun times....

[Answa]

Anyway. We can play.

[viion]

I dont get why it cant be done live, downloaded in background or something, like WoW can do and GW2 XD.

Unless of course it does need a reboot, maybe they have to restart the whole server software just to reload patch fixes..