Maintenance Times

[Niwashi]

Well - keep in mind the "working" / playing time mostly relate to japanese time zone.

Only the Japanese Data Centers have maintenance based on the Japanese time zone. The NA Data Centers generally have maintenance from 12:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. PST, because that's the lowest traffic period in North America. (I think that would actually be peak evening hours in Japan.)

There's always the conflict between whether they should choose times to inconvenience the fewest players (i.e. always go with the lowest traffic period of the day) or choose various different times so the inconvenience is spread out and they're not always bothering the same players. They've clearly chosen the former approach.

[HEC]

Only the Japanese Data Centers have maintenance based on the Japanese time zone. The NA Data Centers generally have maintenance from 12:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. PST, because that's the lowest traffic period in North America. (I think that would actually be peak evening hours in Japan.)

Well actually - the way it's scheduled is like this - for regular weekly maintenances:

1. Japan center for 2 hours (this is in still fairly peak hours for Japan between 21:00 - 23:00)
2. 1 hour gap (to cover for eventual overrun)
3. NA / EU center for 2 hours (more or less off peak for EU / UK between 08:00 - 10:00 CET / 07:00 - 09:00 GMT)