Why is Maintenance so long?

[Alex_Lenderson]

Am I reading this correctly?

[Taur]

It's a major patch, it's not just bug fixes etc. it's only 24 hours, you'll be fine.

[LionFranco]

Yup, if you have been playing since any patch after ARR released then you should know that this happens with every major patch.

[Fevelle]

We'll probably see a "Early completion time" post too, so don't lose hope.

[raymon]

We'll probably see a "Early completion time" post too, so don't lose hope.

yeah that happens a lot. the 24 hour thing is just in case of unforeseen difficulties.

[Ehr]

We'll probably see a "Early completion time" post too, so don't lose hope.

I wouldn't count on it. They don't end maintenance's before the weekly reset anymore due to people logging on and rushing the content to get it in before the reset. It could end like 30 minutes early but I wouldn't expect more than an hour since weekly reset is an hour before maintenance ends.

[Nekodar]

We'll probably see a "Early completion time" post too, so don't lose hope.

Don't get your hopes up for that... If I don't mis-remember, the scheduled end time for the maintenance corresponds to the weekly reset time.
It's not likely that they're bringing the servers online before the weekly reset.

[NolLacnala]

We'll probably see a "Early completion time" post too, so don't lose hope.

Probably not, since they're aiming to push it over weekly reset

[Naliee]

If you look at the notes there are ALOT of stuff being added.

And if you have trouble thinking what to do while maint, I suggest you go outside.

[LionFranco]

If you look at the notes there are ALOT of stuff being added.

And if you have trouble thinking what to do while maint, I suggest you go outside.

But...the light burns. =P