Is it really a good idea to release housing in the middle of day?

[Derio]

How would this even work?

There are players on the same server where the time gap can be 3+ or more hours. So releasing it in the morning could be too early and releasing it in the evening could be too late depending on the timezone.

Best thing would be to just state when they are releasing the housing and then people can adjust.

[Maero]

It's different for everybody (depending what timezone you have).

There are a lot of people that never will work playing this game 24/7 + it's a very popular thing in low quantity.

When Shirogane housing became available last year I took the day off and when the servers went live I rushed to the plot I wanted to buy and was able to buy it. 5 minutes later everything was gone.

For us working people we need to take the day off or it will be impossible.

Exactly this ^ I did the same but was in a queue of over 1400 so still no house for me

[Niraye]

you kinda cannot make them come out different times because EU players, SEA players and some JP players play on NA servers and vice versa, they'd all be expecting patch to go at there times for whats "good for them" which will cause havoc and drama. besides all patches start at a good time for them in JP anyway so its not like its going to change for us timewise

[Nerfworthy]

There's no way to make everyone happy. I work full time but housing is exceedingly important to me, so I took the day off for both the Shirogane 4.1 release as well as the additional housing ward additions in 4.2. If you want something, you need to be dedicated.

[Stevev363]

If you want something, you need to be dedicated.

Being dedicated doesn't apply to housing, housing is a crapshoot which only a tiny percentage gets a win. I've been in as soon as the servers go up since the start of Stormblood housing and still haven't been able to get a plot in Shirogane. I got a medium plot in mist last week, all the medium and large plots in the new wards were sold in under 15 minutes and all of the smalls are still unoccupied, Shirogane was completely sold in under 10 minutes. If it wasn't for the upgrade only on the first week I wouldn't have had a shot at a larger house.
The only way to solve this is on my server is to make wards with only large and medium houses, otherwise we are full of small plots that sit empty for weeks at this point.

[Maero]

@ Nerfworthy Has nothing to do with it really. I also had taken holiday time for housing in Shirogane, logged in on time and ended up in a queue of over 1400 like i stated above and here i be how many years later since housing was introduced and still no house..

[Kazrah]

So to put things in perspective, say for example that SE decides to open up the servers around the same time they did today....

In Japan, servers come back up around the time people are coming home from work or school. If you ever wondered why daily reset time seemed somewhat random, it's because it's set to midnight in Japan (making it an actual daily thing).

In North America, reset time is anywhere from dead AM to really early morning, meaning that most NA players either pull an all-nighter or find some way of getting an early nap in just to log on when the servers come back up. Players in places like Brazil or places in Eastern Canada sitting on GMT-4 probably have it a bit nicer since they'd probably wake up around the same time the servers would.

European players I know have it the worst here since servers would come back up in the middle of the workday, meaning they'd have no choice but to take a day off to be there when the servers come back up. On the other hand, since I'm an American who plays on an EU server, cases like this can work to my advantage.

No matter how you change it up, someone's going to have a good time of it while most others are going to get shafted.

[Hikki_]

The argument "there is always somebody who is not going to have time": Ofc, there will be. But I guess most of the people playing have jobs or go to school. So instead of somebody not having time, it's almost everybody (My timezone is CET). And argument "if you want it, you will take a free day"... it's just not worth it to take free time to HAVE A CHANCE of obtaining a house

[Settiesama]

What you are essentially asking is for Maints to be done at separate times for different data centres, which requires far more work for them and sets some centres ahead of the others. You really think that's a good thing? Also what about the EU players on NA centres and vice versa? What about all the different time zones in the EU countries also? This just would not work at all, and would be stupid of them to try.

If housing isn't worth a tiny bit of time off even for a shot at them, then you should just let the people willing to fight for them continue to do so and stay out of it.

[ElHeggunte]

The argument "there is always somebody who is not going to have time": Ofc, there will be. But I guess most of the people playing have jobs or go to school. So instead of somebody not having time, it's almost everybody (My timezone is CET). And argument "if you want it, you will take a free day"... it's just not worth it to take free time to HAVE A CHANCE of obtaining a house

So then what do you want? You're still only going to have a chance at getting a plot even if they adjusted release times. In fact, I would think depending on your timezone it would lessen your chances. Now instead of competing against only the people who work at odd hours or took the day off (or is something like an NA player on an EU server), you're pretty much competing against he bulk of your server for a plot. Sounds like you're shooting yourself in the foot with this request.