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

[Hikki_]

I know this will be just another housing rage thread but this concerns me for some time. All the patches are usually released around 12 AM/1 PM GMT which is mostly fine because if things like world firsts matters for you then you can take a free day. The problem is for housing. Housing ime is a concern of casual players as well and taking a Tuesday of just for a try to buy a house becomes often a problem. Wouldnt it makes sense to release it in every datacentre in different times so people can have a chance to get back from work/school and actually have a chance?

[Krotoan]

... how do you follow? For me patch time ends at around midnight. It's different for everyone.

[Hikki_]

Yeah it's different for everyone. That's why it would make sense to release it in different time on every data centre. For people that lives in Europe it's usually unlocked around noon

[KaivaC]

I'm curious about the timing of this post. I think there's at least one housing thread on the page when you posted this. Is there something happening that I missed while looking through the 4.21 patch notes?

[Hikki_]

No no, housing is still not unlocked. So that why I except it to be released in next gew weeks after some patch

[Fhaerron]

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.

[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

[Ryaz]

Pretty much. I work overnights and the server comes back up at around 5 am my time, when I'm still 3-4 hours away from getting out. If I don't know a couple weeks ahead of time to request the day off, I'm screwed.

[Krotoan]

It's always going to be a bad time for someone, however since it's a scheduled time, every time, you can plan for it. There's really no way to make everyone happy. If you make it move people will complain , if you have all different times people will complain.

[Rinuko]

I know this will be just another housing rage thread but this concerns me for some time. All the patches are usually released around 12 AM/1 PM GMT which is mostly fine because if things like world firsts matters for you then you can take a free day. The problem is for housing. Housing ime is a concern of casual players as well and taking a Tuesday of just for a try to buy a house becomes often a problem. Wouldnt it makes sense to release it in every datacentre in different times so people can have a chance to get back from work/school and actually have a chance?

I havn't seen a single patch (to my memory) that been available after 10AM GMT. But it also is different depends where you live.

Can't please everyone you know.
I'm live in EU, I work 9-5 so i always miss out on patch opens.

Housing has always been something that's important to me so i've always took the day off on the patch days we know housing opens (SE never released housing without a pre announcement, usually week/s before patch).

If housing is important to you, regardless of you being a casual or someone who play this every day - you pretty much have to make real life preparations if you gonna have a shot at that plot you saved your hard earned gil for. Period.