Patch Times

[TaleraRistain]

The patch times are getting earlier and earlier. Tomorrow is 6pm PST and lasts until 10pm PST. This encompasses the entirety of PST prime time, and cuts into the prime time in every other North American time zone.

This game has players across the world. Why isn't there some variety worked into the patch times so there's a rotation of who will be affected?

[Krojack]

I'm starting to come to the conclusion they just don't care much anymore. Look at the lack of care they put into the companion app and lack of features put into Pagos. My faith in the game and the company is starting to fall.

[Rita1989]

The patch times are getting earlier and earlier. Tomorrow is 6pm PST and lasts until 10pm PST. This encompasses the entirety of PST prime time, and cuts into the prime time in every other North American time zone.

This game has players across the world. Why isn't there some variety worked into the patch times so there's a rotation of who will be affected?

Patch times almost always start around 1-2am EST its very weird for it to different.

They probably are doing it earlier this week to not have it at the same time to inconvenience the same people as the last couple of weeks.

[pacifist0rz]

No matter when they time the patches, someone is going to be troubled by it. For me personally, I game from game 10pm pst - 1am pst. I love the new patch time because for the first time in several weeks, I don't lose an entire day of playing on patch day.

[Claviusnex]

It lets SE handle the patch during their normal working hours in Japan.

[Dualgunner]

I'm losing an entire day of progging Ultima, it hurts my soul ;;

But ftmp I'm really just curious about the change. If the usual was a rotating timeslot it'd be one thing, working to accommodate people each time. But they sort of rooted in 1a-4a in almost every other maint. So somethings got them doing it earlier this time and it's got my imagination abuzz.

[GunksFoy]

I'm losing an entire day of progging Ultima, it hurts my soul ;;

But ftmp I'm really just curious about the change. If the usual was a rotating timeslot it'd be one thing, working to accommodate people each time. But they sort of rooted in 1a-4a in almost every other maint. So somethings got them doing it earlier this time and it's got my imagination abuzz.

My thoughts exactly. It's annoying that my static is losing an entire night of raiding, but I'm mostly just curious why they did it.

[TaleraRistain]

It lets SE handle the patch during their normal working hours in Japan.

That's a weak argument. I'm a software engineer. We monitor usage on our system and will adjust our maintenance periods to affect the least number of users possible. If we need to have people available in off-hours, well, that's the job.

That's not as easy on an international game with users across the world, but they don't even try to modify their schedules to rotate the effect. This may be slightly earlier, but the pattern is kept in mostly the same place. Why don't these ever happen during the day in North American time, for instance? Yes, that will hit prime time someplace else, but this system is affecting the same segment of users every time.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That's a weak argument. I'm a software engineer. We monitor usage on our system and will adjust our maintenance periods to affect the least number of users possible. If we need to have people available in off-hours, well, that's the job.

That's not as easy on an international game with users across the world, but they don't even try to modify their schedules to rotate the effect. This may be slightly earlier, but the pattern is kept in mostly the same place. Why don't these ever happen during the day in North American time, for instance? Yes, that will hit prime time someplace else, but this system is affecting the same segment of users every time.

Because middle of the NA day is EU primetime. Current maint times effect the least amount of people.

And i say this as someone who is being heavily effected by tomorrows maintenance time.

[Rymm]

Eh, I would rather have a static time every week, even if it is an inconvenient time, than try to keep track of and work around a rotating time. Makes it easier to plan things around the downtime. Not sure why this week is different but I highly doubt they are doing so arbitrarily, even if they don't deign to explain why.