Maintenance during prime evening time for NA servers

[skywarnmc27]

I do not understand why they would shut down the servers from 8 PM to 5 AM CST. Very odd time to do work. Unless they do not have NA employees and everything is done in Japan time zone +12/+13 hours.

[Theodric]

It's a Japanese game, so if important maintenance is to be conducted then that time is going to align with Japanese friendly hours...

Why would it need to not inconvenience North American players, specifically? The game also has a sizeable portion of European players...so no matter what time of day or night the maintenance happens to be, a portion of the game's population is going to 'lose out'. Even then, though, they can just do something else for a few hours.

[Deceptus]

It's a Japanese game, so if important maintenance is to be conducted then that time is going to align with Japanese friendly hours...

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

[Wavaryen]

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

It might be global, but we are second string when it comes to feedback and when servers go down. And I am 100 percent ok with that.

[KayRadley]

This is complete B.S.

FFXIV is a global game.

Which means no matter when maintenance takes place, it will be prime time somewhere.

Y'all need more hobbies than just FFXIV. I recommend drawing.

[Holystyle]

It's a Japanese game, so if important maintenance is to be conducted then that time is going to align with Japanese friendly hours...

Why would it need to not inconvenience North American players, specifically? The game also has a sizeable portion of European players...so no matter what time of day or night the maintenance happens to be, a portion of the game's population is going to 'lose out'. Even then, though, they can just do something else for a few hours.

Maintenance during prime evening time for NA servers what and how did you missed this ?


Are you saying they have 0 NA empoyees and all servers are controlled from Japan only ?

North American players, specifically? BECAUSE IT IS NA SERVERS?


Only makes sense when they have literally 0 employees in US and all is controlled only and around Japan working hours quite strange for global company.

[Vahlnir]

They aren't usually that early but sometimes they need to start them earlier. It happens. If they didn't need that amount of time I doubt they would take it.

"In order to implement Patch 5.58 HotFixes and to conduct maintenance on the infrastructure, we will be performing maintenance on all Worlds at the time below, during which FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable."

I'm guessing that the earlier start time is the result of what is bolded/underlined above.

[Kes13a]

I am sure SE has NA employees, but.. so what?

as pointed out, its not a NA company and NA is not the center of the universe. take the time to sleep, go for a walk, catch up with friends or play something else. its good to get away for a bit ^^

[HyperiusUltima]

Stop trying to take stuff out of context and blame it on the game being made in Japan. You forget OP that Yoshida himself put up a letter regarding the issue with servers, namely with the large influx of players(more than likely due to Activision's failings) coming from WoW and other places. They're having to do that infrastructure work so that the game doesn't crash because of so many people coming in at once. Lobby Crashes are more than likely to happen if the infrastructure isn't done before November.

[Iscah]

Stop trying to take stuff out of context and blame it on the game being made in Japan. You forget OP that Yoshida himself put up a letter regarding the issue with servers, namely with the large influx of players(more than likely due to Activision's failings) coming from WoW and other places. They're having to do that infrastructure work so that the game doesn't crash because of so many people coming in at once. Lobby Crashes are more than likely to happen if the infrastructure isn't done before November.

What's "out of context" about it being a Japanese game getting maintenance during Japanese daytime hours?

This complaint pops up every time there's a maintenance session that cuts into American prime time. It's not unique to this infrastructure test.