July 4th 24 hr Maintenance

[dspguy]

How many patches, in the history of the game, have been on holidays for other countries? And how many of those people have actually complained about it?

A day away from the game wont kill you.

For the past two years, my area (and I mean my town, neighborhood, community) does most of our Independence Day celebrations NOT on the day proper. In 2021, July 4th was a Sunday. Some people have work on Monday. Parties, fireworks, etc were all done on Saturday. This year, people go to work tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday were better days. No need to stay up late and wake up early the next day if we celebrate on the 2nd or 3rd.

The town did their celebration on Sunday night. Neighborhood did their block parties and all that on Saturday night. If it is anything like last year, some people will light off fireworks from their backyard at dusk (and probably throughout the night). But, the big things are already done here. Today is essentially "my day off." I'll just go do something else. I've already "peopled" and I'm "peopled out." I wouldn't have minded spending some of my day off in-game. I've already "peopled" and I'm "peopled out."

[Nizzi]

Square Enix is granting you freedom from XIV just like George Washington granted you freedom from the British. Rejoice!

[SaberMaxwell]

Square Enix is granting you freedom from XIV just like George Washington granted you freedom from the British. Rejoice!

I love the image of Washington taking Great Britain down for server maintenance.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I love the image of Washington taking Great Britain down for server maintenance.

They Can Take our Wallets, but they will never take OUR FREEDOM...To keep Playing
(I know, wrong Cartoon)

[Ransu]

Its a Japanese game. Why would they work their patch schedule around an American holiday?

[Katalyn]

Its a Japanese game. Why would they work their patch schedule around an American holiday?

Japanese developer, but international game. If it was just a Japanese game we wouldn't have European, Oceanic, and North American data centers along with the various localizations.

[Kolsykol]

Japanese developer, but international game. If it was just a Japanese game we wouldn't have European, Oceanic, and North American data centers along with the various localizations.

Okay so then when will American studios start catering to random European and Japanese holidays?
Most of them don't even bother including the EU in give-aways and competitions.

[Katalyn]

Okay so then when will American studios start catering to random European and Japanese holidays?
Most of them don't even bother including the EU in give-aways and competitions.

I'm sure there are others, but the only American studio game I can think of that can compare to my point would be Blizzard/WOW. And yes, I would advocate it would be better customer service if they didn't do a 24 hour maintenance on a day corresponding to a major holiday in the regions they provide service. To be clear, I'm not saying every holiday, but the big ones, if you are providing a service in a region, would be best to avoid.

[DPZ2]

I'm sure there are others, but the only American studio game I can think of that can compare to my point would be Blizzard/WOW. And yes, I would advocate it would be better customer service if they didn't do a 24 hour maintenance on a day corresponding to a major holiday in the regions they provide service. To be clear, I'm not saying every holiday, but the big ones, if you are providing a service in a region, would be best to avoid.

You know, I believe we can petition Square Enix about this. How about this for everyone to sign?

"We, the undersigned, demand that any maintenance to the North American servers be delayed if they are scheduled to occur on a Major US Holiday. We are more than willing to allow the Rest of the World to have a new patch a week before we do in order to accommodate the small number of players in North America who are upset about holiday patch cycles."

[Ransu]

Japanese developer, but international game. If it was just a Japanese game we wouldn't have European, Oceanic, and North American data centers along with the various localizations.

You can't cater to every single holiday. Work would never get done if they did that.