Servers offline during July 4th Holiday?

[diverscott]

With the extended weekend July 4th holiday, in the US market, many of us had planned to do some extra play in game. This would be a great opportunity to introduce new friends to the game and to accomplish some goals that were long put off. I am just curious why the scheduled maintenance could not be performed on July 5th.

From personal experience, the holiday period has been a time when I and many other friends have gathered together to have a good time. Most MMOs take advantage of the holiday to promote the game to new audiences and hold events to build the community. It seems counter-intuitive to close the doors and ask those players to go find another game to enjoy, for the day.

[liliths]

maybe they are assuming a lot off players be offline setting off explosives

[DamianFatale]

maybe they are assuming a lot off players be offline setting off explosives

Not in my state. They are outlawed now. :/

[SenorPatty]

With the extended weekend July 4th holiday, in the US market, many of us had planned to do some extra play in game. This would be a great opportunity to introduce new friends to the game and to accomplish some goals that were long put off. I am just curious why the scheduled maintenance could not be performed on July 5th.

Probably because they considered the reverse: Many US players partaking in social activities that do not include ff14 on their list. You know, like attending bbq cookouts, walks on the beach, camping, etc.

[diverscott]

I think they gave little to no thought to the holiday, as it's in the US market and schedules are schedules.

[Harriks]

The US is not the center of the world. You can't expect a Japanese country to check every country for holidays when planning downtimes

[Myrany]

I think they gave little to no thought to the holiday, as it's in the US market and schedules are schedules.

I find it annoying how many of my fellow Americans think the entire world should rearrange things to accommodate American Holidays. This is an international game and there is no way all holidays worldwide can be worked around. SE settled on Mon into Tues as the standard patch/maintenance time. Sucks to be us sometimes but that is how it is.

[Elric_Draconis]

And this community prides itself on being non-toxic. She asked a simple question, and most of the responses are implications of "go outside loser," "find a hobby," or "not everything revolves around you American." I especially love the people using the latter who go out of their way to mention that they are American, so that they can pat themselves on the back. Pretentious toxicity is still toxicity, and that is most of you. Only technical and informative answers were necessary or appropriate, which some people kindly did provide. Be more like them.

[Myrany]

And this community prides itself on being non-toxic. She asked a simple question, and most of the responses are implications of "go outside loser," "find a hobby," or "not everything revolves around you American." I especially love the people using the latter who go out of their way to mention that they are American, so that they can pat themselves on the back. Pretentious toxicity is still toxicity, and that is most of you. Only technical and informative answers were necessary or appropriate, which some people kindly did provide. Be more like them.

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