Server maintanence should probably not be done at primetime in NA.

[OleGuy]

Why are you dying? Is it on account of your being as smart as a rock? Let me break it down for you:

1) Japanese players have their own servers to play on.
2) When considering maintenance windows on NA servers, the best time for Japanese players should not be considered - this is because of #1.



Are you dense? It matters because you shouldn't do maintenance when your servers are normally used most. Sheesh, are the people on this forum 12 years old? Have you graduated highschool yet? Do you have an ounce of common sense?

You must not realize that the server groups are purely a geographical location. At no point is someone required to use a certain group. Moreover, there are plenty of non-Japanese people on the JP servers, to the point that during "prime time" in the US, they are just as full as the NA/EU servers. So, perhaps you should consider the concept of a globe, timezones, and the free-movement of folks between the servers before you weigh in on the topic. Not to mention the problem with taking down the various worlds in a piecemeal fashion. The strain on the remaining servers, given the complete lack of geographical boundaries, would be absurd.

[Malekith]

You must not realize that the server groups are purely a geographical location. At no point is someone required to use a certain group. Moreover, there are plenty of non-Japanese people on the JP servers, to the point that during "prime time" in the US, they are just as full as the NA/EU servers. So, perhaps you should consider the concept of a globe, timezones, and the free-movement of folks between the servers before you weigh in on the topic. Not to mention the problem with taking down the various worlds in a piecemeal fashion. The strain on the remaining servers, given the complete lack of geographical boundaries, would be absurd.

QFT
I tried the Jap 'servers' and I had the same ping/connection as the NA/EU. It's likely that they are in the same DC (someone said Canada)
The reason for the time is, like someone already pointed out, that the devs and part of the tech people are in Japan, so they work during their work hours