The only game to patch during prime time

[Shori]

LOL'd so hard

for me its perfect as the game comes back online just after my post-round so about midday for me. poor USA has to find life beyond FFXIV for one night.

The OP is correct. SE said the players ie paying customers in NA are more than double that of Japan. As a business you should accommodate the most customers you can not the opposite.

No, that was the combined NA/EU players. Theres even oceanic and middle eastern on those server who are mostly unaffected.

[Voqar]

Not only does the timing suck but how can they need 10 hours to do "maintenance" in this day and age? WTF are they using for hardware, pentiums?

I find GW2 boring as hell but ANet as a company has its tech shit together. Their game just doesn't have much down time and THAT is how it should be for ALL MMORPGs these days.

[Shannelle]

I find GW2 boring as hell but ANet as a company has its tech shit together. Their game just doesn't have much down time and THAT is how it should be for ALL MMORPGs these days.

Only tried GW1 but I've been a fan of their update mechanism since it was launched so I understand what you're saying when ANet has their tech shit together. But, iirc, that implementation is proprietary (and was highlighted as a game feature).

Btw, you need to take into consideration system design of various MMORPGs. Let us be reminded various game features can also be anchored to incorporated protocols/infrastructure they use for implementation/rollout. What is perfect for one game is not necessarily perfect for another.

Honestly, it sounded like you were saying any mmorpg producers should copy this game and underlying structure (by who has their tech shit together) and just change the look+feel so it becomes a new game package

[Alosmin]

Another one that thinks the United States is the center of the world. Almost pathetic....

[Schdawn]

Convert the time zone to GMT+9
You'll get 9AM to 7PM

It is perfectly natural for a Japanese company to have their employee come to work in the morning (Japan time), work throughout the day, and go back home in the evening.

[Raven19x]

Why is everyone jumping on the OP so bad? There are NA, European, and Japanese servers are there not? I don't see why they can't schedule maintenance better for each region.

[Ares_Skullfury]

Why is everyone jumping on the OP so bad? There are NA, European, and Japanese servers are there not? I don't see why they can't schedule maintenance better for each region.

no matter what mmo it is they do this someone some where well have it during prime time for once it happens to be here. they did it with ffxi. i really don't see an issue with it

[Riv]

Whose prime time? Have some respect and consideration for the rest of the world, you dick.

[Milmoko_Gemoko]

Time Zones:
Japan: 09:00-17:00
UK/GMT: 00:00-10:00
USA: 17:00-03:00

Makes sense since europe is sleeping and japan is working during those times.

[Dawn]

no matter what time zone is the maintenance, there will be complaint in some part of the world
be patient