The only game to patch during prime time

[Xaphire]

I live east coast Canada and work nights, this maintenance time is the best thing ever. It starts before I wake up to go to work, and finishes shortly before I get home from work.

[Mordavius]

I really don't care that downtime is prime time. I get it, Japanese Company. What I care about, is that the game and the servers are getting worked on. And oh... btw.... I'm American. It's everyone's game.

[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

[Winzhi]

Hope they ban your ass instead because of crying.

Typical american sterotype: "Me, me, me me."

[Sove92]

Happens 3am-1pm here, so I wouldn't be on anyway. Considering how much time I put on this game, it's almost a shame it's not on my prime time, could do something else for once. >.> Think of the good news, more upgrades to the servers, definitely worth waiting for.

There is no regional scheduling because you can play on any datacenter.

[hua]

Go play some Dota 2.

[fireball_748]

There is a reason that every MMO in history patches in the early AM hours. This is sheer laziness. Regardless of timezone you are patching from 5pm-3am or 8pm - 6am. This window covers the prime playing time for the vast majority of subscribers.

Well that's morning time maintenance for me here in japan. :P mwahahaha. Also, the maintenance will be over with, by the time I get off work.

[Nero92]

This may be crazy to the mostly basement dwelling, adult crowd in this chat, but has it occurred to anyone that the OP is just an annoyed child? Way to jump down someone's throat for having a narrow view. You're all extremely mature. *claps*

[Jackl3]

If you find yourself raging out because you are "inconvenienced" by an online-games downtime then you need to assess your priorities in life. Missing that one night does not cause you any harm.

Your sir, need to find something else to do with your time. You knew it was coming around, so you should of planned to get some other activities in your life done whilst it is down.

The interruption to your "game-time" is for your benefit! This should never be an issue to you.

[NZ_Player]

because america is the center of the universe, right?