More than one regualar downtime a week is a SERIOUS problem...

Not for these kinds of issues, sorry.

AIDS, CANCER and REALITY TV are serious problems. This is kinda "meh" on my serious meter.

Couldn't you just change your schedule a little? You could go to sleep super early, then wake up early and play swtor.

True, not funny anymore.

I just wonder...

...how come there are companies out there, let's call them Trion, who are way smaller than let's say, a behemoth like Bioware, wo can put out an MMO that does not introduce constant "gamebreaking" bugs that require constant downtimes?

...how come small companies like trion can mnage their servers in such a way, that the weekly downtime takes a fraction of the time the behemoths Bioware and EA take?

...how come that there are many small companies out there who can shedule downtime differently in europe and the US, so that it's not hitting some players during daytime, every time?

It's not funny anymore, I'll grant you that. What has to happen?

Bioware should start testing patches before rolling them out. Currently it seems that "gamebreaking" bugs are fixed and the fix is rolled out in a hurry, untested, because the issue is so urgent. Judging by the number of such patches released, I'd say the subsequent lack of testing leads to more "gamebreaking" bugs being introduced than being fixed.

Bioware should accept the fact that they caoont offer US-servers only worldwide. What you say? They have european servers? No they don't or they'd patch them at night in europe. They have US-servers physically located in the US and they have US-servers physically located in europe.

But it's such a great game!

No, it isn't. I don't PvP, but from what I hear, PvP is vastly inferior even to other PvE-centered MMOs out there. Daily quests are a chore, they always are, but they're just horrible in SWTOR. And to make matters worse, depending on your group, you need the equipment from daylies for hardmodes, so you can't avoid them. Equipment dropped in FPs isn't all that great. Frankly, the endgame is what pushed me to leveling my alt. How many times will I enjoy playing through the questlines that are not class specific?

So, if the game itself has weak spots, service and operations should not annoy us or we'll stop overlooking those weak spots. Currently, servive and operations frustrate us, making us remember all that we don't like about SWTOR at least once a week.

That's not a good thing to do. Still, I think I'll enjoy levelling alts for a while.

Ok so by your view we cannot fix or discuss any issues unless the largest issues are fixed first?

That is the whole "stop complaining because some people have it worse than you" argument, which is the last refuge of those who can't formulate any meaningful response.

"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger."
―Palpatine

I miss about half my play time a week. But I work until midnight on the West Coast, so yeah, not normal hours, still, far from ideal. It seems to happen a lot now days, which I guess is the nature of the beast. Still someone has to address it or they will lose customers, which means all the people saying "tough it out" will lose new content and regular updates because of a smaller customer base. So, to ignore it is hubris and folly no matter which side of the issue you stand on. I would hope the average gamer could grasp that and even failing to grasp that would realize people who want to play, who pay to play and who enjoy the same game you do are upset they can't.

This is not normal what mmo shutdowns at midnight on the west coast. Check the west coast server population at midnight most of them are standard. Midnight is not down time its standard playing time.

and thats why most of them failed
its 2012 and MMO players expect a high level of play time
Supply it & BW will rule
Do it half hardheartedly it & fail

lol every other MMO did NOT take it down once a week, you are wrong.
I dont really see tor as a MMO anyway but I dont care how often they take servers down. Hell EVE Online comes down every single night for 15 mins without fail. an its 8 years old.

If your life is so narrowly focused that you get mad at not playing a game for a few hours, you need to look at your issues to be frank.