Thorikos Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Is this really the best time to take down servers? Wouldn't 6 or 7am be a little more off-peak? Are these hours so terrible for US players to accommodate Europeans? Everyone I know is pretty disturbed by these maintenance hours, is this permanent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesperascit Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Wait, if 2am US time is inconvenient for EU players....wouldn't 6 or 7am be even more inconvenient? Wouldn't that put the maintenance starting at around 2-3pm for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawheidbob Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I am not sure is this a complaint about servers being down at 2am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treebrain Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 2am CST isn't peak time for anyone in the US. I think it's kind of annoying for Europeans, it ends up being like 10am to 6pm, something weird like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesperascit Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 2am CST isn't peak time for anyone in the US. I think it's kind of annoying for Europeans, it ends up being like 10am to 6pm, something weird like that. Right, but then he said that 6-7am would be a little more off-peak, which that does still fall into the non-peak hours for the US but then it pushes it further into the Peak hours for EU. I assume this post is a troll post now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakerepublican Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I work swing shift, so maintenance at 2am = I can't play when I get home. Now, I realize I'm in a minority, so I'll deal. Of course, this past week was terrible, servers were down half the week for my play time. Yes, I imagine you could do 6 or 7am and still be off peak for US players (I've got no ideas on the euros). Of course, if maintenance runs over it's scheduled time, they give themselves a bit more time to get servers backup before peak by bringing them down earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerda Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 NA region - first class customersEU region - second class customersComing soon Oceanic region - third class customers (unless they actually start looking at doing maintenance at better times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexx_T Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) I work swing shift, so maintenance at 2am = I can't play when I get home. Now, I realize I'm in a minority, so I'll deal. Of course, this past week was terrible, servers were down half the week for my play time. Yes, I imagine you could do 6 or 7am and still be off peak for US players (I've got no ideas on the euros). Of course, if maintenance runs over it's scheduled time, they give themselves a bit more time to get servers backup before peak by bringing them down earlier. Yeah, yeah, whatever. See threads about EU maintenance - pretty much same arguments + many ignorant "get a job" americans. Don't get me wrong: I really feel for you. BW is unable to provide adequate service. Maintenance should start at 4:00AM or 5:00AM CST for US servers and CET for EU servers (separate time frame). There should not be any GLOBAL maintenance. That is something BW can't comprehend. Edited January 8, 2012 by Alexx_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Right, but then he said that 6-7am would be a little more off-peak, which that does still fall into the non-peak hours for the US but then it pushes it further into the Peak hours for EU. I assume this post is a troll post now. This is not a troll post, 2am server down central time is too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Yeah, yeah, whatever. See threads about EU maintenance - pretty much same arguments + many ignorant "get a job" americans. Don't get me wrong: I really feel for you. BW is unable to provide adequate service. Maintenance should start at 4:00AM or 5:00AM CST for US servers and CET for EU servers (separate time frame). There should not be any GLOBAL maintenance. That is something BW can't comprehend. That would be more acceptable, but I still feel 6-7am would be perfect. And yes, this global server down is a terrible idea. This game is amazing, I am addicted. But the 2am server down might end up ruining it for me (right in the middle of my playtime, yes I know I'm not the majority, but 2am is still TOO early for server down.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimskringla Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Well, I have to be at the hospital at 6:30AM. I need 30 minutes to commute there. So this means at least one day a week I will have had a few hours of sleep before I'm shoving a Miller #4 and an ET tube down someone's throat. I don't see a problem with this. Edited January 8, 2012 by Heimskringla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Has anyone heard any announcements on this? Or am I alone in thinking this downtime is too early? Basically any announcements on separating Euro and US maintenance times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkol Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 2am downtime for Americans means 8am for us Uk'ers. So no I don't think its too early. If it were any later for you then it means servers are down all day for us. Its already bad enough that on maintenance our servers are down from 8am until (potentially, depending on the work being done) 4pm. I actually think us Europeans have more to complain about. Don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Yep, 2am is a terrible time to take servers down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexsir Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) I cant fathom why a 2 AM CST maintenance could possibly be a problem, unless you're in PST which would put it at midnight....even then not that big of a deal Edited January 12, 2012 by Alexsir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 I've played a lot of mmo's. Never once has a server gone down at 2am. 5-7am central is good. I'm a night shifter. I game with several people that aren't night shifters and they still play til after 2am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 2am still? Any update on if this is permanent or if in the future we will have separate downtimes for different areas of the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeleena Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah, yeah, whatever. See threads about EU maintenance - pretty much same arguments + many ignorant "get a job" americans. Don't get me wrong: I really feel for you. BW is unable to provide adequate service. Maintenance should start at 4:00AM or 5:00AM CST for US servers and CET for EU servers (separate time frame). There should not be any GLOBAL maintenance. That is something BW can't comprehend. You do realize how much you fail here right? If they did this, then the EU servers would be overloaded with Americans rolling on them while their servers were down, and vice versa when the EU servers are down. This is a horrible idea, plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) You do realize how much you fail here right? If they did this, then the EU servers would be overloaded with Americans rolling on them while their servers were down, and vice versa when the EU servers are down. This is a horrible idea, plain and simple. Um, like every other mmo ever made? Give people something to do while their servers are under maintenance. Most people wouldn't screw with rolling different toons they would just log out. Not to mention the downtime would be 5am central or whatever, so not many would be playing to roll to make a difference. Your post was pointless and incorrect. Edited January 23, 2012 by Thorikos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeleena Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Um, like every other mmo ever made? Give people something to do while their servers are under maintenance. Most people wouldn't screw with rolling different toons they would just log out. Not to mention the downtime would be 5am central or whatever, so not many would be playing to roll to make a difference. Your post was pointless and incorrect. You haven't played MMO's often enough then, because if you did, you would know that people would flock to the open servers while theirs are down. They don't care about the re-rolling part. They just care that they have somewhere to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 You haven't played MMO's often enough then, because if you did, you would know that people would flock to the open servers while theirs are down. They don't care about the re-rolling part. They just care that they have somewhere to play. Yes some of them do, what is the problem? Not nearly enough people on during their peak slow times to affect the other servers. What is your complaint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triendess Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I want to say something a lot of americans said to us europeans: Get a Job, Get a Life:p. If you work 9am-5pm, at 2am you should be in bed. Happy now? Why would I go get a job? I'm actually rich enough not to be bothered with working. Edited January 23, 2012 by Triendess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorikos Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Why would I go get a job? I'm actually rich enough not to be bothered with working. I work until 3am sat/sun/mon. A lot of 24/7 operations / distribution centers work those hours in the US. Tons of people in the US are affected negatively by this downtime choice. Hell even bartenders and waiters are affected. 2am is a ridiculous time to take down servers. I feel sorry for California =/ Edited January 23, 2012 by Thorikos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensh Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Why not just do maintenance on NA and EU servers separately so that they take place at the same time in their respective locales? For me personally, 2AM CST is a bit annoying , 6AM would be better but I realize I might be in the minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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