10pm downtime? Really?

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DarthOvertone

04.10.2012 , 06:06 PM \| #181
Quote: Originally Posted by Farcough I could ***** and say that as I work nights any day time patching eats into my gaming time in a massive way but I wouldn't want to feel more put out than you now would I? Rotating the maintenance schedule would be welcome. Every week West Coast/Oceanic gets hit...not every now and then, but every week. Your post is lobbied just like someone that hasn't had to deal with any Weekly maintenance whatsoever. lawl@mid-afternoon-gameplay
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GnatB

04.10.2012 , 06:06 PM \| #182
Quote: Originally Posted by Farcough Not only do we have downtime until mid afternoon most weeks Then it shouldn't be much of a problem, shouldn't you still be at work?

Farcough

04.10.2012 , 06:10 PM \| #183
Quote: Originally Posted by Farcough .....as I work nights any day time patching eats into my gaming time in a massive way..... Hence why I wrote this part
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lowflyingmeat

04.10.2012 , 06:15 PM \| #184
Quote: Originally Posted by Vegabond Sigh, you wanted the release date now you have it now you QQ about downtime when does it stop Because some consumers have complaints and do not wish to take a complacent back seat role in this Customer-Bioware relationship. It's pretty simple.

Captain_Zone

04.10.2012 , 06:18 PM \| #185
Quote: Originally Posted by Bloodstealer HMMMM wonder if OP is married or planning to be... just hope the **lucky bride isn't fashionably late for the big day... can just hear the argument now... This is not the what was contractually agreed...luv You said Saturday at 11am... It's now 11:10am... you lied!!! But, but.... its ... NO buts... you realise that by being 10minutes late I dont get to MY reception on time, I probably wont get to log into SWTOR until 12:10am now.... that means primetime for me is 10mins less ... You just dont realise the effect this will have on my relationship with you, my Guild, the Forums... But, but..... NO! You just never considered my feelings did you... ITS OVER!! But, But.... Oh thank my lucky stars... you sad excuse for a West Coaster And btw... I've been having an affair with ya best man, and guild officer .. deal with it!! I lol'd.
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veevito

04.10.2012 , 06:19 PM \| #186
Quote: Originally Posted by Staavis_SC Why the sudden change to 10pm as a downtime? You've already alienated the West Coast, New Zealand and Australia in the past, by shutting down at Midnight, now, you gotta screw over the West even more, and go at 10pm? The downtime is 8 hours, same as every other downtime. Why the early shutdown? Why move it more into primetime? Oh, and @StephenReid....3 days notice? Looks like about a 1 day notice to me, but then again, they didn't teach them new fangled math-e-ma-matics at my grade school, high school or college. Is there some kind of automated response system to beeyatch about unexpected downtime to deploy major patches? There seems to be. Or is it genuine and some just can't fathom what their lives would be like without one of the games they play being available 3 times a year at an unusual time?
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Muanthuun

04.10.2012 , 06:22 PM \| #187
Quote: Originally Posted by Staavis_SC How about Bioware keep their word for once and live up to their promise of "keeping downtime consistent"? The last time this issue came up, that's what we were told. Looks like they lied. Please point me to the thread you created complaining about no down time last week? Since you are all about consistency.

amnie

04.10.2012 , 06:27 PM \| #188
so, 1.1 came on a thursday aswell and the patch to fix it came on saturday. for 8 hours. from 10-18 in europe (10 am to 6 pm) ... yeah... let's see if that happens again. to people whining about the maintenance starting at 10 pm for them... geez. how many people seriously start playing that late? that is no longer prime-time no matter how much you want to cater to the sterotype of the gamer who doesn't sleep but plays all night long...

Jebei

04.10.2012 , 06:30 PM \| #189
I like their method of downtime. WoW always annoyed me during major patches as they always target 2pm EST then miss their deadline and finish about 5pm instead. The servers then get crushed with everyone trying to log in all at once which slows everything down. A few hours later there's usually a small patch to fix issues which causes a reboot of the servers meaning east coast US players usually don't get to play until after 8pm. European players might as well not even sign in on patch day. Bioware has done a lot of things wrong but they've been pretty good on patches. They are usually implemented quicker than their estimate and they work all day to make sure the game is playable when everyone gets home that night (including Europe). It's a much better system and one thing that they've done better than Blizzard.

Bocek

04.10.2012 , 06:39 PM \| #190
A a player who plays once a week on Thursdays this downtime does bug me a little. I just wish they would keep maintenance on a fixed night instead of chopping and changing (this not first time it has been switched to a Thursday). I know it is an important patch, but seeing missed this Tuesday and we have waited this long for it, we could wait just a little longer until next Tuesday. Bioware, not really fussed about your maintenance times, but please can you keep expected maintenance on a fixed night. It is not all that much to ask for.

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