I was using peak hours as a singular. Since "peak hours" refers to the time frame of a single event (the time period when most players are on). Thus, "peak hours doesn't" was correct.
though I admit I should have noted that by saying "Peak hours" doesn't start for another 3-4 hours
Your metric for MMO failure is a little awkward, at best. What about Tera, AoC, Dark and Light, Hellgate: London, Tabula Rasa, Vanguard, CoH, DC Universe, Aion, DDO, LotRO, Lineage.....
padlock is still there. To send multiple companions on a mission discovery, learn a mission, then send a companion. Then learn the second one, and send a companion. Then learn a third one, and send a companion... You'll often end up with 2 or 3 companions on the same "mission" but different instances of that mission
Full time school.
Full time work.
Homework
Family responsibilities
Magic Tournaments
Warhammer 40k
Warmachine
I still managed to get a lvl 50, 2 lvl 40's, 2 lvl 35s, and a slew of level 15-25. And I paid attention to 90% of the cutscenes, and know all the story behind my characters
so what was your excuse again?
This patch is nothing compared to half the WoW major content updates. If you think this is bad, you apparently haven't been playing MMO's very long.
Or you have the memory span of a goldfish...