Just a lil heads up no they don't have to do it global plenty of other online games have learned this simple lesson, have server sign in upfront prior to load and patches can be delivered per region per server it really is a bit of egg on the face that Bioware is such a big company and can't make this happen it just boggles the mind tbh

First off let me start by saying I'm on the East Coast US where they actually have their downtimes correct! Why is it that it takes 8 hrs to install an update or 2 hrs for a server side patch pray tell? I'll tell you why because they are implementing on all the servers at the same time. Why is that not a good idea? I'll tell you why because 1 - not all servers have their highest pop's at the same time and 2 - because when you take that many servers offline at the same time it takes much longer to implement the patch on that many servers = long down time! Obvious and easy fix is their 1? Of course have server selection prior to patch and logon allowing the game to patch according to the server you are logging into and patch the server's according to highest pop for that server and it's region it is done with many game's and reduces the complaining and allows for smaller down time for the individual servers! This is Server and MMO 101 people for cripe sakes! P.S. For those supposed Masses save your "it doesn't affect me so they don't need to do anything" for someone who doesn't see you as who you are, most of you are just posting because you are afraid they may change something and then it may actually negatively affect YOU! YES YOU ARE THAT TRANSPARENT!