Guldendraak Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You know - there is an easy solution here - BW instead of taking down the servers during prime EU playing time, take them down during prime US playing time.. I mean, we see plenty of US players online telling people who are inconvenienced by server down time during their play time to go outside, read a book, play something else - it's no big issue.. So if they feel it's not such a big issue yet EU players do, just swap the down times around.. I'm sure the server admins wouldn't mind doing the maintenance during daylight hours rather than early morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenixo Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 No one would have a cry if they did it like Blizzard does it with WoW. Why can't you people get that? WHY? People will always cry.... do you actually read these forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesizs Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Let me fix this for you: "Awesome. I know it's a little irritating to have to back off the game for 4 hours in the morning on a Saturday, but this really shows that Bioware is taking complaints and criticisms seriously no that dont justify that add all .. all it shows is that they dont care about europian times , as they could have as well easely make patch times for europian servers too europian times .. as other games do aswell ... alll it shows is incompetentness to the EU player base but whatever Edited January 28, 2012 by Genesizs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 People will always cry.... do you actually read these forums? People would cry considerably less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 And the 4 hours is the maximum that it will take. So far, most down times have been done at least an hour before the scheduled time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulukord Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Oh noes they're fixing bugs, everyone rage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halinalle Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You know - there is an easy solution here - BW instead of taking down the servers during prime EU playing time, take them down during prime US playing time.. If we asked BW to do that it would only be the way to see if USers really are as calm as they claim. Better way would be different downtimes for different regions. We aren't talking about server cluster here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malefactor Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 No one would have a cry if they did it like Blizzard does it with WoW. Why can't you people get that? WHY? Blatantly untrue. I played WoW for almost 7 years, and there was mass crying every single Tuesday about the downtime, which more often than not was extended for hours. Patch days were much, much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agobi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I just can't get around WHY swtor.com has to go down whenever there is maintenance.. Lol, this is 2012 - are they unable to use multiple servers?? Simple really...they shut down the forums to avoid the hassle of the many many many complain posts. Cowardly way to do it,but there you have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugKing Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I think the X-Ray Specs had a great ole punk song that captures the mood.. just replace the words "bondage" with "Bioware" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsotericWhim Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Australian players want a word with the OP. I can't believe you guys are complaining about patch times. Most of the time the client goes down for us during peak time, and do you hear us complaining? Some people are just so entitled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrmrstacrdwower Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Fixing the broken buggy poorly designed systems of a game that is SWTOR > Then prime time play time availability. Really you poor special snowflakes can't log on because the game is being fixed. Boo freaking hooo. Maybe you would all be better off if they simple left the game in a poor and buggy state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTC Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Australian players want a word with the OP. I can't believe you guys are complaining about patch times. Most of the time the client goes down for us during peak time, and do you hear us complaining? Some people are just so entitled. unfair comparison. australians genetically do not get worked up about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agobi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) It amazes me how unimportant an issue is when it doesnt affect me at all. I really,really wish BW would try just one maintanance on US primetime,just to see the reaction on the forums ...it would be an epic cryfest never before seen anywhere hmm,I wonder how many americans would go "read a book" then.. Edited January 28, 2012 by Agobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavenAE Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 People need to suck it up and understand that these patches and lengthy maintenance won't always be like this. There is no time that is convenient for everyone. Bioware and EA are North American based, so it only stands to reason that they will schedule downtime at times that are conventient to them. It's only because the game is new and has a lot of kinks to work out that there so much downtime and patching. Don't worry young bucks eventually you'll get to play to your little hearts content with maybe 2 hours DT weekly. Until then, have patience. Or perhaps you'd rather they just leave **** broke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krondorf Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 theyre sharing the love that was shared to us aussies for 3 evenings straight ! now those oceans apart can feel it , only 4 hours and so much complaining already.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavenAE Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Simple really...they shut down the forums to avoid the hassle of the many many many complain posts. Cowardly way to do it,but there you have it Cowardly? Really? Are we in 3rd grade here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Blatantly untrue. I played WoW for almost 7 years, and there was mass crying every single Tuesday about the downtime, which more often than not was extended for hours. Patch days were much, much worse. No one would cry about the fact that the downtime is always during the day in the EU. People that cry about them taking the servers down are just ignorant of the fact that games of this size need maintenance. Those people do not have a valid complaint because without maintenance, the game simply wouldn't function. The VALID complaint is the TIME at which they choose to do it because there is NO valid reason to take them all down at the same time, NONE. They should have separate downtime time frames for each server cluster. If you still don't get it, that's on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandi Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 People need to suck it up and understand that these patches and lengthy maintenance won't always be like this. There is no time that is convenient for everyone. Bioware and EA are North American based, so it only stands to reason that they will schedule downtime at times that are conventient to them. It's only because the game is new and has a lot of kinks to work out that there so much downtime and patching. Don't worry young bucks eventually you'll get to play to your little hearts content with maybe 2 hours DT weekly. Until then, have patience. Or perhaps you'd rather they just leave **** broke? Give me one reason why they *MUST* all go down at the same time. The EU servers aren't even in the US, in case you didn't know, so your point is simply irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercia Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Its not only a joke the servers on 2 differant continents dont have seperate downtimes but they decide on a saturday to **** everyone but the americans again Great stuff BW even the fanboys are getting pissed now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaelcron Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 doesn't happen in WoW so why would it here? I guess I'm remembering wrong in the early days of WoW when the servers were down during EU primetime and the American forums were flooded with EU players crying about how they were being treated like second class players. I also remember how Blizzard used the EU servers as test subjects for the new content patches and that would cause them to crash all the time. Yet again the American forums were flooded with how the EU players were second class. Every complaint about what BW is doing, Blizzard did the same thing and in some cases still is. No idea why some people believe Blizzard is infallible. A quick glance at their CS and Tech forums suggest that every issue people have with this game, thousands are also having with theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuka Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 People accept that weekly downtime on Tuesdays is how it is and just deal with it since most are at work, school wherever but I think it annoys everyone when it's done on a weekend without even an explanation as to why they have to do it on a weekend. Granted it's only 4 hours but it's 4 hours a lot of people could be playing. Wouldn't be surprised if they postpone it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halbarz Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 thank you for doing in mid Eu day bioware. not that we arent used to it tho, but compeared to the americans ( no offence ) we pay to wait and they pay to play, atleast you could give something back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercia Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 People accept that weekly downtime on Tuesdays is how it is and just deal with it since most are at work, school wherever but I think it annoys everyone when it's done on a weekend without even an explanation as to why they have to do it on a weekend. Granted it's only 4 hours but it's 4 hours a lot of people could be playing. Wouldn't be surprised if they postpone it. I dont have an issue with it through the week but ofc would still prefer a conventional time for the masses Id really LOVE for it to go down midday in the US you dont know your born tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkeos Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 EA BW patch times are like you going to the pub in the evenging to find a shield at the door: "Please come back. We are currently cleaning the tables. We might be back in business in 4 hours." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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