Archannon Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 It wouldn't surprise me in fact, if they finish the maintenance a bit earlier, then pop in and say 'there there, wasn't so bad was it EU players, and by the way, we aren't changing the slot'. Hah, same here. I'm almost hoping maintenance gets extended right into EU primetime again. Just to prove our point: even if this is is an off-peak timeframe. The moment it's extended, it's not off-peak anymore. There's just no room for error with this current timeframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noef Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 - While 13:00 up to 17:00 isn't Eu peak time it's clear that at night less people are online. Another thing is that the Eu has more time zones just like the US, it would be nice every one is taking into account http://www.torstatus.net/the-red-eclipse/24h/30d well, from this graph i would say that the gaming prime-time is 13-23h (GMT0). so it collides with the maintenance time frame 8-16h. (and for GMT +1 and +2 it's much worse) If they dont change european manteinance to be exactly at the same hour of the day as it is in USA we should BE PAYING 1 LESS DAY PER WEEK A MONTH . We CANT play during 1 day every week while USA people can. +1 We are aiming for this weekly maintenance period to take place in an off-peak time for both North American and European players. off-peak for US players, not the EU ones. i don't get it, why they wrote this and change nothing. (last maintenance was at exactly same time..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Domino Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Having bought the game only yesterday I wish I had waited until this was sorted out for EU time-zones. I don't have extreme amounts of time to play and my schedule is unpredictable. Now all that's needed is the maintenance to take along with the same time frame as what WoW does - even if it is from 2-3am GMT until however long is deemed suitable (as it is I fail to see why 8 hours is required) during the daytime. So I'm expected to lose out on what I've paid for because you cannot as a company provide services rendered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vraesh Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Having bought the game only yesterday I wish I had waited until this was sorted out for EU time-zones. I don't have extreme amounts of time to play and my schedule is unpredictable. Now all that's needed is the maintenance to take along with the same time frame as what WoW does - even if it is from 2-3am GMT until however long is deemed suitable (as it is I fail to see why 8 hours is required) during the daytime. So I'm expected to lose out on what I've paid for because you cannot as a company provide services rendered. So you have no idea when you can play, but still want Bioware/EA to cater to your schedule? Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contumelious Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Bumping for the sake of the topic. This is my biggest issue, and the more I think it over, the more I regret buying timecards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plamzor Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 This is terribly stinkin`...I have a day off tomorrow and (like the last week) i will be unable to play THE WHOLE DAY!It's 10-18 time range , great ,and this is if its not extended ... so every week we lose 1 day...Atleast i hope they fix few dozens of bugs if their engine ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urdnaxela Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Hah, same here. I'm almost hoping maintenance gets extended right into EU primetime again. Just to prove our point: even if this is is an off-peak timeframe. The moment it's extended, it's not off-peak anymore. There's just no room for error with this current timeframe. well, 2-3 more hours of playtime. maintenance coming gosh darn it... Edited January 4, 2012 by Urdnaxela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urdnaxela Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://www.torstatus.net/the-red-eclipse/24h/30d well, from this graph i would say that the gaming prime-time is 13-23h (GMT0). so it collides with the maintenance time frame 8-16h. (and for GMT +1 and +2 it's much worse) +1 off-peak for US players, not the EU ones. i don't get it, why they wrote this and change nothing. (last maintenance was at exactly same time..) yeah, i thought a lot about this too... what does peak-hours mean? if you only take into account raiders then yes, peak hours start at around 20:00. If you take the majority of the playerbase, it really starts in the middle of the day. i had the chance to play wow for some 6 months from morning 'till evening or so, sometimes even through the middle of the night. starting with 15:00 GMT+2 (my local time), so 13:00 GMT, there was a LOT of activity. dailies, dungeons, pvp and such. true, raiders came on much later but frankly, after 22:00 there was really not that many around except raiders since normal casual people won't stay really late when they have to go to work the next they, do they? this is why the ONLY off-peak period is during the MIDDLE OF THE FRIGGIN' NIGHT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urdnaxela Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://www.torstatus.net/the-red-eclipse/24h/30d well, from this graph i would say that the gaming prime-time is 13-23h (GMT0). so it collides with the maintenance time frame 8-16h. (and for GMT +1 and +2 it's much worse) +1 off-peak for US players, not the EU ones. i don't get it, why they wrote this and change nothing. (last maintenance was at exactly same time..) by the way, use torstatus and take a look at the US graphs. I could swear that the maintenance perfectly fits the graphs of activity of most US servers (it coincides with the least activity period) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swuulerian Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 So, any predictions how far the maintenance will be delayed today? Last week 2.5 hours (so the servers came up 20:30 local time, when I was happy to join the 40 minute queue), will they manage to be faster or slower this week? Tomorrow to work again in the morning, so the odds are not that good that I'd actually be able to play SWTOR today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 So, any predictions how far the maintenance will be delayed today? Last week 2.5 hours (so the servers came up 20:30 local time, when I was happy to join the 40 minute queue), will they manage to be faster or slower this week? Tomorrow to work again in the morning, so the odds are not that good that I'd actually be able to play SWTOR today. No idea. They did start it two hours earlier this time so that will probably help. Last time it was 10-4 this time it's 8-4. Nice to see they are still totally ignoring this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnefalt Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I want to play the game.... Me not happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scather Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 It's really quite insulting that you think 10am - 4pm GMT is off-peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vujakralj Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 It's better this way. Atleast one continent won't get world firsts due to different hours of maintenance. /Trollface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyneJohn Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Seems like everyone today is getting paid to make really stupid decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthRik Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 well seeing as in the UK peak time starts at 18.00, at least thats when my phoneline starts peak time the 10-16.00 is off peak BUT why cant they time it that the servers go down in the EU during the night at what 4am EU time and 10pm US time that to me would make it fairer or even better have an EU team that takes the servers off line at midnight and back on again for 6am - 8 am if needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotNex Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 The EU patch times are terrible. For Au/NZ timezone its in their prime time. What the **** have they been thinking. o\ facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelin Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 hey! Europe does exist!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Are you kidding me you come with this !?!?!?!??!?! Better have come with a comment of what your doing about the problem becouse YOU rly underestemate this problem. Ppl are actualy quitting the game becouse of this!!! Something worth noting, SR hasn't even been tweeting recently, I wonder if he's not actually around at the moment. I know he made a post on here about the bans/suspensions, but in general he has been quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzly Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 There we go again we EU players get owned while the americans are dreaming about the game and when they wake up they can play BIOWARE you fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunwindIon Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 is todays maintenance done already?I just woke up and downloaded a patch, and the servers are all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 The EU patch times are terrible. For Au/NZ timezone its in their prime time. What the **** have they been thinking. o\ facepalm Whilst I sympathise with NZ/AUS gamers, the game hasn't been released over there yet. It will be interesting to see what they do with maintenance when they get their own servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 is todays maintenance done already? I just woke up and downloaded a patch, and the servers are all up. I'm guessing they must be, just checked server status and they are all up. They weren't about 15 mins ago however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzly Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 oh wait american server are up OH WAIT AGAIN THE EU GETS OWNED THERE NOT UP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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