Aion Team Cyan Posted March 9, 2018 Aion Team Share Posted March 9, 2018 Daylight Saving Time is set to begin in North America Sunday, March 11 at 2:00am Pacific Time. After this time change, all activity times like sieges, arenas, and battlefield instances will begin one hour later for anyone who lives in a Daylight Saving Time zone. No downtime is required for this change. If there are any questions about this change, please feel free to post them here. We also encourage you to follow @L2andAionOps for maintenance and server status updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underboltz-KT Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 @Cyan there will be a maintenance on that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesecake-DN Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 There is no maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxNmixx-DN Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 thanks Summer time ... now I can attend the sieges and other...happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightZM-KT Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Might be the unpopular opinion here but I think we can all agree they should roll back siege times 1 hour since all sieges will be 1 hour ahead, Siege is kinda late as is for most people,it will be a real pain being even later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aly-DN Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Yikes. So abyss siege will now be at 10pm server time? That's 11pm EST. Really getting late for those of us that have to get up early for work. @Cyan. Please consider changing times of sieges/instances to what they are -now-. If moving the server's clocks is too complicated for you guys, how about moving the times thing happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodroxi-KT Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 5:10 PM, Cyan said: Daylight Saving Time is set to begin in North America Sunday, March 11 at 2:00am Pacific Time. After this time change, all activity times like sieges, arenas, and battlefield instances will begin one hour later for anyone who lives in a Daylight Saving Time zone. "Anyone" you mean 99% of North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodir-DN Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 well for EU players sux because we havent change our timers yet... divine siege at 4 am... so cool -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodroxi-KT Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, Asmodir-DN said: well for EU players sux because we havent change our timers yet... divine siege at 4 am... so cool -.- If only EU players had servers in the EU with an EU time zone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesecake-DN Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 So I know this was the case last year, and it sucked last year, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyweaver-KT Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Now I won't know whether to stay up half the night until 4.00am or get up stoopid early just for sieges :(( NCS hate Europeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigen-DN Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 that's cute--aion times happens here during work hours, so I have to sneak up while at office to do aion things. lol edit: i'm in Asia and i got no clue on any korean language / characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngunmad-KT Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 The times are still the same, nothing is pushed 1 hour later? Housing still settles at 5 am Monday for me as oppose to 6 am Monday? Melbourne, Australia timezone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesecake-DN Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 The programmed server times didn't change. It's just that they aren't adjusted for DST, so those of us in DST-zones are an hour off of our prior times. (so shit that started at 10pm standard now starts at 11pm daylight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyali-DN Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'm still waiting patiently for NCWest to adjust siege times and what not. Never happened after merge although they said they would. With Daylight Saving Time coming up for EU players, this will be tiring. u.u </3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimie-KT Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I have lots of friends who play from EU... But I have never understood why the expectation is that NCSoft will adjust times on the NA servers to accommodate those from EU? Remember they are NA servers and they have to cater to NA players first. This of course sucks for those playing outside of NA, but that's kind of the way it's meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyali-DN Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 11:38 AM, Jaimie-KT said: I have lots of friends who play from EU... But I have never understood why the expectation is that NCSoft will adjust times on the NA servers to accommodate those from EU? Remember they are NA servers and they have to cater to NA players first. This of course sucks for those playing outside of NA, but that's kind of the way it's meant to be. I agree and disagree with you. Those are NA servers, true, but people seem to miss the point that this community is not only full of NA players as you said yourself. To keep this game alive and healthy, you need to adjust the game to the playerbase which is changing constantly. NCWest did this around 1-2 years ago (don't remember the exact period, might be even earlier) where they sent out a survey and adjusted the instance and siege schedule. So after the merge happened, they said they would do this again, never did though and it's been months. This is would not just EU players benefit, it would also benefit NA players, AUS players, new players, returning players, vet players and everyone else to adjust the schedules to the playerbase after a survey. As I said, it's not the first time they did it and it's not hard to send out a survey via in-game, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calista-DN Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Nyali-DN said: I agree and disagree with you. Those are NA servers, true, but people seem to miss the point that this community is not only full of NA players as you said yourself. To keep this game alive and healthy, you need to adjust the game to the playerbase which is changing constantly. NCWest did this around 1-2 years ago (don't remember the exact period, might be even earlier) where they sent out a survey and adjusted the instance and siege schedule. So after the merge happened, they said they would do this again, never did though and it's been months. This is would not just EU players benefit, it would also benefit NA players, AUS players, new players, returning players, vet players and everyone else to adjust the schedules to the playerbase after a survey. As I said, it's not the first time they did it and it's not hard to send out a survey via in-game, imo. I agree, we should have had the results of the survey a very long time ago. However, the target market is NA, not "Aion global", there is no such thing. Even NA players don't get the support that we used to , as we used to be able to pick east coast and west coast servers - we lost that in the first wave of mergers, that meant we had to compromise on siege and any other event times. So far, the schedules that they have come up with seem to try to target when most people are online, which makes a lot of sense. That means really horrible times now though even for NA if they don't adjust for Daylight Savings Time (as they used to), which is about 90% of NA, don't understand why not- that can't be so costly for them. They've never explained this decision, it was just an announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyali-DN Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 20 minutes ago, Calista-DN said: So far, the schedules that they have come up with seem to try to target when most people are online, which makes a lot of sense. That means really horrible times now though even for NA if they don't adjust for Daylight Savings Time (as they used to), which is about 90% of NA, don't understand why not- that can't be so costly for them. They've never explained this decision, it was just an announcement. Mhm, indeed. But also keep in mind that NA players also change their gaming habits since NCSoft is not adjusting to their schedules (work, school, life etc.), that's why sending out a survey would be just a positive thing to do, imo. As I said, this is not all about other players outside North America. When you start playing on NA, you take the risk that you need to adjust but at some point this is not even possible anymore when even NA player have certain issues with the current schedule for example not adjusting with the DSTs. A small side note too: NCWest has advertised their servers specificly to AUS players (as I've been told by AUS friends) for while now who have a hard time to stick to the old and current in-game schedules. Why would you advertise a game to them knowingly that it's player unfriendly for them? So yeah, sending out a survey doesn't cost a thing even if the results might not change much, but at least put the effort. NCSoft also did it for choosing the new server names... Took everyone a few minutes to vote for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calista-DN Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Nyali-DN said: Mhm, indeed. But also keep in mind that NA players also change their gaming habits since NCSoft is not adjusting to their schedules (work, school, life etc.), that's why sending out a survey would be just a positive thing to do, imo. As I said, this is not all about other players outside North America. When you start playing on NA, you take the risk that you need to adjust but at some point this is not even possible anymore when even NA player have certain issues with the current schedule for example not adjusting with the DSTs. A small side note too: NCWest has advertised their servers specificly to AUS players (as I've been told by AUS friends) for while now who have a hard time to stick to the old and current in-game schedules. Why would you advertise a game to them knowingly that it's player unfriendly for them? So yeah, sending out a survey doesn't cost a thing even if the results might not change much, but at least put the effort. NCSoft also did it for choosing the new server names... Took everyone a few minutes to vote for it. AUS player used to have their own server, dedicated for their own time zone, supported and managed by NCWest. It was shut down years ago and the players on that server were given free transfers to the remaining servers . There is no longer any appropriate server that fits their specific market but note that NCWest does not operate a server specifically for South America either, but markets to South America - which has multiple languages and time zones as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoyo Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Leave the siege times exactly where they are . Kt Asmos actually manage to get people with the time change so it makes the server alot more balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa-KT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 All sieges are at 11PM (so they end near midnight) and 2nd Suna at 1AM (end at 2AM+ if the opposing faction fights for it) for New York time zone... come on. 58 minutes ago, Tyd-KT said: Leave the siege times exactly where they are . Kt Asmos actually manage to get people with the time change so it makes the server alot more balanced. The time change has absolutely nothing to do with it, it's because we finally hit buff level 10, so siege is easy mode. Plus, having Divine right now (instead of the weeks before, since 5.8 came out) is a lot more profitable considering people actually need the AP from the Mirash gear turn-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoyo Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 21 minutes ago, knee-DN said: All sieges are at 11PM (so they end near midnight) and 2nd Suna at 1AM (end at 2AM+ if the opposing faction fights for it) for New York time zone... come on. The time change has absolutely nothing to do with it, it's because we finally hit buff level 10, so siege is easy mode. Plus, having Divine right now (instead of the weeks before, since 5.8 came out) is a lot more profitable considering people actually need the AP from the Mirash gear turn-ins. Not true and not relating to just seige where uppers yes had a 9 and divine 7 but we are actually getting numbers for Suna and have been taking them regularly, also we almost had 200 for Divine when was averaging 70. So yes the time change has and the tia event I feel has had something to it as kt a numbers server wide has seemed to increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimie-KT Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 When did those in EU want the sieges to be? There isn't a survey yet (that I'm aware of) so what times were you thinking? I could see an hour earlier, but not much more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhhPieceOfCandy-DN Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 They should just switch the lower and upper abyss times around since no one does lower siege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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