Guild Wars 2

Every other MMO I’ve played pushed their updates when very few people were on, like around 3-5am in whatever time zone the server was in (this window could be broadened to, say, 2-6am on multi-coast/multi-time-zone servers). You’d start up the next day, download a patch if available, then game on pretty much uninterrupted.

This game? Just when people get to some serious playin’, POOF- a patch. A rather rude buzzkill, whether you’re in the middle of a dungeon, doing some questing or crafting, or trying to bust down the walls of a keep in WvW. And that’s not to mention the server strain of every active player trying to download the same patch- this time around, it took five minutes just to get a semi-stable connection; took five more for my DL speed to peak. Wasn’t my end- played some music, browsed the web just fine. So I can only assume the Anet download servers were having a bit of trouble.

So do your servers- and more importantly, YOUR CUSTOMERS- a favor: schedule these updates better in the future.

PS: Instead of kicking everyone in a WvW match out to LA, maybe kick them to their racial hometown? Sure, I know, warp to the Mists ’n all that. But there were a few shutdowns when I barely had time to get the teleport in before being spat out into the PvP courtyard in LA, alongside 100+ other players…

I wholeheartedly agree! Many times my friends and I have been suddenly interrupted by a 3 minute warning (another senseless decision on your part).

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