Guild Wars 2

I know the majority of your player base is probably based in US and what not. But I farmed for hours and hours for a portal only to get slapped with times from 4:30AM-2:30PM for me in Melbourne. I go to work at around 5 and get home at about 2 ( can be much much later depending on the weather ) which leaves me with a total testing time of a hour if its a good day, its ether this or I sacrifice a days pay to play.
Just curious as to why its not done on a weekend also? I would assume more players across all timezones would be able to participate if it was on a weekend.

The main reason I’m annoyed and I’m sure other are is because you based the drop on RNG and welcomed all to try get it, would have been nice to say “Beta based in US time zones” or at least something as a warning to those in timezones other than the chosen timezone.

Regards Tadz

Also inb4 “Its a beta etc etc”

Actually no, I believe the majority of the playerbase is NOT based in the US.

What you are ignoring however is the fact that ArenaNet is based in the US. And in order to actually maximize the gain of the betas they would have them when they have people in the office that can monitor bugs and stats. Therefore the test will take place when they are in the office.
Simple as that.

They don’t normally work on weekends, so in order to get it running on a weekend they would have to order in plenty of people to the office.

I don’t know about you, but I always assumed that the beta tests would be during a time where ArenaNet actually work, since that is basically what it is. It is work that has to be done. It is not about being able to preview the content, it is about finding bugs and making sure stuff is stable.

The times are not even great for NA folks who work or go to school. No one is at an extreme advantage.

Yeah, times are kinda of crappy… Add that to the fact that its a TUESDAY. I’ll be playing the first 2 hours of the 6 possible, i guess…
I mean i get home at about 18h (the beta will start at 19:30 for me), so i can do the first one. But since i need to be up before 7 for work, playing the other two is a no-no… I mean second one starts at 23 (11pm) and not worth mentioning the other one.
Would be so much better if they would just keep it open 24h.
Sure they want to stress the servers and whatnot, but if many people will end up only playing a period or 2 out of 3. If at all… Then probably the “stress” on the server will be similar, but the downside is less people playing for a long time, so less feedback.