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Posted by: game on mom.2567

game on mom.2567

Q:

I started out on Ferguson’s Crossing, but moved to Dragonbrand to join a guild. It’s a very nice server, however I am in Eastern Time Zone. By the time I have dinner and get the kids started on schoolwork, I have very little time to complete my daily.

I can’t seem to be able to find out which servers are on which time zones. I really don’t want to take the time to guest on each one.

Somehow, I am sure there is a really easy answer to this one!

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

A:

Servers aren’t on time zones, the reset is on Pacific time except it doesn’t change with daylight savings, so it’s always the same time in places that don’t change the clocks.

I’m also east coast US. Right now reset is 8 pm every evening. Next fall it will go to 7 pm and remain thus until the clocks hop again.

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Posted by: game on mom.2567

game on mom.2567

Thanks! I knew there was an easy answer.

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Posted by: Lazuli.2098

Lazuli.2098

Actually the reset is at midnight GMT, when the new day starts.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

This is true. But since the OP is east coast as am I, I figured s/he wouldn’t mind a local time reference. I see your point, though, it’s not set when it’s convenient for ANet (though it works out that way), it’s based off an international constant. I’m just very used to east coast/west coast time differences due to how my family is spread out.

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Posted by: Lil Puppy.5216

Lil Puppy.5216

You may actually find that some servers are lacking in people at certain times of the day, Maguuma is really empty after 10pm pacific time until about 8am pacific so I would say that Maguuma is a pacific timezone server which really sucks for me right now, I live on the pacific west coast but am a night owl so I’m wandering around by myself most times except when I’m running the Queensdale Express.

Note: these are PVE observations, if you do WvW or sPvP I don’t know if there’s a downtime at night for them.