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Posted by: Tyler Bearce

Tyler Bearce

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Hey guys, as many of you know, we changed WvW match reset times from Friday to Saturday as part of the Heart of Thorns release. We made this change primarily because sometimes we need to run hotfix builds on Fridays, and with the expansion launch we expected to need to do this more than usual. However we don’t run builds on the weekend, so this allowed reset nights to be safe from interruption. This was a highly controversial change at the time, and as part of the change we agreed to consider changing reset back to Friday, once we were past the hectic HoT launch period.

So here we are, strongly considering changing reset nights back to Fridays, but we have a couple questions first:

1) Now that you guys have settled around Saturday resets, do you still want resets changed back to Fridays? Or at this point, is changing the reset day back to Friday more disruptive than just leaving it as is?

Assuming the community overall agrees that changing reset time back to Friday is the way to go, we next need to decide on the time of day for the reset for both NA and EU players. This is important because eventually we’ll want to do hotfixes on Fridays again, and we won’t want to disrupt reset nights then either. On days that we do run a hotfix on Friday, we generally aim for it to be around 4:30PM PST/PDT, though they can technically happen at any time. We should also blackout +/- 1 hour around that time as our hotfix window, since while we aim for that time, it’s not an exact process.

Our tentative plans are:

  • NA resets on 6PM/7PM PST/PDT Fri (2:00 UTC Sat)
  • EU resets on 10AM/11AM PST/PDT Fri (18:00 UTC Fri.)

2) Do the above times seem reasonable to you guys? If not, what time do you propose that you believe would please a greater percentage of the community, while still not overlapping with our hotfix window?

*Edit: Corrected the listed hotfix time to 4:30PM PST/PDT, rather than 4:30PM/5:30PM PST/PDT. Thanks Veron.

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Posted by: Sviel.7493

Sviel.7493

7PM PST, 9 CST, 10 EST seems a bit late, but if it’s on a Friday that shouldn’t be too big of an issue. Given that time needs to be reserved for hotfixes, that seems like a good compromise.

And yes, I think most of us still prefer Friday for reset. It’s nice to be able to have meaningful WvW at the start of the weekend.

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Posted by: seabhac.5346

seabhac.5346

Good times! Good times indeed!

The times are good for Friday night reset. \o/

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Posted by: Zefrost.3425

Zefrost.3425

YES PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHANGE IT BACK TO FRIDAY!!!

But why so late? For EST 10:00 PM is pretty late. 8:00PM EST was fantastic. Could probably work with 9:00 PM EST but 8:00 PM EST is much more preferable.

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Posted by: morrolan.9608

morrolan.9608

I think its pretty clear from feedback on this forum that the community wants reset back on a Friday at the same time it was before for NA servers. I certainly vote to put it back to this time.

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Posted by: HiTandMayhem.1378

HiTandMayhem.1378

Please oh gawd for the love of baby jeebus can you change it back to Friday? [I have toned down my request, please do not interpret it as not being fervent enough]

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Posted by: sydney.4901

sydney.4901

I vote For a Friday re-set, NA resets on 6PM/7PM PST Is fine with me.

I’m pretty sure the majority of players want a Friday Re-set, as for the time NA players will probably just it it around 7pm in whatever timezone their In.

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Posted by: Endelon.1042

Endelon.1042

Yes move it back to Friday 9pm EST.

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Posted by: Paulie.6215

Paulie.6215

YES!

•NA resets on 6PM/7PM PST/PDT Fri (2:00 UTC Sat)

Goooooooddddd!

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Posted by: Hyperballad.5693

Hyperballad.5693

Another vote for Friday 9pm EST.

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Posted by: DeceiverX.8361

DeceiverX.8361

Friday at 5pm PST/8pm EST (the original time) is still preferable for NA for me. Fridays are still better even if necessary at 6/9, however the 7/10 hours are simply too late for EST players or even the few EU who stay up for an hour or two on those nights.

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Posted by: Loosmaster.8263

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I’m at a total loss!!!


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Posted by: ResilientCrab.5162

ResilientCrab.5162

Yes! you 100% should switch them back

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Posted by: NiloyBardhan.9170

NiloyBardhan.9170

+1 for Friday reset.

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Posted by: DomAltares.8651

DomAltares.8651

Yes, please. Tuesday would be a great day to implement this.

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Posted by: Blockhead Magee.3092

Blockhead Magee.3092

Yes, change it back as it was before.

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Posted by: Kraljevo.2801

Kraljevo.2801

Yes for friday! puppy eyes

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Posted by: Caosaur.3871

Caosaur.3871

+1 for friday.

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Posted by: Heisenberg.1403

Heisenberg.1403

Friday… yeah, definitely Friday.

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Posted by: Terrier.8732

Terrier.8732

Friday.. all the way.

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Posted by: X T D.6458

X T D.6458

Yes please bring it back to Friday. Changing it to Saturday essentially made Friday night and most of Saturday up to reset meaningless and everyone trying to cram their guild raid on one night instead of spread out on the weekend like before and all this did was screw up the raiding schedules of many guilds. It also basically cut the gaming time in half for many of us in WvW, and angered a lot of people from the OCX/SEA community.

6pm PST seems like a good time, considering after after Daylight Savings Time this weekend, it will be an hour after the daily reset, so it will be back to normal basically. 7pst seems a little late as it will already be 10 on the east coast.

In terms of needing to allot time for updates/fixes etc, we understand these things need to happen. It might be frustrating especially on a reset night and maybe there could be a better alternative time found someday. But its not like we don’t understand that you guys have to patch up the game every now and then. If there is a serious exploit going on, do you think we want you to wait till we are done raiding to fix it, of course not, just fix it.

And thank you for this post in an effort to communicate and collect feedback, I know many of us appreciate it.

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Posted by: Buy Some Apples.6390

Buy Some Apples.6390

I’m gonna say no, keep it on Saturday.

Why? cos I work evenings and dont get online until 11pm on Fridays. UK here as well

2 years ago this wasnt a problem, my guild raided late almost every night even as late as 3 or 4 am!

But guess what anet, you ignored WvW since launch!
Players left the game year on year!
You released HoT and the infamous Deserted Borderlands! More players left!

I log in now on Fridays and 11pm is when most of my guildies now log off WvW because there is no-one to fight anymore!

At least on Saturdays, my day off, I can log in at 6pm and join the reset with my guild, my server and my enemy servers!

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Posted by: Naithe.4271

Naithe.4271

Yes, this is Finality, please move it back, people have been begging for months.

Seems late, 6:00 p.m. PST is better, but whatever, Friday is a step in the right direction.

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Posted by: Apocolyte.8093

Apocolyte.8093

Friday 9pm EST would be fantastic. Please bring reset back to Friday!

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Posted by: xowyomingox.2095

xowyomingox.2095

All for moving it back to Friday. Makes it fun to log in Saturday and raid all day with whoever happens to be on.

I am not in favor of having it that late, though. 10pm EST is usually when I’m starting to think about logging off for the night. 8pm EST worked great. I would like to see it stay the same, but I’d still vote for a Friday release even if it was a 10pm reset.

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Posted by: zhonnika.1784

zhonnika.1784

If it can go back to 9pm Eastern on Fridays, that’d be great.

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Posted by: Mammon.9508

Mammon.9508

I would love the Friday resets. 8pm EST would be the best in my opinion.

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Posted by: Veron.8645

Veron.8645

Confused about why the practical target patch time is moving with daylight savings. Would’ve expected 4:30 pm PST before DST and 4:30 pm PDT after DST. Is everybody going to stay at work an hour later after DST?

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Posted by: Pat.9038

Pat.9038

Friday please, and the times look great.
Thank you.

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Posted by: Loren Michael.7891

Loren Michael.7891

Absolutely would love it changed back, and those times seem fair to everyone.

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Posted by: thebeaRRRRR.8640

thebeaRRRRR.8640

yes, please change it back!

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Posted by: Haematic.4913

Haematic.4913

Yes. Saturday killed one of my rally nights as Friday used to be a very popular night for us to rally. At least in my guild, most players tend to go out Saturday nights; but stay on Friday nights for reset.

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Posted by: Shazmataz.1423

Shazmataz.1423

Please change it back to the original reset time on Friday, thanks

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Posted by: ukyo.5639

ukyo.5639

Please change it back to Friday resets <3

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Posted by: Crazy.6029

Crazy.6029

Yes, Friday please.

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Posted by: Valor Zhinsin.3610

Valor Zhinsin.3610

Please change it back to Fridays.

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Posted by: Vael Victus.2654

Vael Victus.2654

Yes! This was a small part in my loss of interest in WvW. Put the kids in bed, sit down with some dessert… enjoy the reset.

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Posted by: The Lethe.2953

The Lethe.2953

It’s Friday! Friday!
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend

Youtube it if you don’t know the painful reference. FRIDAY FOR THE WIN!

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Posted by: Bittie.6274

Bittie.6274

FRIDAYS. PLEASE. T.T

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Posted by: DeWolfe.2174

DeWolfe.2174

Wait… how’s this even a question?? YES WE WANT IT BACK TO FRIDAYS! An hour after the daily reset was great where it was. Remember there are people playing with jobs, kids, etc and can’t stay up all night even on a Friday. So they should be able to enjoy a couple of hours of reset action.

Tyler, I hope this may put your mind at ease over the “Hot Fix” worries. Since launch there’s only been 37 updates released on a Friday. I can’t say specifically but, would guess that only a small percentage of those were done after the daily reset/regular business hours. Thus, the amount of times an update interfered with WvW Reset can probably be counted on both hands. That’s out of the 187 Fridays we’ve had since launch. We’re talking single digit percentages here.

I’d ask and suggest that if there’s a patch that’s going to hit after WvW reset, have Susan post in map chat ahead of time so we can prepare. It must be from Susan though

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Posted by: Xdreviuse Reborn.3276

Xdreviuse Reborn.3276

Yes for Friday! Thank you for this communication. 7pm PST reset sounds great, too!

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Posted by: pixie.5940

pixie.5940

BACK TO FRIDAY Pllllleeeease two hands and two feet inside my vote now.<3 Saturday has been so much harder.

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

Shiren.9532

Yes for Friday. I have seen maybe two resets on the new time – it’s horrible for me. Fridays are much better.

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Posted by: Otay Ranchero.5487

Otay Ranchero.5487

Yes, move to Friday. 6/7pm PST is okay, but Early NA sort of gets the shaft.

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Posted by: Lord Kuru.3685

Lord Kuru.3685

Hey guys, as many of you know, we changed WvW match reset times from Friday to Saturday as part of the Heart of Thorns release. We made this change primarily because sometimes we need to run hotfix builds on Fridays, and with the expansion launch we expected to need to do this more than usual.

Don’t forget the other stated reason for moving:

the emergent gameplay that has come from reset. It has become one of the most exciting times for WvW and we would really love for more players to have the opportunity to experience it. We have many more players logging in on Saturday than on Friday which means with this change many more people will be available to experience the rush of claiming objectives for their world during reset.

What happened to that?

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Posted by: Vegeta.2563

Vegeta.2563

Move it back to Friday !

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Posted by: Reverence.6915

Reverence.6915

Change it back to Friday pls tyvm

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Posted by: Korgov.7645

Korgov.7645

1. Yes. Please, move the reset back to Friday.
2. The planned EU reset time is perfect. I cannot speak for the NA time.

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Posted by: Deli.1302

Deli.1302

Back to Friday please.

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Posted by: Tenna Tulre.2076

Tenna Tulre.2076

Didn’t Rebecca Black already answer this a year before GW2 release?

“It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend!”

On a more serious note, whatever time the reset was before the change worked, even if it seemed a little late for east coast players at times. WvW reset always was the signal of the official start of the weekend and a fun late night of just killing the enemies. Pushing it back to Saturday just killed 1/3 of the WvW playtime for the weekend.

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