Why do you guys insist on doing maintenance during AQ?

NinjaSliceDice

Wouldn't it be a much better idea to do it after AQ ends? You're choosing to do it in the middle of the evening during AQ, which is not the most optimal time to bring the game down for two hours or more. You're even doing it while incursions are on too.

It would be a pro-player move to do maintenance when AQ and Incursions are not running and maybe later at night when players are not online as much. I question the logic behind your timing of maintenance

Championcritic

incursions are never not running, so your idea wont work. Besides, maintenance is at most 2hours +, chill.

SGT_M9

Because then it would make everyone happy!! Kabam doesn’t like to do that much.

NinjaSliceDice

Championcritic said:

incursions are never not running, so your idea wont work. Besides, maintenance is at most 2hours +, chill.

AQ is the most problematic issue here. They should do it when AQ is not running. It just seems logical.

Eb0ny-O-M4w

These maintenances ate done in the same day at the same hour, for years now

NinjaSliceDice

will-o-wisp said:

These maintenances ate done in the same day at the same hour, for years now

I get that, but why was the decision made to do it when AQ is running? Again, there were better options to choose

Championcritic

NinjaSliceDice said:

will-o-wisp said:

These maintenances ate done in the same day at the same hour, for years now

I get that, but why was the decision made to do it when AQ is running? Again, there were better options to choose

If you understand that it is done at the same day at the same hour then there is no more room for debate. Besides, AQ runs on a 5 day cycle over a 7 day week with i think 3 or so days break in between i think, so it is inevitable that AQ will eventually touch all 7 days of the week and there will never be a day that is forever untouched by AQ for them to do maintenance. What you guys should do is have everyone or as many people as possible make their moves before maintenance begins, then after maintenance some energy will be regained for them to continue AQ without any opportunity cost.

xNig

Change AQ days to Mon Tues Thurs Fri Sat. Lol

Tbh I’ll much prefer AQ to be fixed on 4 days with a break (maintenance day) in the middle.

SGT_M9

Keep the days the same for aq. Then maintain the off days. Pretty simple

NinjaSliceDice

SGT_M9 said:

Keep the days the same for aq. Then maintain the off days. Pretty simple

Exactly. Considering that time and energy are major concerns during AQ, it just seems like that should be a consideration.

Now if Kabam actually lowered the energy regen for AQ to 30 or even 45 minutes, then it might be a different story

GroundedWisdom

There's always something running at some time, but Maintenance has to be done. For as long as I can remember, it's been the same day. There are a number of other games that use the same time as well which partner with other servers. It's scheduling, and Maintenance takes precedence.

NinjaSliceDice

Not disagreeing that maintenance has to be done. I'm just saying it can be scheduled better and less disruptive

Demonzfyre

NinjaSliceDice said:

Not disagreeing that maintenance has to be done. I'm just saying it can be scheduled better and less disruptive

There was once where maintenance lasted 4 hrs. That was the only time in MCOCs history where scheduled maintenance effected anything in the game. This game is almost 6 years old now. Scheduled maintenance has been Tuesdays every two weeks for that long. It's much better to have maintenance on a standard schedule instead of moving it around all the time.

Championcritic

Demonzfyre said:

NinjaSliceDice said:

Not disagreeing that maintenance has to be done. I'm just saying it can be scheduled better and less disruptive

There was once where maintenance lasted 4 hrs. That was the only time in MCOCs history where scheduled maintenance effected anything in the game. This game is almost 6 years old now. Scheduled maintenance has been Tuesdays every two weeks for that long. It's much better to have maintenance on a standard schedule instead of moving it around all the time.

Isn't it weekly? I'm fairly certain it's weekly and not every 2 weeks 🤔

Demonzfyre

Championcritic said:

Demonzfyre said:

NinjaSliceDice said:

Not disagreeing that maintenance has to be done. I'm just saying it can be scheduled better and less disruptive

There was once where maintenance lasted 4 hrs. That was the only time in MCOCs history where scheduled maintenance effected anything in the game. This game is almost 6 years old now. Scheduled maintenance has been Tuesdays every two weeks for that long. It's much better to have maintenance on a standard schedule instead of moving it around all the time.

Isn't it weekly? I'm fairly certain it's weekly and not every 2 weeks 🤔

Bi-weekly. But it could also be every 2 weeks.

GroundedWisdom

It used to be every week at one time. Sometimes every other week, sometimes every now and then. It varies.

NinjaNate90

To all the guys defending Kabam on this, your point would probably have some validity if there wasn’t 6 more emergency maintenance after maintenance. This seems to always be a risk. And just bc something has been done forever doesn’t make it a good idea. Since it is always on the same day it wouldn’t be unreasonable to reduce timers on maintenance day. An alliance’s timezone shouldn’t dictate their ability to complete content in any situation.