Euro player, we are people and we like EQ too

[Gustoo]

I thought quakes were supposed to be random and change things up

[Thifoletto]

Well, good time for Euros for reset/quake today I have to say.
Quake are not random looking at the distribution, dont know if they were, or supposed to, 20 years ago

[Darkplague]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I thought quakes were supposed to be random and change things up

In theory, considering that Quakes are supposed to simulate the "classic" server resets that occurred, resulting in full server respawns.

"Classic" times, this would happen at ~3am EST during the week off memory, when server populations were at their lowest...

Now, quakes happen around "prime" time, and typically on weekends because that results in a better play experience for the ESTers. Both at the time, and also on the 7 day respawns (respawns would happen the following weekend).

Aussie time zone here, I also miss out on a lot.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Thifoletto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, good time for Euros for reset/quake today I have to say.
Quake are not random looking at the distribution, dont know if they were, or supposed to, 20 years ago

Well I think someone on the staff also had to press the button to initiate it. So if they’re random then I’m sure it’s more like random within the hours of the day that the staff are awake

[Gustoo]

Quakes should be either in lowest pop hours like 3am eastern like Darkplague mentioned, plus completely random for random downtime that would occur haphazardly not associated with patches.

They're not supposed to be convenient full world respawn events. The respawning was just a consequences of a reset.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by sajbert [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh and the Sleeper thing was just one guild being too chickenshit to wait for a decent date, after having hogged the warder loot for months on end.

[Swifty]

The "batphone" does not know the time [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[ReoDobbs]

Originally Posted by Darkplague [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In theory, considering that Quakes are supposed to simulate the "classic" server resets that occurred, resulting in full server respawns.

"Classic" times, this would happen at ~3am EST during the week off memory, when server populations were at their lowest...

Now, quakes happen around "prime" time, and typically on weekends because that results in a better play experience for the ESTers. Both at the time, and also on the 7 day respawns (respawns would happen the following weekend).

Aussie time zone here, I also miss out on a lot.

You're only counting expected server downtime. In 1999 random server downtime was much more frequent

[Thifoletto]

Another quake at 2am Euro. Well 2 am on Wednesday was even worst
Also Euro people want to kill raid mobs! Give us some chance pretty please

[francis]

Tired of losing quakes because they happen in the worst euro time