Please equal out the PVE start times!

PLBIV
PLBIV Posts: 26 Just Dropped In
edited July 2016 in MPQ Events, Tournaments, and Missions
I live on the East Coast US. I have a regular, 9-5 (really, 8-6, but whatever) desk job. And I usually finish top 10 in PVE events for new release of characters. I'm not sure how that last bit will be possible with the new format with this next event.

I understand that, in a vacuum, the end times of the new format don't matter. Everyone just plays when they can. No need to worry about playing every X hours. Unfortunately, the reality of being a top 10 player dictates that there will always be a playing method which others will be following. The new optimal play is 2 hours (4 clears, 30 minutes each) when the sub opens and a grind at the end of ~2 hours. Unless sleep is optional, there is not a single time frame that fits for people with my same schedule.

Why not go to a standard 5 hours between each share? For East Coast US time, that would be 7, noon, 5, 10 and 3AM the next day. Why is there now a 6 hour gap between slice 3 and 4? It doesn't make sense!! Can this please be fixed!?!

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  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    As I understand it, the end times were chosen to fit as many players around the world as possible. Slice 3 ends in the evening in Europe, Slice 4 in the evening on the US East Coast. I assume the playerbase in the Atlantic Ocean is neglible.
    I would love to see an overall och the end times since neither 6PM nor 11PM suits me well though.

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