If there are more players asking for a different time we will consider it. Right now there are only a few people on this thread.
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Bigger problem is that when would we have Leagues, because, hopefully, one day Americans will be allowed to play Leagues too and Dreads occupying this exact spot, cause having timed events adjacent to Dreads isn’t gonna work, cause you need time to prep for dreads, so you cant have Leagues 1 hour before dreads and gotta be at-least 2 hours, and 2 hours before dreads means half of US population wont be able to participate in Leagues, cause you know you need prep times too.
Personally, I have no issue with the dreadnought time. 10pm is an ideal time for me, as it is still earlier than I go to bed, and later than any family or social obligations I have.
Tbh, I don’t really think that moving dreadnought times 1 hour earlier is going to fix the lack of activity in dreadnoughts, as the main root of that problem is the lack of a US playerbase, an issue that can only be fixed through an effort to get more players into the game.
Personally, I have no issue with the dreadnought time. 10pm is an ideal time for me, as it is still earlier than I go to bed, and later than any family or social obligations I have.
Tbh, I don’t really think that moving dreadnought times 1 hour earlier is going to fix the lack of activity in dreadnoughts, as the main root of that problem is the lack of a US playerbase, an issue that can only be fixed through an effort to get more players into the game.
Okay so with daylights savings time, it was moved an hour earlier and activity vastly increased. But when it’s no longer daylights savings time, it will change back again. Also, I have a bunch of US friends and they are never on at that hour. When USA players tend to be on is more like 6-7 pacific time. 6 oclock was the old sec con time. Why can’t it be that time or an hour later for a compromise?
Right now NA timezone stands for not at all timezone.
Please change the time to 6 oclock or 7 oclock pacific time or 4 or 5 am UTC+3. This way it is right after dinner for pacific time, before bed and at a reasonable time for east coast, and for everybody in between. Also, some europeans still play at this time so that means they could play some too.
Why you should do this:
3 corporations have sectors in fed space.
OWL, NASA, and FDEF
There is little to no fighting going on. it’s stagnant. If you change times, more corporations can play! It’s simple. 4 am UTC+3 is the time the old sector conquest was and people used to play that. It was at a good time! These current times are horrible.
Devs, if you read this, please respond with at least, “read” or comment on it or say, hey this is easy to change we’re doing it next patch!
I think you guys don’t understand what “majority” means…
The post Kostyan linked clearly shows that the current dreadnoughts are at the time that most people said worked best. The real reason nobody does dreadnoughts anymore is not time zones. Activity has dropped everywhere, there are many sectors in Jeri and Empire space as well that are at 100%+ that never see attacks, simply because dreads are far more inactive than when they were first implemented. This drop in activity everywhere is due to dreadnought queues being so easily abused, poor announcement mechanics, as well as a dropping playerbase.
I think you guys also forget that the fed dread time is also supposed to work for SEA players too. Moving it 1 or 2 hours earlier puts it at a time when most SEA players are still at work/school. If fed dreads were still split into 2 different battle times for US/SEA players (not one US/SEA and one RU), I would agree that the time should be moved back an hour or two for one of the times. But since fed space is all one battle time, moving it back 1 or 2 hours isn’t best for the majority.
I think you guys also forget that the fed dread time is also supposed to work for SEA players too. Moving it 1 or 2 hours earlier puts it at a time when most SEA players are still at work/school. If fed dreads were still split into 2 different battle times for US/SEA players (not one US/SEA and one RU), I would agree that the time should be moved back an hour or two for one of the times. But since fed space is all one battle time, moving it back 1 or 2 hours isn’t best for the majority.
yes but i know all three of them and none of them will complain.
Moving it back 1 hour will make it perfect during daylights savings time and non daylights savings time. You cannot accurately say that it’s the best time for the majority. You didn’t look at who voted. I’m sure europeans and a couple russians voted. i’m sure they would love it to be way later. EU and russia have their own dread timezones. There are plenty of things wrong with this poll and you can’t base the time off of it. Let’s speak to multiple CEOs about this. RadiX and BEAST both agree that it should be an hour earlier. That’s half of the active fed space corps…
Why could they not just try different time slots on different sectors to see which works best? Pointless commenting here as most players don’t bother with the forums, sad to say.
I’m all for having them earlier as I then may play the US matches from time to time (I’m EU btw) as it would not be at some stupid time for me.
BUMP i see so many favorable posts to this suggestion and I wonder why it has not been changed? To be honest, i’m starting to get mad at devs. I know you guys try, but there is no reason to ignore this post. Prove me wrong about Russian partiality and change dread times. “there is no Russian partiality”, yet you make dread times horrible and give half of fed space to russians because fed space is inactive. I think that is proof. This is so simple to change the times, make me a dev and i will change it for you if you are not willing to spend the time on it.
BUMP i see so many favorable posts to this suggestion and I wonder why it has not been changed? To be honest, i’m starting to get mad at devs. I know you guys try, but there is no reason to ignore this post. Prove me wrong about Russian partiality and change dread times. “there is no Russian partiality”, yet you make dread times horrible and give half of fed space to russians because fed space is inactive. I think that is proof. This is so simple to change the times, make me a dev and i will change it for you if you are not willing to spend the time on it.
Because there are just as many people that do not want dread time changed.
I’m sorry, what now? I can’t hear you over the sounds of your ships exploding.
That was like our 10th dread battle when we were still testing strats. You do realize that with experience comes skill.
Anyways, i’m not going to get into some crap argument with you. This is about dread times. Are you saying that NASA cannot field a wing at 9 oclock eastern time? Last time we attacked you guys, you could only field 5 of your own, just like us.
That was like our 10th dread battle when we were still testing strats. You do realize that with experience comes skill. EXCUSES
Anyways, i’m not going to get into some crap argument with you. This is about dread times. Are you saying that NASA cannot field a wing at 9 oclock eastern time? Last time we attacked you guys, you could only field 5 of your own, just like us.
We can, if you want. But the time isn’t going to be changed unless if a lot of people outside of your radicks boyband pipe up. The time is fine as is and is majority voted. End of story.
We can, if you want. But the time isn’t going to be changed unless if a lot of people outside of your radicks boyband pipe up. The time is fine as is and is majority voted. End of story.
Stop dodging the question, it’s annoying. Can you field a full wing at 9 oclock eastern time? In the past, you have not been able to at the current time. It’s yes or no. i’m sure you can pick one.
Do you even know how to read, kid? Go do your reading comprehension homework or something, because you obviously can’t perform such a task.
Stop dodging the question, it’s annoying. Can you field a full wing at 9 oclock eastern time? In the past, you have not been able to at the current time. It’s yes or no. i’m sure you can pick one.
i guess the american players dont matter to you, because the magority of players are russian and they just clicked whatever they felt like when they dont even play at that time.