I’m going to bump this thread, because the importance of this issue seems to have been overlooked, and this thread also kind of lost focus.
Now, I don’t know if you (devs) are even bothering to look at this thread anymore, or if you’re going to make changes in the next patch. In the event that you didn’t intend to make any changes in the latest patch, please, I encourage you to read what I’m about to say.
Here’s what happened. Fed space started off split between an optimal NA time, and an optimal SEA time. It was very obvious that there were no SEA corps in this game who made a mark with their dreadnought, so you decided to make a change. How great! But wait a minute…you decided to give 6 sectors to EU/RU optimal time zone, and left NA 10 sectors with one kind of optimal battle time. So devs, I ask you this. How is it fair to do that? EU/RU corps already have 2 entire factions of space to play around in, and now you’ve made it so that US doesn’t even have one? We were told that you were going to listen to this thread, and what NA corps had to say, but I don’t quite see it that way. You’ve once again favored the EU/RU players in an absurd way. I understand that I’m not technically entitled to any rights as a player of this game, but I think there really need to be some changes made, and I promise you that many will agree with what I have to say.
Look at this image:
This clearly shows that there are 4 - count it - 4 different time zones in the US. This means that with the current time we have in Federation Space, there are people who are unable to play because it’s either too early or too late in all time zones. And you know what? There is an extremely simple solution to this that many people have expressed multiple times, and still nothing has happened. So, I’ll explain it to you once again.
We want there to be two different battle times in Federation space that are optimal for CST/EST, and PST/MST. We want these battles to be optimal for 2 different halves of the country because there are people who play this game, living in both halves of the country. And I’m not asking for there to be a split in the 10 sectors we can fight in right now, I’m saying all 16 sectors should be set to optimal battle times for US corps. I can guarantee that many CDF alliance members, 400+ pilots in total, would agree with me in this opinion. And not just CDF pilots want this, people from a lot of NA corps want this, but you’ve done nothing to make changes for your NA player base, and have essentially, just made things worse.
I’m sure that the EU/RU corps can get over it if they have 6 less sectors to bug around in, and I’m sure that NA corps will be overjoyed when they get 6 more sectors and a new time zone to bug around in. If those outcomes don’t show you an outrageously obvious decision, then I don’t know what will.
I’m sorry if I seem like I’m a little angry, but we’ve been calling for changes for a long time, and nothing (really) has been done about it. I understand that you may have your dreadnought hands full with reading input about what new battle system there should be, but this is not a huge project to deal with. It’s as simple as changing the time the battle occurs. I’m no coding or game design expert, but that sounds pretty simple to me, seeing as you’ve done it so many times before.
Everything is laid out for you. We’ve told you we want two battle times. We’ve told you what times those battles should be at. So now change the battle times of Federation space.
Keep in mind I have not overlooked the fact that you did listen and attempt at making a change based on our voices (regardless of the fact that they were the wrong changes) and that is a huge step for the Star Conflict team. Now we ask that you continue to listen to what we have to say, and make the appropriate changes based on the opinions of the North American corporations.
Thank you for any consideration you give to not just my voice, but the voices of many other people.
Xelavian
CEO - FDEF