By my ruff math...
etherin77
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So let's pretend that this game will make it a full year (stop laughing, it could happen)
So We pay 15$ a month, now lets say that with good weather and such that, we only lose 2 days a week, due to maint/patch/update/rollback/wehavenothingbettertodo/random crashing/forever loading screens
That basically boils down to my 1 year sub is in all actuality 8 months of game time...
But ya know, they gave us 5 free days at the very start to say "Opps, sry, we're idiots and can't figure out how to make a mega server wrk"
So We pay 15$ a month, now lets say that with good weather and such that, we only lose 2 days a week, due to maint/patch/update/rollback/wehavenothingbettertodo/random crashing/forever loading screens
That basically boils down to my 1 year sub is in all actuality 8 months of game time...
But ya know, they gave us 5 free days at the very start to say "Opps, sry, we're idiots and can't figure out how to make a mega server wrk"
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Syndy✭✭✭I remember my first MMO...Syndy - VR14 Breton Templar
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You kidding me right... this post a joke or what.. you that addicted you can't wait for the regular maintanence?...2 -
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✭Well, if you count the time you're sleeping, you lose even MORE time! Should the company compensate you for that time, too?
Even if you play just an hour a day, that means that you're paying the company roughly 50 cents per day (or hour) to play the game. That's REALLY cheap entertainment.
Also, unless the downtime happens to coincide with the only time you can play that day (happens to many in other timezones or with different work schedules), the downtime for maintenance doesn't ruin a whole day of gameplay, so you should factor that in as well.
So far this week, we've lost about 12 hours of gametime, which is much higher than the past few weeks, but let's say that somehow that becomes the average. 12 hours for maintenance divided by 168 hours in the week = 7% of the week. Times that by 52 weeks, and you get about a month (3.7 weeks) of downtime over the course of the year, not four months.3 -
kitsinni✭✭✭✭✭I think you math might need some polishing. Those two days a week are not 24 hour days. As much as they screwed up the last patch I have never seen 24 hour maint in this game. Probably a fair average is 6 hours of downtime a week maybe as much as 8. That is 13-17 days not four months. Still quite a lot actually by most MMO standards. Even if they were 24 hour downtimes twice a week it still wouldn't be quite 4 months of downtime a year.
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✭<p>I only have enough time to use the internet in my apt in about a 4 hour time span a day, wonder if I can get them to lower my bill for my habit of not using it as much as I could when it's not down. </p>0 -
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✭✭So let's pretend that this game will make it a full year (stop laughing, it could happen)
So We pay 15$ a month, now lets say that with good weather and such that, we only lose 2 days a week, due to maint/patch/update/rollback/wehavenothingbettertodo/random crashing/forever loading screens
That basically boils down to my 1 year sub is in all actuality 8 months of game time...
But ya know, they gave us 5 free days at the very start to say "Opps, sry, we're idiots and can't figure out how to make a mega server wrk"
I don't loose any days, ok I lost two hours on the last patch, and the odd couple of minutes here and there. But the EU server usually has maintenance when I'm asleep.
So my 1 year sub is actually a 1 year sub.People believe what they either want to be true or what they are afraid is true!
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AlexDougherty✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭f0rgiv3n27b14_ESO wrote: »I remember my first MMO...
Me too, I only stopped playing it about six months ago.People believe what they either want to be true or what they are afraid is true!
Wizard's first rule
Passion rules reason
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Mind what people Do, not what they say, for actions betray a lie.
Wizard's fifth rule
Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self
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SaibotLiu✭✭✭✭They're reinvesting your stolen game time into low risk high yield mutual funds, which only compounds the treachery.0
