On the recent podcast episode, Aggrend asked the OCE community directly if quick shifts between day and night when invited into NA based groups would be acceptable or not.
OCEANIC day/night cycle question <<<< AGGREND VIDEO HERE
There are other threads where people are throwing their own ideas into the mix and threads where NA players are also trying to ask for solutions to their own issues with the night and day cycle. If you would like to discuss those topics, please go to these different threads.
OCE players. Please give the wow devs a yes or no. Would you be okay with the time switching suddenly when invited to NA groups, but having your game be set to your actual local time normally? Do you think this is an acceptable trade-off?
Please give us a yes or no.
Yes, I want our own time cycle, and I dont mind the shifting.
or
No, I think it’s too jarring.
Thank you
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I am an Oceanic player and I don’t like the idea of having the time of day instantly change from night to day when grouping.
I think the best solution would be to have Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms on different times and rotate this after maintenance.
For example on launch the continents could be set to an 8 hour offset, like Kalimdor at 00:00 while Eastern Kingdoms is 08:00. Next maintenance at that same real world hour it would be Kalimdor 08:00, Eastern Kingdoms 16:00. Then next maintenance Kalimdor 16:00 and Eastern Kingdoms 00:00. And so on, maintaining an 8 hour offset but staggering what that actually translates to.
The benefits would be that all players are on the same time and there are no weird instant shifts, NA and OCE would both get to experience night and day over the course of the game, and it fits thematically/holistically because time should be different after a long trip across the ocean.
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Yes i wouldnt mind at all. They made the game really beautiful to look at an i wanna see everything of that.
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OCE player - I dont care about the sky
I want devs to work on sharding improvements to support world PVP, especially around capital city boundaries.
Front door to old Lordaeron (UC) as the first item
I agree. The game is incredibly dark at night, and I think this is a completely acceptable solution.
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Yes,
Lol it took only one post for this to get derailed like the other mega post. There are servers in AU so they can set them to AU time and if you get sharded into a US layer your timezone would instantly revert to the US server time . They aren’t going to shorten the day or mess with times in the different game zones. It was a simple will the OCE people be okay with the time changing instantly when grouped with a US layered player.
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your comment is helping me retain some of my sanity. Thank you
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Yes, I want our own time cycle, and I don’t mind the shifting.
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Yes, dont care about shifting.
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No. Not because it’s ‘too jarring’ but because there are better ways to fix it for everyone including the NA folk who want to see the sun. 23hr day is a good solution.
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Yeah, I don’t mind shifting at all, it’s a fine tradeoff for our own time cycle
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yes i dont care about the shifting.
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Yes I don’t mind the shifting
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no, just make the day like 20 hours. so everybody sees the same thing.
It’s impossible to give a genuine response to this because we don’t know when or how often we are going to be swapping between OCE and NA layers.
12 hour / offset cycle is the best solution imo because at least it will be consistent.
Lets worry about them fixing the server for Australians, so we have an actual roleplay server (non-pvp) to play on , otherwise the day/night concern is moot for us.
Yes, I don’t mind the shifting as rarely as it might occur.
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Yes please, perma night during OCE peak time is less than ideal with the current lighting changes etc.
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Yes, I agree would be awesome. Having to play in permanent darkness in every zone makes the game feel less vibrant and takes away from the changes to the graphics they have made. I would like it light when it is light for me and dark when it is dark for me IRL.
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