Mission time guide

[srwu_mods]

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Considering that we have players from all over the world, mission scheduling is tricky. We often run them at times that are best for American players, but because of that non-American players suffer. There's also trouble with communication - saying that you want to come to a mission but hope it's "as soon as possible" is not always helpful.

Because of that, we are introducing semi-official standarized mission times. This does not mean missions will be run only at times listed below. It's only meant to serve as guidelines, to make communication easier and more clear: you can respond to scheduling posts with messages such as "I'd like this to be run at SE Asian time" or "2-3 hours earlier than American time please".

The three standard mission running times are as follows:

American time:
7 PM CST (Central US)
1 AM next day UTC
2 AM next day CET (Continental Europe)
9 AM next day MYT (Malaysia)

European time:
Noon CST (Central US)
6 PM UTC
7 PM CET (Continental Europe)
2 AM next day MYT (Malaysia)

SE Asian time:
8 AM CST (Central US)
2 PM UTC
3 PM CET (Continental Europe)
10 PM MYT (Malaysia)

These assume winter (non-daylights saving) time. During daylight savings months, times will be usually given in CDT.

This is a preliminary version and may change. If you think one of the times is set wrongly and a different hour would work better as a standarized guideline, let us know in the comments below.

Comments

[majestic_keiki]

This sounds like a good initiative and a solid way of making it clear that times shouldn't be assumed to center on American timezones.

I also think the three times suggested sound solid, but not living in South East Asia I feel less confident commenting on that. The time proposed looks, to me as a European, as a sensible compromise between non-awful times in South East Asia and times that are possible for people on other continents.

Also, while it might be lost in the shuffle, I'd say that in general, missions starting between one hour after the proposed Malaysian time and two hours before the proposed American one are ideal, but that I can exercise some flexibility in both directions. Except for on Sundays where I'm occupied until three hours after the proposed European time.

[brought_it_back]

Please link this post from the FAQ page and list all times in UTC in addition to the time zones currently shown.