Originally Posted by
Rafnir
The point I was making about the French server, is that if it already had the update, then it also had it's downtime. You don't seem to understand that.
I didn't say that adding stuff are not updates, I NEVER said that. I was talking about WEEKLY maintenance, which YOU call updates, but are not adding stuff at all. This new patch is NOT part of a weekly system, they are NOT adding stuff WEEKLY. Are you starting to get the point now, or do you need it simplified?
Hint: again, you don't understand the difference between updates and maintenance.
Btw, which "other" companies are you talking about? Blizzard has weekly maintenance, but can sometimes be done with servers online. Sometimes they have so-called hotfixes, which usually requires servers to restart. But when they have updates, like the latest patch 7.2., they most certainly have downtimes too. Most other online game companies have a similar system, and they ALL have downtimes.
And last, for me TSO most certainly is a casual game, it all depends on how you play. And in almost every single other game (and especially MMOs), you can say the same: if you miss a game session, you miss out on something, because whatever you do in any such game, it's a progress. The opposite of "casual" is "hardcore", and that's at least NOT what I personally consider TSO to be.