Update to Timezone Change Policy for Extreme Changes Only [Mega]

This is why shard chats should not be allowed he is protected though not active and active players are penalized. Great system.

Yeah, I had to do that or retire from game. I’d rather fight my own battles but won’t set alarm to play a game. Besides that, I’m ok with shard chats. Coordinating with other players are common in multiplayer games. I believe CG agrees with that as much as they are releasing a better ingame chat in near future.
Back to the topic, I am favorable of us being able to choose a PO hour that best suits our playtime. This way game becomes more enjoyable as Arena is the best part of this game. Might prevent gamers to stop playing. CG wants our cash? Fair enough, but for us to pay, we need to keep playing and not feeling frustrated.

@CG_Carrie I'm really happy to see this being available for players, it was one of the points of feedback I was really intent on providing. Sadly, I do see it is only a 1 time timezone change (to prevent exploits, totally understandable) but would like to see a possible quality of life fix for those of us who have to go on long business trips every so often. In my situation, I am based in the US but have to travel to Japan for 2 - 4 months at a time 2 times a year (I'm in a specific scenario here). This fix is not designed for players such as myself, but I hope this will be something that is addressed in the future. Regardless, I am very happy that the company is taking steps in the right direction. Keep up the great work and I am eagerly awaiting future quality of life improvements.

Been waiting for this for a long time... I moved from Hawaii, where I started the game, to the east coast (5 or 6 hour change depending on DST; Hawaii has no DST). But if it's a one time only thing I'm going to keep "suffering" with my 1:00 AM fleet payout because I move around a lot and in about four months I could be moving back west.

(I say "suffering" in quotes because I have a sense of perspective and realize that this is just a cell phone game)

"Kevern_Zaksor;c-1546354" wrote:
(I say "suffering" in quotes because I have a sense of perspective and realize that this is just a cell phone game)

We don't allow none of that "sense of perspective" stuff around here, bub. ;)

"Dabro112;c-1546283" wrote:

"DaGoMan;c-1546261" wrote:
I have installed game while on vacation on Tokyo. But I live in Brazil, the other side of the world.
For months I’ve missed PO (it’s 6am) until I finally managed to enter shard chat and negotiate with my shard mates. They are great and helped me stay at rank 2 everyday. I sit there for about 7h and nobody touches me, they even prevent snipers to hit me.
So even tho I would be able to be more active during PO if I change it, if it’s gonna be 6pm, I may have worse income because I’ll be superbusy at work.... so I think CG should consider real life schedule as an important issue.
Many players get upset by not being able to collect crystals and after a while, they move to Marvel game. So please, treat us well cause if you don’t, other game developers will learn from your weaknesses and steal your customers.

This is why shard chats should not be allowed he is protected though not active and active players are penalized. Great system.

Are you kidding? First of all, how exactly would you enforce that? You know he's probably using Discord right?
Second, "though not active" .....at five in the morning. You're right, he's such a leech, not waking up at five A.M. to play a cell phone game. He's probably plenty active at other times throughout the day. You know, like when he's awake.
Third, shard chats are great. If people want to be proactive and engage with the people around them for their mutual benefit then more power to them. I do it, and guess what? Everyone is super cool and we help each other out by not attacking each other right before our payouts. We collectively bring in more crystals because we're working together.

You should go try to find your shardmates. They may actually be pretty cool people.

I just hope CG allows exceptions to the one time move for military members who are transferred to overseas duty stations and rotate between zones regularly. Even though I was stationed in Germany for years, I went TDY regularly and Blizzard was very happy to assist me. EA did the same with TOR and Galaxies.

Most people have to make a choice and game isn't on the top of the list.
While moving is an obvious argument for changing payouts, what about the rest? Some of us have work, families, drive home, have to eat etc. In case you didn't notice, the game takes a HUGE amount of time these days. In fact, if one would want to do everything there is, it would take more than hardcore MMO requires. Plus this isn't the game when progression is fast-paced and it's over in few weeks. Takes, quite literally, years to reach the comfort zone and defeat the raid reliably - I'm basing this on HAAT history and nerfs you dropped to ensure the longevity of Sith raid. It is time-consuming each and every day, always.
I think one-time change is a very good idea. I also think that restricting this to selected few and basing it on personal information you shouldn't even have access to without the explicit consent of the user (in the wake of EU GPDR), is a terrible idea.

In short: allow everyone to switch their times once, then if one wants to switch again - make him testify, demand proof, verify, investigate and whatnot. Please.

Switching payout time would be a godsend for me, just due to work schedule. Can't really think about competing while (serving) happy hour. The ability to possibly earn more free crystals would make me more willing and likely to also buy them. Kind of a "kitten me? No, kitten you" thought process, I guess.

"Dabro112;c-1546283" wrote:

"DaGoMan;c-1546261" wrote:
I have installed game while on vacation on Tokyo. But I live in Brazil, the other side of the world.
For months I’ve missed PO (it’s 6am) until I finally managed to enter shard chat and negotiate with my shard mates. They are great and helped me stay at rank 2 everyday. I sit there for about 7h and nobody touches me, they even prevent snipers to hit me.
So even tho I would be able to be more active during PO if I change it, if it’s gonna be 6pm, I may have worse income because I’ll be superbusy at work.... so I think CG should consider real life schedule as an important issue.
Many players get upset by not being able to collect crystals and after a while, they move to Marvel game. So please, treat us well cause if you don’t, other game developers will learn from your weaknesses and steal your customers.

This is why shard chats should not be allowed he is protected though not active and active players are penalized. Great system.

Welcome to the forums. In the future, please think before typing. Thanks in advance.

Instead of one-time only, I would like to “pay” like 20k crystals to be able to choose my PO hour, regardless of timezone. Even if it was limited by 1 time each 3 months, or something like that. People has different avaiable time to play, again, regardless their timezone.
Be pro-gamers, and gamers will still playing. We love it, don’t let us fall in love by Marvel