Redone day/night cycle time poll

[Resolve]

redo.
I think this makes more sense?

oops forgot to vote yes for changing time zone weekly

[EightEightEight]

I think each cont should have different time zones as well so you can go spend time all night or all day that would be kinda cool.

[Stew]

i would like to see a true 24 h combat but it will be unfair for those who have only a littletime to play so they will always play in the day or in the nigth and so on

so i think 4 hours cycle is the way to go to be fair for everyones

[Red Beard]

I want an even cycle so that's severely limiting my options...



3-5 hours of day, 3-5 hours of night with different conts being in different time zones.

Server time changing relative to real life time.

[Resolve]

I chose 6 hour cycle because i feel as if it could be 12am-6am is a full day, so if you're a night owl you can experience a whole day in ps2. I don't want the nights to feel incredibly short because it will give no time to perform night ops.
so it goes like this
people that play from 12am-6am = happy
people that play from 6am-12pm = happy
people that play from 12pm-6pm= happy
people that play from 6pm-12am = happy (prime time experiences 1 whole day)

idk.I just want a long night and i think 6hour cycles = the middle choice

[Bags]

There's no way it's going to be longer than 3-5 hours, because they probably want the average person to experience a full cycle during a session, and the average session is probably 2 - 3 hours.

[Resolve]

true. as long as we get a decent amount of night time i'd be happy. 5-6 hours seems like the sweet spot.
6 hours- 3 day, 2 night, 1/2 dusk, 1/2 dawn seems legit
5 hours - 2 day, 2 night, 1/2 dusk, 1/2 dawn seems decent
could also be - 2.5 day, 1.5 night, 1/2 dusk 1/2 dawn

[Bags]

I see it more likely to end up as 3 hours

night - 1 hr
day - 1 hr
dusk/dawn - .5 hr

[PsychoXR-20]

I'd like to see either 23 hours or 25 hours. This give you a realistic feeling day, but at any given place in the game, the time of day will slowly shift over the course of 2 weeks.

Example:

If at launch Indar started at high noon in game at 12 noon in real life. After about 2 weeks it will be midnight in game at noon in real life. After another 2 week high noon in game will be at noon in real life.

This gives the most realistic feeling day, while also letting people who may have very strict play times able to see all times of day over a 2 week period.

Any cycle that divides evenly with 24 will result in the same time in game at the same time in real life forever.

[Winfernal]

Originally Posted by Bags

There's no way it's going to be longer than 3-5 hours, because they probably want the average person to experience a full cycle during a session, and the average session is probably 2 - 3 hours.

It'll be around 4-5 hours. I'd bet on 5!

[Dreamcast]

I would want 12-18 hour cycles....The reason why is because I want to experience certain times...Not just experience it like 10 minutes or 20 minutes.


I want a night battle to last for like 6 hours or wutever.



Also an equation where time shifts will be usefull so if I play at 6 pm in real life, then 6pm could be an afternoon while in a couple of months it will be noon.


or timezone could change on weekly bases

[ThermalReaper]

I agree with bags(again). If it's more than 3 hours no one is going to experience the entire cycle in a session.

[Jikkan]

I voted 12h cycles but now that I think about it, I much prefer the 24h weekly shift cycle.

Shorter cycles really undermine the ability of certain times of the day to have an impact on the game. Dust and dawn will pass really quickly with some of the poll options. Some of them to the point where they won't even matter. Even worse than that, with shorter cycles you will experience full cycles so often that you will appreciate them less. They will be short transitions between two main states (day and night) that flash by as you play. With longer cycles you actually have to take the time of the day into account as there are more than two states that can affect your gameplay for an extended period of time.

Also dawn is my favorite time of the day.

[Pella]

Redo the poll again.

I would like it every 45mins or so.

[fod]

personally id like it to be every 2 hours