There is no downtime with this patch. Just have to reset the game. Not really any reason to wait until tomorrow. I'm betting it'll be playable for EU within a few hours.
Basically, what seemed to be an act of "let's screw over non-seasonal players" at first, was a necessary action to sacrifice one Era (era 5) to ensure the integrity of non-seasonal gameplay going forward (i.e., era 6).
Eras were never really designed to be a “mirror” of Seasons, though as they coincided frequently in the past, it’s easy to see how that became the expectation.
We’re philosophically discussing the place of Eras going forward, namely what they mean to us as well as players and how we’ll handle rolling them in the future. How (or even whether or not) Eras are affected by patches is a consideration and is why we changed the way we rolled Era 5. Changes in 2.4.1 will affect the performance of multiplayer groups, potentially bringing overall group records down, and we wanted to avoid a situation in which Era 6 could have had multiplayer records effectively locked at the start of the Era. This is definitely something we could have communicated earlier and more clearly, and we’re certainly going to strive to do so in the future.
Needless to say, the community’s feedback has most certainly been heard on this issue, and we’re evaluating our process to try to find the best of both worlds going forward.
I can easily understand that everyone wants it at the same time, but having downtime during the afternoon/evening is simply just madness.
There is no downtime with this patch. Just have to reset the game. Not really any reason to wait until tomorrow. I'm betting it'll be playable for EU within a few hours.
Here's a very nice statement from Nevalistis regarding the decision to end era 5 later:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20743184451?page=11#214
Basically, what seemed to be an act of "let's screw over non-seasonal players" at first, was a necessary action to sacrifice one Era (era 5) to ensure the integrity of non-seasonal gameplay going forward (i.e., era 6).
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’re philosophically discussing the place of Eras going forward, namely what they mean to us as well as players and how we’ll handle rolling them in the future. How (or even whether or not) Eras are affected by patches is a consideration and is why we changed the way we rolled Era 5. Changes in 2.4.1 will affect the performance of multiplayer groups, potentially bringing overall group records down, and we wanted to avoid a situation in which Era 6 could have had multiplayer records effectively locked at the start of the Era. This is definitely something we could have communicated earlier and more clearly, and we’re certainly going to strive to do so in the future.
Needless to say, the community’s feedback has most certainly been heard on this issue, and we’re evaluating our process to try to find the best of both worlds going forward.
feel sorry for ppl who pushed for NS leaderboards
2.4.1 live on EU.
Season 6 barbarian solo sc EU grift 85 12m 23.199s MotE build
EU here and there is no patch, anyone with an ETA?
What I'm looking for isn't the easy path.............but a way to walk A hard one
ok maybe cos i'm on a mac client so i guess no patch yet.......... sucks
What I'm looking for isn't the easy path.............but a way to walk A hard one