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Weekly c/GuildWars2 Question Post - Week 33, 2023 (lemmy.wtf)
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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Does anyone know how the time of the release of SotO will work? Sure, it says the release date is August 22, 2023, but because of time zones it won't be August 22 at the same time on the planet.

My guess is they will follow the time zone of ArenaNet's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, which is about 9 hours behind Europe. So when the game releases at 22 of August in Bellevue, the clock would be around 9 CET in the morning in Europe?

Thanks for the help, guys. Here's an overview of when it will release around the world.

[–] Ravi@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

I don't think we have an exact time yet. My guess would be that they use the same time as with eod or on the regular patch time.

[–] necropola@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Here's some data from previous expansions. Combined with the experience that patches generally hit the live servers in the early evening hours (UTC)) my guess is between 17:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC which is late morning / before noon at ArenaNet in Bellevue, WA (PDT = UTC-7).

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_End_of_Dragons

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Path_of_Fire

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Heart_of_Thorns

[–] Ravi@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for gathering the info. Morning seems likely, since it is the where they have the biggest manpower to monitor the start and come up with fixes for critical problems.

[–] lorkano@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

it's also prime time on EU, gw2 has a lot of EU players so it makes a lot of sense

[–] Ravi@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is info on the wiki about the release

Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure is the fourth expansion pack for Guild Wars 2. It was announced on March 22, 2022,[1] and the title, features and trailer were revealed on June 27, 2023.[2] The release date will be on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 18:00 UTC+02:00.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago

Guess the kids will be going early to bed that day 😆 18:00 UTC+02:00 is just before prime time on the EU servers. The Americans will have to take a day off to play with the rest of us.