the current day cycle

The current 24-hour day cycle is only about two hours, am I right?
But why?

Most MMOs use an actual 24-hour cycle. Meaning, if you play during the day it'll be day and if you play at night it'll be night. But that never really works either.

What I suggest is a 6 hour day cycle. This means that the world would be day and night 4 times a day, a perfect amount to fit the player base and make the world more alive. Two hours is MUCH too fast. It basically changes from dawn, noon, dusk, midnight to dawn again after every mission. It's probably just me, but I've always felt that a more alive and realistic day cycle can make the world much more attractive and appealing towards the story. It changes the game's style completely for the better. Imagine doing arkfalls when it's daytime ALL the time. It makes it dull. But doing arkfalls during daytime and then nighttime, it would make doing arkfalls more fresh and different each time. A longer daytime and longer nighttime just keeps this game fresh.

What do you guys think? Should it be 6, 8? Or should it stay at just two?

i think 2 is fine =)

Indeed, 2 hours per cycle is good. If it went to a 6 hours cycle it would probably be dark for 2 hours straight.

I have played pretty much every mmo ever made, and 2h is about nomral there has NEVER been a mmo that used a 24h cycle.

well guild wars 2 has like 4 hours day time 2 hours night or something like that.

besides it could be worse it could be Legend of zelda OOT or majoras mask cycle :D.

or worse yet be like World of Warcraft where night time is slightly darker then day time in most zones and does not feel like night at all.

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Originally Posted by Warlander

I have played pretty much every mmo ever made, and 2h is about nomral there has NEVER been a mmo that used a 24h cycle.

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Well, WoW has that. At least the server I used to play on did. There were a couple of other ones I can't remember of. But that is not my point. I guess I really liked how GW2 did it. It felt fresh every time I played . I just feel like two hours makes the game feel like a rush. I mean one dungeon is supposedly going to last up to 1-2 hours. Some shorter obviously. I guess I'm picturing the world events we'll be having. Arkfalls, shadow war, emergencies... it'll be nice to do this under different time periods rather than replay those during day time, which again, makes it dull. Having 4 hours of day and 2 of night makes for different experiences IMO.

i can see what you mean. how ever as a person who plays at the same times each day, i want to see variety. so i like the day night cycle as it is.

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Originally Posted by lPATT

i think 2 is fine =)

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+1 Don't need more,don't need less.Just perfect.

I Think they are doing two hours, so that every player can experience a full day/night cycle. It's more likely for a player to play for two hours straight, then to play for six hours straight.

I think it's fine the way it is.