ConiMonkey said: Well, to be fair that's likely only an issue for some players, and mostly in the United States. I think with the game being played in over 75 different countries around the world, the UK-based developers have likely realised that trying to avoid every single locally-significant cultural festival worldwide in order to keep every player happy is a fool's errand.



But I'm just guessing. Click to expand...

it's not a question of keeping players happy. Betas aren't to make players happy - they're for TESTING. I'm willing to bet that the US makes up a pretty significant plurality of Elite players and if you want a successful beta running it over a week where a good chunk of your potential volunteer testers are away with family obligations pretty much all week and is traditionally one of the biggest travel weeks of the year is just poor planning. If FDev doesn't want my help or input...that's fine. Playing in the beta and testing stuff is a favor we extend to FDev so they don't have to pay for testing. These betas are for FDev's benefit, you'd think they would want as much participation and support as they can get. Given how the last few updates rolled out, they can't afford to be squandering such resources - they need all the help they can get.