World of Warcraft: Forever players in Australia and New Zealand are struggling to get sunlight, and not for the usual MMO reasons

World of Warcraft: Forever players in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of Oceania say the game’s server-based day and night cycle leaves them with little daylight during normal playing hours. They are asking Blizzard for a way to experience both in-game lighting conditions without changing their sleep schedules.

Although Oceania has a local data centre for connections, players share mega-servers aligned with North American time. As a result, in-game daylight falls roughly between midnight and 6am for many in the region. Players say they want more variety, while Blizzard had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication; the game has also recorded the biggest launch in the series’ history.