Nope. HTFU.

Make up your mind, is it a game or is it real life?

Did you know in WWI there was a cease-fire during christmas day. The opposing forces came into 'no man's land' and played soccer. I honestly wouldn't care for a cease fire on christmas. The only problem i see with that is that other countries have different holidays.

This is entertainment, not a real war (if that starts to blur in your mind, seek help). Some people celebrate holidays with their families. Some play games. Some do both. I'm not going to tell others what they should do with their free time and I'd like to think that attitude is prevalent amongst most adults.

does eve stop on christmas? There's your answer, we are mercenaries, we don't get time off, we set our own hours and accept the consequences of deciding to take time off.

Two years in two days? Maybe. If another corp has to wait until you're not there to take your district(s), chances are they're not good enough to actually defend it when you come back. Besides, think of all the fun you'll have finding out

In the end it doesn't matter, when CCP turns the servers off (at some stage in the future it will happen) everyone will lose everything anyway

same universe, same rules. you want time off? stop playing and deal with the consequences.

And ww2 there was only killing in christmas and any other holidays,you dont have to log in game,people has holidays when they are not in game.Use that in your advantage

Actually eve has fireworks.

Do they do that for sov in EvE?

Next you'll be asking for all of Iceland to close up shop for practically the whole month of December.

Oh, wait...

I think the solution to this is to give corps a sort of shield device that basically equates to a small number of blackout days that they can use at their leisure.

Cant you just pay the price to have an alt corp attack your interests if you really want a guaranteed day of rest?

Everyone else faces the same risk and currently has the same option.

Good points on the under siege situation.

In either case, I think there's options, and while it may not be convenient for some it doesn't mean that it's a problem that the devs need to intervene in ;-)

Yes, or some of them middle easterners. I don't think they worship the christian gods... alternatively some of them people from asia that haven't been converted by the christian missionaries that traveled east during the great crusades.

Seriously though. Don't get attacked isnt the solution. The solution is 'have people there to defend'. You have to make sacrifices to have a smaller tighter knit team. One of those sacrifices is not having a solid c,d team that can fill the ranks when some wanna take a break for the holidays.

I say all this with the utmost respect and to add to the context... i have an app in to impswarm sitting and waiting for acknowledgement.

AWOX'ing is not something I have the time nor desire

In real life noone stop you to start a war in christmas only reuptation or bad press. Why shoud CCP play "god" in the game and stop this. I hope ppl will be polite enough to not do it.

Just to be snarky... if it only takes a day to take it... and one holds rightful claim to it... couldn't they then take it back the next day?

If they've got the muscle to hold it the other 364 days a year why do we need dev intervention for that 'one day'.

Otoky makes another point though as well that you may have skipped over. The reasons for it in the real world is 'pr' related and has nothing to do with a magical barrier preventing us from assassinating kim jong on christmas.

Do I have to show the examples from the 20. century when someone started to attack (or war) when the enemy celebrated something religious?
Nah, google it. You will be suprised

But it's also a an attempt at a 'sandbox' mmo. And by design, in a sandbox, you want to give the players as much freedom as possible.

If someone attacks on a holiday, this could be spun on the forums to ignite a 'holy war' and have them wiped off the face of the game.

The other part of dust that will immerse and has been for a long time in eve is the politics.

Some would argue that most major swings in EVE were due to political mishandling..

just no.

The best way to do this is offer a general tool that cost high amounts of isk to block out the district for a day. To limit any possible abuse, have a cool down period. Story wise it could be paying Concord to protect that district for 24hrs? CCP could expand that functionality then to offer a cheaper rate on world wide holiday / holiday that the community votes on. #justideas

Do you EVER have any thought process or do you just always go around declaring things and expect people to listen to you?

Choices have consequences.

If you want a puppy, you got to take care, feed, and clean the poop.

Whenever it is needed.

If you don-¦t want the consequences, don-¦t make the choice.

Nope. HTFU.

If you had a real life outside of the game you wouldn't be wanting them to shut down for a holiday. Wanting this means you care a little bit too much I think. Not every country or person has the same holidays or on the same day either.