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From: Cuer
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Posted: 2006-07-14 05:51:09

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PlayOnline: All Worlds Maintenance (Jul. 24)

Jul. 14, 2006 02:00 [PDT]
From: FINAL FANTASY XI

All Worlds Maintenance (Jul. 24)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience.

* The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

* You may receive errors such as POL-1160 or POL-0010 during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

* For the update details, please refer to Topics on the official PlayOnline.com web site or PlayOnline Viewer which will be available on Jul. 24, 2006.

* Also, the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline and Chocobo raising have been excluded from this version update for further testing, and are scheduled to be implemented in the next version update. More details will be announced when they become available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Affected Period]
Jul. 24, 2006 10:00 to 14:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

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From: Venoseth Registered User Posted: 2006-07-14 08:16:37	Reply Quote
Wow... after all the hype I can't believe they would exclude Chocobo Raising from this update. Apparently they told us about it before they were ready... what a let down.

From: Thufir Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 09:38:41	Reply Quote
"FFXI Maintenance Jul 24" This isnt a content update. It clearly says "maintenance" on the post that I see.

From: Cuer Administrator Posted: 2006-07-14 09:42:20	Reply Quote
This is the content update, that has been discussed on the official site for over a month. It just won't have everything they initially had planned for it.

From: Tydus Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 11:03:32	Reply Quote
Wow, just wow. After all of that, they're going to exclude the features that everyone wanted. SE why must you break my heart so? ; ;

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Posted: 2006-07-14 11:14:00

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i know what you mean chocobo raising has been awaited for a while now they finnally say they are going to put is in on the 14th with the system update, but on the 14th today they say "no chocobos" i think that they should give some prehence notice telling us that there is no chocobo raising i mean cmon thousands of people were awaiting it and they didnt deliver..... not safe for the company and a major let down.

From: monkeythief Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 11:55:18	Reply Quote
yea its the update. sucks though... i wanted to raise a chocobo, oh well.. ir ather have them test it more then having it with problems.

From: Dracovivi Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 12:15:56	Reply Quote
Ya, it appears to be a pre-version update maintaince like they have done on all prior updates.

From: Sanjin Registered User Posted: 2006-07-14 16:22:34	Reply Quote
I personally can wait, myself. I mean, I would rather have a good Chocobo systen come later than a very buggy Chocobo systen at the usual time. It probably wont be all too much longer anyway.

From: StyxRiver Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 17:03:50	Reply Quote
Something tells me, major let down or no, that they're not going to lose a large customer base. You work hard enough to get to a point where you can raise Chocos, are you seriously willing to just give up because it is delayed a couple of weeks? Come on, be serious now.

From: ZeRoJRG Guest Posted: 2006-07-14 20:21:09	Reply Quote
so...does this mean i can still get my new AF? also, think the chocobo stand will be opened in Aht Urghan? or will that tie into chocobo raising..we will see

From: Mablunggaruda Registered User Posted: 2006-07-14 20:44:41	Reply Quote
It is because they are not yet finished with the new content.

From: wind Guest Posted: 2006-07-15 05:00:11	Reply Quote
i dont know if there is any difference between a bugged system now or a perfect system later. a perfect system wont be implemented from SE at start. just wait for the maintanance, the emergency maintanance 2hours after that, the secret maintanance and the spontanous emergency maintanance to fix all the stuff from the first emergeny maintanance.

From: Elaron Guest Posted: 2006-07-15 06:14:15	Reply Quote
Anyone else see that this is the patch for the festival... I mean it is the day before that begins so they need to have all the item updates before we can start the festival. So I doubt they are cutting anything out.

From: f Guest Posted: 2006-07-15 09:36:24	Reply Quote
Quote from: ZeRoJRG so...does this mean i can still get my new AF? also, think the chocobo stand will be opened in Aht Urghan? or will that tie into chocobo raising..we will see Yes everything besides new missions and chocobo

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2006-07-15 09:52:23

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A recently posted official "clarification":

Jul. 14, 2006 22:30 [PDT]
From: PlayOnline

Chocobo Raising and Storyline Release Clarification

There has been some confusion regarding the release of Chocobo raising and the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline.

Chocobo raising and the continuation of the Treasures of Aht Urhgan storyline have been delayed slightly, and are scheduled to be implemented shortly after the July 24 version update.

More details will be announced when they become available. We apologize for any confusion.

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From: Perneir
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Posted: 2006-07-17 21:13:02

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Quote from: wind
i dont know if there is any difference between a bugged system now or a perfect system later. a perfect system wont be implemented from SE at start. just wait for the maintanance, the emergency maintanance 2hours after that, the secret maintanance and the spontanous emergency maintanance to fix all the stuff from the first emergeny maintanance.

lol,This tickles me because its true

From: Russ Guest Posted: 2006-07-18 15:34:24	Reply Quote
ive quit due to it, so yeah its serious, they tell you something, and dont deliver, they put maintainence on at exactly the times when the UK players would be most likely to use it, constantly. they run a choppy game with bad graphics even on my pretty decent PC, all in all FF realyl isnt worth it, fun for a while but square manage to ruin it

From: muttz Guest Posted: 2006-07-19 15:47:08	Reply Quote
i really cant see why everyone complaining that it aint in this patch all they ever said as a release date was end of july by my calculations thats like 7 days after the 24th. and yeah gotta agree the uk always gets the rough end when it comes to maintenance timings

From: Vivisan
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Posted: 2006-07-20 10:26:45

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Even the NA do. The maintaince time is geared towards what is ideal for Japan. However that is a 10-13 hour and 18-19 hour time difference from America and Europe.

However you want a game that is patched with some consistancy. Seriously, does anyone of you remember the rampant abuse and cheating on other major games, mostly from EA and Blizzard?

EA is known for never patching their games, dispite large customer base input, because its free.

Blizzard has holes miles wide in them and the servers are horrible compared to SE's.

If you are having a 'choppy' game, then you should fix you graphics card and try not to overrender, you can fix that stuff, it even comes in the manual people. They also include FFXI and POL tools to make sure you don't run into problems.

For the Chocobo patch, I think its good that it is getting final testing. I'm sure everyone remembers the problems when they did the Fellowship one, and this is larger and more interesting. Fellowship was a nice idea to enhance soloing and stuff, but chocobos are a large part of past FF games and this one will be huge if they pull it off right. The wait is worth the time. The manager probably got yelled at for the confusion on this.

Also: BLM Balance!
This dreaded 'nerf' won't kill BLM. Only NMs get the resistance build and it goes away! SE is becoming smarter to our demands. Gone are the days of the BST nerf, I honestly believe they repaired BST with Aht Urghan.

So before you go 'Zomg I quit' just realize how much better SE has been as a company since first starting. Also that BST nerf was COMPLETELY because of mass-mpk issues BY BSTS and that we as a community get final say in what we want and how to do it.

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