PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Oct. 18)

At the following time, we will be performing an update on the PlayOnline servers. During this time, PlayOnline, Tetra Master and FINAL FANTASY XI will be offline. Further, the Friend List Plus, Q&A Database Search, and "Registering a Community Site" features of the official PlayOnline website (http://www.playonline.com) will be unavailable. We realize that this is a particularly long maintenance period, and we apologize for the inconvenience. [Date & Time] Oct. 18, 2004 9:00 (PDT) [Affected Period] >From Oct. 18, 2004 9:00 to 17:00 (PDT) *This update's completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] PlayOnline

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eekers.
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:43 PM Rating: Decent
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lol I don't mind... it's usually on mondays, which REALLY sucks for me, because that's my second day off. :( oh well. that could explain why all my friends surpass me, they have all weekend.
Well this sucks..
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:36 PM Rating: Decent
Every time they do maintance it starts right, before I wake up. Ends roughy hour to two hours after I begin work. I think they are watching me writing down my work time and making it so I cant play till I get home. ^^ jk jk :0)
maintanace
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:20 PM Rating: Default
i hate this maintance i pay for this crack and every time it starts to get good maintance come along to ruin the rush of killing a "hare" with my lvl 40 pld. god only so much not to do the light burns my skin so no outside for me my fingers have ink on the from keyboard i think i have been on to long ffx has took my life.
/sigh
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:13 PM Rating: Default
I'm glad that the updates here are actually worth the time waiting for them to get done. And, unlike other people have stated, I believe that the devs are catering to us the NA players more than the JP in these maintainences- 9-5 PST is a normal working day for most, give or take a few hours the further you go- heck, even the atlantic coast will be able to get back on at around 8PM, which means time to get home, eat/shower, do something productive around the house, spend time w/ family, etc. I'd also like to remind people that the maintainence schedule was altered FOR NA players, well specifically US players, due to Labor day? This "They cater to the JP players because they are biased towards their own people" crap needs to stop. Someone prove me wrong when I say that their are more NA players than JP and EU players (combined)in these servers. If SE was as money grubbing as some people believe, then they would cater to their largest base, to keep more players happy so they keep playing/paying.

Edited, Mon Oct 18 16:13:51 2004
maintnance
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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(>@_@)> THIS SUCKS...
HAHA
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:52 PM Rating: Decent
reading everyones complaints and reading everyones comments keeps me occupied during maintenece...by the way Anyone want to do Eco-War Asura servor tonight :)
general
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:49 PM Rating: Decent
I had planned on sleeping thru this, had timed it
perfectly and then my sister wakes me up. What the heck is the matter with her can't she see i'm on a schedule?????? lol
Let me tell you a little story....
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:14 PM Rating: Good
I Thank God for these mantinces becuase I know my money (acctually my parent's money) is going towards something in the game to make my gameplay better. Now in SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) the game servers were down every morning for 1-3 hours, and nothing would get done, the game was buggy and lets just say it sucked. A 8 hour mantnince once in a while is nothing, like other have stated above GO DO SOMETHING ELSE... its not the end of the world its not going to give you cancer if you can't play FF11 for 8 hours, you will still have FF11, your character, your money, your quipment, your friends, after a measly 8 hours of downtime is done. If you have nothing else to do I'm sad to say you have no life, and you need to get something else to do becuase this is just a game its not your life.
THIS SUXX
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:13 PM Rating: Decent
If you really look at it server maintenance always seems to happen after the Japanese peek hours of play and during the begining of the American hours. That SUXX
oh well
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:08 PM Rating: Decent
This seems to be an update for POL and not FFXI >.<;; So no new stuff

Edited, Mon Oct 18 15:10:49 2004
Maintenance
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:00 PM Rating: Decent
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Probably adding new CoP missions and Al'Teau finnaly
humm
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:47 PM Rating: Decent
You guys are nuts, how do you think we get a new item or 2 after each maintenace. Think about it, I am going to be so happy to get back on and see what happens. Think about it, 8hours that could mean a buttload of updated mob's, item's, NM's, HNM's, Equipment, Quest's, Etc. It seems that after each maintenance the game only gets better so 8 hours could bring us a massive load of updated crap and stuff we haven't even heard of so be happy:).

-----------------Lilant------------------
"I am the dark one"
"lead me the way dark one"
"So I may live by sword in hand"
Char:Lilant
Jobs:52Drk,30War,10Thf,10Rdm,8bst
Server:Cerberus
OMG thank about it
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:44 PM Rating: Decent
[/Black][Red]You guys are nuts, how do you think we get a new item or 2 after all this ****. Think about it, I am going to be so happy to get back on and see what happens. Think about it, 8hours that could mean a ******** of updated mob's, item's, NM's, HNM's, Equipment, Quest's, Etc. It seems that after each maintenance the game only gets better so 8 hours could bring us a **** load of updated **** and stuff we haven't even heard of so be happy:).

-----------------Lilant------------------
"I am the dark one"
"lead me the way dark one"
"So I may live by sword in hand"
Char:Lilant
Jobs:52Drk,30War,10Thf,10Rdm,8bst
Server:Cerberus
RE: OMG thank about it
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:44 PM Rating: Decent
Umm i think you need to REread the bullitin.

It's a POL update no changes to tetramaster or FFXI are happening during this update.
Only reason FFXI and TM is down with it is because POL is the primary access program to said services
And Another Thing
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:36 PM Rating: Decent
There is another thing about the real world. We pay for a certain level of service. When we buy a game we expect to be able to play it. The monthly service rate should cover anytime I want to play. If there is a need for maintenance, then a good compromise is credit the customer something on the monthly bill for unavailable time. No maintenance, full bill, otherwise some ratio. Seems fair to me.
RE: And Another Thing
# Oct 18 2004 at 5:02 PM Rating: Decent
C'mon, really...we're talking maybe 16 hours per month of maintenance out of roughly 720 hours per month(2.2%). so if SE were to reimburse us for the lost time it would come out to roughly 26 cents(a bit more depending on number of mules). What are you gonna do with 26 cents per month?
Maintainence
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:29 PM Rating: Good
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Yeah, maintainence isnt really that bad, only keeps me from Nm hunting... not like i'm really missing that much -_-....
Mondays, ET. Maintenance.
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:24 PM Rating: Decent
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I already got used to it, so, I always expect maintenance to come up now. Yup, I will only say this, if you live in US East Coast, or EU, never expect to be able to play on mondays, before 9pm EST. Sincerely, Maintenance is almost ALWAYS scheduled this particular day of the week, at this time.

Don't ask me when I want maintenance to be done, but, to me, from 12 am to 6 am EST is the perfect time for a maintenance to be done at. (I work night shifts, and go to college, at the same time). Of course I expect my available time to really ***** up the rest of the world's, it's karma. Me vs the world. ^^ lol.
So much misunderstanding...
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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There are so many misinformed people here...

Guess what? Server maintenance doesn't happen "during business hours". It happens when you schedule it. Most server maintenance happens *off* business hours. If you're a network or a server technician, you're on call. You go when you have to go. Hours are irrelevant. If maintenance would be best done at 9 PM local time, then you schedule around that. This is how the real world works, people.

Secondly, this maintenance window is longer than normal, but usually the windows are from 12-4 or 12-6 CST. How exactly is that "NA Primetime"? Primetime for NA would be later in the evening, like around 8 or 9. If it's primetime for *anyone*, it's primetime for the EU people. 12-6 CST is 6 PM to 12 AM in the UK.
Everyone keeps complaining =P
# Oct 18 2004 at 1:00 PM Rating: Decent
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Everyone complains that PLayOnline schedules it during N Amer prime hours and says to move it to like 3am-11am....

Those are my peak hours, =P lol
All you need is a cup of coffee and your all set.
Maintenenace Times
# Oct 18 2004 at 12:37 PM Rating: Decent
Though it would make sense for them to stagger the maintenace times so different time zones didn't always get the boot - my question is this:

Where is this maintenance being performed?

If it's in the US, it would make sense for it to be during the day when people actually work. Or should we expect these people to be working on maintenance from 3am to 11am?

Otherwise, if the maintenance is being performed elsewhere (Japan) - I guess I don't really understand why it would be at the times it is...

Does anyone know?

Edited, Mon Oct 18 13:42:59 2004
NA screwed as usual
# Oct 18 2004 at 11:21 AM Rating: Decent
I personally dont care about them doing maintainance. my complaint is they alwasy seem to do it during NA time, never during JP time.
RE: NA screwed as usual
# Oct 18 2004 at 11:42 AM Rating: Decent
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lol, I can't get over my luck here. I get 1 day off from work every 2 weeks, and they ALWAYS seem to hit my day off.

Not to mention, this day off is my birthday.

SE loves me! lol
RE: NA screwed as usual
# Oct 18 2004 at 12:27 PM Rating: Decent
Ditto.

My poor boyfriend had planned to get off work early and all - being his birthday and all we had planned to play all night long and eat Chinese food.

Oh well... It's not like they do it just to **** people off.

Edited, Mon Oct 18 13:33:40 2004
nice schedule
# Oct 18 2004 at 6:47 AM Rating: Decent
Nice schedule. This means in almost whole europe its from 17.00 till 01.00 downtime :)

anyone has a suggestion for a nice movie to rent tonight?
RE: nice schedule
# Oct 18 2004 at 11:17 AM Rating: Excellent
Yep... you're right...
The updates aren't at YOUR primetime my dear Americans, they are at OUR prime time in Europe...
Ich get hom from work at 6 and when they have maintanence i can't play the whole day...
But who cares? I have a girlfriend ^^
RE: nice schedule
# Oct 18 2004 at 3:24 PM Rating: Decent
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Mister Jacomo, You'd better update that signature ! Because I think your fishing skill is waaaaayyyyy above the lv23 :) See you in the game ^^
/slap
# Oct 18 2004 at 12:10 AM Rating: Decent
i need my FF fix!
I care not
# Oct 17 2004 at 11:52 PM Rating: Decent
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It's just maintenance, man. Nothing that hasn't happend a million times, and nothing that isn't going to change until this game dies out.

Either way theres a new Grand Theft Auto game coming out go buy that and have some fun. ^^
pfft
# Oct 17 2004 at 4:55 AM Rating: Default
pfft no wunder JP dont like to pt wit NA... they complain too much and make 15 minute pts
PLZ dont complain
# Oct 16 2004 at 2:45 PM Rating: Decent
Hey its just like that song "Workin' 9 to 5" LOL OK all kidding aside. At least this is scheduled maintenence. I hate technical difficulties ><, and it gets on our nerves when it seems to happen 1 or 2 a week. But hey i think they take the servers down temporarily to maybe knock some sense of reality into the 15 hour a day players.
RE: PLZ dont complain
# Oct 16 2004 at 4:59 PM Rating: Default
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If they do that, all the no lifers, like myself, will just go elsewhere... like to CoH or WoW.

Edited, Sat Oct 16 22:42:35 2004
RE: PLZ dont complain
# Oct 18 2004 at 6:01 AM Rating: Good
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Lmao, do you realize that if they don't do that, the game will probably get a lot of rollbacks/crashs ? Don't you remember Helbreath and Ragnarok ? They almost never did any maintenance, and see how much problems they got. If you're not happy with this, feel free throw your game through the window and go buy something else. We won't cry after you.
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