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New Updates Abound!Sep 10th, 2004 at 10:27 AM by Haggan

Maintenance, Tetra Master and FFXI get some updates. Details inside! All Worlds Schedule Maintenance (Sep. 13) ------------------------------------------------------------ At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI server maintenance on all worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable. *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. Thank you for your patience. [Affected Period] Sep. 13, 2004 from 10:00 to 16:00 (PDT) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] FINAL FANTASY XI [Important Update Details] - Please refer to the "July-August Announcements" and "September Announcements" in the Developer's Room, accessible from the PlayOnline FINAL FANTASY XI top page. *The version update details will be available on Sep. 13. Tetra Master Update (Sep. 13) ------------------------------------------------------------ At the following time, we will be performing a Tetra Master version update as well as server maintenance. Tetra Master will be unavailable during this period. *The client software will also be updated at this time. After the server maintenance period has expired, the version update process will automatically begin when you select the Play button. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen. [Date & Time] Sep. 13, 2004 from 10:00 to 13:00 (PDT) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] Tetra Master [Important Update Details] -A shortcut to the "Tetra Master Config" will be added. (Windows version only) -European support for Tetra Master will be added. (To open on Sep. 16) *More details on the version update will be posted on Sep. 13. PlayOnline Scheduled Server Maintenance (Sep. 13) ------------------------------------------------------------ PlayOnline will be unavailable due to scheduled server maintenance on the following date. During this time, the PlayOnline Viewer, PlayOnline, Tetra Master and FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience. *The client software will also be updated at this time. The version update process will automatically begin when you login to PlayOnline. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen. [Affected Period] Sep. 13, 2004 from 10:00 to 13:00 (PDT) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] PlayOnline [Important Update Details] - The new PlayOnline main menu will be implemented. - A new chat zone for Front Mission Online will be added. - Handle profiles will be updated to accommodate FINAL FANTASY XI: Chains of Promathia. - Modifications will be made to prepare for the commencement of PlayOnline service in Europe (scheduled for September 16th, 2004). - A window will now appear when "Install" is selected from the login menu, allowing users to select the PlayOnline-compatible title they wish to install. - A shortcut to the PlayOnline Viewer will be added to the PlayOnline Viewer Config panel (Windows version only). - A new feature will be added to windowed mode that will allow users to reduce the size of PlayOnline Viewer window. [Note] This version update will affect the "pol.exe" file, which may require you to adjust the settings of your security software. Please refer to your security software's manual to confirm what adjustments need to be made (Windows version only). *The version update details will be available on Sep. 13.

Tags: FinalFantasyXI, Updates

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Judge

# Sep 13 2004 at 12:51 PM Rating: Decent

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I think that it would just be better if the would just make it like a judge match from FF Advance.

You know like this

1) 1 vs 1 up to 6 vs 6. Even 18 vs 18 (but lag would come in to play there)

2) Have a Law system where both parties pick what can and can not be done.

What spells can be used or weapons or armor or whatever.

Have the same 3 flag rule. If you use something that is listed in the rules you picked at the start like a SuperCool sword and hit someone you get a yellow flag if you get 3 yellow flags your out if you hit them and kill them you get a red flag and your out and even if you team wins the may not get anything.

3) Lvl cap the fight to the lowest person. So if a lvl 75 friend want to test his/her lvl 40 friend skills he could.

4) Put it in a place where people can see. Maybe in Ron,Gats,Saruta you know so new people can sit down and watch with out getting gang bang by an Orcich Newbikiller.

5) Make a better signup system so if you would like to have this fight maybe a week later from the date you could if the time lot is free. Maybe a desk or something I can ever find what-his-name.

6) This is the last thing to make it more fun for the people watching. Maybe letting people bet on the matchs. Put up 1k maybe to get 50gil back lol like in real life.

Well thats my 2 cents

(Plz look over any typos my spelling sucks.)

Acceptable my tail...

# Sep 11 2004 at 3:44 AM Rating: Decent

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633 posts

Sun Fire 6800 Server

Whats the key selling point of it?

Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) - Part of the Solaris 8 (02/02) Operating Environment (OE), DR enables you to dynamically
reconfigure, remove or install core system components into your server while the Solaris OE and your applications are running.

And yes FFXI runs on several SunFire 6800s.
For a $20 Million dollar datacenter, thats a lot of downtime.

Guess they haven't heard of the 5 "9s"... %99.99999 uptime. A standard even at lousy ad-firm.

Edited, Sat Sep 11 04:46:18 2004

RE: Acceptable my tail...

# Sep 12 2004 at 2:46 AM Rating: Good

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Of course if it wasn't so likely some complete beaner would sue them for $1000,000 for a damaged file in an update due to the litigious ideal enshrined in modern Amercian culture, maybe they'd risk the 99.9999%

To Feoen

# Sep 10 2004 at 9:01 PM Rating: Decent

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Thought I might have a solution for you. To me it sounds like your computer might have a trojan or worm thats eatin up your bandwith through other ports while your trying to update. My advice go get yourself Mcafee security run all the updates and scan your machine because I've got cable and none of the updates have taken over 10 to 15 minutes. Also try a program called pestpatrol you may also have spyware eating up the connection limiting your download speeds. Just a thought I'm a computer tech and see stuff like you described all the time.

Hope that helps

Treysmooth
Rdm 34/blm16/thf15/war15/mnk13

RE: To Feoen

# Sep 11 2004 at 11:53 PM Rating: Decent

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Another thing to mention is usually when you try to run the update, you are downloading the files with about roughly 500,000 other people or more. Bandwidth is not unlimited. So it might not be you that is slow, but SE themselves.

RE: To Feoen

# Sep 11 2004 at 12:30 AM Rating: Decent

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209 posts

I too have **** DL speeds but just on FFXI updates. I downloaded warcraft3 beta at avg 22 megs per second the other day, but the 7 file update took me 1.5 hrs. Any clues? I have virus prot and firewall (i've tried disabling firewall)

Wrong

# Sep 10 2004 at 5:07 PM Rating: Decent

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Quote:

I know, I know. Expansion coming out in a week and a half. I know.

Just seems like the servers are either down for maintenance or pushing out a 1-2 hour patch every night nowadays. Damn my East Cost time zone!

Obviously, you don't know. European release is 16th of September.

RE: Wrong

# Sep 10 2004 at 5:37 PM Rating: Excellent

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3,473 posts

Yea but the content won't be active until the 21st.

4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 2:51 PM Rating: Default

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Anonymous

4TH NA Prime Time Update in a row.

/em shakes fist @ SE!!!!!!

RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 4:09 PM Rating: Decent

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Quote:

A new feature will be added to windowed mode that will allow users to reduce the size of PlayOnline Viewer window.

Does this mean there is now going to be "Windowed mode" so you dont need a Windower?

RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 11 2004 at 11:26 PM Rating: Decent

AnimalOnSylph

Sage

457 posts

the POL viewer is the program you use to open FFXI. currently, your options with it are Mimize it to the Start Bar, or exit out of it.

I think this update will allow you to change the size of the viewer by dragging the edges out or in (when the little double sided arrows appear as your cursor).

Of course, I could be completely wrong and have absolutely NO clue what im talking about. in that case, you should ignore everything that I have posted in this message :P

Happy Hunting ^^

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RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 5:01 PM Rating: Decent

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34 posts

Hey, if you haven't been playing MMORPG's for very long, then welcome to the world of updates. If you have, well then this should be no surprise. usually about 2-4 weeks before an expansion every gaming service does this. Yes it cuts into our enjoyment, but it's easier for them to change the code now before Promathia comes out rather than after. They will be busy fixing bugs and glitches following Promathia and won't have time to prep the system. So my advice, go rent a movie, do homework, play PS2 Xbox etc until it's over. Hey this is a good time to go out and buy a new game that you want. gives ya some time to goof off while the updates are going on.

RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 4:51 PM Rating: Decent

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39 posts

is there a way to play ffxi in windowed mode? with another program? is it "legal"?

RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 5:24 PM Rating: Decent

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320 posts

you can play in windowed mode with a windower program, but this does violate the TOS you agreed to when you installed the game.

RE: 4th times a charm

# Sep 10 2004 at 4:37 PM Rating: Decent

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15 posts

Play online viewer, not ffxi game

Think outside of the Box

# Sep 10 2004 at 3:22 PM Rating: Default

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Anonymous

Its Prime time to the EST people. in PST, its the morning/afternoon when people are in the offices at work (most places of employement get out at 5:00 (17:00)). This is their whole day at work.

When you look at it this way, it shouldnt be as big a deal when dealing with the time of day. because im sure they would rather do something else than spend a full day looking at code trying to fix problems, and update ALL of our servers with the exact same patches and updates.

re

# Sep 10 2004 at 2:32 PM Rating: Decent

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23 posts

96.9 is still an A!

Hmm

# Sep 10 2004 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent

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612 posts

hmm

Quote:

- A new chat zone for Front Mission Online will be added.

RE: Hmm

# Sep 11 2004 at 8:48 AM Rating: Decent

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12 posts

That refers to the Japanese PlayOnline viewer, as in Japan, they have Tetra Master, FFXI, Front Mission Online, and Mahjong available for play.

RE: Hmm

# Sep 10 2004 at 9:08 PM Rating: Decent

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Awwwww, HECK yeah!!! =]

Nyarrrrrr.

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:56 PM Rating: Good

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I know, I know. Expansion coming out in a week and a half. I know.

Just seems like the servers are either down for maintenance or pushing out a 1-2 hour patch every night nowadays. Damn my East Cost time zone!

EU

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:34 PM Rating: Decent

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123 posts

Are these new EU players gonna be put on the already full existing servers?

RE: EU

# Sep 10 2004 at 5:20 PM Rating: Decent

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553 posts

oh no... even more??? this is going to pack the servers full. Smiley: cry

RE: EU

# Sep 11 2004 at 2:25 AM Rating: Decent

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Honestly - I encourage new players. Itll absoulutely kill NM camping - thk God! - and it will make it easier to find a pt. More Players = More ppl in the later areas. I do think that some of the key areas - dunes - spawns should be changed to accomidate more ppl - they are starting to relax, but in 3 weeks, itll be hell on wheels to nab something on the beach.

RE: EU

# Sep 10 2004 at 7:05 PM Rating: Decent

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2,232 posts

Total server population will go up, but EU is 6 to 8 hours ahead of EST. The peak times for all 3 regions will still be different.

JP--->(+8hrs)=NA--->(+8hrs)=EU--->(+8hrs)=JP

and so on...

Not to mention they're still 6 months behind the PS2 release. The EU release is PC only as well

RE: EU

# Sep 11 2004 at 11:09 PM Rating: Decent

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Why is it that NA and EU both got the PC version first, but the JP came out with PS2 first? I can understand the delay in PC in Japan, because they're very console-oriented over there, but why should there be any delay at all in North America and Europe between the systems? It just doesn't make much sense. (Plus, the "chubby elitist geek" culture has targets to attack with its oh-so-deadly and painful word: "n00b!!!11," because of this...)

RE: EU

# Sep 11 2004 at 5:47 AM Rating: Decent

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We are already here....
MWUAHAHAHHAHA

Well, some of us. It's going to cut into my relaxed farming, I guess, but at least I can find PTs at off-hours now :)

Ooh, I got to stock up on power bows...

RE: EU

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:46 PM Rating: Excellent

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Yes.

sweet mamby pamby

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:32 PM Rating: Decent

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81 posts

um... why don't any of you have other things to do than wait for the game to come back up? don't you have work, school, family, friends or some other leisure activity? serious... i think some of you have addiction problems here.

RE: sweet mamby pamby

# Sep 10 2004 at 7:49 PM Rating: Decent

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66 posts

>>don't you have work, school, family, friends or some other leisure activity?

Um...... no lol

RE: sweet mamby pamby

# Sep 10 2004 at 4:50 PM Rating: Excellent

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Can't we just end all these "You freaks play this too much" posts?
Obviously some people have more time to play then others, and some people are more into the game then others. Is there really anything wrong with that? Just because someone says that they are bummed about an additional 8 hour downtime, does this really give you the right to assume they are an obsessed FF junkie, or that they have no personal life?
Just let it slide man... so what if someone is more into the game then you are?

chill out

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:15 PM Rating: Decent

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Anonymous

It's called a "Massive Server overhaul". Not only are they adding an entire expansion, but they are adding support for an entire other CLIENT. The 8 hrs once ina blue moon IS the norm, and is very understandable.

The extra downtime right now is totally understandable considering the circumstances. I'd rather have downtime NOW, then have everything crash after the CoP and EU release, becasue they were ill prepared. Give them some slack!

Bah! This is gonna be HELL!!!

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:14 PM Rating: Decent

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857 posts

You know the seven file update that just came out for us PC goers the other day? Well, I'm on cable and the server is funky with me. It took me one and a half hours to download seven files!

I can just imagine how long this one will take!

Anyone got a solution?

Still better than Everquest

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:13 PM Rating: Default

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Seriously, if you think this is bad, try playing Everquest. Their 2 hour patches turn into 8 hour patches that end up breaking something else that they have to patch (but don't) instead opting to patch something completely unrelated that never needed patching in the first place, all while releasing expansion after expansion of broken worthless *** content that no one really WANTS to buy but are forced to because they got tricked into clicking the "yes purchase this" button instead of the "no don't want it" button because the two were switched on them, which itself requires patch after patch after patch, AND BARDS AND BOATS ARE STILL BROKEN, DAMMIT!

RE: Still better than Everquest

# Sep 10 2004 at 2:42 PM Rating: Excellent

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Boy, finally someone else pipes up on what I've been saying all along. Everquest was (and I guess still is?) HORRIBLE with maintenance and patches. Square has a problem and they fix it and patch it within a few hours. And you don't even have to log off!!! OMG!!

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Again... :(

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:06 PM Rating: Decent

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I love getting updates to the game, and getting new material, but didn't they JUST take all the servers down for 8 hours last week?

FYI, a good server up-time is 99.9% or more. With the last 8 hour update on Tuesday, and the 6 hours this will be down on the 13th gives the FFXI Servers a little over 98.0% Uptime. Factor that in with the fact that some of the servers just had their Maintenance (where they did 3 worlds at a time), that would bring it down to 96.9% uptime. Not good for a service we are all paying for.

I used to defend the 8 hour updates, because they happened once a month, but 3 times within a month is a bit much.

RE: Again... :(

# Sep 10 2004 at 2:10 PM Rating: Default

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You're comparing apples and oranges. 99.9% is good for file servers and web servers. But those go down for software fixes periodically or certain hardware maintenance or they bring half the cluster down at a time so the site still works just with less capacity. But you rarely update any software or hardware on those. They go down when there is a glitch(Hardware or Software). And a lot of times they don't even count planned maintenence in the down time for file servers and web servers. I worked for a company that had an uptime agreement with a hardware vendor. Planned maintenance did not count at all against the uptime. We could only make a claim if we weren't warned a certain amount ahead of time. FFXI has had very few unplanned maintenance events. How often do you log in and the server is just down (Its not your connection)? So in reality their uptime is pretty good.

RE: Again... :(

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:14 PM Rating: Good

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All games have to go down a lot like this when an expansion is coming out. Plus, the servers aren't even going to be down for the version update! You can play through and then when the v. update is done you just download it. :O

RE: Again... :(

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent

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If you lived in a area where the update time was when you where working or sleeping I doubt it would be a problem.

RE: Again... :(

# Sep 10 2004 at 1:12 PM Rating: Excellent

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There is also an expansion hitting shelves in a week or two.

RE: Again... :(

# Sep 13 2004 at 10:36 AM Rating: Decent

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ok, now by this point i believe we have all established that it's better for it to be down now, rather than after C.O.P is released. Everyone who has a problem with it being down, why not just *Gasp* do something else? Heck there must be some other games you negelcted since buying FFXI.

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