What to do while Final Fantasy XI is down.

[QUOTE=Crawlerbasher;17136]I used 3D Studio Max 2010 (Rendering and such)
FFXI Modelviewer (Viewing the modules and ripping)
Graphics Converter Ver3 (Creating alpha maps from the rip)
Metaseq (Editing to module)
Photoshop CS3 (for the name)

brings back memories of never ceasing signature requests.

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Originally Posted by JagerForrester

I'm sure when they are able to recover successfully, they will think of ways to prevent this from happening again. Humans aren't perfect, nor are they prepared for everything.

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I think they'll find a way to prevent it from happening on FFXIV... only.

I bought Rift.

Yesterday, because I foresaw the servers shutting down. I wanted the game to be installed by the time they did.

Downloading: 8.3 kb/s. Time remaining: 136 hours.

This is after 30 hours.

When I check my connection speed it's supposed to be 4.36mb/s. So something is wrong with Trion. Sad face.

Anyway, in the meantime I'm reading about Japan and making myself depressed.

I'm hoping the death count stays at what is now, and doesn't raise up anymore, but from the reports I'm reading.... It's not looking good at all. And I'm not saying those that did die isn't a loss, it's a ****ing **** ton of people dead and it's a horrible, horrible tragedy. And it makes me teary eyed to read news stories about it. I just really hope it doesn't get worse.

I know I plan to spend more time on these forums and ffxiah.com, doing housework and of course gaming. Made a New Year's Gaming Resolution to play my backlog (15 games, thanks FFXI...) and I'm still working on Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, with Dragon Age II coming sometime this week from Amazon (more distraction from the backlog!). Spring break is this week as well which means no work (being a substitute teacher is interesting sometimes) so lots of free time and no FFXI. Really though, at least I got my Redemption to level 85 before they shut the servers down.

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Originally Posted by JagerForrester

I'm sure when they are able to recover successfully, they will think of ways to prevent this from happening again. Humans aren't perfect, nor are they prepared for everything.

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To prevent what? Giant earthquakes? This is the first time this has happened in 7 and a half years, and it happened due to extraordinary circumstances. It doesn't seem like it would be cost effective to set up and run redundant servers to prevent a week or two of total downtime once every 7 and a half years.

This is the HD version of the 3D art work I've done.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jh5j25m0ah5g5

Also please keep it on topic.
If you want to bitch about ffxi server been closed down then do it on another post where ppl are already bitching about it.
This is not a post for bitching about ffxi server been closed.

Its about what you doing while its down.

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Originally Posted by Koroma

Idk honestly maybe this week will give me a reason to finally finish ff13?

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You'll have lots of time to finish ff13, this server shutdown will last much longer than a week.

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Originally Posted by Crawlerbasher

Saw your signature Niyah and I liked it so I decided to make a copy of it but in 3D.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_r...yah%20copy.jpg

I'm doing a HD version of it as well so I'll post a link to that once its finished rendering.

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OMG that 3D looks so damn hawt!!! I've been wanting to get a new signature or do something to it. I had a friend of mine do the original signature back when ToAU expansion came out and I just knew I was going to level BLU to 75. So he made it for me after SE finally got the AF's for BLU. I'm in the Army and I'm kinda patriotic...hence, Red White and Blue....mages! lol

I'm going to use the new signature if you don't mind at all. You did an awesome job ^^ Thank you very much!

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Originally Posted by Niyah

OMG that 3D looks so damn hawt!!! I've been wanting to get a new signature or do something to it. I had a friend of mine do the original signature back when ToAU expansion came out and I just knew I was going to level BLU to 75. So he made it for me after SE finally got the AF's for BLU. I'm in the Army and I'm kinda patriotic...hence, Red White and Blue....mages! lol

I'm going to use the new signature if you don't mind at all. You did an awesome job ^^ Thank you very much!

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Sure I relay liked you signature and wanted to do it in 3D so its yours.
And if you check the HD version of the art work you can also see it in more detail.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jh5j25m0ah5g5 <--- HD version

Thanks again Crawlerbasher. The HD version is just as awesome. I wish i knew how to do all this signature stuff myself.

I played a few games today @.@ Left for dead 1 and 2.... Metal Gear 4... Borderlands.... i think i might do some RPGs tomorrow XD

I end up buying Assassin Creed II from the PSN
Thats kept me busy for a while.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, SNES

I remember renting it looooooooooooooooooooong ago when I was but a young'n but I never finished it. I have a week or more, it's definitely getting done! lol

Dragon Age 2. After the epicness of the 1st, I'm rather disappointed in the sequel. :(

Going be playing Pokemon Black Version & Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

I just finished Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, not sure what to move onto next, might start Disgia 3, or Dawn of Mana

OMG I CAN FINALLY START MINECRAFT!

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Originally Posted by Pyrogir

OMG I CAN FINALLY START MINECRAFT!

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oh yeah I have been wanting to try that myself....but I would really like to try it first before playing for it -.- wish there was a free trial or something.

It looks like it won't be a disappointment. I've been following Deadmau5 when he plays (hell, he even has his own server), and also have a few friends that play as well.

Oh, here's a little sample of what you can do on there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeIIALrEwCQ

It's quite unpleasant to read some of the selfish comments in regards to how NA players are feeling they are suffering for the tradegy of one Country. Of course Japan did not shut servers down due to Hurricane Katrina. You have to remember they are a much smaller country then we are & Hurricane Katrina effected the South Eastern Coast. In the US almost every state has a major source of energy that it feeds from & I do not think any nuclear reactors exploded when that Hurricane hit (least I think). One thing great about the US is we are actively working on getting people back up an going after a major incident. However in respect to the home nation of the Company who developed XI I would think we as players could put aside our selfish comments & be more understanding to the reason that SE is cooperating with the Japanese Government & is willing to do anything to help. Remember we are not an American Game developed to be played worldwide like wow is (because wow invested the money to hosting servers globally, & I am sure they are paying a nice amount to do so). I am sure it would be very costly for SE a company dependant on serveral franchise for income (and is not as well financed as Activision, remember the company that formerly owned blizzard was bought out by Activision) thought it best not to invest the money on global servers especially during this economy.

To those of you who find it crazy, unfair of SE, & are genuinely upset about not playing a game (in which if you see the positive you are not paying for April's service), I hope you feel better tonight knowing that Thousands of Lives were lost this past week. Several Hundred are still missing & there are Americans with family in Japan who have not even heard a word if their loved ones are ok, but yes SE please keep your servers running so you can playing you MMO & screw saving power to keep the hospitals going, I need abbysea tonight!

On a side note I am going to be devoting this time to finishing up several games & going back to the brutal killing of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. New DLC last week, need to give it a test spin. I miss my Hellequin.

I dunno if it's just my computer Nichelsyn but your sig is stretching way past the border of the forum lol.

Playing the 7 day Free trial of WoW. I just hope that FFXI isn't more than a week down or I'll get too involved in WoW. While I understand that there is no power to run the servers, it surprises me that there isn't a back up server in the States, considering the amt of players in other countries and the technology out there. If they don't get the Nuclear powerplants under control, they are going to have far greater problems on their hands. Which means we won't be playing XI for a really long time.

Yes but think of this as a business (which it is) there was 1,800 players online that day on my server alone alot of them where japanese so some dont realy care about the power consumtion if they where they wouldn't have been playing the game. We all got billed this month for the game. WE payed for there service which they cut us all off from, Not cus they had too but they wanted too. With out our consent. Those 1,800 paid there bill thats 12.95 from each of those ppl thats up 23310$ Just from my server alone, Not counting the other servers. They should rent a generator not like there useing the power on the server they got alot of money from us and now its like there takeing it and running. Business is Business This might make alot of ppl quit. They should refund our money or move the server's to another place for the time being.

I'll be spending some quality time with my neglected PS3 and will prob pick up duodecim prologus tomorrow.

I suppose I should really take a look at this "outdoors" that people speak of(!).

Gonna go trigger grellow on my Microelectronics homework.

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Originally Posted by Antonioklaus

Playing the 7 day Free trial of WoW. I just hope that FFXI isn't more than a week down or I'll get too involved in WoW. While I understand that there is no power to run the servers, it surprises me that there isn't a back up server in the States, considering the amt of players in other countries and the technology out there. If they don't get the Nuclear powerplants under control, they are going to have far greater problems on their hands. Which means we won't be playing XI for a really long time.

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If you get too involved with WoW in just a week, maybe you shouldn't come back to ffxi. :p

I have 6 months of RIFT, but i'm not quite feeling it. I'm a mage. I planned to take my sweet time with it anyway.

Dissidia will be coming out soon too, i might check that out. At the moment i'm going through Ocarina of Time again in preparation of the June re-release on the 3DS. 25th Anniversary!

Also, now is a good time to set a list of reasonable goals for FF11 once the servers come back up.

1. Final studies.
2. Make paper cranes... although I'm not sure if there's a way to send them or not.
3. Study Japanese.
4. Sleep!
5. Work on my girlfriend's anniversary gift.

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Originally Posted by Ritsuka

Yes but think of this as a business (which it is) there was 1,800 players online that day on my server alone alot of them where japanese so some dont realy care about the power consumtion if they where they wouldn't have been playing the game. We all got billed this month for the game. WE payed for there service which they cut us all off from, Not cus they had too but they wanted too. With out our consent. Those 1,800 paid there bill thats 12.95 from each of those ppl thats up 23310$ Just from my server alone, Not counting the other servers. They should rent a generator not like there useing the power on the server they got alot of money from us and now its like there takeing it and running. Business is Business This might make alot of ppl quit. They should refund our money or move the server's to another place for the time being.

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Sorry to double post, but we're not being billed all of April to make up for this one week.

Please read the announcements before rudely accusing Square Enix of being money-greedy mongrels. Thank you.

I was checking out a bunch of MMORPG's yesterday, but nothing really stands out. I downloaded the free trial of Guild Wars, you get a whole 10 hours of playtime :( I guess I am spoiled in that FFXI and FFXIV are the only MMO's I have ever played. Everything else out there doesn't seem to compare. I hate to get involved in WoW, because I have a feeling that this shutdown in FFXI will last a lot longer than a week unless they set up some servers elsewhere. If it takes a few months or more, then you could really get involved with something else and may not come back.

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Originally Posted by Topdogg

If you get too involved with WoW in just a week, maybe you shouldn't come back to ffxi. :p

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That's why so many play WoW, you can get a char and crafts maxed in like 3 days.

What do I have planned? Hmm...

Well, I cosplay a little, so I might get some sewing done. O.o (I'm thinking of making either SMN or BLU AF for a future project...fun stuff!)
I might also work a bit on the book I'm planning on publishing soon. Then there's grocery shopping, heading to the movies (assuming there's anything good in theatres), shopping for computer parts...I'll be busy o_o;

I found my old copy of FF8, the computer version.

Yeah. I actually bought that.

So, I figure it'll take me a week or so to get it to work in Windows 7 64-bit. Or I could just go back to grinding Prishe up to a reasonable level in Dissidia 012.

Also, scrounging for food, storing water, and weathering the rolling blackouts that Tokyo is forecasted. Fun stuff!

see doctors and laywers... kinda do that with ffxi up too though..

play wow.... but see above, sometimes while playing FFXI

post on online sites.. yup you guessed it see lines 1 and 2.

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Originally Posted by Zeo

I went fishing today for the first time in 10 years. As I was pulling up a fish, one of the fishing songs from XI popped into my head. It was a nice diversion from things however. Other than that, I have a few other games in my backlog thanks to FFXI. A friend of mine has been bugging me to play WoW with him, but I never played it past the mid-30s and that was years ago. We shall see.

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I start looking around for bombs every time it's foggy out.

I think I'll finally finish the storyline of FF XII.

I took this free time to fix my broken laptop (which i thought had a broken video card but apparently was a vista driver issue). But as my hobbys are mainly FF -> Anime > Manga i am particularly blocked. I did have a look at the Square enix website and browsed around the goodies (I recommend the Cloud Poster, no Aeris or Zack Available :( )
I'm hoping the release for FF Dissidia Duodecim will not be postponed as it will give me something to do, should this downtime be extended.

I also noticed Square Enix has several good Anime's like Pandora Hearts , so I'm going to look further into that as well.

playing WarHammer Dawn of War 2 Retribution ! RTS game straight action , really cool if you want to waste your time while FF is down ; )

check this out about matches replay with casting

http://www.youtube.com/user/HarlequinCasts

I'm on a week break this week and had full plans of taking advantage of it to level some low level jobs before the merger of the server, and found my plans changed....So I came up with new plans. I'm teaching my daughter how to cook. We now have a menu made for the whole week of things she wants to try to make. In between that, I think I'll finally finish all my games I never finished. FF12 and 13, Dragon Age Awakenings, Lost Odyssey, and all that rot.