Version Update Delay

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Parasite Eve 1 was JUST launched on playstation Network

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sweet I didn't see that, thanks for mentioning it..

Our heartfelt and deepest sympathies from the UK go out to all of those in Japan through these extremely difficult times. It is completely understandable the further delays upon any version updates coming to FFXI, though the game is terribly missed and the updates anticipated *rubs hands together*, the focus on stabalizing and rebuilding Japan most come to the fore.

We wish you all a speedy recovery and we'll all be here awaiting the time we can type our passwords in to get back to the action and cleanse Vana'diel of those monsters taking over while we're not there. /evilgrin

My heart goes out to you guys. Hope you make a speedy recovery and we can get back to kicking ass in Vana'diel! No rush though obviously, missing FFXI loads.

With Love,

The UK. :)

Yeah I re-read what SE posted before, the way they worded it sounded like the merge & update were scheduled for today, when in fact the merge was being moved to mid April. So we're only losing a month's time then, which isn't so bad. Hopefully we don't end up losing a full major version update as a result of all this.

@_@ they just reported on CNN that there's now extremely high levels of radiation, as well as some kind of blizzard moving in, potential mudslides... mother nature is relentless isn't she? Give the Japanese a break already.

Question I have is, How are you guys working on the game without any power? From what I hear this could be going on for quite awhile in japan.

Just a thought... maybe should servers to the US if this takes month+?

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Originally Posted by Venat

Question I have is, How are you guys working on the game without any power? From what I hear this could be going on for quite awhile in japan.

Just a thought... maybe should servers to the US if this takes month+?

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Outsource is really not a bad idea for precautions in situations of disaster. Making mirror servers at other remote sites would be good backup measures as well.

Hi everyone there! I wanna /cheer everyone from SE administration,even with all the trouble you have atm getting news
from you is a comfort. Almost everyone knows that things are getting hard there,so don't need to rush,take your time and
remember that we'll wait for your return,even if it's more than expected.
From my short experience in natural disasters I can say that japanese ppl is stronger than anyone in the earth,I've seen a
lot of cooperation between them on TV & internet. Also from spanish ppl who live near Tokyo and post news via twitter.
Finally wanna say thanks to all rescue and medical personal who came to help recently.
Hope we'll see ya soon and safe.

I agree with everyone else here. Take your time, we'll be waiting. Nice to know I picked an MMO that has this great of a community that has patience and understanding. Wishing everyone the best over there.

Lol, I think every single player said the exact same thing. Yes, we sympathize and hope for the best. We do not need to repeat and repeat every post however. It is just a game, and even though people are probably suffering beyond belief (due to absence of game), everything will be alright. I hope this downtime gave everyone a chance to remember that there is in fact, a life outside FF!! :)

Hmmm, for some reason I thought the original time for the version update would've been around the end of March and not mid-April before the Earthquake happened, but I guess the original times was a little later than I thought. It's perfectly understandable though with all these delays and SE will probably need 2-3 weeks more to prepare the version update whenever the servers are back up whether it be a week, a few weeks or months. I'm hoping Japan will get a good recovery and that everyone can get together to support those people who might've lost someone due to these recent events.

I don't know anyone in Japan but hearing about what has happened recently there and watching a bit of the news has gotten me down a little, but we all have to be strong and live our lives as best as possible with our loved ones and appreciate and enjoy moments that we have left in our life.

In the meantime, I'm playing other games by Square Enix while FFXI is down. I was just playing a Valkyrie profile game for a few hours before this post, then I might go play a Kingdom Hearts game.

Well i for one am just fine with waiting, i am just happy to see that all of your are somewhat safe at least, i will be waiting to hear more of things to come. =)

Take you're time guys. Like you said in the welcome text... "Don't forget you have family, friends in real life..." ;p

Good luck over there! Any chance in letting us in whats going to be on the menu for the version update job wise?

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Originally Posted by Emitremmus

Honestly I think a lot of players in the game NEED this break. There are some fools out there who are always playing as long as they're not (up to debate whether they play while doing these things) eating/sleeping/bathing(if applicable)/urinating. I love to play, but I only get to play at nights when my wife and daughter have fallen asleep. I like this break we're getting despite the disaster in Japan being the reason.

BTW mother nature must be a BLM with some serious INT. <Quake> and <Flood> are dangerous...:(

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Don't forget they are dealing with snow and rain as well. Mother Nature = Shadowhand. So if anyone see Shadowhand in the next campaign, lets bring the biggest beatdown on her! lol.

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Originally Posted by Malacite

Yeah I re-read what SE posted before, the way they worded it sounded like the merge & update were scheduled for today, when in fact the merge was being moved to mid April. So we're only losing a month's time then, which isn't so bad. Hopefully we don't end up losing a full major version update as a result of all this.

@_@ they just reported on CNN that there's now extremely high levels of radiation, as well as some kind of blizzard moving in, potential mudslides... mother nature is relentless isn't she? Give the Japanese a break already.

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I keep asking my man to kill mother nature & he won't ; ;. So we will blame him!!!!!

OMG I HAZ TO WAIT FUR MAH UPDAYTE???? HAO DAR U! :P im just kidding. im a little dissapointed that we wont see any update untill may (hopefully it will be within the first week of may, as development, testing and coding should have only been pushed back a week or two due to the disasater) but you guys could totally make it up to us with some more juicy details for the update, or heck even going back and shedding some light on older game mechanics that still have people puzzled, and not be all super cryptic and all >_>!

While all of us are undoubtedly disappointed to be unable to enjoy one of our favorite pastimes, I think that we can all agree that it would be unthinkably selfish to be upset about our video game when we look at what Japan is dealing with. For those of you who pray, please remember the people of Japan in their time of need. For those of you who don't, please do whatever it is you do to wish them the best and fastest recovery possible.

We are all with you. To some of us you have become as much a part of our lives as our family and friends. Please focus your concerns on your people in their time of plight and everything else will follow in time; and remember, we love you.

@Hideka
That sig is fricken awesome. Did u build it yourself or can I get one like it for my LS forum?!

Thanks for the update about the update. Best of luck to everyone who was affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Hope all is well out there. Like most others are saying we support you guys 100% so take your time with pulling things back together.

We totally understand, appreciate everything you are doing to keep us informed under the current situation, and express our love and heart felt sorrow to the families that have lost during this crisis! To anyone else not in Japan, you can help out by donating to your local Red Cross to help with the relief effort in Japan! Godbless our armed forces for their help in Japan as well! We LOVE YOU ALL!

HOOAH!

hmm i figure much but details on update would be nice and a estimate time frame dont have to be exact would also be nice.
hope everything work out for you guys and gals

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Originally Posted by Vraelia

Take your time, Japan. It is chaotic at the moment. I understand that RL comes firstly. I just hope all of you are safe and secure. Good luck and you all are in my prayers.

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i agree and i keep checking every few hours, no news are good news cause that means no new bad things happened.
best wishes and my prayers sending from germany
breau (alexander, bastok)

My prayers are most certainly with you guys at SE, your families, and the entire population of Japan. Such a disaster, such devastation, it breaks my heart to watch it all on CNN and online, the videos people have posted, the death, the carnage.

But this just shows you, just because almost the entire country was hit and destroyed, that a people in whole WILL NOT FALL, WILL NOT PERISH, WILL NOT SHRIVEL UP AND DIE! That is the faith and loyalty of the people in that country, their homes gone, the economy hitting rock bottom, but they are not and will not give up and go. Rebuild and go on, hold your head up high, maintain their pride and keep on keeping on. Know that your possession can be destroyed, but your pride cannot be.

I pray for you all every day, I've donated what I can to the cause of the entire country for relief. And I plan on doing more as I can.

And I'm extremely saddened how so much Ancient Japanese Culture has been destroyed also. The Samurai, Japan of Old, the way of life before. So much of it you know has been hit and is gone. A lot of lost things, but the people lost are the most important. Can't be replaced at all.

I do plan on Vacationing to Japan in the next year or two. I will come there to help support your economy through tourism. I just wish there was a way to do more, reverse what has been done.

Screw this game, if every life could be gained back of the Lost and the Dead, the game could go away forever and that wouldn't even begin to be an equal trade off for the lives of so many....

I've been praying for your country and all the Japanese people. I've asked God to comfort you all with your losses and to give you all strength to make it through this situation. My heart truly goes out to you all. I Hope the aftershocks end soon and that the nuclear plant situation gets resolved in a positive way. Not being able to play the game is not fun but compared to what you all are going through its nothing. I'm really sorry this natural disaster has caused so much death and misery. Please take whatever time you need. The game is the last thing on the list of importance right now. I hope things get better soon for you all.

I reactivated after almost a year and accomplished a lot in one day of being back on, and was pleased with the ease of leveling and completing missions i had long thought i would never finish. The next day, the servers went down. trying to wait patiently

I was just curious why there wasn't any main servers placed here in the United States and in Europe. That would ensure that the game could still be played even in the event of a natural disaster such as this one. I have been watching the news and looking at the headlines about Japan's crisis and I think it is absolutely devastating to know that some of our fellow players are over there living through it. While I miss the game badly right now, I understand the devastation and I can wait till it comes back up. I hope you guys are doing okay over there in Japan and hope that conditions improve for you soon.

Thanks for letting me know! No worry! Want you get better first n' things get safe/secure come priority! :) Then FFXI/FFXIV to start again sometime summer. I suggest to take more time no hurry till April if you felt not enough. I can and other player can wait! Kupo! You in my thought n' prayer for your quickly recovery! God bless Japan!

I hope you recover with as much life intact after this horric incident, as a fan i miss the game like most but as a person i miss life more, take you time recover what can be recovered, and my prays go out to all those that can see it in the mind and the soul.

Thanks for letting us know. Hope the team is keeping safe, that's the most important thing!

I hope things get well for you guys. Take your time. I'm not any rush at all. Human life is more important than a game

ok ill be the one to say it

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im about to emo w/o FFXI.... There! i said it

however i understand the decision and am ok with it, but am developing a twich and shaking uncontrolably. Do what you need to do in japan but plz continue to upate us. thanks and good luck to you.

How about some update info to hold us over?

surley they could sum up a few hints and post somthing to get us excited for when the servers are up again.

umm... it's the same update they already announced a teaser for a while back...

Not sure we need more teasers to fan the flames of impatience on the forums....

Raist

Nyahhh~ Do what you gotta do for you Japan. We'll be waiting patiently for XI to come back~ ; ; Though, It would be nice if the Character creation ban was lifted, So many of my friends have recently come back to XI wanting to be on Ifrit/Odin with their friends and they're stuck on Levi. ; ;~ ^^ Anyyywayy, We'll be anxiously awaiting information~ ; ; I hope the Japanese people are aokay~ And that things return to normal soon~ best of luck to you guys!

Just wanted to jump in and agree that anyone who doesn't think this game is worth waiting for should go play WoW or something else. We're all rooting for you to be safe and healthy, because that's what's more important at this time. Thank you for providing us with such a great world to experience and enjoy as a home away from home. I can't wait to see what you all come out with next to expand our current Vana'diel. (Hint: new jobs, new expansions, :D]

best luck to you guys our prayers our with you thanks for the info

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Originally Posted by Gamiina

How about some update info to hold us over?

surley they could sum up a few hints and post somthing to get us excited for when the servers are up again.

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It would be nice to get some info about job adjustments or whatever. Even if we won't get the update for another month or two, there's no reason not to go ahead and shed some light on it while we wait.

Well I completly saw this coming (the update being pushed back)
I mean it is hard to update a game, when the servers (and assuming the test servers too) are off.

As everyone else said, take your time, there are more important things going on, I needed a short time break from FFXI anyway lol

Fugazi said it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAbwIlBluI

Yea don't worry about us so much as for yourselves. Get your lives and situation over there squared away first. It shows respect though to keep the fans in mind when choosing your actions, thanks!

As a business owner myself I commend you on continuing to operate your business, though I could care less that it is for the fan base. It helps out in so much more ways. It gives people something to do and take their mind off of the situation. Kind of the reason I've kept playing since this game was released in Japan on the PS2. The game helps me forget about real world stress. Now don't take this the wrong way. I would rather the game continue to be shut down because human lives are far more important than a fan base. What I am saying is by continuing to operate at least at some level of business during this national disaster you are giving your employees (specifically Japan based employees) something to do to help take their minds off the tragedies.

Now just b/c their is a little Inc. at the end of my business name doesn't mean even myself the CEO/Founder is inhuman. People will need time to grieve, cry, and absorb all that has happened. I speculate that if something like this were to happen where I lived, I would concentrate my efforts and business profits to disaster relief and personally do something about it, not for the giant publicity that would entail, but as a person of business who supports his community. But that is neither here nor there.

In the end I must leave you with my condolences to Japan, and my gratitude to all the real heroes who are out there right now doing everything they can. Thankfully as the CEO/Founder of a business with no investors and a near automated system, I will be traveling to Japan with as many supplies as I can carry, just as soon as my passport is finished being renewed. I'm in my 3rd week of waiting already, else I would of been there the first flight available.

I was originally going to write additional information but thought it would be best to keep this information to myself until after an allotted time. Its simply something I don't agree with and has no reason to be mentioned at this time. People will understand in the future when I discuss this information why I chose not to disclose it at this time.