I know we will hear it on SUN so I am going to say it now.......

first thing id like to offer is heart felt condolences to the people of japan for having to endure such a terrible disaster
i am an avid ffxi player with several japanese friends in the community so my views on how soon the servers should be up
draw mixed feelings due to not knowing if they are ok
i feel shutting them down was a wise move in the event of data loss years of efforts could be lost and irreplacable
and as it states in the info section it is temporary till the power is re-established
i read a post about how shutting the servers down would effect the game and peoples interest in returning to it
if they stayed off for a long period of time and im sure in thier decission they took this into account
and in the same meeting calculated the risks of a long term shutdown if the nuclear situation went critical
myself i will be back on ffxi when those servers reopen whether it takes 1 week or 3 months

my first post on ffxi forum so apology if stray off topic im a nub and will probly get chewed up
but gl japan and tepko on a fast recovery and a swift return to ffxi for us all

If the game stays down for at least a month it really won't matter to those of us who arn't fiending for their FFXI fix. Hell I just finished my Farsha and I've yet had a chance to really use it so yeah it sucks but I'm not being a douche about it like some of you people are.

Japan is going thru one of the worst disasters in their history since World War II and some of you people are crying about not being able to play your game. Something the fuck is seriously wrong with some of you kids...

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Hell I just finished my Farsha and I've yet had a chance to really use it so yeah it sucks but I'm not being a douche about it like some of you people are

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Most people won't complain, they will simply find another game if its down for too long. When the servers go back up and they are an all time low I think Square will care too, as will most of the moral wtf is wrong with you people.

Just gotta say, just cause people want to play the game right now doesn't make them a horrible person.

I was thinking last night about why people are so upset about this. While I understand the want to play and the whole needed a back up plan standings that some have taken, I still don't understand why a game is so important. Games are not needed to sustain life. Food, Water, and shelter are. I understand that some use this as an escape form the stresses of real life. I have used XI in the past to escape the stresses of real life as well. And when I didn't have XI within reach to do this i read instead. They are many ways to escape.

I just have a hard time excepting that some people think a game is the most important thing to them. I would love to understand it but I just can't.

As far as SE's income is concerned I am sure they have thought of these things. It's not really up to us to worry about that. It is also not up to us to say what is in their their best interest. This is just my opinion though.

there is a HUGE difference in voicing concern for the way the game is being run, or something in the game that effects the way you play, but complaining because the servers are not up because of a natural disaster that is threatening their way of life is NOT what these forums are for

making thread after thread about what SE can do about this situation is doing nothing but cluttering up the forums for other much more important topics, i mean seriously, how can we get the minimum lvl in abyssea raised to 90, or how can we make people not swap gears if we keep pushing all those important threads to page two

The game is good, and I know people miss playing it.... but relax people it will be up again.

Version Update Delay
Rolling blackouts and restrictions on public transportation have been implemented across eastern Japan as part of the earthquake and tsunami disaster relief effort. Consequently, we have chosen to delay the upcoming major version update initially planned for mid-April.

While the new release date has been provisionally revised to May, we are unable to provide a detailed schedule at this point in time. The previously announced world merger will likewise be postponed.

We would like to express our apologies to our players, and will do our utmost to keep you abreast of the latest developments. Thank you for your continued understanding in this difficult time.

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Sincerely,

The FINAL FANTASY XI Team

I would imagine It would be more than a week, but eh, if next month is going to be free then I'll take it. ;o Maybe i can convince my friend to come back and stay for a month. ;o

I think the majority of average or above average IQ players understand that SE might take more than a week to get back up, but I think SE stated at least a week to give players hope that the game could potentially come back in a week depending on how the situation in Japan goes. SE can't predict the future of how bad or good the situation can get resolved, and "at least a week" doesn't sound as bad to the playerbase compared to them telling the players that it may take up to a month or two.

Come Sunday SE will probably post something on these forums telling us that it will take "at least another week" to get the situation under control and get the servers coming back up, but that also means it can be another week after that and another week after that and so forth.

On an almost irrelevant question/topic, I'm aware of SE's situation and I do hope the country can recover as best as possible soon and I wish them all the best, but with this situation does it in any way affect the release day of FF: Dissidia 012 to North America? I know the game is out in Japan already, but does the game already get shipped out to USA for translations and stuff or does all of that work done in Japan? I don't really know how it works or if SE has shutdown their whole company and stopped working on any game shippings and what not?

Please no trolling for this question telling me I don't care about the country's current situation by asking this because I am simply curious about this question so that way I can know if it will still come out on March 22nd or not to the store I pre-ordered it at and I can play that while FFXI is down. If it will realistically be delayed, then that's fine and I understand why with no complaints.

*Ignore this question: I looked it up myself and found all the answers I need here:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/60580...ntasy/58409165 (Lol @ the person who spelt recent as "resent".)