Cannot enter game after maintenance

So the servers went down earlier due to emergency maintenance, which is all fine.

I tried logging back in a little later, the game found a new patch and installed it.
Apparently the servers were still down so i just logged out of the viewer again and waited.

Now my brother called me up asking if i wanted to play, as he was online now. So i go and try to log in, only to find the game telling me it´s in maintenance and i cannot log in. Even though the server status pages shows everything as up, and my brother is actually playing the game right now.

Is it a bug, or are there any ways i can get past this? I did a check on the FFXI files, and nothing came up.

Yea I have one friend currently logged in, I still have maintenance message

Same problem here :s

My friends and I have encountered the same issue. Anyone out there know what's going on with it?

it's going on 2 hours without being able to log in. some type of communication would be appreciated. Thank you.

Half my Friendlist is showing as logged into the game.
Any news from SE would be nice as to why POL still thinks the servers are in maintenance.
Anyone who's currently logged in don't log out~

I am having a similar issue. Judging by those posting, this doesn't seem to be limited to a single/few server(s), but all over. I haven't logged in since earlier this morning so aside from the patch I have no idea what's wrong.

I also can not log in. I am on Odin and they say te server is up but not according to POL. Anyone out there going to let us know what's going on here?????

hmm... Could it be that everyone experiencing this issue was logged in when the servers went down for maintenance? I know that I was disconnected as I was unaware of the maintenance happening.

Best way to get there attention is to flood http://support.na.square-enix.com/index.php with new tickets. I will be creating a new ticket every 10 minutes.

Multiple people from EU are signed on in my linkshell and were able to sign on 10 min before maintenance ended. Most of the rest of the linkshell, and bunch of others I am reading on BG Wiki forum are not able to sign on either.

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Originally Posted by darkarios17

hmm... Could it be that everyone experiencing this issue was logged in when the servers went down for maintenance? I know that I was disconnected as I was unaware of the maintenance happening.

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I do not believe this is the case, as I was not logged in during the time or for a few hours beforehand.

Going on 2 hours overdue some sort of. "Hey this is whats happening" would be a good thing instead of us all spamming to log in.

I was on before the maintenance and I logged out. I can't login now.

Same here. Unable to log in. Been going on for almost 2 hours. Not sure what's wrong. Sounds like something broke with the update affecting certain users and POL.

No, I logged off well before maintenance began. I waited an extra 30min past the supposed end of maintenance, logged in, got the update and then the message Game not available for play during maintenance. So I figure it went over (no surprise) and headed over to the Squenix to check, they say ALL SERVERS are UP. Still can't log in though....

I also logged before maint and can not get back on. Submitted a ticket.

3 of us on Phoenix still cant log in as well also submitted a ticket

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Originally Posted by Dieth

Half my Friendlist is showing as logged into the game.
Any news from SE would be nice as to why POL still thinks the servers are in maintenance.
Anyone who's currently logged in don't log out~

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The people that are logged in can log in and out no problem. I have a friend on game Lewyo who logged his mule out to test this, and he logged his mule back in with no problems. He is in the UK.

Same problem here. I wonder if it's just because I'm playing on the free week? Either way this kind of thing reminds me why I left the game in the first place...

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Originally Posted by Hulkamania

Same problem here. I wonder if it's just because I'm playing on the free week? Either way this kind of thing reminds me why I left the game in the first place...

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Yeah I was suppose to run event today but there goes that out the window...my 6 ls members that managed to get on have a free day on game!

Same here, loggwed out 1 hour before maintenance started
tried logging in 15 min after maintenance ended, got update
but keep getting message
Cannot play during maintenance
hope SE will let us know something soon...

Finally able to click Play!!
3 hours after maintenance ended

perhaps they're prepping us for the level of service we can expect to see going forward; the lack of communication on this is really just a slap in the face. incoming "we're extending the login campaign ANOTHER two days, because we just can't get our shit together."

maybe they should extend more then the login campaign.

It's not based on account region or free or paying because I have a JP account on free trial and a paid for NA account. both can't login.

It's not region of account, it's region of game client. EU client can log in, with accounts from any region.

I have 2 accounts and I can log on and play on my xbox360 account, but cant log on with either account on my PC.

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Originally Posted by Kagetachi

maybe they should extend more then the login campaign.

It's not based on account region or free or paying because I have a JP account on free trial and a paid for NA account. both can't login.

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The JP account is not NA based client but EU?

Can't log-in either. POL has been stuck in the 'can't play during maintenance' screen for nearly 3 hours now.
People over at FFXIAH.com have been talking to some of their friends that CAN play and it seems the issue has to do with what area you logged out at before maintenance.
Some people also say it has to do with SE altering the Behemoth event, but that seems a bit farfetched to me.

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Originally Posted by bungiefanNA

It's not region of account, it's region of game client. EU client can log in, with accounts from any region.

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Originally Posted by Insanicae

Pretty sure the EU client is locked out aswell. Seeing as my client is EU, and i get the same error.

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Quoting from the other thread on this same topic.

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Originally Posted by Gameesh

Can't log-in either. POL has been stuck in the 'can't play during maintenance' screen for nearly 3 hours now.
People over at FFXIAH.com have been talking to some of their friends that CAN play and it seems the issue has to do with what area you logged out at before maintenance.
Some people also say it has to do with SE altering the Behemoth event, but that seems a bit farfetched to me.

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Being logged in or out is not affecting it. I logged same time as some of the people before maint who were able to sign back on, but I cant get back on. Numerous other forum posts verifying it had nothing to do with when you logged.

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Originally Posted by Cyleena

Being logged in or out is not affecting it. I logged same time as some of the people before maint who were able to sign back on, but I cant get back on. Numerous other forum posts verifying it had nothing to do with when you logged.

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Well then in that case I have no idea what's causing the issue anymore.
I just hope SE does.

Game is up!

Could this be an issue w/ the Windows version of FFXI? I see some people saying they logged on on xbox360 but are unable to on PC

Got in on two accounts. Looks like someone woke up and flipped the switch back to On.

I am having the same problem. After maintenance I had the small update patch, ran that and screen went back to "Unable to play during maintenance". I tried logging off and trying again but same thing. Odin server (as well as all other servers) are showing status as "UP" on the official SE site. Strange.

same here its 20 till 6 est and still "can not play during maint" :mad: SE really needs to fix this...

I was able to get back on just now.

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Originally Posted by Ladynamine

Could this be an issue w/ the Windows version of FFXI? I see some people saying they logged on on xbox360 but are unable to on PC

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EDIT: Play button just reloaded on me. hopefully the issue is solved now. best of luck to every1 else and hopes ya'll get on.

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Originally Posted by Ladynamine

Could this be an issue w/ the Windows version of FFXI? I see some people saying they logged on on xbox360 but are unable to on PC

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Nope totally was not pc related. 6 ls members were on game at normal end time of maint and they were on pc.

Updates
May 19, 2015 15:10 [PDT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI
Recovery from All Worlds Login Difficulties (May 19)

At the following time, we experienced an issue wherein players were unable to log into FINAL FANTASY XI.

We are pleased to announce that the issue has been addressed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

[Date & Time]
May 19, 2015 from 11:30 to 14:34 (PDT)

[Details]
Players were unable to log into FINAL FANTASY XI.

[Cause]
Server program error

[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XI