Can we have an update on the situation.

[Amerlyn]

If your getting mixed reviews off the websites. I'm sure SE is getting the same mixed reviews. Not giving them excuses. We would all like an update. The did say "at least a week". So we should at least give them a week to give us an update. I'm sure they won't take that long and will update us as soon as they are positive. With all the mixed reviews out there, the company is probably just crossing its fingers to get some good news before they make an update. ^^

Just be a little patient. You've made your argument that they need to make an update on they're situation. Give them a little time to read it (At least until Saturday). No sense arguing with us (the players). We can't make it move along any faster.

A note about the mods. They are employees of SE, their job is to keep the forums in line. Doesn't mean they know whats going on with the game. Companies don't always keep their employees up to date. Also. More than likely. Those mods that are keeping track of the forums are located at a location outside of Japan (such as help center in the US - and the information they are getting is probably gonna be the same information were getting). ^^

[Sylvane]

[Removed by Moderator according to the FINAL FANTASY XI FORUM Guidelines.]

On a very serious note, and knowing nothing about you aside from the posts I've read in this thread, it seriously sounds like you have depression coupled with addiction. Not an attack on you, but this is almost one of those "Cries for help" you hear so much about. Maybe you should give an old friend a phone call, it's not like you can't talk to someone when you aren't near them. Aside from that, maybe if you went out places, you would be able to make friends where you live.

[Runespider]

This forum has way too many people getting on their high horses, the vast majority doing so just because they want to fit in with everyone else. The vast majority of the spam in this topic is about bashing op for asking a civil question, if that was needed at all (which it wasn't, one or two posts would of done it not the torrent of mindless followers).

Seriously OP asked a decent (wasn't even rude) question of a business, asking for updates on something that could ruin the title. He doesn't need to be badgered by a bunch of teenagers on a hippy mission or told to get a life, be told to do other things, be reminded of the situation in Japan or anything else, he wanted an updated as to the question he asked.

All the people jumping on him and spamming the thread up with nosnse, how many of you guys actually really care? You all seem to be so caring and interested, have you all donated money to the red cross, indeed have you donated money to help the homless in your own countries or other things where people are suffering or just the current "you care for this" disaster? Hypocrits.

This is a forum about FFXI, not a the moral high horse 13 year olds of america against the world, seriously you all spam your nonsense down on anyone making genuine business points and think your cool when your as bad as everyone else aside from your shallow statements. This forum is not just for you guys to spam every topic you don't like, its for players of FFXI that want answers to when the service will be up again. You telling them off or being stupid won't change anything at all except make this forum look like it's full of a bunch of sheltered 12 year olds, they will still look elsewhere to other games and possible never return if Square don't take this seriously. Square will care about this as much as when they ignored the beta testers and FFXIV failed hard.

Wow...really? This kind of mentality I would expect from a spoiled 4 year old. But a grown man in the military? I would think being in the military would give you some kind of compassion for your human man but apparently not. And yes, I will admit I'm slightly bored, but I bought a new game to pass by the time. It doesn't piss me off in the least that they've barely said anything. They've got other crap to worry about. Walk outside and breathe in some life, you pasty vampire.

Are you for real? Wow what a sheltered life you've lead, being in the military gives you the exact opposite outlook actually. Shows you just how cheap human life is.

[Macrom]

I kinda gather that everyone has their Opinion on what posts are posted, some ppl are out to bash on those that just want the servers up, some are out to bash on people just to bash on people lol, I know for a fact that everyone on this forum cant wait for the servers to be back up and running, i am one of those people trust me. Everyone is looking for more information, i would love to wake up and see japan back to what it was...... but i know it will be awhile, SE says a week..... outstanding. But seeing the pictures and hearing the news i honestly can say if the servers are down for a week right on, if they are down for a month, well right on also.

The OP asked a simple question, has anyone heard any info or and update on what is going on. I can say no i have not heard anything other than Japan is a mess right now. Im not here to say ppl that want to get back and play the game we all love are wrong, im also not here to say that ppl dont care. im here saying that our friends need our thoughts and support and with all this bickering about whos right and whos wrong just aggrivates us more.

Patience my friends, FFXI will be there when things get sorted out. SE said they need to conserve power so watch the news, CNN NBC ABC or whatever you get and when its time we all will know it.

[Coldbrand]

#1 Get a life.
#2 Have some god damn respect, the japanese have lost alot of lives and you are worried about a game.
#3 You are insiginificant. You are 1 person out of 50k+ people who still play FFXI. No one cares about you and the sooner you realise that the better. Because you are making yourself look like an idiot.

Thanks for the advice on life nihilistic taru! We'll certainly take your opinion into account, oh wait, by your logic you're just ANOTHER of the "50k+ people who still play FFXI." Whoops! Guess we can't listen to what you have to say then. Damn.

[Henihhi]

SE said servers would be down "at least a week". It has been what? 3.5 days and retards are spamming for updates? Seriously just wait the week, SE will update whether the servers will be on or off. Trust me there is enough amusement in all these forums to keep you busy for at least another week.

[windrider]

The Situation as it stands is people are dead in real life, and many thousands more are at risk, suggest you quit the game or the blabbering if all the game is all you care about. If you were on the receiving end of this horroric incident i'm sure you would seek compassion instead of whinging, as others have said its been only 3 days, but if it takes a month or even 2 before servers are back online so be it. After all at the end of it's just a game. They have their lives and those of their families plus their own nation to worry about!!

[windrider]

Oh Rune i read you small script but as others have stated "At Least a week" this came from SE last info so you to blabber about ppl picking on someone asking for an update is c**p, if you actually read the info given by SE which i doubt you fully understood (otherwise you wouldn't have commented such bull***t) then you would know a week is more than 3 day!!!

[Randwolf]

Unfortunately, all this free time has given me a lot of time read the news. The lack of an update may be due to the fact that the parameters of bringing the game back on-line are quickly shifting.

The initial incident at the nuclear plant was consider a Level 4 incident, comparable to Three Mile Island. The incident scale ranges from 0 - 7, 7 being the worst. Chernobyl was a 7. The Three Mile Island incident, a Level 4 Incident, lasted about 12 days. But from all the lessons learned there, you would assume that things would be handled more quickly in this case. Most experts thought that they would shortly get the plants contained and could then focus on how those plants would figure into the power-grid, salvageable or shuttered. However, all efforts to stop a full melt-down seem to be failing and, in fact, the situation seems to be deteriorating. Most experts say the incident has risen far above a Level 4, possibly a Level 6. No one at the onset of this crisis, would have given any credibility to this becoming a Level 6 Incident. Now some are conceding that there exist a very small chance that this could turn into a full-blown Level 7 Incident. If that occurred, multiple areas in Japan would be uninhabitable for many years due to the possible effects of long-term radiation exposure. Those areas would be determined by multiple factors, such as amount of radiation released and atmospheric conditions.

IAEA has stated that Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has radiation levels that are not hazardous to health at this time. "At this time" is not a very reassuring phrase. So, the bottom line is that the situation is shifting constantly as far as a decision to bringing servers back on line would relate. Add to that, we don't know how the staff at S/E has been affected by the quake and tsunami or will be affected by the nuclear incident should it continue to deteriorate.

[Vivivivi]

/panic /panic /panic