Can we have an update on the situation.

[Silvermane]

It would be very good to know what they are doing even if they cant give use any kinda of timeframe, I mean what is the long term plan? wait for power to return to normality which will mosty likely mean it will be weeks rather than the days indicated by the announcement. Or are they actually copying the game data and moving it to another location like somewhere in the US or Europe?, just watch em move it all to LA.

On another note I find it interesting that the producer of FFXIV has made a statement (the free MMO) and there is no FFXI statement (the one which until this diaster, was the only one making any cash it was bring in £1.2M as a ball park figure per month)

I reiterate it isnt the fact that their has been a diaster which is annoying people it the lack of information on SE's long term plans with reguard to the server status

[RAIST]

If I had to hazard a guess... they are holding out hope that things will turn around and they will get the go ahead from TEPCO and the Government to "turn the lights back on" again. The fact that they are able to stay just ahead of the power demand thorughout most of the day now with the rolling blackouts is encouraging I guess. Means that once they effectively get more power to the grid, things can start to pickup again. Just how long that takes and how much the situation improves...we'll just have to see.

And btw...WTF are those 60MW generators from GE? Still haven't seen any more news on them....

Raist

[Kailea_Nagisa]

Nice to see that some of the ramblings from people have dispersed.

Now back to the basics of this forum post. All we want to know is the progress being made to bringing the servers back up and as paying customers, some of us feel we have a right to know.

Now... SE..... are you going to tell us what you are doing to resolve the downtime? Or continue to listen to us complain about no info here on this forum.... over and over, and over.

There's a simple answer, break your silence and let us know what's going on so we can stop complaining. Makes me wonder if SE really even cares to read these forums at all.

The GMs here are your average employees, they don't know a damn thing, and do not have any way to get a hold of anyone in the higher tier management.

Moving servers are a much greater endeavor then you think, there is alot involved to just set them up, let alone hook them up, and even move them safely.

What do you want to hear? the same thing over and over? SE said "at least a week" how hard is this to understand in English? its has not been a week yet, so no new info.

You also keep saying SE needs to do the responsible thing..... well guess what they are, they are being responsible thing by not charging us for April, and keeping the servers off till things are a bit more stable.

[Gadanae]

It would be very good to know what they are doing even if they cant give use any kinda of timeframe, I mean what is the long term plan? wait for power to return to normality which will mosty likely mean it will be weeks rather than the days indicated by the announcement. Or are they actually copying the game data and moving it to another location like somewhere in the US or Europe?, just watch em move it all to LA.

On another note I find it interesting that the producer of FFXIV has made a statement (the free MMO) and there is no FFXI statement (the one which until this diaster, was the only one making any cash it was bring in £1.2M as a ball park figure per month)

I reiterate it isnt the fact that their has been a diaster which is annoying people it the lack of information on SE's long term plans with reguard to the server status

Thank you, thank you, thank you, another soul that understands exactly what my points are. And worded very well too! To all the trollers, please listen to this man and then go troll on another forum.

Totally not interested in hearing how we are terrible people because we want a business to be responsible for it's services and gives us a timeframe of the downtime rather then just stabs in the dark. SO TROLL SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[Neisan_Quetz]

I don't think that word means what you think what it means, they brought up a valid argument.

They're still evaluating the situation so just wait until you hear word until you can pass judgment on the progress they're making, a lot of things happen behind the scenes you just don't know about.

[RAIST]

not trolling.. jsut saying... that this is the problem with what you are asking:

we want a business to be responsible for it's services and gives us a timeframe of the downtime rather then just stabs in the dark.

Apparently the situation is not stable enough for them to give any definitive response like you want. Anything they give at this point in time would likely be just that.. another stab in the dark.

They gave you a time frame. Think of it like this...we are going bai bai. |See you Soon!| 1 |week|.

Raist

[Gadanae]

I don't think that word means what you think what it means, they brought up a valid argument.

They're still evaluating the situation so just wait until you hear word until you can pass judgment on the progress they're making, a lot of things happen behind the scenes you just don't know about.

I will admit, you're right. I'm not there to see exactly what's going on, I have no clue of what they are struggling with and what steps they have taken to get the servers back on. THAT'S WHY THIS THREAD WAS CREATED. This thread is a request to SE to break their silence and tell us what they are struggling with, what plans have they made, what's the deal.

What is it with the Japanese culture and keeping everything so hush hush and downplayed? How hard is it to tell us what's truly up? They are not only doing it here with this game but the government of Japan has been downplaying the nuclear crisis over there to the point that Americans are not listening to the Japanese warnings, they are listening to our American warnings and getting out of the country.

The point I'm trying to make is this: Why be so dam secretive? Just tell us what's up!

[Gadanae]

not trolling.. jsut saying... that this is the problem with what you are asking:



Apparently the situation is not stable enough for them to give any definitive response like you want. Anything they give at this point in time would likely be just that.. another stab in the dark.

They gave you a time frame. Think of it like this...we are going bai bai. |See you Soon!| 1 |week|.

Raist

Raist you never cease to make me lol. I truly value your opinion and I love the bai bai thing. Only question I got is this.... .ummm the quote from Neisan is not the right quote in your post.... how'd that happen?

[Neika]

I would rather see them use that time to get things figured out and up and running instead of taking time out to give updates every few hours.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

yeah I love how someone who is thinking rationally and sensibly, is trolling, I love the internet.