Can we have an update on the situation.

[Skillgannon]

WOOOT CENZ rate up!! ^^ :P

[Komori]

Most people have already said their prayers/condolences for those in Japan. I prayed for them the day it happened. But life has to go on, like it is already beginning to go on for the people affected.

I for one, am more angry at the fact that the DEVs and MODs posts come out looking all pretty and special.

[Ilax]

"im checking every three mins on the information sight" wow man really jus wow

That generally what people do when disaster happen, while some careless and look outside see if sun is bright =/

God bless the japanese comunity and the hardships of which they are facing. I hope that all. is resolved swiftly so that u may piece your lives back to the point of recovery.

Oh man i think you fixed some of they problem right here, thanks you Skillgannon, that all what they needed a little god hope sauce to fix thing, now they probably just missing some Chuck Norris line.

[NightDagger]

I am sure that SE could change the time stamp on the game so that plants,ah,stones,campain etc... would not be affected but do you really want to wait the extra time? When they are able to power their servers back up I am sure they will do so in a fast/safe manner. Taking the extra time to change the time stamp so that everything was the way it was before the shutdown is most likely not their main consern at this time. It would be a nice thought but just not to practical. It is not as easy as just powering up the system & changing some coding. They would actually have to change a lot of coding to make it work. this could take a team of programmers hours.

But on a good note here is an update of the power situation:

"A major unit at one of Japan's largest coal-fired power plants was brought back online early Saturday, helping ease power shortages that have crippled Japan's industrial activity and hampered cleanup efforts since the March 11 earthquake."

"Electric Power Development Co., also known as J-Power, has restarted commercial operations at its 600-megawatt No.1 unit at the nine-year-old Isogo power plant west of Tokyo, a spokesman said. J-Power, an electricity wholesaler that operates seven coal-fired power plants, had already restarted the twin No.2 unit at Isogo, which was automatically halted when the earthquake hit. "

For the full article click here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704021504576210174248151028.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Blackouts will be starting up again:

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031907-e.html

And the list of current conditions of all reactors & injuries

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031902-e.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2690326/posts

Praying for the families who still have missing members. This would be so hard & I could not imagine what you are going through. You are in my heart & I hope everything will be all right.

/Pray

[Silvermane]

It is easy to underestimate the costs of maintaining a redundent server farm and keeping even a reasonably up to date backup of a live realtime system. The cost of operating this internationally would be greater still. How much would players be willing to pay in additional fees to protect against an event that probably crops up once every 100 years or more? Would you continue to pay if the fees were doubled or there was no ongoing development due to all the fees being allocated to infrastructure?

With complex systems physical access to the servers is essential, so despite Japan having a history of natural disasters this is ultimately the most productive and cost effective place to have the servers.

To reiterate, you just can't plan for an event as extreme as this.

My greater point was why have it in Japan at all? which was meant to be a question exlusive of any multiple site provsions, any how its all largely academic. There was this on the BBC News Site btw its about energy so it might interest people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12793925

[NightDagger]

Sorry for the loooong post earlier. here are a few more updates on the tragedy.

Food Contamination & Great update source for the reactors.

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

[Kailea_Nagisa]

People are so funny its endless. This constant worrying about a digital world, dude go outside careful the sun's bright lol. "im checking every three mins on the information sight" wow man really jus wow

God bless the japanese comunity and the hardships of which they are facing. I hope that all. is resolved swiftly so that u may piece your lives back to the point of recovery.

says the person with 2 posts on a forum for an MMORPG. Yes we are all worried about Japan, we have all expressed ourselves multiple times, but you know what? This is a forum for the online game known as Final Fantasy XI Online.

There are only a handful of people being impatient, others are doing other things in RL and just coming here to talk about stuff that goes on in game, pretty much like the site was made for.

[Randwolf]

I am sure that SE could change the time stamp on the game so that plants,ah,stones,campain etc...

I'm guessing this might cause some major problems in game. I have no idea but it seems that even when they change something minor, something gets broken. Also, not everything in the game may run from a central clock. Some things may individually look at RL time to make choices in its logic. So, it also means that whatever they did to bring the game back to the time of server shutdown would have to be permanent and written into all the code that checks a clock. And on a minor note, anything that has been created app wise, like Mithra Clock, would also need to be changed. It's just best we take the hit when the servers come up and move from there.

[NightDagger]

I'm guessing this might cause some major problems in game. I have no idea but it seems that even when they change something minor, something gets broken. Also, not everything in the game may run from a central clock. Some things may individually look at RL time to make choices in its logic. So, it also means that whatever they did to bring the game back to the time of server shutdown would have to be permanent and written into all the code that checks a clock. And on a minor note, anything that has been created app wise, like Mithra Clock, would also need to be changed. It's just best we take the hit when the servers come up and move from there.

Yes i agree, it would be a long & difficult process to change something that does not hurt anyone ingame, & afte a day will be self rectivied by the players. So when we log on there will be nothing on the AH but after a few hours it will be stocked with the usual stuff & game play can continue. Plants do not cost anything so their is nothing lost there. Campaign sucks but is not important concidering everything that has happened.

So as you stated it is just best to leave everything be and move on. It is a small price to pay, and just be thankful that you still have the game to enjoy. With everything going on in Japan having to spend some game time to get yourself back to where you left off is nothing compared to what they are going through.

Godspeed

[Randwolf]

I do dread if the next update is either an ambiguous statement like the one we just had or does give a specific time line but it's a long wait for the servers to be up. I think a lot of people who were really anxious and upset have worked it out of their system. But, if the next update is one of the above types, the forum will rage again, with both "where is my game" and "quit asking 'where is my game.'" Personally, it won't bother me because this break has given me a lot of perspective of how the game fits into my life. I will be back when the servers are up. And, I had broken the 'obsessive' nature of my game play about a year ago. What, it does drive home how much this game was always in the 'background.' It was usually on when I was home. And, it was always there when I felt like being a slug.

p.s. - I will be spamming log in on the announced return of the servers. Not because I want to play the game but because I'm really curious what everything will look like after the world has been devoid of players.