Version Update coming soon?

[Alhanelem]

Really. So it's just a coincidence that after 9 years of several hours long updates that the test server comes online and suddenly we're looking at 1:30 downtime. Coincidences are funny like that. They pop up at the heckest of times. Makes people think. Forms conspiracy theories. All that good stuff.

Umm... what? If you're suggesting that the maintenance is shorter because they've been leveraging the test server to address issues and such, then I totally agree with what you're suggesting- No, it's not a coincedence that the maintenance is shorter because of hte existence of the test server.

What I'm trying to convey is that it's NOT anything to do with the amount of 'stuff' in the update. They have had maintenances of varying lengths of time regardless of how much new stuff is in a patch.
Perhaps we didn't understand each other?

[Alkimi]

Wouldn't worry, 90 minutes is probably optimistic. Can't remember the last time the servers were actually back up on time following a major update or taken back down an hour later due to game breaking bugs (99,999 cures etc.)

[Aver]

Wouldn't worry, 90 minutes is probably optimistic. Can't remember the last time the servers were actually back up on time following a major update or taken back down an hour later due to game breaking bugs (99,999 cures etc.)

Maybe they'll break blu this time around so I can hit up some 99,999 heavy strikes.

[SpankWustler]

I think the length of the update shows undaunted and undying optimism on the part of SE's staff. "There won't be an extension THIS time, in spite of what has happened nine out of ten times, no sir!"

[Kimble]

They said it would change once the test server went live. We had been getting updates in the actual forums usually every day (not as much in the last few though)

[Byrth]

It looks like they're missing "Daily Reward System" and "Synthesis: Skill cap adjustment," which might have been scrapped thanks to people being 'tards.

Other things that they haven't specifically mentioned but are minor enough that they could throw it in at the last moment:
* New summonable NPC areas (where can we not summon them? Abyssea?)
* Quest reward tweaks

Keep in mind that some of the "adjustments" listed under September in that timeline may have actually happened in August. Losing out on an earth crystal per day in my d-box and people losing a skill cap adjustment for us isn't really that much of a loss. They're hitting all the major points.

[Nynja]

Theres probably some details they're keeping hush hush till the servers go down because of possible economical ramifications...stop whining till you get all the notes.

[Korpg]

Theres probably some details they're keeping hush hush till the servers go down because of possible economical ramifications...stop whining till you get all the notes.

What do you speculate will happen that will cause possible economical ramifications?

Something short of bringing the level cap all the way back to 75, I can't imagine anything that would constitute a "mass quitting" of the players.

[Gokulo]

Something short of bringing the level cap all the way back to 75, I can't imagine anything that would constitute a "mass quitting" of the players.

Who's talking about players quitting. The situations with geodes right now is a small scale example. Because people know they will need 40 of them for the new Magian Trials they are buying them out like crazy and the prices are rising.

[Korpg]

Who's talking about players quitting. The situations with geodes right now is a small scale example. Because people know they will need 40 of them for the new Magian Trials they are buying them out like crazy and the prices are rising.

I guess I misunderstood what Nynja meant when he said "economical ramifications."

I took that to mean real money issued by players to Square Enix, not the economic situation on the game.

I apologize.