need emergency maint

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Just so you know, FFXIV is being affected by server problems as well. I have had issues on both FFXI and FFXIV the last few days. I got stuck in place in La Theine Plateau and couldn't move anywhere on chocobo. And on FFXIV, things aren't loading up in the zones as well.

SE uses the same type of servers for both MMOs, in case you did not know that. They must be having server problems with their data centers. And in case you did not know, the data center for FFXI is in Japan for all language versions. Plus it is incredibly ancient. They may need to upgrade the hardware.

[bungiefanNA]

Who says they haven't upgraded the hardware over the years for FFXI? Server hardware usually only has a warranty of 3-5 years, and absolutely cannot be expected to last 10+ years. If they VMed the servers, they could easily have them move to different hardware, and have failover procedures to shift them to another set of hardware if they have a failure.

[Belmonts]

Maybe they are getting a DDoS attack? Just thinking out loud.

[Clou777]

this has been happening so much more since the December update

[Pups323]

It is a code issue and has nothing to do with ddos. It is simply an issue with stuff not loading, then not checking to see that its not loaded.