Quote Originally Posted by SE_James View Post
When you are connecting to a world server, you are not connecting to one single machine hosting the data for that server, but one out of a number of servers in a farm. Different zones on a world will be hosted on different servers within the farm for that world, and that connection can use any number of ports in the range that FINAL FANTASY XI needs access to.
Dear SE_James,

On Sunday morning May 22, at approximately 9:00 am est, my main character (Ebrim of Lakshmi) encountered the same error mentioned in this thread when zoning from Misareaux Coast to Sacrarium. After receiving the error, I continued to play the game with one of my other characters, not learning until much later how serious the issue was.

Due to the fact that other players have reported getting multiple characters trapped at the same zones, and others have reported getting frozen at multiple zones, I would like to submit a (probably unreasonable) request: Could you please provide to me a list of the in-game zones that are hosted on the same physical server as 'The Sacrarium' zone.

Your reply quoted above to AzieltheLiar indicated that zones are spaced out on multiple servers. If the server hosting 'The Sacrarium' is for whatever reason unable to connect to my computer, I would greatly appreciate knowing which other zones in the game I need to avoid in order to prevent my other characters from getting stuck. I am currently weighing my options to free Ebrim, including transporting my PC or 360 to use a friend's internet connection temporarily. I would feel much more comfortable taking these steps if I knew I didn't have to identify my problem zones through trial-and-error. I'd prefer to lean on my friend's hospitality once at most, if possible.

Thank you in advance.