22.7gb update after relogging?

Well... this isn't comforting at all ><. This just finally happened to me today, and the way people are saying in here.. it can happen w/ or w/o power surges AND on PC...

This just happened to me right now, I'm already in the middle of downloading this big patch just so I can get back on. No idea how long it will take either. Thankfully I do have pretty reliable and fast internet... but anything could happen even another power surge (they tend to happen around it sometimes with bad weather.)

So the majority of the people in this thread is anything to go by... I'm now scared this could happen to me over and over and over again. Please SE, I hope there is a fix for this soon. And a permanent fix as well! This is something that shouldn't be happening. Lag, DDoS attacks, server congestion is one thing, and is to be expected because internet and people. But this? Is obviously some technical issue that I hope you all are readily working around the clock to get fixed ><

I really hope this is the one and only time this happens to me, but the future just seems bleak if 68 pages of this thread is anything to go by.

A google search brought me here. I take solace in knowing I'm not alone in having to reinstall 22.7 GB, but I'm shocked how widespread this issue is. Have the devs made any comments about this? My power goes out somewhat frequently during the summer thunderstorms, is this gonna happen every single time if my power goes out while playing?

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A google search brought me here. I take solace in knowing I'm not alone in having to reinstall 22.7 GB, but I'm shocked how widespread this issue is. Have the devs made any comments about this? My power goes out somewhat frequently during the summer thunderstorms, is this gonna happen every single time if my power goes out while playing?

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Yes, somewhere on this topic. It says they're working on it along with sony. But that was a week ago, no news about it.

Second time it's happened to me now, as well. If SE is reading this and you're still looking into data corruption with no results, might I suggest looking for bugs in the Launcher. I don't see a reason for a power outage of a server-side MMO to cause client-side data file corruption.

Add me to the list on PS4, had a power outage and then I was greeted by that patch that we cannot download in the background. I had many power outages before but this is the first time it ever happened to me, really sucks being locked out of the game for all that time.

Welp, it just happened to me.

Upon seeing the download start, my first thought was "well..maybe something rolled out in the second my power flickered"?

I'm honestly surprised this has been going on for a week or two and there's no fix. It's clearly a launcher issue. Many of us here have had power outages since this games launch and this has never happened.

I do hope they resolve this soon. In the meantime, I can't play until the beginning of the month when my data resets :/

As this just happened to me (power outage) I just spent the last 20 mins reading this whole thread and I've gotta say that this is just plain embarrassing.

And people say 1.0's launch was a mess, but this?? From Raubahn Extreme, to 2 hour queues on populated servers (Balmung), to the PS4 launcher completely failing to use locally instilled game files. For years I've spoken of how dedicated the Final Fantasy XIV team is, and how much I respected them for making one of my favorite games of all time.
But when you can't even communicate around issues like this, then I start to wonder if player experience has become a bit neglected. When it comes to tech issues, my experience with Stormblood ranks as probably the very worst I've had with an online game ever. They want more people to play their game, but can't accommodate them for a smooth experience.

How can I recommend this game to my friends? What am I going to tell them when they have to sit 2 hours in the login queue? What am I going to tell them when their PS4 freaks out and FF XIV is the only game on the console that fails to work properly?

We're paying a monthly fee. This is completely unacceptable.

Shoutout to SE_Kahuna for being the one person from SE communicating in Reddit. Thank you.

Now that I'm done with my rant, I have a question that I didn't see on the thread (maybe I missed it) but when re-downloading: Does the 22 GB take new space on the PS4? Or does the launcher do cleanup and leaves the game on the 60+ GB mark as normal?

i payed for pre-order for the early access, and what happen? i got power cut in my first hour because that i ended up downloading the game around 3 days , i only had 1 day of early access i hopped its only because early access but nope .

And it happened to me again this time it might take ages for me my internet is not good at all i'm currently downloading 22.7 GB with 0.20~0.02MB/s also data doesn't grow on tree

please fix this problem SE this make the game Alot less fun and make us lose our passion to play ffxiv

PS:Sorry for bad English, its not my native language ^^

I just had this issue........ compounded with horrendous data center speeds (0.5MBps? really?)... this is infuriating.

Just to clarify, my PS4 (Pro) did NOT shut down improperly. Last night I closed FFXIV via the menu, once the launcher loaded, I closed via PS4 menu and SHUT DOWN my console. No double beep, everything shut down correctly. This issue was NOT caused by any sort of power issue.

If this happens again, that's the end of my sub. I hardly get any time to play and now I have to wait 400+ minutes due to terrible upload speeds at the data center. I have a gigabit fiber connection and frequently get 20MBps+ downloads... this is unacceptable.

EDIT: Also, just to be clear, I am using a UPS on my setup. Even if were an external power issue, it wouldn't affect the PS4 (and it would have logged the power issue)

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Now that I'm done with my rant, I have a question that I didn't see on the thread (maybe I missed it) but when re-downloading: Does the 22 GB take new space on the PS4? Or does the launcher do cleanup and leaves the game on the 60+ GB mark as normal?

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it doesn't take new space the game size stayed the same for after the first time , it sound like its overwriting folders

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it doesn't take new space the game size stayed the same for after the first time , it sound like its overwriting folders

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Thank you for the info! I feared it would start to hog the HDD.

5th time now, SE I hope you give me back all the time I lost "updating" 6th times the game

yeah i just unsubbed... not like it will make much a difference. I bought game twice one code for pc one for ps4 because I realized my pc was disconnecting and crashing all the time so i had go redownload the game and spent much more time being stuck downloading rather than playing the game.

Got it on ps4 and it worked for 4 days pretty well then got hit with 18 gb download on my weekend. turns out i dont have stormblood anymore or heavensward lol on ps4. i tried to re enter 12 digit code i got but its just useless pre access pass and no code have i gotten from square for the actual game i paid for... just ridiculous wtf i couldnt imagine this expansion release getting worse after raubahns wall but you guys managed to do it. i tried literally everything just to play this game over weekend but looks like i need to buy stormblood for a 3rd time just to even have it work properly after pre access. get it together square this is just embarassing at this point.

Just happened to me on PS4, I use a surge protector as well. This is horrible, such a slap in the face for a game you have to pay to buy and pay to play month to month.

Just happened to me for the second time. Please SE. Give us an update.

I just had another power outage while playing. I was ready to start the dreadful 22.7 gigs download again, but i tried something. I copied the system file of the game from an earlier upload to PS cloud then started the game.

It worked. I most likely got extremely lucky though. Don't wanna get anyone's hopes up but i guess it's worth trying.

I had to start downloading it for the second time yesterday... about 1500 minutes each time. Not mentioning that it starts downloading overnight just to see "Unable to download patch files" the next morning.

With all the Raubahn / Pipin bottleneck and duty finder issues I cannot help feeling frustrated with this launch.

Not hearing this issue is being addressed or at least acknowledged makes me think I should just unsubscribe at least until this is fixed.

3rd time this has happened to me... and this time there was no power outage. I turned off my ps4 normally and now I have to download the 22gb again. Please fix it now, 1600 minutes of download is too much.

Adding my PS4 to the growing list of users effected because of power outage.

QUESTION: I've read mixed experience on here: Can I turn off my ps4 and turn it back on? Or should I only use rest mode? Also, does playing another game activate the 22g soulcrush as well?

11 days ,70 pages thread and a hundred of players me included and still no word or fix for this GAME BREAKING issue , SE and Devs team you just show us how much you care about your players base .A week of no playing and all my freinds already 70 (sigh) thank you SE so much.

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11 days ,70 pages thread and a hundred of players me included and still no word or fix for this GAME BREAKING issue , SE and Devs team you just show us how much you care about your players base .A week of no playing and all my freinds already 70 (sigh) thank you SE so much.

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they are too busy fixing minor glitches.

Haven't had this issue again since my power hasn't went out(thank god) but good to see it still hasn't been fixed

I just got this error. I didn't lose power, I shut the console all the way off yesterday with no issues. It sucks having to wait 3 hours for the download to finish.

Same issue here on ps4. Power went out and when I logged in, there were almost 4h of download waiting for me.22,7 gb.

This happened to me last night. Currently on my second attempt at downloading the game.

Second time downloading for me....thank God it only takes me 16 hours. RIP.

Ok when they will fix this? I allready lost 2 weak of my sub . I love the game but 70 page and the dev dont say nothing. You make feel sad for all this.

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Originally Posted by JahD

Ok when they will fix this? I allready lost 2 weak of my sub . I love the game but 70 page and the dev dont say nothing. You make feel sad for all this.

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...82#post4228482

They have acknowledged it earlier in the thread. But no update so far, which sucks.

It happened to me yesterday, on my second attempt at downloading. I have read all the thread and I think is unacceptable, we pay a monthly fee and we are not getting any answer from SE. I hoped the "psn maintenance" fix this but it didn't.

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Originally Posted by Pence

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...82#post4228482

They have acknowledged it earlier in the thread. But no update so far, which sucks.

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I know but weare not getting any answer yet and that zuck..I spent 25 hr of download twice .This make me mad not because the download just because i allready lost almost 2 weak of my sub and i know we dnt get any refund for that.

Just happened to me AGAIN... I have no words for this. And still no updates from square

Same issue here. Had a power outrage and need to download the 22.7G when log in.
Please fix this ASAP.

Square has not solved this problem yet, it 's really sad, I support all these players even if it does not serve a lot, cheers!

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Adding my PS4 to the growing list of users effected because of power outage.

QUESTION: I've read mixed experience on here: Can I turn off my ps4 and turn it back on? Or should I only use rest mode? Also, does playing another game activate the 22g soulcrush as well?

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You can turn on and off as you please. The issue seems to occur when the PS4 executes the Data Safety Check when the PS4 is turned off acidentally, but you can turn on and off normally.

Had a power surge last night at some point. Log it for find the 22gb update. They still haven't fixed this???

5 times already, my heart can barely keep up with so much disappointment. Guess I haven't turned on my xbox in a while, might as well help myself and do it. Hopefully we can get news from SE or Sony regarding the issue soon, don't lose hope everyone!

Hi there, same as everyone here; power went out and when it returned and I logged back in the 22,7GB updated started. As far as I've read this issue is not fixed yet, even though we're at June the 27th so I hope you do that asap. Very frustrating, and a big negative point since for some of us it takes around 5 hours to download.

Same just happened to me. Power blink and I found myself having to download 22.7gb and an over 190min wait. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

This happened to me just now. I have been playing since ARW and have had constants power interruptions but I never experienced something like this before. Downloading 22.7 gb is already such a pain and having to download it again is unbearable. Please fix this square-enix otherwise just send our money back!

i had hope it will be fixed today... the more the time pass the more i get more disspointed from SE comeon guys! just reply to make us all feel good in the heart , people is downloading knowing they will get another powercut why? because they love the game! SE dont make us hate the game because problem like this , we all payed for the sub and untill now im using my sub for download simulator stormblood

please fix this problem or atleast tell us something about the problem