PSN is down

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Originally Posted by Esrain

consoles can do it too

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then why even say that other trash? i have said all i needed to say. i think you missed the part where i stated "if they decided to hit something like steam instead". which is a very real possibility. will you be purchasing a console at that point? also the word "implied" has nothing to do with "exact". id post some definitions to help you understand, but that's what google's for. also, this subliminal propaganda? capitalization or the bolding of certain words. ie: vulnerable, will. i don't know if this is some sort of scare tactic, or an attempt at convincing yourself or others. fact is psn is down. fact is due to verification process on ps4, people can not play ARR. fact is pc players could go through the same thing and your choice of platform does not protect you from this very real possibility. so lets get truly "back on topic", forget the singling out the platform of CHOICE, and get back to assessing the situation or supporting others. none of this my dad is bigger than your dad non-sense

i guess if you keep repeating that you'll one day convince yourself. best of luck to you =]

signed up here just now because i play on ps4.
seeing that others feel the pain caused by those barloomin lizards is comforting.

hoping things get sorted before my trial period ends and i start losing out on my subscription - sometime over the next few days :s

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Originally Posted by Esrain

Unless SE removes the dependancy on psn player authentication, we're still stuck in square one.

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SE can't remove it. Even though SE makes and administrates the content on its own, Sony still provides that content to its users through the PlayStation Network. It's something that Sony apparently wants in place. *shrug*

Yep, having outages for entire days with our subs ticking really sucks. Hopefully we get back online soon and can get back to adventuring

Has there been any official word on them working on it?

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Originally Posted by Eggnook24

Has there been any official word on them working on it?

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Supposedly they are from their twitter.

ok, so enough is enough.

I have a couple questions. 1) Can i purchase a digital copy for pc without being charged an additional sub? 2) I play collector on ps4, do i need collector for pc or just a standard digital copy? I am ready to set up on my pc just to get in and do my plants and craft and talk to my friends over christmas. Advice is appreciated. Thx.

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Originally Posted by Zepheron

ok, so enough is enough.

I have a couple questions. 1) Can i purchase a digital copy for pc without being charged an additional sub? 2) I play collector on ps4, do i need collector for pc or just a standard digital copy? I am ready to set up on my pc just to get in and do my plants and craft and talk to my friends over christmas. Advice is appreciated. Thx.

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1) yes, in fact you get 30 days free with your purchase
2) nope, standard is fine

Only issue you'll have is having to redo all your hotbars/macros/etc.

I actually just did that as I've mentioned in my last post in this thread. I bought standard digital (PC) copy of the game and then added it to my account through mogstation (I own PS4 Collector's Edition). It let me to play on PC and added 30 days of game time. I don't know if it makes difference, but I made sure I bought actual Digital Download Key, and not steam gift as I thought it might actually register to different account. Remember to register the included key to your active account through mogstation instead of making new one with the key. For me it worked out well.

It's a SONY. All its resourseas are silent - no way to enter, all logins doesn't work. I tried to call sony support.... Disappointment. I dont think that their film costs so much. And just now i am not sure that their tech level is still high - too much time passed and no results (

Has anyone actually tried logging in, because I can play, it takes a couple tries but I get in.

its seems to be working fine on the PS3

I tried about an hour ago, couldn't connect to the PSN.

I've been trying all day to log. Even when the attacks and what not have supposedly stopped.
That's 2 days of dailies gone.

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Has anyone actually tried logging in, because I can play, it takes a couple tries but I get in.

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I have. Over 100 times on the last days.

PS4 cant connect to PSN. At all.

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Originally Posted by aerolol

I have. Over 100 times on the last days.

PS4 cant connect to PSN. At all.

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Mine isn't either but when I launch the game it goes through.

PS4's rely on a PSN connection more than PS3's as far as I've been told.

I just hope PSN will back tomorrow so I can full my weekly poetic cap and continue with christmas dailies (maybe waiting for hope lol ...)

Got in on PS4 around 10:30a EST without issue, took a break around 12:30, and came back again around 2pm with out issue.

Lizard Squad.....

I have a reservation to do today...... and this is happening...

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Originally Posted by Eggnook24

Has there been any official word on them working on it?

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They're working on it like Yoshida is working on add-on support. Very slowly.

I think that Sony forgot about people - it's TNK wiith it's own inerests now. I'll try to replace ps to other one when it will be possible for me.

As FFXIV doesnt require PS+ to play online, why cant SE ask sony to remove the requirement to be signed into PSN to play?

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Originally Posted by Ozz

As FFXIV doesnt require PS+ to play online, why cant SE ask sony to remove the requirement to be signed into PSN to play?

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it has to do with some silly verification process sony requires for all games

It's a shame too, I'm almost done with my two months and not sure when I'll be able to play again. The attacks mean that during the last few days I can't really do all that much.

I think that SE is out of this problem. They dild all they could to miss Sony problems.... But not all (

I think it's time for game publishers should push to remove these restrictions .. If netflix and sony can come to an agreement.. It's not completely impossible for Sony and Game developers to do the same. If sony is completely incapable of keeping Psn or returning it to any state of functionality then you shouldn't lock games behind it.

Note to Japanese companies: Communication really does a lot.

I think the reason that PS4 needs to authenticate with PSN for FFXIV is so people can't cheat on trophies by logging into a bunch of other peoples accounts. So you can't log in when PSN is offline.

If that is the case then they can take away the trophies for FFXIV, it's not like they are that important since we have in-game achievements.

Edit: Alx789 it seems everything I own from PS4 games, be it digital or physical, cannot play any games since it all requires PSN to be up which sucks even though I really want to just play my FFXIV.

I think that Sony wanted more money from ps4 customers. I bought 1 year subscription for psn+ only for ability to play network gamees. They propose some other bonuses, but they are unusable for me.

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Originally Posted by Chiapet

If sony is completely incapable of keeping Psn or returning it to any state of functionality then you shouldn't lock games behind it.

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Basically this.

At this point it's completely ridiculous.

We are paying for a game we can't access because of an arbitrary authentication system that shouldn't be necessary.

Incredibly frustrating.

I think Japanese PSN is hit also. I used to be able to get up there before but now I get the same errors. I think even the japanese players are mentioning it on their forum. Wonder if Square can come up with something for the Ps3/4 players. I agree this is ridiculous.

this is so dumb!!!!!!!!

There's been posts that uk players are starting to relog in . Anyone from the UK able to let us know ?

Why is everyone acting like it's Sony's fault?

It is Sony's fault , in the past 4 years we have been hit with the same ddos attack . Now that we pay for the online feature we expect this not to happen . To be hit twice by the same attack in the past. 2 months shame on Sony for not securing the servers for being tight on internet security

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Originally Posted by NeaturalBomber

There's been posts that uk players are starting to relog in . Anyone from the UK able to let us know ?

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i'm from the uk It was opened for a short 5 min window (apparently) then we just got hit by a maintenance that started ... 3 hours ago and may not end until the Dosing ends by tomorrow :\ i have only until the 30th to play until my sub ends and because of this i have already lost a few days of it :c

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

Why is everyone acting like it's Sony's fault?

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actually it is their fault for being unprepared for a 3rd attack that was infact announced, they were attacked by the same group in August and at the beginning of December. they should have something in place to prevent this from happening again but they don't.

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Originally Posted by NeaturalBomber

It is Sony's fault , in the past 4 years we have been hit with the same ddos attack . Now that we pay for the online feature we expect this not to happen . To be hit twice by the same attack in the past. 2 months shame on Sony for not securing the servers for being tight on internet security

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Wasn't there a reply to someone saying this earlier in this thread? Something a long the lines that the way these attacks work is that if you do not know the exact IP of the attackers than the only option you have to defend yourself would always cause troubles for actual customers? And Microsoft is having the same issues, it's not just Sony. You seriously can't think these two companies are not doing their best to make their customers happy.