Welcome to mmo this thing always happen on patch days. WoW had it FFXI had it. It happen FFXI had it the worst you would get an error and had to start over after the server congestion died down.
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Sorry but there isn't an agrument just people being silly calling me out on the the truth. I never had an issue with the ffxiv patcher. And tbh this isn't new to mmo some time you get lucky sometimes ya don't. It isn't you net or SE net it is the fact you got 30K+ people trying to get the game patched at the same time. It happen to me in WoW and Aion alot and worst of ffxi. Which is why I wait a day or two.
so are alot of games with alot more to it. you may not have add an issue but you can't say the same for everyone. Which is what I was trying to point out. Just because a handful of people are having issues. doesn't mean that patcher sucks or is bad. Nothing is perfect deal with it :)
So let me get this straight. You had insane problems with FFXI and with WoW and with every other MMO ever made, but FFXIV is a breeze for you.
You realize that your experience is unique amongst all gamers, yes?
But when its globally hated, doesnt work properly for majority of people and patches are designed with a massive flaw, then yes the patcher sucks. Even Aion, WoW, Tera any MMO all say the same thing "Congestion" its like saying "We'll look into it". Its just there to cover their ass XD
The fact that it uses a torrenting system and not direct download is enough to say it sucks
I don't see what the fuss is about. I updated my Desktop PC and my significantly slower laptop without a problem.
I've been playing since MUDs in the early 90s, and have never had the same sort of issues I have with XIV. Aion, WoW, Rift, PSO, PSU, Granada Espana, ROSE, XI, and several more, much along the lines of Rowyne. I'm sorry to hear you're the most unlucky MMO patcher in the world.
nice siggy btw ^^ learn to understand ADD. That and I'm hyped from bruins winning the Stanly cup so my bad on my crap typing.
Anyway... that is what I was saying and I didn't always had an issue with ffxi wow or Aion. ffxi was on ps3 and 360 Aion wow was on my non gaming pc. ffxiv is on my bros somewhat better laptop. pretty much this is how I was told it works
think of the pstch server as a popular irish pub, and EVERYONE from a stadium goes to this pub some people will get in fast some won't. It isn't that patcher or your pc. It is just the fact that too many people are trying to download the patch. with ffxi etc i never waited till i started to get the error.
Just because your unlucky don't mean it is that patcher fault.