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Edit: Morning everyone. Changing the nature of this thread to be for the waiting for servers to go live thread.
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Hey everyone, take your speculation into effect. USUALLY SE Devs tell us in the patch note that they will not bring the servers back online early due to the nature of housing. However THIS time around... they dont mention that. They say..
Date & Time: February 19th, 11:00 PM to February 20th, 2:00 AM (PST)
* Please note that the duration is subject to change.
I only bring this up in case anyone is hoping to get a house.. and SE pulls a quick patch and next you know, catches all off guard with early finish.
Whats your thoughts?
Will servers come up sooner or on time from patch?
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02-20-2018, 11:46 AMMysticalesWill servers come up sooner or on time from patch?
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02-20-2018, 11:46 AMRongway
Housing is involved. They will absolutely not bring the servers up early.
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02-20-2018, 02:11 PMYeol
[Date & Time]
Feb. 20, 2018 7:00 to 10:00 (GMT)
* Completion time is subject to change. -
02-20-2018, 02:27 PMfantasticmThat's insurance in case something goes wrong and they need to extend it. But there is no chance of them coming up early. Housing is involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yeol
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02-20-2018, 02:29 PMSuniva
While the completion time IS subject to change, that doesn't mean they will open the server up for the flood of people waiting to get a home again.
Greetings,
Just a friendly reminder that since we're beginning the sale of plots in Shirogane along with Patch 4.1 release, the server will not be opened before the scheduled Patch 4.1 maintenance time mentioned above.
We thank you for your understanding.
Quote from Zhexos
Original thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...28Oct.-9-10%29 -
02-20-2018, 02:35 PMKukajoo
yeah no, opening the servers a little early makes them liable to receive even more community backlash than the usual spiel. Makes their jobs easier and the playerbase happier to just stay on time
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02-20-2018, 02:45 PMDualbladeAside from what others have said, this is put there more for incase something happens that means they have to extend the time servers are unavailable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yeol
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02-20-2018, 03:30 PMAlestorm
If your not hoping for a house I would recommend waiting until tomorrow morning/early afternoon. Aether is going to be taking a beating with all the people running to Balmung... muchless those rushing to maybe getting a house.
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02-20-2018, 04:05 PMAlien_Gamer
Last time they didn't mention it in the patch notes but did state so on twitter. Every housing patch thus far has not opened early, I would not anticipate this one opening early.
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02-20-2018, 04:42 PMGnorok
Would be nice if we could have at least only one possible time for the maintanance end. English forum 10:00 GMT; German forum 10:00 MEZ.
My bet is on the GMT time.
[Date & Time]
Feb. 19, 2018 11:00 p.m. to Feb. 20, 2018 2:00 a.m. (PST)
Feb. 20, 2018 7:00 to 10:00 (GMT)
* Completion time is subject to change.
[Datum & Uhrzeit]
Am 20. Feb. 2018 von 7 bis 10 Uhr (MEZ)
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02-20-2018, 04:45 PMChocolys
While it's not sure, In all likeliness, it won't come up earlier than 10AM GMT.
I would prefer it does. More random time server goes up early, less people instantly in the queue at the same time xD -
02-20-2018, 04:47 PMDualblade
There...is only one time? Maint happens at the same time everywhere, only the timezone makes it seem different at all.
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02-20-2018, 05:01 PMGnorok10:00 GMT = 11:00 MEZ; not 10:00 MEZ as announced in the german forum part...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dualblade
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02-20-2018, 05:04 PMChocolysYeah, the mod must have forgotten to convert the GMT time when translating the news into german ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Gnorok
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02-20-2018, 05:11 PMSeptonyte
While I doubt it will come up early there is an important difference between past housing maintenance and this one. This housing maintenance is not adding houses. it is simply unlocking houses to private ownership.
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02-20-2018, 05:16 PMCaptainLagbeard
Well, last time buying housing was only available for FCs, now that almost anyone can buy a house, there's going to be a lot more people trying to get at them.
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02-20-2018, 05:18 PMIlenya
I can only imagine the pure hell that would rain down on SE if they opened the servers early... Just...Imagine the complaints, the chaos...
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02-20-2018, 05:25 PMChocolysWhy?. Unlike past maintenance they have not announced that the server won't come early than end of maintenance planned time, and "Please note that the duration is subject to change."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ilenya
People should read what is announced, not what they imagine :p
People often complains about long maintenance time. So they should be happy if it's shorter :p
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02-20-2018, 05:28 PMkikix12Because random opening times give advantage to the people that have no life outside gaming (or just use bots) and can afford to spend multiple hours constantly trying to log in time and time again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chocolys
If the maintenance ends at the specified time, everyone have the same, fair chance. Small, but "small" is always better than "none". -
02-20-2018, 05:36 PMSeptonyte1) Most of us do have lives and because of it we have learned how to cut deals at work with my coworkers to get my time off when we need to.Quote:
Originally Posted by kikix12
2) It is Monday night to Tuesday evening depending on what part of the world players are on. If this was Friday or Saturday I could understand the "people without a life part" but what the heck happens on this time block that people are missing out on.
3) Early end time would give people who are actively waiting the chance, but only a good player would understand that. -
02-20-2018, 05:43 PMChocolysOr it is people who do have a life outside gaming, but exceptionally make do, wake up earlier, because they're willing to have the patience and make the effort to stare boringly at a screen for few hours hoping to login first, instead of being asleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by kikix12
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02-20-2018, 05:52 PMKDSilver
This is the easy - not even proven - argument to say only "no life people" do that kind of thing. Yes it exists but,
More players than what you could imagine do have lives and work and sometimes take a day off work for specific patchs or feature release. -
02-20-2018, 05:58 PMkikix12
Seriously...
Specific up time saves time of those that are busy. Even if someone takes a day off, I'm rather confident that such a person, on average, far prefers to spend those few hours doing whatever else they have to do (laundry, shopping, play with children, spend time with their partner etc.) than constantly try to log in. Most would feel FORCED and their time wasted if it was not like that.
You three have taken my comment "in a void", considering the no life outside games comment in a void. However, it is not a void. There is an option of the maintenance ending on a clock.
And it is proven. No one said that every person addicted to gaming does it or that only they do it. But people addicted to gaming are far more prone to doing it. -
02-20-2018, 06:03 PMfantasticmThis is bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chocolys
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02-20-2018, 06:16 PMHasrat
It literally always says "subject to change."
From 4.2 Hotfix, Feb 5, when Wards were added:
"Feb. 5, 2018 10:00 p.m. to Feb. 6, 2018 2:00 a.m. (PST)
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02-20-2018, 06:20 PMLambdafishWhich means it could take longer, as has been the case in the past. We will always be notified if that is the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasrat
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02-20-2018, 06:23 PMRyaz
I'm just hoping it doesn't get delayed. Have to be at work soon after maintenance.
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02-20-2018, 06:29 PM347SPECTREOr insomniaQuote:
Originally Posted by Septonyte
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02-20-2018, 06:31 PMMysticales
Morning everyone. Guess we can convert my thread here to be the "Waiting for server" thread lol.
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02-20-2018, 06:32 PMBelisaire
Has the patch gone up yet for anyone to download?
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02-20-2018, 06:32 PMRyazI've been up for 2 hours already. XD The curse of working overnights. No coffee for me, thanks. I'll stick with an energy drink (sugar free, of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mysticales
@Belisaire: I haven't seen a patch. We may not actually get one. Could just be some switches flipped on. -
02-20-2018, 06:35 PMAster_EI've got my tea started, personally, and will be on a moment or so after the housing rush is done with so I don't congest things more than they need to be. Then it's Sigma Normal time, so wish me luck on my Week 4 drops. =pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mysticales
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02-20-2018, 06:36 PMAeeninwen_Taldel
The suspense.
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02-20-2018, 06:38 PMRyazGood luck! I'm basically done with Sigma for gear outside of accessories. Will get the mendacity pants this week and then the weapon in a few more. Everything I get now I'm putting towards my alt jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aster_E
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02-20-2018, 06:38 PMAster_EI don't think there'll be an actual patch to download tonight/this morning. Like, the data's probably already there and set to a clock/timer, like the seasonal events are when we download the data well ahead of time, and, in this case, we downloaded any necessary data during either the major patch maintenance or the hotfix maintenance. *shrugs*Quote:
Originally Posted by Belisaire
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02-20-2018, 06:40 PMAster_EThanks, and right. I'm mainly grabbing my Sigma Normal drops for my retainer, which doesn't really need it but still. Also, an excuse to run the content while it's relevant for practice's sake. xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Ryaz
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02-20-2018, 06:42 PMMihana
Sometimes I think housing can be its own raid battle. Housing Scape anyone?
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02-20-2018, 06:45 PMMysticales
How everyone will be in their new house after servers are up...
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02-20-2018, 06:45 PMRanulf
This crap is giving me heartburn.
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02-20-2018, 06:46 PMRyazWish I could... going to be more like "BUY PLOT! BUY HOUSE! LOG OFF AND RUN FOR WORK!" And I'll work on decorating later after I get home. Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mysticales