All Worlds Maintenance (Mar. 26)

[Rydin]

Your Right, That part slipped my mind while typing my post lol. But even still A whole new game Downloading.. is just the same as Implementation downtime "kinda", if not worse! Except we will have to Download 10GB or something like that.. and with my Crappy DSL and 350KB/sec download rate.. I'll be there for a day LOL.. thats not including if the Download rate is with 500k people trying to Download it gets in the way LOL.

So, in a "Sense" its going to take awhile for those that don't have good connection speeds . Game Download>Implementation of Patches in terms of how long it takes :O.

Im guessing (hoping) you'll be able to download it from the site and not the patcher, so you can still play and go on with your life while it downloads....

[Starlord]

Im guessing (hoping) you'll be able to download it from the site and not the patcher, so you can still play and go on with your life while it downloads....

I sure hope so... Well the Game itself will be a semi quick installation, its the Download part.. that's going to be the killer..

I'll just start it ( hopefully in the AM if they have it up by then) Go away from my computer for a few hours come back and check its status, or if I have work that day it will be even better =). Then come back and play 2.0's Awesomeness!

[FilthyDisco]

Works for me, I get off school at 11pm PDT :P

[Jinko]

2.0 won't be a patch, it has a completely new graphics engine, new area's, new UI, that will be a completely new install.

[Starlord]

2.0 won't be a patch, it has a completely new graphics engine, new area's, new UI, that will be a completely new install.

Yep, You are right I wasn't clearly thinking when I wrote my first post.. Stupid Head cold >.<

[Garlen]

^ This. With a new graphics engine, it will need a new client. Aka, will probably need to uninstall FFXIV completely, and then install Version 2.0

[Rydin]

^ This. With a new graphics engine, it will need a new client. Aka, will probably need to uninstall FFXIV completely, and then install Version 2.0

or hopefully the new installation does that for us

[Magnesium02]

Soon

Now to wait for the forced character, linkshell and retainer name /rage threads and the "I can't set a retainer in wards cause they are full" /rage threads.

[KamikazeMan]

The Implementation of 2.0 in itself.. is going to be awhile to do It is considered a patch, so just like any patch it takes time to implement.. and by the looks of it.. way over 1GB worth of it.. for every 350 MB= 3-4hrs 1GB Worth=11-12 hrs Then you have the Server infrastructure, Porting all users to 2.0, which like this one is in a few days is taking 8hrs...

If I was a betting man.. I would say FFXIV will be down for 1 full day for the Implementation/Server Character Transfers to the new Servers. At the very least 1 day

I wonder if the 2.0 "patch" will just have us uninstall the game and re-install it via patch. If that's the case, I can just imagine that 5 hours download.

Edit: Whoops, didn't realize you replied to a similar response.

[Starlord]

I wonder if the 2.0 "patch" will just have us uninstall the game and re-install it via patch. If that's the case, I can just imagine that 5 hours download.

Edit: Whoops, didn't realize you replied to a similar response.

lol yep :P, but with my Sucky DSL 350KB/sec at max connection I'll be there till the next day, not 5 hours :P