Stranded off Home Realm

[LianaThorne]

SE did post a warning, yes, which was amended an hour before the maintenance ended to include the parts about needing to return home to access the game. Prior to the announcement update during maintenance it was implied that only DC travel would be disabled, and logins on other worlds would be possible, albeit with a lower login priority. The current warning still recommends returning home, which is where the actual issue lies: If you're stuck away from home right now, the feature recommended in the article is not functional.

Additionally, it's unrealistic to expect every single player in the game to heed a news post warning. What about players that were unsubbed? Players that were busy the day before maintenance, and unable to log in? Players who simply missed this one single news post? Is it fair to assume that every active player is staying updated on social media/news? In an ideal situation, the warning would exist to help mitigate congestion issues like this, not eradicate them. Because there are always going to be outliers for whatever reason, and it's unfair to treat players as if they deserve to be punished when SE's systems are clearly at fault and failing here.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...56e40c77a5af8e

This was posted on the 18th and it still included that world travel would be disabled then. The edit didn't change that bit of information or add it in. The edit only added in that people would need to return to their home worlds via the login menu. So people had over a week at least to make preparations if it mattered to be on their home world prior to servers going down.