Quote Originally Posted by Exmo View Post
You've misunderstood me. You said they should just get new hardware to support managing the blacklist server-side, instead of running what you think is hardware from 2010. I'm saying getting new hardware is probably very expensive, just for this little feature.
Sorry if I misunderstood or wronged you, it wasn’t intentional. But it’s strange how I always hear, “That’s too expensive.” If it’s just for something as simple as this, you don’t need a hyper-powerful server. I work with hosting servers in my company, and I can tell you that our entry-level server, with a bunch of GB of RAM and several TBs of storage, costs about €50 a month. Are you telling me they can’t work out a contract with a hardware provider (as they’ve done in the past) to handle a system like this, maybe even with one or two smaller auxiliary systems?

The issue with FFXIV is that, for years, the management’s attitude has been, “FFXIV isn’t allowed to spend money.” But milking one project without reinvesting will inevitably lead to problems and now we’re facing a really big one.