Quote Originally Posted by Kitarrah View Post
I got the error message that the patch was unable to be completed. I closed out, restarted my computer, re-opened FFXIV and tried to log in again. Now, for the last several hours, it's given me "The game is unavailable for play during maintenance." What the heck is going on? I deleted the patch folders, but it hasn't helped. What should I do, if anything? Anyone else experiencing the same message? Are they really doing maintenance on the game, or is it just me?
Are you kidding? Yes, there's maintenance for potentially another 6 hours.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/b5e449bbd8c19b4da3d8d69a0797e9fdc4441285

If you are getting that message "unavailable during maintenance" where the Play button normally is, you are patched and ready to go. Hope you haven messed up anything by deleting patch folders. :O