Thread: Sooooo...late May for 2.28?

Annual Power downs are not unusual and not just a JP thing, you'll find that this happens in a lot of places. Certainly in the UK buildings have to be powered down for maintenance at least once a year to maintain services that run 24/7 and to test backup power generators/UPS systems to ensure they will continue to work if there ever was an unintentional power outage.

It's all tied in with business continuity and risk management, but most people don't know it happens because it usually gets done on weekends or times least disruptive to a business - in the case of an MMO there is no time during the day where it will go unnoticed.

Originally Posted by Mattlex

Annual Power downs are not unusual and not just a JP thing, you'll find that this happens in a lot of places. Certainly in the UK buildings have to be powered down for maintenance at least once a year to maintain services that run 24/7 and to test backup power generators/UPS systems to ensure they will continue to work if there ever was an unintentional power outage.

It's all tied in with business continuity and risk management, but most people don't know it happens because it usually gets done on weekends or times least disruptive to a business - in the case of an MMO there is no time during the day where it will go unnoticed.

We have a week long period where things like this are tested, configured etc just after Christmas. Because we close for Christmas and New Year (Bank holidays), we just figure it's easier to shut down for the whole period from Christmas Day until the start of week after New Year's Day (eg, this year we'll close from 25th Dec until the 5th January).

It's a lot more common than people might think and like you say, it tends to happen at times where less people will be affected by it so they rarely even notice that it actually happens.

The patch will come when it does. A few days extra is not going to cause any issues for people. If it does, I'd be asking other kinds of questions.

I just want to give Camate a big thanks to the Square-Enix FFXIV team for communicating with us. Very much appreciated, I'm so psyched for next week!

I understand their concerns about the issues that could happen from releasing the patch.. but it does get ridiculous. Constantly moving it. I personally think they are rushing Novus. Hold out on that part til 2.3, all those hardcore players will have to make due with the animus, ore tidal levi weapons or high allagan til then. Add the small parts like Fantasia, echo, pvp. etc. in the smaller patch. But that is my opinion.

Once a year Japan suffers blackouts for 2 days so their entire power grid can be diverted to their mutant research department.

1. go get a job.
2. go out with friends.
3. get out ur room and shower.

Few things to fill up the time.

I am surprised that they don't have a back up generator

Originally Posted by LadyVaJedi

I am surprised that they don't have a back up generator

It's not an issue of them not having a generator or a back up power source. They have to take the building off the grid so that they can do maintenance.

I understand that. Didn't they know about that the power outage happens once year ?