so whats the emergency maintenance for?

[Cellia]

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Anyway, I do feel like SE does way too many "hotfixes", this time it is unusual, but after any patch, they'll usually take it down the very next day for ~3 hours for hotfix meaning that some bug has slipped through the cracks and they weren't able to catch it before it went live.. This is why we need a test realm so we can test for bugs on a much larger scale instead of having a small in-house team testing them out.. Does anybody ever remember a single patch where it wasn't followed by a hotfix the day after?? I don't, I understand it's sometimes necessary but with FF14, it seems to be a 100% of the case.

Exactly. This is precisely what I mean. They rush to fix too fast and end up costing us more down time when they mess up instead of at least trying to be "right first time". Its impossible to be 100% right first time but... at least appear to have the effort of it. I'd say its probably around 40% right first time since I started playing.

[CelestiaYasuhiro]

*Resub today*
*Maintenance*

Every time.
Wanted to submit a world transfer application too.
Oh well.

[Moonleg]

I saw a thread a couple of days ago stating that EU PS4 users (I think it was) were able to pre-download the majority of the Heavensward content now, but it messed up the game version so they were unable to log in after doing that. The solution until now has been to re-download the game, all 15 GB or so. For a lot of players I believe that's more than a hassle.

It's possible this maintenance is to fix that problem server-side. A large chunk of players being unable to play at all IS a game-breaking bug by its very definition.

[Adire]

A large chunk of players being unable to play at all IS a game-breaking bug by its very definition.

Agreed, though it still doesn't change the fact that a ton of maintenances have listed very insignificant and non-urgent things only in notes.

Also, I'm not that savvy in this area, but couldn't this have been fixed without bringing the servers down? Especially since PC users are not affected at all.

[Adire]

I saw a thread a couple of days ago stating that EU PS4 users (I think it was) were able to pre-download the majority of the Heavensward content now, but it messed up the game version so they were unable to log in after doing that. The solution until now has been to re-download the game, all 15 GB or so. For a lot of players I believe that's more than a hassle.

It's possible this maintenance is to fix that problem server-side. A large chunk of players being unable to play at all IS a game-breaking bug by its very definition.

Well, it looks like people are going to have to reinstall the game anyways. I feel for you console players!

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A cookie for you sir!

That's what they had in TSW. A testlive version for players to assist in helping them find bugs and get feedback before finalizing the game's patch.

[Chihaya]

So, emergency maint for the console peasants

[Dualblade]

Well if you live in NA, maint started around the time many would see as a good time to sleep (Not all, but many.) For the EU, this issue in paticular seemed to be affecting them the most if I'm correct so it was probably for the best in their case.

Really the hardest hit here are the JP players. Middle of the day for them.

[Chiramu]

Well if you live in NA, maint started around the time many would see as a good time to sleep (Not all, but many.) For the EU, this issue in paticular seemed to be affecting them the most if I'm correct so it was probably for the best in their case.

Really the hardest hit here are the JP players. Middle of the day for them.

Afternoon>evening for JP location.

[EdgeFayth]

Today's maintenance is from 13:00 to 17:00 jp time (from lodestone: 日　時：2015年5月21日(木) 13:00より17:00頃まで). Acceptable, people usually work at this time.

[Chihaya]

and this, quit whining and get back into the game (that queue)
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2ee12ed4256bfd