Maintenance window

[Sayura_]

Quick question: do the patches typically take up the entire maintenance window or can servers come up early?

(returning player from 2 yrs ago)

Thanks!

[Zojha]

Servers can come up early, but they never do when housing related stuff is added (New Wards/Apartments).

So...I'd say there's a chance they might come up early this time.

[Texa]

They usually finish late with full patches from what I can remember. Not by a lot, like half an hour. But not on time.

[Marcellus_Cassius]

Don't think the servers will be opened before its scheduled time even with early completion.

[Sayura_]

Thanks for the info!

[BigApplePie]

Oh I was wonder if there is early Maintenance can be done! Thanks for the answer and I just got back with this game once again but too bad... Maintenance day lulz

[Domeric]

I'm a new player and was interested in trying to practice tanking again today. Guess it will have to wait until tomorrow.

[Adire]

Not really sure why a 24 hour maintenance is necessary for a patch, but longer than average maintenances compared with other games are the norm for FFXIV it seems.

[TiaHariberux3]

Not really sure why a 24 hour maintenance is necessary for a patch, but longer than average maintenances compared with other games are the norm for FFXIV it seems.

Its not normal and mostly just for expansion maintenance then again 3.5 will give us the cross server function etc. so its a bit bigger than usual. Its far from norm for FFXIV stop lying lol

[Adire]

Its not normal and mostly just for expansion maintenance then again 3.5 will give us the cross server function etc. so its a bit bigger than usual. Its far from norm for FFXIV stop lying lol

I'm not lying, but okay. 3 hours is the normal amount of time for regular patches for XIV. Most other MMOs do not take nearly that long for similar patches.

I can't recall a 24 hour maintenance in any other MMO I've played. I recall at least one other for XIV, though. For a "large patch", as defined by the community back at the time. It was the first patch after Heavensward.