SERVER DOWN?

[Zigabar]

They deliberately didn't announce the time because they didn't want people to game it.

Edit: How can people afk for 8-10 hours at work log back in if they're not home?

PSVita or remote connection.

[Ranulf]

There was a maintenance notice an hour before and then another one 30 minutes later. *shrug*

Plus a post on Lodestone.

[Ametrine]

But, on Aether they did have notices? I saw two saying all players would logged out at 12PM PST.

[Bixillarla]

Yeah, this I definitely agree with. If the hour notice has been given and someone logs in, have them say "Your server will be restarted in x minutes" when you login. That way they don't get blindsided if they login between the one hour announcement and the server going down.

We got several notices. One 1 hour before, then again 30 minutes later, then 15 minutes later, then when they were about to take it down. How many do you need?

[HyoMinPark]

We got several notices. One 1 hour before, then again 30 minutes later, then 15 minutes later, then when they were about to take it down. How many do you need?

I think what he means is that he logged in after the 1 hour and 30 minute mark, and didn't see an announcement. I'm not sure if they give one upon login because I was already in-game when both were announced, but that's what he's getting at, I think.

[Paladinleeds]

I think what he means is that he logged in after the 1 hour and 30 minute mark, and didn't see an announcement. I'm not sure if they give one upon login because I was already in-game when both were announced, but that's what he's getting at, I think.

Thank you, that's exactly what I'm getting it. Using her example, what if you successfully login after the 15 minute mark has passed, then you don't get one. Getting one upon login once that hour window has started I think should be what occurs.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

I fail to see why they can't do this exclusively on the relevant server(s).

Because some 'clever' people have decided to hide in their housing or apartments while exploiting...

Thinking that people won't see them to catch them doing it.



Those are instanced areas, and those instances are created on a different server to the world server, and are shared across all worlds on the datacenter.

To boot those guys off they likely have to just do the whole thing.
Also, with the amount of people doing such, it has an effect on all instanced content across the datacenter...

Ever see a message about being unable to enter a house or apartment?
That's the reason.