Patch Notes Up

[Rizon]

"In order to accompany Patch 4.06a, we will be performing infrastructure maintenance on all Worlds at the time below, during which FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable."

Geez, some people should spend a little less time playing and more time learning how to comprehend the written word.

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

[NorthernLadMSP]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

"It takes 8 hours to implement some minor PvP changes!!!!! What gives people?????????????"

You comprehended nothing. Have a nice day.

[Kurando]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

Actually that's incorrect. During maintenance where there is a normal update of a patch, it will just say "performing maintenance on all worlds" and nothing about "infrastructure". A lot of worlds have been having issues as of late and having to do stuff on the infrastructure is necessary this time around.
Perhaps take a look at the notes from previous patches hmm.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

They also bring the servers up when things are done early. #1 rule of server maint is to plan for more downtime than actually required. If something goes wrong, easier to use more of already allocated downtime than say "were sorry, we broke stuff and need more time"

[Krotoan]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

Sometimes you can't keep everything running on bubblegum and spit. You need to shut it down, suss out the issues and get it fixed. Would you rather the game just RANDOMLY shut down for some things and other things break randomly throughout your player experience? It's going down for a planned 8 hours now, so you dont get random bits of your playing experience broken later. I don't know if you've ever fixed a complex system like a car or a network, but some things take a bit to troubleshoot, you can't expect it done in just a couple hours.

if that's not enough reason to justify it , I don't think you'd be happy with any explanation. Criticism is always necessary, but I think this isn't a lot to ask of us.

[Legewiel]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

I think they turn off all computers and make a party with barbecue and only come back 8 hours later and turn on everything again! Yoshida is well know for liking barbecue... they can't trick me, I'm sure they turn off it cause they need to use the socket to light their electric grill!
Oh boy, i wish they would at least share some of that delicious barbecue with me...

[Darkobra]

I comprehend quite well. That is the standard blurb for all patches. Are their systems so fragile that it takes 5-8 hours every patch to fix them? Something wrong there Fanboy.

So how would you improve it? And how have you so few games or real life things that 8 hours bothers you?

Either you're a genius at server networking so you have a job to keep you occupied for those 8 hours, OR, you don't actually have anything meaningful so those 8 hours, you're waiting for a game.