Quote Originally Posted by Kallaks View Post
Ok, so as most of you can tell, I don't post often in the lodestone forums. I read over much, but rarely feel the need to give my opinion as it is usually expressed by other players.

Today's Maintenance is the first time I have truly become genuinely frustrated and angry with Square-Enix.

I have been playing FFXIV since before its Launch over a year ago, and I have stuck with it because I am a true fan of SE and believe they produce quality gaming. I never once complained about the lack of game play in FFXIV, nor the constant Maintenance or "Emergency Maintenance" which happen to ALWAYS fall on my days off from work (Being an American and having to sit around waiting for servers to come up so the JP and AUS player's don't have their prime time messed with).

We are Paying Customers and I am now at a point that I do not feel I am getting my Money's worth. Today, I waited for 5 hours to play the game I pay a monthly subscription to, just to get on and have to wait another 5 hours? Thanks SE, there goes my entire Day Off.

What I would like to know is, "Is this a Trend you are setting for FFXIV?" If "Emergency Maintenance" is going to be a regular occurrence (as it as been for the past year), how can we, as players, schedule our free time to enjoy the game we are paying for? Are we just paying you so we can be constantly inconvenienced?

Sincerely Your Faithful But Disgruntled Subscriber,

Kallaks/Cunnucs Nightsbane
This has been an issue even in FFXI servers. I played FFXI since launch, and was constantly burdened by how the time-zones worked out. Being on Eastern time, 7pm PDT to me, means 10pm+ .. So when you look at it, if I work in the morning and get out at 3pm, the game is on Maint for the whole day. If I work evenings, I come back 9-10pm, and there's still one hour left of maint. 10-11pm rolls around, do I really want to stay up and RUIN my life by playing..? Yes. Do I? No, Reason always pulls true. As a N/A player, the Maint. scheduling has always utterly screwed me out of gametime. And yet, I still stuck without complaining. I'm understanding that, SE is based in Japan, and obviously they would accomodate THEIR people's fanbase, not foreigners first. I think "Is this a Trend you are setting for FFXIV?" isn't really a NEW trend, it's a trend they've been following since the Olden(Not so Olden..Still up and running) FFXI days. My point being, they're going to STICK WITH this trend. They have for the past 5years+. My personal advice to you is, either find a second Game to play during the Maint days in FFXIV, change your job scheduling, or quit the Game. All of the choices I've given you are very radical, but they're the only choices who will stick true.

Personally, I quit FFXI to play WoW, then I rejoined FFXI because I had "Good memories," ofcourse Abyssea ruined such memories and reminded me why I quit for WoW. I still play WoW today, and I'm a casual raider who raids 2 days a week. So when FFXIV maint is up? Like today (I worked 12pm~>10pm btw), I got home, I drank and ate, then I hopped on WoW (While downloading FFXIV patch) and raided. Once I was done, I logged out and tried playing FFXIV only to find that an Emergency Maint had been called. It's 2am now, and I'm still up, I was very excited to play FFXIV after my download finish, but as ALWAYS Square-Enix has DISAPPOINTED me, as usual. But again, being an N/A and enjoying it's great government, I am used to such disappointments. Bottomline is: Don't make FFXIV your priority Game, you'll find that is IS A GREAT GAME, but a word of advice from me is, don't expect to be accomidated by SE very often. Explore, find new things, and remember~> FFXIV IS 1.22 NOT 2.0 EXPECT MAINT. AND EMERGENCY MAINT. TO PATCHES TO OCCUR VERY VERY VERY, did I mention.. MANY TIMES. I feel your pain..

Sincerely Yours, Fellow Faithful But Disgruntled Subscriber,

Ashkandi Shadowcroft