What the hell SE

[Icehunter]

So basically, I can keep playing if I want, but anything I accomplish will be gone. I think not. You're going to lose a massive amount of players saying either a) you can't play for 2 months, particularly over the holiday when a lot of people have time off, or b) you can play, but we're just going to wipe out anything you accomplish.

It should not be that hard to migrate character data to the new system. People that play want to keep playing. I log in and fish in my spare time, or level some jobs, ie make progress in the game. That is completely pointless if you're just going to wipe it. It's like playing FF1 half way through, then the battery in your cartridge dies and you have to start over.

There has to be another way.

You obviously don't understand databases then; and since they are actually changing the database provider (don't ask how I know); it requires more work than you think.

Since XIV is the ONLY mmo in history to relaunch a entirely NEW system which includes some of the following:
Server structure
Database provider and design
Zones
Assets
Music

You might want to cut them a little slack. If this break means the whiners don't come back; I'll be happy. The games been rough; but I'm glad I was here to experience the entire thing from start to finish.

Signed.
Member#134

[TheRac25]

You obviously don't understand databases then

you dont either

[Hulan]

you dont either

Oh goodie, are we going to have a computer science off? Can I join? Disclaimer: Must be able to design to at least Boyce-Codd Normal Form to enter.

Seriously though, it's taking as long as it is taking for reasons we can only guess at. The game will loose a few subs probably, but it will retain many, many more. I think curiosity at the very least will bring back most who leave, and I'm sure Square Enix isn't going to let us forget about it. I plan on finishing up any number of games I have put on hold, maybe finally finishing up that iOS game I was working on last summer. Who knows, the break may do everyone some good, let us look at ARR with fresh eyes, as it were.

[ShinodaMouri]

Hundreds of gigabytes doesnt take a few minutes. There is also server hardware installation and reprogramming... There will be alpha for some and probably a fairly large beta.

I mean... would you rather them screw it up like last time? Simmer the hell down.

[Breladine]

People can whine "They're gonna lose a lot of players over this" day and night, but the fact is that all of those players they "lost" will be more than interested to see 2.0 when it finally comes out, regardless of whether or not they had to resign the game for a couple of months.

[Elexia]

People can whine "They're gonna lose a lot of players over this"

Oh hey, remember when the idiots on this forum said SE losing power due to the natural disaster they suffered it would kill off FFXI and FFXIV due to downtime?

How'd that work out?

[Daemus]

By the time that the 1.0 servers are shut down we should be at least near the start of beta if not already into it.

The reason it will take so long to migrate character data is simple; the new database system is far different than the old one. Instead of just copy/pasting everything over, various things must be changed. I imagine the new inventory data storage system stores the data far different considering it consists of individual sections instead of the list system we have now.

Locations must be changed (x,y,z coordinates) for remodeled areas, stats must be adjusted to fit with the new system, and so on... I personally would rather them take their time with the transfer the data and ensure everything is properly translated than risk losing things.

We will have 2.0 beta to play around with until our characters are ready. That way we can witness content that we may have missed out on using higher lvl and better geared characters.

[Meatdawg]

What FFXIV 1.0 IS COMING TO AN END??? OMG WHEN??

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Are you saying they are using MySQL? rofl!

[Icehunter]

Are you saying they are using MySQL? rofl!

With the current and 2.0 nope. Never used MySQL. FFXIV is almost entirely .NET based technology. It won't be after 2.0.