All Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Jul. 20)

[Darte]

Jul. 19, 2010 21:05 [PDT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI
All Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Jul. 20)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance on all worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

* The client software will be updated at this time. The version update process will automatically begin upon login after the time stated below. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

[Date & Time]
Jul. 20, 2010 from 10:00 to 12:00 (PDT)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

* The World Transfer Service will be unavailable starting 30 minutes before the maintenance. Additionally, the Character Reactivation Service will be unavailable starting with the maintenance. Please wait until after the maintenance is completed before attempting to use these services.

* Players who are scheduled to participate in events such as Dynamis or Salvage at the time of the maintenance, we ask that you please wait until maintenance is complete before engaging in these activities. Please note that we cannot replace items that are lost during the maintenance process.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/pol...ews19415.shtml

hmmm?

[Lamentor]

Maybe SE realized how much damange they did to the NA spelling and accuracy of certain pieces of gear.

[Jex]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME..... We JUST GOT a Death spot in every zone for Sandworm/DI since last maint. fucked it up. NOW this shit FUCK YOU SE...

[Hyan]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME..... We JUST GOT a Death spot in every zone for Sandworm/DI since last maint. fucked it up. NOW this shit FUCK YOU SE...

hahaha

They be nerfing Abyssea exp~

[Killo]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME..... We JUST GOT a Death spot in every zone for Sandworm/DI since last maint. fucked it up. NOW this shit FUCK YOU SE...

Same here.... same here....

[Karbuncle]

Hopefully they'll fix a few things:

1) Add Auto-trans for the new abilities
2) Fix all the Misprints and typos
3) Fix the Pet Glitch where pets (and npcs) will spawn without names.

Hope they don't nerf

1) BST jugs being awesome and useful
2) Abyssea Exp.


ho-hum, lets remember not to freak out about Abyssea mobs resetting in level and getting now exp for a few kills ~

[Jex]

Same here.... same here....

5 hours of: /map > Wide scan > Nothing

[Draylo]

I bet it has something to do with the traverser stones, some people seem to be getting an infinite amount while others can't even get any when they are suppose to.

[Kalasin]

Lord Ruthven has a misspelling too. His st20 effect shows as curse to players, but it still is st20. Nothing big but it's something.

Also, no idea if it's been mentioned before, but will maintenance reset the Abyssea NMs that were not popped from the start? Cuelebre or Khalamari for example.

[Byrthnoth]

Newsflash!

There has been an issue reported today to SquareEnix HQ in Japan. It appears that a rogue programmer for the media giant has inserted a genuinely rewarding event into one of their online games. Outraged, the board of directors has mandated an immediate maintenance to remove the offending event.


Honestly though, if they kill any of these things in Abyssea:
1) NM pop rates
2) NM drop rates
3) Chest drop rates
4) XP/kill
5) Time extensions
6) Repeatable quests
7) Anything regarding Abyssea
...imma shit a brick. They can nerf Walk of Echos if they feel like it. That event was poorly conceived anyway.

Hopefully they're just fixing things like the text/stats on random items, Discoid, DRG being a good DD, etc.

[Hyan]

As far as I know, the event is working as intended. Nothing "emergency maintenance" worthy at least.

If they nerf something it's the "no exp penalty for alliance" factor I bet.

[Byrthnoth]

As far as I know, the event is working as intended. Nothing "emergency maintenance" worthy at least.

Well, the problem I see is that nothing wrong with the game is "emergency maintenance" worthy. They left the MPwH+4 on Advocat's Pigaches in for months. They left frogs broken for months. When I look at the "Broke or Changed" thread, I don't see anything emergency update worthy.

I hope I'm wrong, but I bet the amount of time we were spending in Abyssea was "unintended." I know I logged over 20 hours in Abyssea Thursday -> Sunday on three stones that I spent Thursday night. Goodbye to BLM being my merit job. Hello again, Birds and Bard.

[Francisco]

"We have addressed an issue pertaining to the lack of Robber Crabs in proportion to the rest of the enemies over various areas. We have addressed this issue by adding Robber Crabs to the following areas: Bhaflau Remnants, Silver Sea Remnants, Zhayolm Remnants, Arrapago Remnants, Hazhalm Testing Grounds, Dynamis-Bastok, Dynamis-Windurst, Dynamis-San d'Oria, Dynamis-Beaucedine, Dynamis-Xarcabard, Dynamis-Valkurm, Dynamis-Buburimu, Dynamis-Qufim, Dynamis-Tavnazia, Promyvion-Mea, Promyvion-Holla, Promyvion-Dem, Walk of Echos, Abyssea-La Theine, Abyssea-Konschtat, Abyssea-Tahrongi and Stellar Fulcrum."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to attack during Besieged."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to attack during Campaign."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to spawn inside Moblin Maze Mongers, despite rune settings."

"We have added several MMM runes for Robber Crabs."

"We have added several new items and synergy recipes. The materials can be found on Robber Crabs."

"We have lowered the respawn timers of Robber Crabs to 3 minutes."

"We have removed the NM Krabkatoa from the game. Approximately 80 Robber Crabs will spawn in his stead."

"We have added two new elements to the Vana'diel universe. These elements are "Robber Crab" and "Dire Bat"."

"It is now possible to restore fallen Robber Crabs to life with the following synthesis recipe:

Lightning Crystal + Crab Shell + Land Crab Meat + Water Anima = Robber Crab

Everytime this recipe is used, a Robber Crab will be released into the wild."

[Hushigoshi]

Spoiler: show

"We have addressed an issue pertaining to the lack of Robber Crabs in proportion to the rest of the enemies over various areas. We have addressed this issue by adding Robber Crabs to the following areas: Bhaflau Remnants, Silver Sea Remnants, Zhayolm Remnants, Arrapago Remnants, Hazhalm Testing Grounds, Dynamis-Bastok, Dynamis-Windurst, Dynamis-San d'Oria, Dynamis-Beaucedine, Dynamis-Xarcabard, Dynamis-Valkurm, Dynamis-Buburimu, Dynamis-Qufim, Dynamis-Tavnazia, Promyvion-Mea, Promyvion-Holla, Promyvion-Dem, Walk of Echos, Abyssea-La Theine, Abyssea-Konschtat, Abyssea-Tahrongi and Stellar Fulcrum."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to attack during Besieged."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to attack during Campaign."

"It is now possible for Robber Crabs to spawn inside Moblin Maze Mongers, despite rune settings."

"We have added several MMM runes for Robber Crabs."

"We have added several new items and synergy recipes. The materials can be found on Robber Crabs."

"We have lowered the respawn timers of Robber Crabs to 3 minutes."

"We have removed the NM Krabkatoa from the game. Approximately 80 Robber Crabs will spawn in his stead."

"We have added two new elements to the Vana'diel universe. These elements are "Robber Crab" and "Dire Bat"."

"It is now possible to restore fallen Robber Crabs to life with the following synthesis recipe:

Lightning Crystal + Crab Shell + Land Crab Meat + Water Anima = Robber Crab

Everytime this recipe is used, a Robber Crab will be released into the wild."

This made me laugh way more than it should have. Also reminded me of an old linkshell joke; the newest Final Fantasy XI expansion! FFXI: The nothing but crab edition!

[Meian]

My money is on nerfing Abyssea xp

[Furionstormrage]

"We have noticed an issue where players were enjoying the new content. We have removed time chests and experience points from Abyssea, and made all mobs in Abyssea immune to magic damage, in order to resolve this problem."

[Xno Kappa]

Damn it, was hoping to cap out RDM before they nerfed Abyssea.

[InspectorGadget]

ITT: tinfoil hats

[Hyan]

I just wonder what outcome they couldn't have predicted making the event the way it is- like Alliance exp being unnerfed inside the zone, of course you would take a full ally inside and rape the place.

I still think they designed it to be a good place to exp, hopefully they won't nerf it to oblivion but just tone it down.

[Katlan]

I'm hoping they dont touch abyssea xp at all, or if they do... they don't lower it below 400xp/kill