FFXIV: A Realm Reborn News and Information(Discussion)

[Gulkeeva]

here's to hoping the succubus ladies with what looks like tiny nipple covers makes it in game. (the black winged one looks nice too)

[Shenrien]

The kreygasm was real. I was kinda speculating that we would see Tiamat show up before Shinryu.

[Omniyoji]

For some reason Sage Sundi was the first thing to come to mind when seeing this

here's to hoping the succubus ladies with what looks like tiny nipple covers makes it in game. (the black winged one looks nice too)

^ YES!

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[Lucavi]

That lala looks freakin amazing. Find a way to get her in the game, SE. That's one hell of a concept art.

[Qeomash]

That's always been an annoyance of mine. We have 5 races. Only one race of undead. Lets see some Lalafell, Roegadyn, Elzen, Miqote skeletons and zombies.

[Lucavi]

I feel like that's why they always make the base game having nothing to do with anyone but human characters: if they save the future expansions for non-human lands, they don't have to make all of the assets for shit like that until we reach those expansions.

[Scrynth]

I've only recently switched to XIV. But is the 24 hour maintenance a usual thing for big patches?

[Gokulo]

I've only recently switched to XIV. But is the 24 hour maintenance a usual thing for big patches?

Nope. They've explained in the note the reasons for this.

[Shenrien]

I've only recently switched to XIV. But is the 24 hour maintenance a usual thing for big patches?

Not only will Patch 2.4 implement the addition of the new Rogue class and the new Ninja job, but also a large increase to the number of plots of housing land. Accordingly, data-handling capacity will need to be increased, and for this reason, we will be conducting database optimization with this maintenance in order to aid in load reduction and increase data processing speed.

Database optimization will require time. In addition, because these are vital servers that house our players’ precious data, extra care and precaution must be taken. As a result, this will be a prolonged maintenance lasting 24 hours. We ask for your patience and cooperation during this process, and apologize for any inconvenience.

If you're at work or something and unable to see their reason for this here you. Although this is probably the last place I would come to visit on a work computer or network.

[layoneil]

Nope. They've explained in the note the reasons for this.

it's not the first time it happened though, didn't they do the same for 2.2?

[Gokulo]

it's not the first time it happened though, didn't they do the same for 2.2?

Yeah, and at that time the excuse was:

This maintenance will introduce a new structure to the instance system that automatically adjusts the number of available instances according to the level of congestion. Until now, depending on the time of day, the number of players would become concentrated in certain content, maxing out the number of available instances, resulting in extended waiting times for players despite having a full party. With the implementation of this new system, more players than ever before will be able to participate simultaneously in the same content.

Because the implementation of this new structure will require a modification to the very core of the instance system, much time will be needed for checks and verifications before going live, which is the reason for the extended length of this maintenance.

[Scrynth]

I had seen the note. I was just wondering if there was a precedent for longer maintenances with major patches.

[Eldelphia]

Nope, as said below, it's not a common thing.

[layoneil]

Nope, as said below, it's not a common thing.

but if you consider major patches the ones where iLv goes up, new raid tier and tomes are introduced, we would be 2/2 on longer maintenance. even numbered patches have felt bigger to me than odd ones and this is unlikely to change with the expansion.