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The Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn conundrum: An unplayable great game

MMGN: The servers are full. The servers are down. Error. Please wait in player queue. Emergency maintenance. Error. Rinse and repeat.

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Godmars2903886d ago

Another glimpse of our always online future...

rdgneoz33886d ago

Guessing you never tried WoW when it first release. Oh the loot bugs, lag, and queues. Also, MMOs (massive multiplayer online) will always be online. What you should be worried about is games that can be played solo having to be always connected (Diablo 3 PC, Sim City).

Here's a fun list to look at as well (this launch reminds me a bit of Aion)
http://www.mmorpg.com/showF...

And on the bright side, SE (like Blizz) will be giving players additional free days to compensate for the problems.

Heisenburger3886d ago

I don't think you got his point.

He wasn't saying an mmo isn't allowed to stumble out of the gate. He's saying that this could be the outcome of the always online future certain parties tried to start.

I don't really see how that could happen since queues wouldn't really be involved in say, Assassin's Creed.

However, what he was saying is VERY clear to me. And it's not what you replied about.

Scatpants3886d ago

Yeah, how dare an online RPG be always online. What if I'm on a nuclear submarine?

dcj05243886d ago (Edited 3886d ago )

This 100%. I mean one time I tried playing Guild Wars 2 in my personal submarine ( the kids love it) and it didn't work. I even called customer service and they gave me some " It doesn't work offline" bull.

Bolts3886d ago

We have a platform for you if you can't get connectivity for your MMORPG. It's called a Commodore 64.

Reborn3886d ago

Of course, its common sense to know that we're still a long way off from this "always online" life.

However, they're doing a 10 hour maint atm. So hopefully, these problems are totally eliminated upon server up.

It's unfortunate, but the level of support, and acknowledgement of issues has been impressive.

gamernova3886d ago

I just went afk whenever I wasn't playing instead of logging off. My first mmo. Definitely set the standard high.

Lovable3886d ago

I hope you're afking in one of those sanctuary so you get rested exp..

rdgneoz33886d ago

Once your get a craft up to 10, you can just pretend you're busy and auto synth stuff as you go afk in a sanctuary :P

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maximus19853886d ago

I'm new to mmos but man it's rough getting off work and trying to log on only to be told maintanence starts .....NOW. I have the worste luck and can't see myself paying monthly if this continues.

helghast1023886d ago

You know what this maintenance is for right?
If it goes as intended, this will be the best maintenance ever.

rdgneoz33886d ago

Basically, the "One maintenance to rule them all!" Should hopefully fix all the log in issues and make the servers a bit more stable.

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Square Enix Releases Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark Software

Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

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Xbox Profanity Filter Is Ruining the FFXIV Chat

The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.

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Snookies1222d ago

Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.

gold_drake22d ago

wanted to say the exact same thjng.

VenomUK21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?

RedDevils20d ago

*insert gift*
"Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina."

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DivineHand12521d ago

I'm not convinced this is the profanity filter. It doesn't make sense to censor words like class, harvest and dance. It seems to be a bug.

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TheGamingHounds21d ago

Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched

Eidolon21d ago

it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape

Aphrodia21d ago

Yeah these new fangled filters are going a bit too far. I have a game that filters "wtf". It's a censor for a self-censoring phrase. But I think overall it's how it should be. If you don't want certain language being used in your game by your player base, then it's up to you to filter/ censor the language you don't want. I can respect that. What I can't respect is when you say things that are not really offensive then you get ostracized for it.

shinoff218321d ago

What happened to just reporting people

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

This is completely false, I tested this on my son's child account and mine, this is not Microsoft censoring they will censor swears but not the combination of letters I can prove this with a screenshot where I use all mentioned words in the article but do not know how to upload a picture.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

You can all continue your bashing, I was wrong someone explained to me this is a new policy, that's why it only happens for me in this brand new release. I'll try latter on ps to confirm but their response seemed informed wich leaves me rather worried for future censorship on my xbox.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Geezus, Xbox, you get gifted gold and still f*ck things up.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

It's not xbox, go ahead start a chat with the youngest person on your friends list then say raid mass class sass said .... they do not censor any of these I even got away with R.Aids. sqaure on the other hand does.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Does this affect PC and PS4/PS5 users, too? Or is it only happening on Xbox?

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