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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Details of Recent Maintenance. (Sep. 12)

Good Day Eorzeans!

Here are the patch details of the recent maintenance, this was published through lodestone,

The following are details regarding the maintenance operation that occurred on Sep. 11, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 12:55 AM (PDT)

[Countermeasure to Relieve Heavy Server Stress on Duty Finder]

This maintenance implemented countermeasures to further relieve heavy server stress on the Duty Finder and instance-related Worlds.

With this measure, group matching is now split among the following three groups for selection process.

Japan Data Center
Group 1
 Aegis/Atomos/Carbuncle/Garuda/Gungnir/Kujata/Ramuh/Tonberry/Typhon/Unicorn

Group2
Alexander/Bahamut/Durandal/Fenrir/Ifrit/Ridill/Tiamat/Ultima/Valefor/Yojimbo/Zeromus

Group 3
Anima/Chocobo/Hades/Ixion/Mandragora/Masamune/Pandaemonium/Titan/Asura/Belias

North American/European Data Center
 Group 1
Adamantoise/Balmung/Cerberus/Coeurl/Faerie/Goblin/Midgardsormr/Odin/Sargantanas/Siren

Group 2
Behemoth/Diabolos/Excalibur/Famfrit/Lamia/Leviathan/Lich/Shiva/Ultros/Brynhildr

Group 3
Cactuar/Exodus/Gilgamesh/Hyperion/Malboro/Moogle/Phoenix/Ragnarok/Mateus/Zalera

*Groupings are determined by balancing levels, number of people, class/jobs, and adjusted so as to help provide smooth matching process.

[Increased Number of Instance Worlds]

The Duty Finder and quest instance battles are handled internally in their own separate Worlds. In addition to the above measure of easing server load by splitting the selection pool amongst the above groups, we have also increased the number of instance-related Worlds on which battles occurs.

This measure allows the facilitation of more instances, decreasing cases in which players must wait for an instance to become open after they have already been matched by the Duty Finder, or the quest instance battle has been initiated.

[Addition of New Worlds]

We have implemented the addition of the following Worlds.

Japan Data Center
Unicorn/Yojimbo/Asura/Belias/Zeromus

North American/European Data Center
Mateus/Brynhildr/Zalera

Please note that, upon first opening of the new Worlds, we predict a concentrated influx of characters in the low-level zones of said Worlds. Therefore until characters have evened out and dispersed into various zones, we will be implementing Character Creation and login restriction. Please be aware.

In addition, as a result of splitting the group matching for the Duty Finder into 3 groups, we are now able to expand our services easier. We will continue to monitor concurrent logins and the increase of new players in each worlds and if needed, periodically add new Worlds starting from October.

We will announce details regarding this at a later time.

[Implementation of Auto-Logout]

Because there are so many users attempting to login even when the maximum allowed number of concurrent logins has been reached. (in other words, when login restrictions are in place), we have now implemented an auto-logout feature. In an attempt to provide as many users as possible a chance to login, characters that appear to be inactive for thirty-minutes will be automatically logged out of the game.

[Login Restriction Directly after Maintenance]

In the time period just after maintenance has completed, we predict a rush of characters logging in simultaneously. In order to prevent any technical difficulties due to this login rush, we will be temporarily placing severe login restrictions. These login restrictions may occur frequently. lasting from a few minutes to ten minutes; however, restriction will be lifted in a gradual manner as login status is carefully monitored. We ask for your patience and understanding in this matter.

So there you have it. I will check for the patch notes that will be published in the forums and post it here. Thank you again for visiting my page.

See you in Eorzea!

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