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  • PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

    Alright, so I'm new to fairly FFXI (although I played it breifly in 2004), and I recently bought the game yesterday for the Xbox 360 hoping to enjoy it with my good friend. I went through the POL setup and actual game install nice and smooth. However, on the actual game update (all 8294 files), I've ran into problem, after problem, after problem.

    First, I got an error with no description, and only one instance of it recorded on google, just after finishing checking files. I reinstalled. (2 hours or so have passed since I put the game into the xbox)

    After reinstalling and re-checking all the files the download finally starts. However, it's going at a painfully slow pace. So slow that it would've taken 39hours at its current pace to download all files. I'm on cox workplace internet, my down stream is something like 16mbps. My friend on DSL, downloaded the entire update in 4 hours.

    I figured at first that it may have been my router, so I took it out of the equation and went straight through my modem. same speed. So, without any other options I let it sit. (12 hours since i put the disc in)

    After 12 hours, I woke up to see that the install had failed again, (due to the server maitence today). So I hit retry, and it re-connected to the server and continued to download files (around 4000 left).

    Shortly after the maitence, my connection reset for some odd reason. So I restart and recheck the files. (18 hours since I put the disc in). As soon as the files start to download again I get an error saying a file (the last file I downloaded) was corrupt on my HDD. So I check files in the POL, it says everything is fine. Now I'm reinstalling the game, again.
    (26 hours since i put the disc in)

    I've also tried contact POL support, I waited on hold for 30 minutes, and finally just gave up. Honestly, if I didn't know the game was any good I would've long since returned it.

  • #2
    Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

    Yeah, it kinda sucks. The server congestion from people downloading the most recent patch probably made your process much worse than it could've been, but even in good conditions it can take for-freakin-ever.
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    • #3
      Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

      PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline
      WOW YOU'RE CLEVER.

      anyway, we all know it sucks. SE doesn't give a shit.

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      • #4
        Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

        I thought it was funny, if not clever. But then again, I never get tired of the "X? Moar like Y, amirite?" joke.

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        • #5
          Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

          Murphie? More like GAYPHIE!


          /I got nothin

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          • #6
            Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

            Exactly.

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            • #7
              Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

              As has been mentioned, amidst the forum entertainment that is Murphie v. Feba, you picked a particularly bad couple days to install the game. Major patch yesterday and the server is heavily congested. If you don't mind waiting, you could probably wait a day or two and have very little problem updating, or just wait it out and restart everytime it lags out.
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              • #8
                Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

                You do realize you were supposed to do:

                I got nothin
                More like YOU GOT NO THING, amirite?
                right?

                That was the entire point of that post.


                I should just stop setting you people up for jokes if you're never going to take such GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.

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                • #9
                  Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

                  And to prepare you for the next shocker you'll receive: SE is going to charge you for the entire month of November when they also bill you for December. So get ready to feel a double whammy to your wallet.

                  I know it's hard to wait. But you probably would have been better off waiting until December to start FFXI.
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                  • #10
                    Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

                    SE doesn't pro-rate your payment. (But 1st month is free).So if you start near the end of the month (November) they will bill you for the entire month of November. (which technically ends your free month of play.) You may be better off starting on December 1st. To get your entire month free.
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                    • #11
                      Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

                      I honestly hate how they don't prorate. I gotta wait until beginning of Dec., to come back to XI so I don't get double charged. I rather get back on now (despite not having a job =/ ) and have some FFXI fun! x.x




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                      • #12
                        Re: PlayOnline? More like WaitOnline.

                        Originally posted by Omniblast View Post
                        SE doesn't pro-rate your payment. (But 1st month is free).So if you start near the end of the month (November) they will bill you for the entire month of November. (which technically ends your free month of play.) You may be better off starting on December 1st. To get your entire month free.
                        They do in-fact prorate your fee, but only during the month your free trial expires. They never prorate any other time. So you can register and get teh free month whenever you fell like, but you don't want to cancel your account and then reactivate near the end of the month because reactivations are never prorated. Activations are always prorated, just no REactivations.
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