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Further Server and System Improvements As we continue to address server issues, I would like to follow up on my previous announcement regarding the measures being taken to improve this situation. With the maintenance completed on September 4, we have increased the number of concurrent connections allowed across all Worlds by roughly 60,000 users. For the time being, however, we believe it necessary to maintain login and character creation restrictions, even though they have inconvenienced many of our players. With the exception of recently added Worlds, each World can now support 7,300 to 7,800 simultaneous logins. Further increasing this limit runs the risk of causing severe lag in all zones. We will continue monitoring server loads to ensure a stable playing environment as we move forward with our plans. Following the increase in server capacity, we reached 325,000 simultaneous logins, and we anticipate that this number will only increase. Therefore, as our development and operations teams continue to work towards a full-scale upgrade of our servers and systems in order to accommodate more players, we will continue our suspension of digital sales of the game. During this time, we will be monitoring connections during peak times for each data center. Once we have confirmed that all Worlds and the zones within them are stable, we will continue to monitor server loads and populations in real time as we prepare to upgrade our servers and make other extensive improvements. The following is a general outline of our major goals to improve overall server and system stability. Specific details will be announced as soon as they are available. 1. Substantially increase the number of Worlds. 2. Create a third duty finder group to further alleviate server stress. 3. Increase the number of servers used for instances. Even with the increased capacity of all Worlds, the number of simultaneous logins is still reaching the limit. Because increasing server capacity further would result in significant stress to individual zones, frequent restrictions on character creation have been necessary for the most heavily populated Worlds. Furthermore, since simply adding new Worlds would heavily stress the Duty Finder system, a significant increase to the number of Worlds will be accompanied by the creation of a third Duty Finder group for each data center. We will also increase the number of servers used for instances. We believe these steps will allow for a marked increase in the number of concurrent connections our servers can maintain. With that said, we have also noticed that many players are leaving their characters idle in game due to the login restrictions we have set in place to maintain server stability. In response to requests to address this issue, we are working to implement a feature that will automatically log out characters that are idle for a prolonged period of time. The above improvements are scheduled to be implemented next week. We will make an announcement at the beginning of next week with further details. 4. Commence World transfer service. In addition to our above plans to improve server stability, we will begin service for World transfers. Players who were unable to join their desired World due to character creation restrictions will now be able to move to a World of their choosing. We realize many players would like to play together with their friends, and preparations for the World transfer service are a top priority. We are also working towards resuming digital sales for those who had planned to purchase the game but were unable to do so. 5. Begin large-scale improvements for long term operations. Next year will see the PlayStation 4 release and another influx of players. In order to ensure the best experience for all of our customers and customers-to-be, we are carefully monitoring our operations as we continue planning extensive changes to improve the game. Again, we sincerely apologize for any inconveniences caused by the current restrictions to logins, character creation, and digital sales. I assure you that our entire company is working tirelessly to improve your gaming experience, and we hope we can count on your continued support. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida

Yoshida said that they needed 400,000 people to make the game profitable. Looking at vgchartz, (I know it's not that reliable but I don't have anything else to go off of.) the game sold 720,000 copies and that is only on PC. Does not have ps3 figures. The game just recently had a record of 218,000 users online at the same time. After the server fix today, I don't know how many people will join. Sources http://my.mmosite.com/2342910/blog/item/ffxiv_a_realm_reborn_shatters_records_with_187000_connections_200000_expected_soon.html http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=final+fantasy+xiv

They finally finished it. Despite the last episode being 18 months ago.

Here it is folks, this is the moment I wanted to show all of you. This was filmed last week on Saturday. We waited for 3 hours for him to do all his filming to get to this point. Hope you're amazed.

Platinum trophy number 13. InFAMOUS 2! The last trophy to get was to finish the game as evil. Oh my God, that ending was gut wrenching! I can't believe what you had to do. I actually muted the game because I didn't want to hear what I chose to do! Next what I'm going to do is play the ending as good with an evil playthrough. I wonder if it's going to be different than the good ending with a good playthrough.

Live action trailer. Wasn't too impressed with it though. What did you think?

I'm back everyone! It's been years, but I'm finally about as athletic as I was back at university. Back then, if I was to play any sport with a serious group I was better than about 70% of them. But not because of skill. My greatest weapon was my limitless energy. After doing nothing but running for 2 years, and then low carb dieting recently, I had absolutely no energy. After 15 minutes of Ultimate frisbee I would be redlining at 192 bpm. Now I just didd a 2 hour, 15 minute basketball game (well 4 games at least) and I had energy all throughout the entire night. Tore out my feet though, I'm going to have to buy different shoes. But I'm just so happy. I'm an athlete again! Hopefully the blisters on the bottom of my toes will heal by saturday because I am never giving this up again.

I'm on Masamune. There is no way I'm moving from my group because we are that awesome. Come join us if you want. The Distant World Free Company is always open. I was going to wait until the "Let's Play" episode released but I can't hide it anymore. Everyone behold, my linkshell. I'll post the video when it's available. http://assets.enjin.com/wall_embed_images/1377447706_ffxiv_08242013_215202.png P.S. Our chat room was full at 50 so we raised the cap to 75 and maxed out. Raised it again to 90 and maxed out. Raised it again to 120 and it was still full for this event. Our website has now over 1,100 members strong. We only ask that you keep things friendly, help out others when they ask, and just basically be a nice guy. People come to us in droves because of the incredible community we have developed and I wouldn't change it for anything.

Started a new character this morning and I got him to level 11 so far. Sambo is filming an episode of his "Let's Play" series tonight and I just wanted something decent to wear to the occasion. I'll be leveling up a lot slower from now on that's for sure. In the meantime, what does everyone think about the crafting system? There are a lot of recipes preloaded onto your class but does it include the end game high end gear? Or is there some sort of quest to get them?

Well, I managed to get into Masamune right when the game launched this morning at 5am. I was able to meet with the Distant Worldd free company and join up with them on my new character. Within 20 minutes, we had 104 members online and most of them were there with us in the basement of the adventurers guild in Gridania. Unfortunately, my PS3 could only populate about 20 of them. Can't wait till PS4 launch so I don't have this issue anymore. We're going to have the first episode of the Let's Play series for ARR today at 9pm so I've got to get at least somewhat leveled before then so I'm not in my lvl 1 gear. EDIT: Here you go. Sambo (Leader) took a screen shot. http://assets.enjin.com/wall_embed_images/1377338674_ffxiv_24082013_195507.jpg

Well, the only games I would buy with the Gaikai would be Lunar 2 (PS1) and Mercenaries (PS2). Lunar 2 is pretty expensive to find. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lunar%202%20ps1&sprefix=lunar+2+ps%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alunar%202%20ps1 I played through Mercs with cheat codes the first time through and I would like to do it again.

Remember, it does have a sort of backwards compatibility through it's cloud based Gaikai service. They are trying to get every PS1, PS2, PS3 game available on this service.

So no longcat then? http://gekkotaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/long-cat1.jpg

It's not bad, it's just I have never played a white mage in anything ever. I always go for the tough damage dealers. Heck, in the 5 times I've beaten FF1, I've never gone for a white mage before. Let's see if I can remember my combinations. fighter, thief, red mage, black mage fighter, fighter, fighter, black mage fighter, black belt, black belt, black mage Hmmm, I don't remember the other ones. And Modus, wouldn't it be hilarious if Krillin's head was the 6 star dragon ball?

Lol, Modus has krillin's forehead spots on his lalafell.

Why the purple hair? It never looks good on anybody. Not even you Final Fantasy XV. http://www.ff-versusxiii.net/images/media/51b7a7dd_Final-Fantasy-XV-Unknown-1.png

Believe it or not, I'm going conjurer. And here's an early build of my character. It has a couple changes since then. Any comments?

Barret's gunarm really ruined it for me. Also Aeris' (NOT AERITH!) hair bow really sticks out for some reason. I'll still watch it though.

No, they are screenshots that are touched up. If you can read it (or suffer through Google Translate) here is a tutorial on how it was done. http://kotodamaecho.blog3.fc2.com/blog-entry-179.html I wonder if when they upgrade to DirectX 11 when it's released for PS4 if it will look this good. Oh, and look at the summoner AF gear.

Hey, check these images out. I wish I knew how to do them.\ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodamaffxiv/sets/72157624352454017/ Some of them

The workouts at the gym I do are all cardio. But I always put on my music. Like this one. And this one. But despite the most epic music imaginable, it doesn't actually make working out fun. Just more tolerable. And lifting weights is not going to make you lose weight. I'm strong enough already. The most physical thing I need to do during my day is lift patients from their stretcher onto my imaging camera. In the end, I have ultimate frisbee on Saturdays and Basketball on Mondays. Combine this with diet and I should have no trouble losing weight. Especially since we play hardcore the whole time. I can easily get 3 shirts drenched with sweat in one session.

That's the thing though. I hate working out. I just got back from basketball.....hold on let me chart that. My biggest asset for doing sports was my limitless energy. Lately I've had none of that and I'm glad that it's coming back. Despite playing 5 games, I didn't hit that point where I needed to walk or risk passing out. Anyway like I was saying. Just working out at the gym is one of the most unrewarding things I can think of. You sit there alone (if there are people there, you don't talk to them) and move heavy objects around. At the end of the day, those heavy objects are in the exact same place they started at, you're tired and sweaty, you didn't have fun, and you feel absolutely no sense of accomplishment. In basketball tonight I had fun and I met new people and made new friends. Why would I trade that for a gym? So yea, I would diet over gym any day. But I seem stuck at 207 lbs for the last 3 weeks and can't lose anymore.

Well, I wouldn't take a supplement for it but rather do something natural to raise the level.

So who here has taken that first jump off of a high point? I just went to a poorly made wooden platform made in the water of about 8 feet deep. There were 5ive levels to this thing. I jumped the first level at about 3 feet easily enough. The second level had a diving board about 20 feet off the water. The third had a zipline and a rope swing. And level 4 and 5 were just jumping platforms. I tell you it took more courage to jump off that 20 foot platform than I ever imagined. Then the zipline at 30 feet took just as long. And the swing at 30 feet also just as long. But once you do it once, it becomes much easier. I had an incredible time doing it. How about you? Ever did much jumping? I like to think of it as exercise due to the climbing and swimming aspect. Also, again: Anyone got ideas about adiponectin?

Well guys, RWBY made it's debut last night. I was worried about the voice acting, but they really nailed. I don't know how they did it, but every aspect from the music, to the story, to the action is looking really good. The only thing that doesn't get me excited is the school setting. But I have a feeling we wont be spending that much time there. Check it out! Episode 1