Recently, "Final Fantasy XIV" producer Naoki Yoshida apologized for the large-scale congestion of international services again, and announced that it would temporarily suspend the sale of the game.
In the official website announcement, Naoki Yoshida said that the current server is unable to support so many players online at the same time, and they will temporarily suspend the sale of the game body and expansion pack "The End of the Dawn". At the same time, they will also temporarily suspend new user registration to alleviate server pressure.
As compensation, they will give away 14 days of game duration for free for players who have the full version of the game and are during the active subscription period.
Considering that players are looking forward to the next update of the game, and the update rhythm of the game has been set, the 6.05 version scheduled to be implemented on January 4, 2022 will not be postponed due to server congestion.
In terms of servers, they have been working on adding new servers since July this year, but they have ordered servers with high specifications, and they have encountered the impact of the new crown epidemic and the shutdown of some semiconductor factories, and it will take some time to solve the problem of servers.
With the help of equipment vendors around the world, new servers are arriving, and server issues are being solved little by little, and Naoki Yoshida said he may release a rough roadmap for server update plans in January 2021.
In addition, they will suspend all Final Fantasy XIV ads, including TVCM and online ads, but some of the ads that have been deducted will continue as originally planned.