2008 - (09/05/2008) All Worlds Maintenance

At the following time, we will be performing maintenance on all FINAL FANTASY XI worlds to accompany the version update. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

• Maintenance on PlayOnline is also scheduled for the same day. For more details on this, please refer to the news announcement "PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Sep. 8)."
  

• This maintenance will be accompanied by a version update. After maintenance is complete, the update will automatically begin after you press the "Play" button. After that, please follow the instructions on the screen.
  

• The World Transfer Service will be unavailable starting 30 minutes before the maintenance. Please wait until after the maintenance is completed before attempting to use this service.
  

• You may receive errors such as "POL-1160" or "POL-0010" during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.
  

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in making this a smooth version update.

• For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site or PlayOnline Viewer which will be available on Monday, Sep. 8, 2008.
  

[Date & Time]
Sep. 8, 2008 from 9:00 to 14:00 (PDT)

• Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.
  

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

• Downloadable file size and time required for FINAL FANTASY XI version update are as follow. This is based on 1Mbps DSL environment.
  

[File size for clients with "Chains of Promathia," "Treasures of Aht Urhgan" and "Wings of the Goddess" installed.]

"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: 50.8MB
       About 1hours 2 minutes

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 81.3MB
       About 13 minutes, 50 seconds

Xbox 360 Version
Downloadable file size: 90.2MB
       About 21 minutes

[File size for clients without "Chains of Promathia," "Treasures of Aht Urhgan" and "Wings of the Goddess" installed.]

"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: 42.2MB
       About 49 minutes, 50 seconds

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 68.7MB
       About 10 minutes, 20 seconds

• Please note that the above times are the total approximate time for file check, download, and installation. The above times are for reference only. Download times depend on individual users' network environment and may vary from those shown above. Also, this update will require more time if previous version updates were not completed.