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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.

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* 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, Dec. 8, 2008.

[Date & Time]
Dec. 8, 2008 from 8:00 to 11:00 (PST)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

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File Size for Dec. 8 Update

Downloadable file size and time required for FINAL FANTASY XI version update that is scheduled on December 8, 2008 8:00 (PST) 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: 43.8MB
About 57 minutes, 20 seconds

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 64.0MB
About 7 minutes, 20 seconds

Xbox 360 Version
Downloadable file size: 70.6MB
About 18 minutes, 10 seconds


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

"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: 38.7MB
About 47 minutes, 40 seconds

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 54.2MB
About 7 minutes


*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.

[Varizen]

Update Monday. Awesome. They pick the ONE day I'm off from finals this week for me to not be able to play FFXI. Sexy. More study time! ^.^v

[DaEvilOne]

lol lucky you.

[Kyte]

lol, I'm off from finals that day too ;

Guess I'm definitely studying for Cell Bio all day