Early access to “Dawntrail”, the latest expansion to the long-running MMO “Final Fantasy 14”, started over the weekend. However, the add-on did not start without problems. Producer Yoshi P promises solutions soon.
Last Friday, early access to the latest “Final Fantasy 14”-Extension “Dawn Trail”In addition to the now almost obligatory waiting times when logging in, there were unfortunately also various errors waiting for the players.
Advertisement
For example, the community complained about isolated crashes, bugs that prevented the successful completion of a quest, or choppy animations. The Syrcus Tower Alliance raid also occasionally struggled with errors, while players on Xbox consoles suffered in isolated cases from their image freezing when switching between locations.
In an official statement, Naoki Yoshida, the producer of “Final Fantasy 14,” also spoke out. He first took the opportunity to thank the community for their continued support and for purchasing “Dawntrail.”
Yoshida then addressed the players directly to apologize for the technical issues. As the producer promised, his team is giving the highest priority to fixing the errors internally in order to ensure smooth operations as soon as possible.
Advertisement
“I would like to sincerely apologize for the problems,” said Yoshida. “Please let me explain the status of the investigation into their causes and the actions we will take to resolve them. The above issues are considered high priority. They are being investigated and systematically addressed on our development server.”
If everything goes as planned, the developers will tackle the first problems in the next few days.
First hotfix could be released this week
As Yoshi P added, his team is preparing to release a first hotfix, which will ideally be released during the week.
“We are considering releasing a hotfix, likely sometime this week, which would involve a short maintenance period,” Yoshida continued.
The producer concluded: “I would like to apologize again for the occurrence of these issues. Rest assured that we are dedicated to resolving issues such as these that arise after the release of an expansion and will continue to promptly fix any urgent issues that may arise.”
“Final Fantasy 14” is available for PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
More news about Final Fantasy XIV.
Discuss this news in the PlayStation Forum
Links to Amazon, Media Markt, Saturn and some other retailers are usually affiliate links. When you make a purchase, we receive a small commission that we use to finance the free site. There are no disadvantages for you.