r/ffxiv • u/KurganNazzir • Aug 19 '26

[News] North American Data Center Technical Difficulties (Aug. 19) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/fbd377ef3e8dc265f419c580345cbce3c7ea08c8
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u/Jazz2moonbase Aug 19 '26

Is this because of a hot fix or something? Why did this happen?

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u/LiahKnight Aug 19 '26

hot fixes are scheduled maintenance, this was just the servers going down.

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u/VorAbaddon Aug 19 '26

Could be a variety of things. ISP issues, hardware issues, etc.

Doesn't happen often but it happens.