Can’t download patch 2.38

*update*

OK It’s official, my ISP said their underwater cable for interlink has some problem and they’re trying to repair it. Ughhhhhhh!!

*end of update*

Not sure if it’s my internet’s fault or FFXIV players everywhere are downloading at the same time and thus compete on downloading speed/bandwidth, but my download is going as slow as 0.01MB/s and the time remaining says something like 997 minutes (it’s 3000 something minutes when speed display dropped to 0.00MB/s LOL!)

Sitting here cursing at the slow download, looking through my screenshots folder for what little comfort I could get. ; ;

Alec MonkI need to take more pics of my Monk because she’s handsome. :3

SCH Faerie Eos Stops Responding

OK, though I only feel like playing my Monk full time nowadays, I’ve been doing lowbies roulette such as Guildhest 10+ and Roulette 16+ on my SCH for practice everyday or at least every other day to prevent my rusting. One problem I had run into is that my Eos would completely stop responding after I use Fey Illumination.

At first I didn’t know what caused it, and I thought I was crazy. But then it happened again. I thought I screwed up due to recast timer, but nope. I checked, and all the cooldown timers were ready. Then I thought I had lag. Then I thought I did something wrong. I checked if my Faerie went back to sic mode, but no. And all the Faerie commands were usable (or seem usable) and it does not return the”not on manual” error thing. After several occasions, I found out that my faerie always does this to me whenever I used Fey Illumination. At first I resummoned her to fix it. But later on, as I ran into this issue again and again, I found out that Heel command can repair this and make her go back to normal.

Today in Cutter’s Cry, while tank was getting stomped half to death, I ordered Eos to use Fey Illumination to ease the curing stress. But then the tank went to almost dead, because Eos wasn’t responding to my Embrace command at all. I had to use Heel (even when she was already on Heel, LOL) to make her listen to me again.

Is this normal? Does it happen to everyone? I searched Google with “Eos not responding after Fey Illumination” but it returns no relevant result.

Cannot purchase SQUARE ENIX Crysta with PayPal

– unresolved, as of 24 Dec 2013 –

Cannot purchase SQUARE ENIX Crysta with PayPal

Recently, starting since last month – November 2013 – I’ve been having recurring problem in purchasing SQUARE ENIX Crysta using PayPal (through UltimatePay and PlaySpan). The characteristic of the problem is that my payment keeps getting cancelled at the last step.

–          I logged into Square Enix account management.
–          I went to “Add Crysta” page and selected UltimatePay and then PayPal – PayPal log in screen pops up as usual.
–          I logged in to my PayPal account.
–          I confirmed the amount of money I want to pay and proceeded to “Pay Now.”
–          In Square Enix Crysta purchase window, instead of showing message for completion of purchase, it shows error saying PayPal rejected my payment.
–          The message says “PayPal Express CheckoutError PayPal Express Checkout has rejected your payment attempt. Please select another way to pay. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

This happens every day for many days, until I gave up and used credit card to directly pay for my Crysta.

But WAIT, after failing many times in buying Crysta into my account, I tried to buy Crysta for my friend, into her Square Enix account, and it was successful in first try. So I retried my account again, and still failed.

Something is weird here. Same PayPal account, same payment method, buying same product (Crysta), yet my own account kept getting the purchase cancelled while my friend’s was fine like it should be?

First, I contacted Square Enix Support, telling them all the details. They told me sorry, but the purchase is handled and managed by UltimatePay, so that’s where I should head for technical support.

I thought my problem might go away after a month, so I didn’t contact them until 2 days ago. I had to contact them because the problem still exists. This month, I still cannot pay for my own Crysta. And guess what, I had no problem in paying for Haku’s Crysta. Ugh, what gives?

Anyway, I contacted UltimatePay and they got back to me, asking for transaction ID and stuff. I told them the information I needed, and they were able to find my cancelled transaction history. I also told them, after exchanging a few emails, that I had another successful transaction, and asked them to help spot the difference that made my purchase cancel while Haku’s purchase was successful.

They eventually replied saying “Please know that online transactions are processed automatically by the system. Since this process is automated, the system has several inbuilt security filters which verify the online transaction to ensure a safe and error free transaction. If the criteria set by these security filters are not met, the order gets declined. We suggest that you wait a full 48 hours before attempting a new payment. If the system still rejects your payment, you will need to select a different payment option available in your country to complete your purchase.” Which means they cannot help me troubleshoot my problem by comparing the failed and the successful transactions to eliminate possibilities.

They gave me a list of why would a transaction be considered suspicious for the automated system which would then lead to it getting rejected:

-You email address is linked to more than one account
-You have exceeded the amount of payments you are able to send in a specific period of time
-You have exceeded the dollar amount you are able to send in a specific period of times
-Your PayPal account is being used to make payments for more than one account
-You have placed too many unsuccessful orders for your account in a short period of time

-You email address is linked to more than one account : FALSE, if it means SQEN account or UltimatePay account.
-You have exceeded the amount of payments you are able to send in a specific period of time : FALSE, I haven’t made any payment for several days before and while trying to buy Crysta.
-You have exceeded the dollar amount you are able to send in a specific period of times : FALSE, it was just 10 dollars.
-Your PayPal account is being used to make payments for more than one account : TRUE
-You have placed too many unsuccessful orders for your account in a short period of time : FALSE, it’s been rejected since my first attempt.

So, this is the only checklist I have for trying to find where the problem stemmed from. I doubt I would get any better support from them, since they insisted that the transaction was processed with automated system and that I should try again in 48 hours.

I then contacted PayPal, describing the whole situation, and asked if there’s something wrong with my PayPal account that would make the transaction get cancelled. They said there is nothing wrong with my PayPal and that the transactions have been all cancelled by the merchant.

So it seems my quest to fix this problem has run into a dead end.

T.T

I shall update about this later if I get any more useful (or disappointing) information.

Not hearing Voice Acting

UPDATE! After posting this (which was automatically shared by WordPress system to my FaceBook and Tumblr) I got a comment from one of my friends: “you need to disable secondary device and set device output to standard speaker.” So, hopefully, this fixes the problem for some, if not all, of those who are having this issue.

เพิ่มเติม! พอโพสต์บล็อกไปแล้วเวิร์ดเพรสมันแชร์ไปที่เฟซบุ๊คกับทัมเบลอโดยอัตโนมัติ แล้วมีเพื่อนมาคอมเมนท์ว่า “you need to disable secondary device and set device output to standard speaker” สรุปว่าต้องไปเซ็ตระบบเสียงของคอมตามนั้น! หวังว่าจะแก้ปัญหาให้หลาย ๆ คนได้นะคะ

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Today my site stats reports that someone came here with the search keyword “ff14 npc ไม่มีเสียง” which can be translated into English “ff14 NPC has no voice.” Then I remember seeing someone asking in a Thai FFXIV Community on FaceBook that his game doesn’t play the Voice Acting sound at all. He hears everything else, except the voice acting part. He never heard the narrator describing the city-state in which he created his character, he never heard the Scions NPC talking, he never heard the Hydaelyn speaking. He hears BGM, effect, and his own character’s voices all right, but not the voice acting from NPC in the cutscene where it occurs.

I found this Voice Acting in FFXIV PC/PS3? thread on Reddit and some people stated that they are not hearing the voice acting either. One person said they are using Windows 8, and one other person said they’re using Windows 7. I am not sure if it is because they haven’t run into the quests that are voice acted, or if they have the same problem with the Thai person.

I also found this thread on the official forum, http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73705-Not-hearing-voice-overs-in-cutscense Some people are having the same issue too. Maybe soon someone will be able to solve the mystery.

Anyone else having the same issue? What to do to fix the problem? I feel sorry for the guy that he cannot hear the voice acting.

วันนี้ site stats รายงานว่ามีคนหลงเข้ามาที่บล็อกนี้ด้วยคีย์เวิร์ด “ff14 npc ไม่มีเสียง” เลยนึกได้ว่าวันก่อนเห็นในเฟซบุ๊ค มีคนถามเรื่องไม่ได้ยินเสียงพากย์ในคัทซีนเลย เสียงบรรยายเกี่ยวกับเมือง ตอนเพิ่งสร้างตัวละครก็ไม่ได้ยิน แล้วยังเสียงของ NPC สำคัญ (เช่นพวก Scions  กับพวกหัวหน้าคัมพานี) เสียงของ Hydaelyn คริสตัลก็ไม่ได้ยิน! แต่เสียงอื่น ๆ ได้ยินหมด ไม่มีปัญหา เช่นเสียงเพลงในพื้นหลัง เสียงตัวละครของตัวเอง เสียงเอฟเฟคในเกม

แล้วเราก็เจอกระทู้นี้ในเรดดิท Voice Acting in FFXIV PC/PS3? บางคนบอกว่าไม่ได้ยินเสียงพากย์! เห็นว่าใช้ Windows 8 ส่วนอีกคนใช้ Windoes 7 แต่เราไม่แน่ใจนะว่าเขาไม่ได้ยินเพราะยังทำเควสต์ไม่ถึง หรือเพราะเป็นปัญหาเดียวกันคนไทยที่ถามคนนั้น

แล้วเราก็เจอกระทู้ถามในออฟฟิเชียลฟอรั่มของไฟนอล 14 http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73705-Not-hearing-voice-overs-in-cutscense มีคนเป็นแบบนี้เหมือนกัน ยังไงคงต้องคอยดูต่อไป อาจจะมีคนไขปริศนานี้ได้ก้ได้

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