it's a known bug novion. nas knows and is working on it

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Thanks. New to the server so I didn't know it wasn't actually a safe space

Hey I am having an issue logging into the game. During the inputting the password section it seems its double inputting for every single character I type preventing me from logging in. Anyone having this issue?

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maybe this is too off-topic, but has the dev considered the idea of charging people to be members of the server? hear me out....

most of the legacy players here are adults..people that learned to love the game in 2002, which means we were at least 13 (minimum) at that time. Hence, we're all adults with (hopefully) a general source of income. $5/month to support the server wouldn't be outrageous I would think.

Back to topic, with some income rolling in Nasomi would be able to outsource a coder or two to handle these bugs in a more timely way instead of relying only on himself. I really have enjoyed this server but there are some irritants all over the place that I would certainly pay a few bucks a month to have dealt with. To be clear, I'm not complaining...the server is free and the people(person?) running it is as a hobbyist; as such my expectations are limited.

Also, when the server/game is in need a major overhauls (ToAU, PUP issues) he could contract a team to simply get it done. I truly don't think this is a situation where payments would kill the server, I think it would make it much more attractive and create a more polished product that would draw more people in.

Of course, I could be dead wrong, it's up to Nasomi and the community to decide what they'd want. But my vote would be to open my wallet a bit so that Nasomi could have some paid incentivized help to achieve everything he wants to achieve.

Sahzi, there will never be payments and nas doesn't, nor ever will accept even donations. This is one of the main things that separates nas from other servers which provides items, or favoritism to people who donate.

He also won't allow anyone to code for him. This is also the other major thing that separates nas from the rest. The rest have teams, and these teams end up having prior knowledge of whats coming, they abuse their knowledge akin to insider trading. In many cases these 'devs' for servers are GMs, who do favors for their friends. Drama caused by this has torn several other servers apart.

Nas simply doesn't allow that to happen here. What nas does may feel a little slow to some, but it's successful.

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fair enough, thanks for the clarity and explanation.

I can certainly see how people involved in the process could exploit the playground. Nobody wants that.

I certainly don't know the nature of the code to such a degree to offer assistance, but wonder if outsourcing to just some standard coders with no interest at all in FFXI would be an option.



I actually popped back here to follow up my post on the idea of even just offering donations. I certainly don't understand how someone would come to a legacy server then attempt to speed things up by getting free stuff or intel..sounds backwards.

I would certainly offer a monthly donation if there was a method with which to do it. Some incentives for the whole server would be interesting as well, as long as they don't have any game bending attributes attached. More like the silly hats created by SE over the years after 10 months of 5$ donations, etc. Something to recognize assistance but not simply buying anything of game breaking value, only minor.

Totally understand why he wouldn't want to go this way and the potential pitfalls that could be associated. I think, like mostly everyone here, we just have a particular love for this era of gaming and would love to see it executed as perfectly as possible. If I wanted people snapping their fingers and getting OP gear I'd just go back to abyssea.

edit: just pointing out the fact I used the word "certainly" way too much in this post.

I understand your want for things to improve faster and all that. I 100% feel the same way. Many of us that feel that way just try to contribute in the ways that we still can:
1. Helping people install, fix issues etc in naschat.
2. Helping construct the wiki, era-accurate so that there no confusion as to what exists, how stuff works etc.
3. Helping out ingame for players that run into those issues, or even don't run into those issues
4. Having fun and playing fair. This is what nas wants us to do, so we can show our appreciation in this simple way.

These 4 things help save nas' time dealing with player's issues caused both by bugs and by other players.

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I'm kinda disappointed knowing that there isn't really a dev team. I was kinda hoping to see about joining it eventually. I would probably consider quitting my character to contribute. I suppose even that wouldn't guarantee anything though...

im not sure if this is the correct place to ask about this but i was zoning from palby mines to drop aggro and ended up in mordian gaol and i tried to relog but could not even log into the game is this a bug?