The New 2019 Installer Is Pretty Good.

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The new 2019 installer is pretty good.
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By Zubis 2019-05-16 20:23:26
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http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/install_win.html

You can get started in FFXI on a fresh machine within 30 minutes or so, fully patched.

Benchmarked on a PC with a HDD (not SSD) and a 30Mbps internet connection:

Time to install FFXI: 10 minutes.
File check: 6 minutes.
File download time: 21 minutes.

If you have an SSD or a faster internet connection getting up and running in 15 minutes might be possible.

SE didn't update the patching process or anything fancy, it's just that (for the first time ever?) the files that the installer initially installs are up to date patched versions instead of versions dating from 2003. Only 700 files were downloaded instead of 20,000+.
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By ryukin182 2019-05-16 20:56:53
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It's out already?... They were not kidding, I was holding back expectations because... well it's SE. Am I able to get my hopes up for their big talk about the 20th year surprise?
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By Quetzalcoatl.Coronos 2019-05-17 14:53:40
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Yes, but does it play the PlayOnline dolphin theme?
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By soralin 2019-05-17 15:35:26
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Thats excellent news. This kind of major overhaul clearly shows SE is testing the waters with pushing the game further.
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By Lakshmi.Buukki 2019-05-17 15:53:20
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I noticed the FFXI Config screen has changed. Was this part of the update? Noticed it last night
 
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By Lakshmi.Buukki 2019-05-17 15:57:36
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Probably the beginning of them scrapping POL.
 
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By volkom 2019-05-17 16:30:01
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Hopefully UI overhaul in the not so distant future
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By Asura.Eiryl 2019-05-17 18:22:08
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I've never seen this many people have this many problems.

***disappearing.
NPC's with the wrong names
File corruption
Items misordered or unbuyable (ambuscade)
pup attachments too?

dozens of bug posts watching the OF
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By rudea 2019-05-18 09:57:42
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Yeah it is! I used it for my wine install on OSX and it was a breeze compared to the old one.
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By DaneBlood 2019-05-18 14:57:16
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bypassign hte entire pool process and jsut going with a simply account and loing would be great