Square Enix scrambles to fix Final Fantasy 14 bug where new beastmaster could crash entire servers
Beast mode activated.
Final Fantasy 14's latest job, the Beastmaster, has caused unexpected issues that required Square Enix to patch the game on September 8. The problem arose when a player's character left the area due to a connection loss at the same moment their pet used a weapon skill to restore their master's HP. In this rare but easily replicable situation, the server could crash, although the player's game remained unaffected.
The Beastmaster, along with the Blue Mage, are limited jobs that provide unconventional abilities but are not essential for completing main story quests or endgame dungeons. This bug is not the first time Square Enix has faced a peculiar issue; last year, they won "Most Specific Bug Fix in a MMO" for resolving a case where players could get disconnected if they listed an auction house item in a specific zone with a price between 44,442 gil and 49,087 gil.
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