[Follow-up]Automatic Disbandment of CWLS/PvP Teams/Fellowships in NA Data Center Worlds (Dec. 19): Follow-up 2
Regarding the issue with the lobby database server which occurred during maintenance on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 and caused some Cross-world Linkshells / PvP teams / Fellowships on the NA data centers to be automatically disbanded, below are the measures which were implemented during the all Worlds maintenance on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 where HotFixes for Patch 7.41 were applied.
■ Addressing CWLS
▼ Regarding the situation where masters were automatically transferred
It was discovered that among certain CWLS that were not automatically disbanded during the maintenance on December 16, 2025, some were mistakenly recognized as having no master, resulting in them being automatically transferred.
Regarding this matter, except in cases where the relevant character has withdrawn from the relevant CWLS, we have restored the master to the character who held it as of the maintenance on December 16, 2025. For characters who became a master due to the effects of this issue, we have changed their rank to the rank (Leader or Member) as of the maintenance on December 16, 2025.
Among the affected CWLS, there were some changes such as the master being manually transferred to another character after they were automatically transferred due to the issue. However, we have uniformly reverted them to their previous state as it was difficult from the logs to determine whether the original master’s intent was involved.
Please perform master transfers and other actions as necessary. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
▼ Regarding the restoration performed on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 for CWLS that had been disbanded
During the emergency maintenance carried out on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, we performed restoration for CWLS that had been disbanded. However, it was discovered that characters who had previously withdrawn and should not have been restored were also restored during this procedure. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this.
Accordingly, we have carried out measures to once again remove those characters who had previously withdrawn.
■ Addressing PvP teams
Upon detailed investigation, in addition to teams being forcibly disbanded, we discovered cases where team members were forcibly removed as well as cases where leadership was automatically transferred.
We have implemented restoration measures to revert these back to the state they were in when the issue occurred. However, if team leaders or members have already joined other PvP teams, restoration through the system is not possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and kindly ask that you reform your team as necessary.
With these measures, all data restoration work related to the impact of this issue has been completed.
Once again, we apologize for the extended period of inconvenience.
■ Addressing CWLS
▼ Regarding the situation where masters were automatically transferred
It was discovered that among certain CWLS that were not automatically disbanded during the maintenance on December 16, 2025, some were mistakenly recognized as having no master, resulting in them being automatically transferred.
Regarding this matter, except in cases where the relevant character has withdrawn from the relevant CWLS, we have restored the master to the character who held it as of the maintenance on December 16, 2025. For characters who became a master due to the effects of this issue, we have changed their rank to the rank (Leader or Member) as of the maintenance on December 16, 2025.
Among the affected CWLS, there were some changes such as the master being manually transferred to another character after they were automatically transferred due to the issue. However, we have uniformly reverted them to their previous state as it was difficult from the logs to determine whether the original master’s intent was involved.
Please perform master transfers and other actions as necessary. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
▼ Regarding the restoration performed on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 for CWLS that had been disbanded
During the emergency maintenance carried out on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, we performed restoration for CWLS that had been disbanded. However, it was discovered that characters who had previously withdrawn and should not have been restored were also restored during this procedure. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this.
Accordingly, we have carried out measures to once again remove those characters who had previously withdrawn.
■ Addressing PvP teams
Upon detailed investigation, in addition to teams being forcibly disbanded, we discovered cases where team members were forcibly removed as well as cases where leadership was automatically transferred.
We have implemented restoration measures to revert these back to the state they were in when the issue occurred. However, if team leaders or members have already joined other PvP teams, restoration through the system is not possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and kindly ask that you reform your team as necessary.
With these measures, all data restoration work related to the impact of this issue has been completed.
Once again, we apologize for the extended period of inconvenience.
