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[Goodacre0081]

2002 lobby server error, no Start button, NA/EU server list. I haven't even had the chance to see the 1017 error today. clusterfuck and a half.

it's obvious we're in Phase 5 of the beta at this point. has SE said our free 30 days aren't being used up while they fix the server issues?

 

[sky]

Yesssssss... got in after about 10 mins of numpad 0 spamming.
You've gotta admit, the login roulette is addictive.

 

[Team Filler]

A great game that you are unable to log into may as well be the worst game in the world, or no game at all.

As far as I'm concerned, every day that this bullshit persists does irreparable damage to the game's chances of longevity.

 

[Wilsongt]

Yesssssss... got in after about 10 mins of numpad 0 spamming.
You've gotta admit, the login roulette is addictive.

It's the hardest boss of the game.

 

[Recall]

Why is the start option unselectable?

 

[Jeels]

Can anyone explain how the duty finder works? Been waiting 30 minutes to find a party for Sartasha. I assume it would be quicker than this considering its a dungeon...

 

[Zomba13]

Can anyone explain how the duty finder works? Been waiting 30 minutes to find a party for Sartasha. I assume it would be quicker than this considering its a dungeon...

You're a DPS.

 

[Wilsongt]

Can anyone explain how the duty finder works? Been waiting 30 minutes to find a party for Sartasha. I assume it would be quicker than this considering its a dungeon...

What class are you?

 

[FLEABttn]

WoW had a ton of server issues when vanilla launched. They gave away a free month or two it was so bad. They eventually got them corrected but then they had 2000+ queues to get in. Which at this point I'd take for this game.

I'm not saying that WoW had no problems, I'm just saying that there were at least servers with minimum problems, like Dunemaul. Never saw a single queue in vanilla and I was there week one. Unlike FF14, where there exists no minimally problem free server.

 

[Robbler]

You're confusing subscription numbers with concurrent users.

No I'm not. He clearly says 230,000 concurrent users. If the game is having these problems with that low of a number trying to play, they have serious issues.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Only time will tell. Almost every MMO launch has people praising it and saying how good it is. But once the content wall is hit and the games underlying problems/balance issues crop up, people start jumping ship. Especially on GAF we have seen countless MMO's that get positive fan faire only to be dead in a few months.

Oh for sure, but I'm hopeful. They have plenty of content planned and scheduled I'm not too worried about there not being things to do.

Unless they start delaying content which is entirely possible. This is what killed SWTOR for me, IMO. SWTOR is not as bad of a game as people like to claim, it just lacked shit to do for months. Hell it still has content issues.

 

[Wilsongt]

No I'm not. He clearly says 230,000 concurrent users. If the game is having these problems with that low of a number trying to play, they have serious issues.

This is why they are adding new servers to combat this issue.

 

[RoyalFool]

Are they still only refunding 7 days? seems a bit cheeky only giving away the time they "missed" and not taking into account all the time people wasted trying to log into a game that was clearly broken, spent the last 3 evenings jamming buttons trying to get past various errors, blank world lists and greyed out start buttons. I was expecting at least 30 days extra.

 

[Community Forum]

Memories...

 

[bar mitzvah]

Are they still only refunding 7 days? seems a bit cheeky only giving away the time they "missed" and not taking into account all the time people wasted trying to log into a game that was clearly broken, spent the last 3 evenings jamming buttons trying to get past various errors, blank world lists and greyed out start buttons. I was expecting at least 30 days extra.

2 months free of an MMO is a terrible business decision when a significant percentage of people jump ship after the first 30 days.

 

[WonkyPanda]

This is something that was kind of alarming seeing as how this is a MMO:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/76132



They have serious issues if 230k concurrent users are causing these issues. 230k is nothing when it comes to a MMO. If WoW launched with only 230k people playing, it would've been considered a bomb (EQ had 500k at that time).

Wait, what are you talking about? EQ had a peak of around 460K subscriptions, NOT concurrent players. The best estimate i've seen for WoW at its height is 900k concurrent.

EDIT: Half of which I would argue is China for WoW. Considering SE probably has no desire to branch into CN or KOR, two huge MMO markets, I don't think their numbers are crazy. Perhaps a bit on the lower scale, but not ludicrous.

 

[RurouniZel]

"Rotate the camera at your empty character select screen and then get booted because the World is full" is my favorite game ever!

...

... >>;

 

[bar mitzvah]

Wait, what are you talking about? EQ had a peak of around 460K subscriptions, NOT concurrent players. The best estimate i've seen for WoW at its height is 900k concurrent.

EDIT: Half of which I would argue is China for WoW. Considering SE probably has no desire to branch into CN or KOR, two huge MMO markets, I don't think their numbers are crazy. Perhaps a bit on the lower scale, but not ludicrous.

That was bested ONLY counting China. WoW at its peak was madness.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/04/11/chinese-wow-hits-1-million-concurrent-players/

I mean, even DOTA 2 had 530k concurrent like yesterday. It's not an MMO, but WoW was sure as shit more popular than DOTA.

 

[SoraanTribal]

And now I can't even press the Start button. My progress is... well regressing actually. -.-

 

[Recall]

I can join a Japanese server but not an EU one????

 

[Lain]

2 months free of an MMO is a terrible business decision when a significant percentage of people jump ship after the first 30 days.

Didn't they give a year or something to people for 1.0?

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The worst part of trying to log in, is gettign the 1017 error right after hitting the start button.

 

[Wilsongt]

Memories...

Boobfilia.

So, a basic account allows for 8 characters. Does that mean they can be spread across different servers without penalty?

 

[supergiz]

I'm in!!!

Just took 2 hours if spamming zero

 

[plasticpassion]

Any idea when they will sell this again? I'm quite intrigued by the vids and screenshots. I've been watching this guy's stream a bit too: http://www.twitch.tv/riptidepow.

 

[Jeels]

What class are you?

I am a pugilist.

 

[Darkman M]

Are NA/EU servers down?

 

[Edvardelis]

I mean, even DOTA 2 had 530k concurrent like yesterday. It's not an MMO, but WoW was sure as shit more popular than DOTA.

It's also free (DOTA 2).

 

[FLEABttn]

I am a pugilist.

That's why. My longest queue as a gladiator was five minutes.

 

[Anteater]

Can anyone explain how the duty finder works? Been waiting 30 minutes to find a party for Sartasha. I assume it would be quicker than this considering its a dungeon...

It's pretty much a cross server feature that teams you up with other people who has duty finder activated, some roles might be harder to find parties due to the number of people playing that job and are on seek (dps mostly).

I've never had to wait more than 5 seconds using duty finder in a party of 3 (tank, healer, dd), we just run into a lot of jackass dpses.

 

[Recall]

Are NA/EU servers down?

It seems so

 

[bar mitzvah]

Didn't they give a year or something to people for 1.0?

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The worst part of trying to log in, is gettign the 1017 error right after hitting the start button.

And we all saw how that went. This is finally their time to see some returns.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

After numerous alt-tabs with no problems, it crashed this last time. Switching to windowed is a sure fire crash.

 

[Jewologist]

What if I keep getting "Unable to load NA/EU worlds", or something like that? Do I just need to log out and log back in, or are they actually down right now?

 

[RurouniZel]

That's why. My longest queue as a gladiator was five minutes.

I'm a Gladiator.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

After the Ifrit battle, I had to screencap the scenery!

 

[Edvardelis]

That's why. My longest queue as a gladiator was five minutes.

Only problem with playing a tank class is that you need tank gear. How hard is it to get a set if you didn't pick pieces as you leveled?

 

[Eusis]

Are NA/EU servers down?

Probably not, else things might actually IMPROVE when they go up just by flushing the system of idlers.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Gallery of higher end caster gear? The low level gear can be pretty hideous, look more like I'm wearing sleep wear instead of being a caster of some sort. I hope there is better options. And do all scholar gear make you look like some kind of graduate student harry potter reject?

Oh for sure, but I'm hopeful. They have plenty of content planned and scheduled I'm not too worried about there not being things to do.

Unless they start delaying content which is entirely possible. This is what killed SWTOR for me, IMO. SWTOR is not as bad of a game as people like to claim, it just lacked shit to do for months. Hell it still has content issues.

I hope, it sounds like they are going for a 3 month content patch cycle which is what SWTOR did and that didn't please players. Most games seem to be trying to switch to smaller monthly updates to keep players interested, several month gaps in content is pretty killer for a sub based game.

 

[Robbler]

I'm in!!!

Just took 2 hours if spamming zero

Spamming zero?

 

[Berordn]

Only problem with playing a tank class is that you need tank gear. How hard is it to get a set if you didn't pick pieces as you leveled?

There's a vendor in most quest areas that will sell you equivalent items to the quest rewards.

 

[FLEABttn]

Only problem with playing a tank class is that you need tank gear. How hard is it to get a set if you didn't pick pieces as you leveled?

Not sure I understand. I was given the option between disciples of war gear, pld/gla gear, and everything else. I've always been given tank gear.

 

[Quick Mustard]

All of this is calling into question the reliability of http://www.arrstatus.com/ - several times today it seems the lobby server has been down and not once has that site reported it as such.

Fucking lol at the error message that pops up when going there.

 

[Taruranto]

Meh, completely unable to see the EU/NA server list.

Shouldn't have log out.

 

[Rimshot]

Gah, it can still not list servers?
I mean ok for the servers being crammed with people, but how the fuck can you not list your own servers? :/

 

[Berordn]

Gah, it can still not list servers?
I mean ok for the servers being crammed with people, but how the fuck can you not list your own servers? :/

Too many people pinging the list servers at the same time, forcing it to drop some connections.

 

[Android18a]

Meh, completely unable to see the EU/NA server list.

Shouldn't have log out.

Same problem here. But I'm not prepared to leave my PS3 turned on all the time even if I wanted to be an afk-jerk XD

 

[potam]

Spamming zero?

Numpad 0 will go through all the clicks to log in and select character

 

[Jewologist]

Meh, completely unable to see the EU/NA server list.

Shouldn't have log out.

That's how I feel right now. Off to play on JP I guess.

 

[Wilsongt]

If the server list doesn't show up, just close the client and reopen.

 

[Jeels]

That's why. My longest queue as a gladiator was five minutes.

It's pretty much a cross server feature that teams you up with other people who has duty finder activated, some roles might be harder to find parties due to the number of people playing that job and are on seek (dps mostly).

I've never had to wait more than 5 seconds using duty finder in a party of 3 (tank, healer, dd), we just run into a lot of jackass dpses.

I see, I guess I'll just do other quests while I wait or something, although a 45+ minute wait to continue on in the story seems kind of blah....