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[ZetaEpyon]

Tends to get overlooked, but this is the worst thing about this launch imo. Having friends buy the game and not being able to roll on the same server as me is something I have never experienced in an MMO before.

When it launched, FFXI by design did not even allow you to choose your server, unless you had a pass from someone already on that server. I've also seen character restrictions in a few other MMOs at launch.

Of course, that's not to say that any of those excuses SE in this case. I would think that a lot of this could have been avoided with better planning and mitigation plans.

 

[RiderKairuu]

I managed to log on Ultros earlier before work with no problems. Bought some new gear. I'm ready to take on Ifrit when I get home from work, but I don't have my hopes up.

 

[Masoria]

I usually don't have many problems logging in at this time, but it won't load the NA server, or gives me 2002.

I was hoping the patch would include a queue

 

[Recall]

Try logging out on the lodestone website.

Does this work for PS3?

 

[Jucksalbe]

From the European PS Blog:

All customers that purchased the digital version of the FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Standard Edition, or Collector’s Edition, from PlayStation Network on 27th or 28th August will receive a full refund and will be able to find the funds in their wallet as soon as this is processed.

In addition, the entitlements of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition will be reset and the title will appear again in the download list.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

Source

So, basically you have to buy it again whenever they rerelease the digital version. Not sure what they mean with the second part, though.

 

[Dineren]

Should change title to "New players, don't buy just yet" If you can't even make a freaking character.

If you can just keep refreshing, I had to remake my characters a couple of times and it would go from locked to available randomly fairly often.

I really hope they allow free transfers after these issues are resolved. It really sucks when friends end up separated in an MMO due to character creation restrictions.

 

[Berlin]

Logged in on my first try... got kicked to desktop after 30 minutes.

Kicked to desktop. On PS3.

 

[Nibiru]

I got in faster than ever BUT it seems the problems arises when you logout or get dc'd. In this case you simply can't get back in.

 

[SnakeLinkSonic]

Hmm, it's still letting me log right in. I did get a 3102 earlier, but it only lasted about ten minutes, then I was able to go back in again.

 

[Recall]

I got in faster than ever BUT it seems the problems arises when you logout or get dc'd. In this case you simply can't get back in.

Exactly.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Does this work for PS3?

Don't see why it wouldn't, give it a go

 

[Aeana]

Those of you with 3102, try logging out on Lodestone and report your results.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Non-stop 2002 errors here. Well done, Square.

 

[rockx4]

Tried logging out of lodestone, it almost looked like my character would load into the game but client closed with 2002. I loaded the client again and it's still 3102 after logging out of loadstone and the forums. When should I panic and contact SE support?

 

[omlet]

Those of you with 3102, try logging out on Lodestone and report your results.

Also close the game out completely for a few minutes, don't just restart it. Worked for a friend who was 3102'd for a while until he did that.

 

[Pop On Arrival]

lmao, so maintenance didn't fix shit and the servers are still utter trash. Well, can't say I'm really surprised. SE are so hilariously incompetent.

 

[RPGCrazied]

If you can just keep refreshing, I had to remake my characters a couple of times and it would go from locked to available randomly fairly often.

I really hope they allow free transfers after these issues are resolved. It really sucks when friends end up separated in an MMO due to character creation restrictions.

Have been. Just got kicked to the login screen now. You can only refresh every 3 minutes, but still haven't seen Ultros go green yet.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

LOL WTF

I love the localization in this game

 

[iAmMaximus]

Welp, still encountering 1017...

 

[daveo42]

lmao, so maintenance didn't fix shit and the servers are still utter trash. Well, can't say I'm really surprised. SE are so hilariously incompetent.

Different issue this time. Not server full, it's that your character is stuck logged into the server. At least from what I'm seeing here. Still a server side issue that may have been caused by adding in the additional servers. Something that should be fixed server side without much of an issue...I hope.

 

[Edvardelis]

Those of you with 3102, try logging out on Lodestone and report your results.

How do you do that?

 

[Salaadin]

Also close the game out completely for a few minutes, don't just restart it. Worked for a friend who was 3102'd for a while until he did that.

This has been my experience too. I dont know if it means anything but, when I 3102, I just close the entire game and browse gaf for 10-20 mins.

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[Capell]

Thanks to all who helped us out with the Hydra fight, I admire your persistence.

 

[Recall]

Those of you with 3102, try logging out on Lodestone and report your results.

It did not help I for I am still having 3102 errors. Well I've tried for over 3 hours now, time to move on for today.

 

[InfiniDragon]

2002. Then 10102. Then "Unable to update US/EU server list", twice. At 7:00am my time.

I don't think even the most die-hard white knights can try to defend this anymore. They botched the launch. Again. >_>

 

[kaiju]

Whoever voted for new error codes...

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

So people can't get in despite the AFKers being kicked after maintenance and it still being nowhere near peak time? Good job Square. Can't wait to see how things go once I've finished updating.

 

[Aeana]

2002. Then 10102. Then "Unable to update US/EU server list", twice. At 7:00am my time.

I don't think even the most die-hard white knights can try to defend this anymore. They botched the launch. Again. >_>

Not going to defend anything, since I too was hoping things were gonna be fixed completely, but right in the post several days before the maintenance and in the post made today after the maintenance, they claimed to expect a fair amount of congestion to begin with that will be sorted throughout the day.

This 3102 issue, though, can't have anything to do with congestion and it's completely baffling. I thought they fixed the long-running 3102.

 

[Pachimari]

[PS3] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.08.27} (¥3.300) - 184.018 / NEW

Is this good? Seeing how many probably buy it on PC and digital.

 

[blackflag]

So now they make you AFK even if you want to log out....it's just tooo appropriate.

 

[Amneisac]

2002. Then 10102. Then "Unable to update US/EU server list", twice. At 7:00am my time.

I don't think even the most die-hard white knights can try to defend this anymore. They botched the launch. Again. >_>

Oh they'll defend it. To me, indirectly, even the people who are blasting AFK'ers and going postal on people for not logging out are indirectly defending them. By blaming players you're taking the blame off Square Enix. It'd be one thing if these players were doing something unethical or "hacking" or something, but they're just not logging out, and who can blame them?

Besides all that, it's now clear AFKers aren't the problem. SE even told us it wasn't AFKers, it was the duty finder. Yet people insist on blaming other players. So lame.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

It did not help I for I am still having 3102 errors. Well I've tried for over 3 hours now, time to move on for today.

If you have another character, then log into that character on the lodestone, log out, and then back into your main, see if it works then.
I played around a bit with logging in and out earlier and got past the 3102 error.

 

[Augemitbutter]

only two quests away from hitting level 50. somehow i don't want to be there. it feels like there is not much left to do. i'm close to finishing the story as well.

on another note. that marlboro dungeon can be a bitch. especially when you have a lower dps group. i think some people will get stuck there for a while.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Is this good? Seeing how many probably buy it on PC and digital.

Yeah, great numbers.

 

[antitrop]

Holy shit, I was able to login for the first time since last Thursday.

Now something awful is about to happen.

 

[theechrisfox]

Paraphrasing a lot, but In the maintenance notes they basically admitted this wasn't a complete fix. There will still be login restrictions for the foreseeable future.

 

[me Jojo]

Still no queues? Getting spammed by 1017's...

What's so horrible about having queues in the hundreds, maybe thousands? Constantly trying to get IN the queue is only causing more server load.

 

[Hubb]

Welp, still encountering 1017...

Yep, 10:30 EST getting hit with 1017 for the past 20 or so minutes.

 

[demosthenes]

Still no queues? Getting spammed by 1017's...

What's so horrible about having queues in the hundreds, maybe thousands? Constantly trying to get IN the queue is only causing more server load.

Please understand.

Paraphrasing a lot, but In the maintenance notes they basically admitted this wasn't a complete fix. There will still be login restrictions for the foreseeable future.

This is supposed to be their cash cow for the next 10 years like XI was and they're trying to tank it as hard as they can. Amazing.

 

[AzureSkies]

hey guys i love 2002

EDIT: I have just discovered error 5006, my life is complete.

 

[HiddenWings]

Looks like my poll answer was right. Just got 2002'd.

 

[Augemitbutter]

i had no problems logging in twice today. first time was a short queue. second time straight in.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

i had no problems logging in twice today. first time was a short queue. second time straight in.

Holy shit, I was able to login for the first time since last Thursday.

I don't know how you people are getting on. I am getting 2002 error 100% of the time when I get to the start menu right now.

 

[PerZona]

I'm getting the 3102 error now. Tried logging out of lodestone, still same thing. It's been 20 mins already, WTF.

 

[antitrop]

I don't know how you people are getting on. I am getting 2002 error 100% of the time when I get to the start menu right now.

Ya, I was getting that a bunch. Booted up the game and it just worked. Was getting a bunch of 2002s before that.

 

[Aeana]

Please understand.



This is supposed to be their cash cow for the next 10 years like XI was and they're trying to tank it as hard as they can. Amazing.

Yes, they are trying to tank it. Last week when they saw these problems, they had a meeting and said "how can we make this worse?"
I'm sure that's exactly what happened.

 

[teiresias]

This is just beyond pathetic at this point.

I mean, we all knew SE had fallen into operational incompetence over the course of this console generation, but to so hugely bungle - and continue to do so - this launch for the second time really takes a special kind of obliviousness.

When the official forums are working decently again I can't wait to get in there and read what event the apologists say I'm supposed to wait for next that will magically indicate Yoshi and his minions have any clue how to run an MMO.

 

[syoaran]

only two quests away from hitting level 50. somehow i don't want to be there. it feels like there is not much left to do. i'm close to finishing the story as well.

on another note. that marlboro dungeon can be a bitch. especially when you have a lower dps group. i think some people will get stuck there for a while.

I had a low dps group - well a high dps monk and a very dull witted Bard that probably did less damage than the tank - and we never finished the instance. First time thats happened to me, was a very frustrating shock.

 

[Aeana]

It definitely seems like they may not actually have staff with the know-how to fix this completely.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Yes, they are trying to tank it. Last week when they saw these problems, they had a meeting and said "how can we make this worse?"
I'm sure that's exactly what happened.

Well it's obvious they didn't figure out how to make things better in those meetings. 2 weeks after launching and with suspended sales they can't manage their game? This isn't their first rodeo, the industry has been putting these games out for over a decade now.