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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn |OT| World Full. Try again later. Please Understand
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saveweyard
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Instances themselves are broken.
EDIT: Oh, so they are doing more maintenance but they don't know when?
Yeah, that's kind of the thing, there's ALWAYS going to be that huge initial rush, it's likely why we even get Early Access in the first place just so they can stem the tides some, though that seems to work best in cases like this where Early Access actually gets cut off.
MomoPufflet
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If your quest objective is in another area, is there a more intuitive way to guide yourself to it besides clumsily piecing together which entrance/exits you need to go through on the map screen? Clicking through the quest in the Duty finder just takes you to the overworld -> quest zone map and it just seems really clunky unless I'm missing something. The help and interface are great in general but this is one thing that is annoying me. I'm on PS3.
We've been through MMO launches before. Not that I'm defending it per se, but I'm not outraged or frustrated because I know exactly what to expect.
Yay, I got antialiasing working! These are my settings. Game Must Be Ran in Fullscreen Not Virtual Fullscreen
Nvidia Inspector Settings
Someone named Azriel GAF or something, but he ran out of the way when I took the screenshot! (The Miqo'te)
Nvidia Inspector Settings
Someone named Azriel GAF or something, but he ran out of the way when I took the screenshot! (The Miqo'te)
This.
Like I've said a couple times now, in all my years playing WoW I've seen *patch* days worse than this, much less actual releases. Its annoying and shitty, but it should not be unexpected.
Pretty much this.
With every new MMO I expect not to be able to login/play for days following the launch. If I can actually manage to play for an hour or two before the server crashing, or another error appearing, I consider that a success.
NeOak
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I still remember 3.0 lol
And then 3.0.8 which every Wintergrasp crashed the Northrend servers
Likewise, mostly because i've been playing MMOs for about 12 years or so.
NeOak
Member
No crafting chars anymore.
Lé Blade Runner
Member
This isn't even close to being the worst launch of an MMORPG, so I can - and will - defend it accordingly.
Edit: Oh wait. This isn't even the launch-day yet. It's early access. If you can't fathom some hiccups, you shouldn't have ordered the CE - you should've waited for the official launch.
All MMO launches are pretty much absolute disasters. Companies seem to have a lot of difficulties anticipating all the issues that will arise, and it's not really that surprising. Really, SE would have probably benefited from an extended open beta, but none of it is really worth getting frustrated about.
Definitely have been some other launches like this for sure. But I feel this is slightly more problematic than usual.
chickdigger802
Banned
so... thats the reason why i can't do some story stuff?
was thinking instances as in other stuff... k.
was thinking instances as in other stuff... k.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Sorry, I have no clue how to apply to the FC...
piratepwnsninja
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OK, having attribute points to distribute scares me. I hate the idea of screwing up my character.
DrForester
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Yeah, everything will be fine on Tuesday.
Well, this early launch has been shit. I can't do anything. Can't do quests, so I can't progress in the story, which means I can't travel, which means I can't even try out the new jobs. And I can't use my Legacy Chocobo to go exploring, since you need to join a GC before you can use them. And I don't want to waste quests on jobs I already have leveled.
They should have canceled the early launched and tried to make the game playable.
Well, this early launch has been shit. I can't do anything. Can't do quests, so I can't progress in the story, which means I can't travel, which means I can't even try out the new jobs. And I can't use my Legacy Chocobo to go exploring, since you need to join a GC before you can use them. And I don't want to waste quests on jobs I already have leveled.
They should have canceled the early launched and tried to make the game playable.
Are you referring to char creation or the server itself? If its the former I'm going to be so pissed. :lol
Feel the same way. Best thing you can do is just not add any stats and wait till someone makes a guide with preset builds.
Pfft. 2.4? Oh hey Sunwell releases today! A day later we're actually able to log on properly and... Isle of Quel'danas causes crashes.
i just logged into Ultros. At first there was a queue of 25, but I canceled, tried again, and got right in.
Aren't you able to reassign points? I remember seeing that option...
This is really not that bad. Subjectively? Sure.
Pretty run of the mill in my opinion. I am not going to defend the developers for seemingly always underestimating server strain, at the same time, this is essentially the expected outcome of MMO launches.
Lé Blade Runner
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To be honest, it's pretty hard for me to make any complaints as everything has gone very smoothly for me ( even though I am aware of the issues affecting a lot of players ). Guess I've been lucky? The only legitimate complaint I could make concerns the whole code-registration thingy, as the social-site / account-management aspects of Square-Enix is a clusterfuck for sure. Still, it's not PlayOnline. God did I ever hate PlayOnline.
Now.. Sure, you can compare this launch to the best launches out there, albeit I am not certain what launches you mean. But this is a cup half full / half empty kind of situation, and I'm pretty happy with what I'm getting.
Look, I understand frustration. I'm not trying to single you or anybody out for showing frustration. I'm just trying to inject a bit of perspective here - a positive perspective, if you will. And I guess I'm defending the launch while doing it.
Corleth the Fey
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Cancel the download and start the game. It tried that with me.
Lé Blade Runner;78111573 said:
Fair enough. I'm just pissed because I can't even get past the pre-order code redemption website. I've tried about 50 times starting from two days ago.
It doesn't bother me that launch servers go down temporarily & randomly. That's completely expected.
But when I can't even redeem my code on their website, that pisses me off. Wtf is up with that??
Honestly, the main thing is that you can't really simulate the kind of load you get at launch internally. And since you can't, it really is hard to anticipate what your software is going to do under that kind of load.
NeOak
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Yes, char creation.
Seriously Squeenix.
I took a break between 2.3 and 3.0, so didn't see that.
Yeah, iirc, their "extended maintenance" lasted from the tuesday of release, until around 5:00 the next afternoon for a number of servers (including my own).
NeOak
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Everyone and their mother knew that patch day usually meant the whole day haha.
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