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[WolvenOne]

*Gets back from a company party, see's a ton of people moaning about an MMO having a rough patch at launch, face palms.*

People, seriously, this is my first MMO, and even I know that MMO's tend to have rough patches early on. Thats the entire reason I didn't plan my entire weekend around the game, I figured it'd be down for hours at a time for those first few days.

Probably would've been a different story if they had a second Open Beta weekend to catch some of these problems before early access, but its still wholly unsurprising.

 

[Sandfox]

Sorry if already posted:

So the servers are going back down at Midnight PST?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

BREAKING:



http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/66648-NA-Character-Creation-Limitation-%28Aug.-24%29?p=1054695#post1054695

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

 

[scosher]

This is an artificial situation precisely because there are more people concurrently accessing the servers than the game will reasonably have doing so for most of its lifespan. Success or not, a lot of people are going to peace out once the first month expires.

Everyone always overdramatizes week one of MMO launches, they're always ugly and it's always the end of the world except it isn't. But if the situation doesn't improve by the time subscriptions are supposed to get renewed, then we have an actual problem.

That sounds pretty defeatist to me. Sure, most MMO's will open up new servers, only to see their population drastically decline after two months, forcing them to merge worlds, etc. The exception of course being WoW, which grew exponentially in its first three months. If Square's already conceding that they're not going to attract more players (and this is while WoW has bled millions of players over the past 2 years), then their lack of faith in their own game is alarming.

Regardless, the issue right now are instance servers, not worlds. Ultros has run fine for me thus far. As far as I understand, the instance servers are shared cross-world, and expanding their number will help all worlds. And if the population does decline in the future, it's much less of a headache to discard unused instance servers.

 

[Mairu]

Since it is hard to implement them during peak hours and that it might make the matters worse, we are carefully deciding when to do it.

lol

 

[Alucrid]

That fate farming at High Bridge was crazy lol. Pretty much everyone there was GAF.

no, no, no. here's how it really looks

 

[Boss Man]

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

It won't work and people will get mad while others defend it. Please be excited.

 

[Sandfox]

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

A lot of the people playing now aren't going to be playing when the actual game comes out but its probably going to be worse regardless.

 

[mothball]

*Gets back from a company party, see's a ton of people moaning about an MMO having a rough patch at launch, face palms.*

People, seriously, this is my first MMO, and even I know that MMO's tend to have rough patches early on. Thats the entire reason I didn't plan my entire weekend around the game, I figured it'd be down for hours at a time for those first few days.

Probably would've been a different story if they had a second Open Beta weekend to catch some of these problems before early access, but its still wholly unsurprising.

The server issues aren't what get me; they're to be expected. What gets me is that the instance bug was in beta, got fixed, and is now back for release.

 

[Firehead]

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

Goddammit, Squeenix.
Seriously. This is concerning. :|[

 

[Xux]

no, no, no. here's how it really looks

If you guys don't invite Large Marge, I'm gonna be mad.

 

[Alucrid]

If you guys don't invite Large Marge, I'm gonna be mad.

I don't have the powah

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

They'll make a character on servers that haven't been filled by forum members?

 

[TheContact]

tried to join first quest instance...bad idea..character won't move at all. servers down in 4 hours...

 

[RK9039]

no, no, no. here's how it really looks

Ty ty, I took a few with the UI but it was too messy.

I can see my name, Edward Newgate!

 

[scosher]

Communication at the very least is much better now than it was last week in P4.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Hi GAF, logging out for the night.
Managed to get my Therm to level 9, just been hanging around Thanalan doing a few quests and whatnot.
My internet connection has been spotty this evening, hopefully it'll be better tomorrow so I don't keep getting cut off. Had no other errors or problems though, managed to do an instance quest too.

 

[wilflare]

anyone got their CE and have some unboxing shots to share? ^^

 

[crozier]

lol

I like how he says it like they're currently considering when to do it, but the goes on to say it will be at 4:00pm JST...in about 4 hours. It's as if that paragraph took them all afternoon to write.

 

[WolvenOne]

The server issues aren't what get me; they're to be expected. What gets me is that the instance bug was in beta, got fixed, and is now back for release.

Yes, they should've had one more beta to test a few fixes and find some of these other problems before release. I can understand why they didn't, but it still demonstrates why its such a bad idea to cut open beta periods short.

Still, the problem likely will be resolved within 24 hours, worst case three days. Seeing as most of us have waited for months to play this game, waiting another day for things to be smoother isn't the end of the world by a long shot.

I'm more perplexed by all the servers filling up, again. I realize that some people spoofed early access codes, and I realize that not everybody is going to get on at the same frequency a week or two after launch. Regardless, the fact that they added four servers last week, and that those are filled up too is staggering. The NA Square team was OBVIOUSLY not on the ball in their estimates.

Regardless, its important not to blow things out of proportion. While these are issues, the melodrama some people are applying to this situation is, disproportionate to the issues. I mean, if the worst thing that happened to you all summer is some server issues in an MMO, that's a pretty darn good summer in my book.

 

[daveo42]

Was hoping to get more time online tonight when I get home, but server maintenance is shutting that down. I hope this does help clear up the issues though.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Hmmm...well next time I try a mmo, I will wait a week after launch instead. If. I can't get onto Ultros soon, I will just wait.

 

[qq more]

Hmmm...well next time I try a mmo, I will wait a week after launch instead. If. I can't get onto Ultros soon, I will just wait.

I'm thinking the same. I haven't been able to get back in the game today :/

 

[Scrawnton]

Hopefully when I wake up I can do my lvl 10 instance and move on.. Getting bored grinding mobs.. Already almost lvl 15..

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Hopefully when I wake up I can do my lvl 10 instance and move on.. Getting bored grinding mobs.. Already almost lvl 15..

Couldn't you have just took to doing a crating job for a bit?
Now the exp from your instance isn't gonna do shit for your leveling.

edit: unless the 10 instance is what you need to access other jobs, in which case, that sucks

 

[darkblade77]

That sounds pretty defeatist to me. Sure, most MMO's will open up new servers, only to see their population drastically decline after two months, forcing them to merge worlds, etc. The exception of course being WoW, which grew exponentially in its first three months. If Square's already conceding that they're not going to attract more players (and this is while WoW has bled millions of players over the past 2 years), then their lack of faith in their own game is alarming.

Regardless, the issue right now are instance servers, not worlds. Ultros has run fine for me thus far. As far as I understand, the instance servers are shared cross-world, and expanding their number will help all worlds. And if the population does decline in the future, it's much less of a headache to discard unused instance servers.

I'm not talking about total subs, I'm talking about concurrent access. The current servers will likely never see the rate of concurrent access they are getting during launch week ever again.

 

[WolvenOne]

BTW, do I have to be a certain level or something to join the GAF free company in game?

Character name is: N'uadha Tia

I'm on Ultros server, and feel free to contact me in game. I'll do my best to make things enjoyable for you.

 

[Alucrid]

BTW, do I have to be a certain level or something to join the GAF free company in game?

Character name is: N'uadha Tia

I'm on Ultros server, and feel free to contact me in game. I'll do my best to make things enjoyable for you.

are you propositioning me?

 

[Scrawnton]

Couldn't you have just took to doing a crating job for a bit?
Now the exp from your instance isn't gonna do shit for your leveling.

edit: unless the 10 instance is what you need to access other jobs, in which case, that sucks

Yeah you have to beat the lvl 10 quest to unlock being other jobs and doing leve quests

 

[darkblade77]

I will now ask the dumbest question of the night:

If all the servers are approaching full, what's gonna happen when launch date rolls around and all the people who didn't preorder, or are returning 1.0 non-Legacy players, try to pile on to this mess?

You stir the pot some more, and maybe cackle.

 

[MetatronM]

Hey, I actually got into the instanced battle!

 

[chickdigger802]

sooo how does one join gaf free company :S

no one ever answered me.

 

[Firehead]

Hey, I actually got into the instanced battle!

So what you're saying is that you fixed the game? I swear, if I'm not able to join an instance soon...
This'll be on your head.

 

[Kyzer]

getting 3102 error...saying im still logged in....should i be worried...

 

[Firehead]

sooo how does one join gaf free company :S

no one ever answered me.

Message one of the leaders in the OT for an invite. It'll pop up on the side of the screen once you receive the invite.

 

[Community Forum]

Did all the sidequests I could find, ending the day as a Lv12 PUG.

When I wake up hopefully I can continue story missions.

 

[kaiju]

Incoming Maintenance:

[NA] All Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Aug. 24)

At the following time, we will be performing emergency maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will be unavailable.

*Please refer to the link below for details regarding the maintenance.
http://sqex.to/oHL

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

[Date & Time]
Aug. 25, 2013 from 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. (PDT)

* The completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn

Glad they are waiting to do it when I'll be asleep!

 

[WolvenOne]

are you propositioning me?

Short answer, eww.

Long answer, can't a fella just be up beat and polite, without having ulterior motives?

 

[Hasemo]

SE, the Japanese servers are ok, no need to do a maintenance on them.

Especially not from 4pm to 7pm on Sunday. (ToT)

 

[Whooter]

I'm not talking about total subs, I'm talking about concurrent access. The current servers will likely never see the rate of concurrent access they are getting during launch week ever again.

Exactly.

If everyone that had a subscription to WoW all logged in at the same time, you'd see the exact same thing you're seeing here.

This will pass. Folks will either have patience and let it work itself out, or they won't. Those that won't will leave more room for those that do when it comes time to start paying for a subscription.

 

[Sandfox]

Incoming Maintenance:



Glad they are waiting to do it when I'll be asleep!

I'll probably be playing from 3 to 5 before going to bed. It should give me the time to do some mainline quest.

Exactly.

If everyone that had a subscription to WoW all logged in at the same time, you'd see the exact same thing you're seeing here.

This will pass. Folks will either have patience and let it work itself out, or they won't. Those that won't will leave more room for those that do when it comes time to start paying for a subscription.

I couldn't even imagine millions of people on WoW at once lol

SE, the Japanese servers are ok, no need to do a maintenance on them.

Especially not from 4pm to 7pm on Sunday. (ToT)

They made improvements to the west servers that they want to bring to the Japanese ones.

 

[raven777]

do you get exp bonus for completing craft log 1-5?

man crafting takes quite a lot of money....selling those weavered clothe barely gives me money.

 

[falastini]

SE, the Japanese servers are ok, no need to do a maintenance on them.

Especially not from 4pm to 7pm on Sunday. (ToT)

Didn't you get the memo? SE purposely favors JP at the expense of NA/EU.


Seriously though... the server issues were expected... but locking out new characters on day 1 of early access is kinda fucked up. They should have handled that better.

 

[DrTeflon]

At least I'm on a party so I'm not annoyed that I can't login. On the other hand I'm browsing gaf on a party ):

 

[JORMBO]

Had to go away for the evening and I have 2 photoshoots to do tomorrow. Does not sound like I am missing out with the servers still being shit =/

 

[JustProgress]

I just cannot understand people who defend these launches. And yes, "this happens every launch" is a defense.

 

[Sakura]

Amazing. Yoshi and co. had literally MONTHS to prepare for this contingency. And now that the contingency has arrived, instead of fixing it, he simply says "WELP, STOP FILLING UP THE SERVERS THEN DERP "

-_-

I'm not sure what you mean by fixing it? Don't worlds/servers have population caps on any MMO? It's not like they can let infinite people make characters on Ultros or wherever. He is just saying, servers are getting full as possible, so go to some servers that are not full. If all servers were pretty much full, I assume they would add more like they did in other phases.

 

[Hasemo]

They made improvements to the west servers that they want to bring to the Japanese ones.

Yeah, I'm kidding. Once we all get the fixes it should be smooth sailing until the release.
Just a bit salty regarding the time.

 

[RellyRell28]

So how do you get unstuck on the ps3 from the instance problem

 

[Vashetti]

So how do you get unstuck on the ps3 from the instance problem

Quit the game