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[TheContact]

I'm still in on Ultros. Free Company says there's a ton of people still online, but nobody is saying anything...

Can you invite me? My name is Carfo Exfortis

 

[smr00]

Every MMO launch ever.

I was able to get a ton of time in last night is more than i can say for every other MMO launch.

Still, you're right. Every MMO has launch problems. There is no avoiding it because nobody can project the amount of people who are going to play or how the servers will handle the load and to be fair the game isn't even technically launched, it's early access so i can't get too upset.

From what i played so far i absolutely love the music, the level up sound and really enjoy the combat. This game really, really surprised me because i was expecting it to be more like the last FF MMO which i wasn't the biggest fan of. Also, 2 things i noticed so far that i really love that are really minor and stupid things that the developers didn't even have to do but when you log in after logging out in a inn. You get up, roll off the bed and stretch. I think that is a fantastic animation and log in and completely uneeded but i love it. Also, when playing as a Lalafell and having NPCs look down and have the Lalafell look up during conversations is a really minor but great touch. Most mmos just give this static look straight stare no matter the size.

They're more of a dps class that can buff the raid, like a hunter (or at least how they used to be), not nearly as supporty as say a bard in Rift or LOTRO. From what I've heard their dps is on par with other dps specs while singing, and outdps everyone when not, so they're definitely balanced around buffing and doing damage at the same time.

While a little outdated, this may help explain the job a little better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXatGXHp4Y - his videos are really good if you want to get a general overview of all the classes/jobs and their abilities.

Appreciate the response and watching the video now.

Archer is always my first go-to class but after initially reading about the Bard i was getting concerned but i might re-roll one. Currently Lancer/Dragoon but i have never been really big into melee classes. Always prefer ranged (Archer/Mage/Wizard) dps classes.

 

[Kokonoe]

10102 for me as well.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Locked out right as I was going to run my WHM quest. Hopefully I'll be able to get back in and have these instances fixed. I have a feeling that there are going to be a ton of people running story quests well over their recommended level.

I haven't even run Toto yet and I'm already level 30.

My Arcanist is like level 24, and I'm still on the first dungeon (lvl15 story mission), lol. I would have done it by now, but instances have been fucked since the Phase 3 for me (I was 90000 errored for most of P3), and then Early Access obviously is having problems. lol

 

[Dega]

Try not to zone if you can help it. That's when it happened to me. D;

Did with alt and she was disconnected. Seems slowly people are getting booted in LS/FC though.

 

[Vashetti]

If its like this through release in going to bomb this game in my review. I'm so frustrated right now.

Then your 'review' is worthless.

It's the launch of an MMO.

Name one that went perfectly smooth.

 

[Relix]

90000 now. I'll just go have breakfast haha

 

[Zafir]

So did the servers just crash or are these errors just happening to only some people?

Pretty much a case of it you're already in you'll be able to play fine until you try and join the duty finder(It freezes up and forces you to alt + f4) or exit the game. Anyone who tries to reconnect or log into servers now seem to be getting the errors. >.<

In other words, if you get in, don't exit out.

 

[Phenomic]

Locked out right as I was going to run my WHM quest. Hopefully I'll be able to get back in and have these instances fixed. I have a feeling that there are going to be a ton of people running story quests well over their recommended level.

I haven't even run Toto yet and I'm already level 30.

Where were you leveling that whole time?

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Everyone in North America is waking up to play

 

[DrForester]

10102 error

90000 error.


I see they did absolutely nothing but restart the server during maintenance last night.

 

[Dead Prince]

Err0r 90000. No shock.

 

[akaoni]

Can you invite me? My name is Carfo Exfortis

I'm not sure how to invite.

If any member can invite people to free company, how do I go about doing it? Anyone?

 

[Kokonoe]

FFXIV servers are like NeoGAF during e3.

 

[qq more]

When you get there, make sure you attune to the aetheryte. Attune to everyone you see!

So handy being able to teleport everywhere.

Oh wow. Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.

 

[Xelis]

Come back from a boring F1 race to 10102.

 

[Sblargh]

Is it dead?

 

[Velkyn]

I've only been playing an hour or two, but what's with the lack of people chatting? I see hundreds of people running around Limsa, but barely 2-3 lines of chat in /sh.

 

[mackaveli]

Everyone in North America is waking up to play

Yup, everyone is waking up and now there will be maintenance for 3 hours probably around noon or something.

 

[daveo42]

Where were you leveling that whole time?

FATEs. Either Eastern Thanalan or Southern Shroud. It's really good xp, but probably a bit overcrowed right now.

 

[Anteater]

It's a bit better than other launches I think, I got to play a lot consistently, until the duty finder and instance is fucked that is.

I find it funny this always happens right when I have to do a random solo instance quest, but not when I was doing dungeons.

 

[Iadien]

Is it dead?

yep.

It's a bit better than other launches I think, I got to play a lot consistently, until the duty finder and instance is fucked that is.

I find it funny this always happens right when I have to do a random solo instance quest, but not when I was doing dungeons.

That really depends on the game. It's better than some launches sure, but TSW, Rift, etc. had pretty smooth launches.

Then your 'review' is worthless.

It's the launch of an MMO.

Name one that went perfectly smooth.

This isn't even remotely close to smooth, let alone perfectly smooth. Rift's launch was very smooth.

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

I've only been playing an hour or two, but what's with the lack of people chatting? I see hundreds of people running around Limsa, but barely 2-3 lines of chat in /sh.

Soon.

 

[Vashetti]

Go back to sleep North America

 

[Alucrid]

 

[Banananana]

Thanks. Where exactly is that?

The airship dock is on the bottom level of the Adventurers' Guild.
If you can't access the airship yet, you'll have to finish the level 15 main storyline quest.

 

[DrForester]

Guessing the JP servers are still humming smoothly?

 

[Zakkath]

30 hours laters, my guild server is still on lockdown...

 

[GhostRidah]

I have seen more errors in this game than anything in the last few years.

 

[Aureon]

Guessing the JP servers are still humming smoothly?

Of course they are, their population\server count ratio is MUCH lower.

Western interest was much higher than expected, it seems.

 

[A Serious Man]

Then your 'review' is worthless.

It's the launch of an MMO.

Name one that went perfectly smooth.

This shit is not the norm any more. For the past few years MMO launches have generally been solid. Some latency issues during the first weekend, maybe more maintenance than usual but nothing like what is happening with FFXIV right now.

 

[DrForester]

On the plus side, maybe we'll get a year of free play again while they continue the beta.

 

[Ryn]

Go back to sleep North America

But..but...I wanna play too!

 

[Hasemo]

Guessing the JP servers are still humming smoothly?

Yep, no errors.

 

[B-Dex]

Error 90000 walking into Gridania and now I can't log back in.

 

[GhostRidah]

Error 90000 walking into Gridania and now I can't log back in.

Welcome to the party pal

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Error 90000 walking into Gridania and now I can't log back in.

Pretty sure the server is down

 

[Glorious Ownage]

My guess is they're preventing people from logging on purpose

 

[meep!]

Sigh.. why did I log out. Was gonna switch from PS3 to PC and now it's impossible to login again.

 

[Noaloha]

This shit is not the norm any more. For the past few years MMO launches have generally been solid. Some latency issues during the first weekend, maybe more maintenance than usual but nothing like what is happening with FFXIV right now.

Didn't ArenaNet actually stop selling Guild Wars 2 for a while after official release due to how broken it was?

 

[DrForester]

Of course they are, their population\server count ratio is MUCH lower.

Western interest was much higher than expected, it seems.

They've issues early access codes, they knew exactly how many people to expect in each region and they still put the entire NA/EU load on the the same number of servers as they've given Japan. They just didn't give a shit and decided to make sure the Japanese severs run just fine and screw over the rest of the users. There was no reason they should have 25 JP servers, and 25 NA/EU servers.

"Western interest was much higher than expected" is a bullshit excuse that they can't use till Tuesday, when there actually will be an unknown number of players trying to access the game.

 

[SoraanTribal]

I think Excalibur went down completely now. It was unable to upload the NA/EU worlds, lol. Or maybe it's something else, I dunno. The NA/EU world list isn't updating for me, though.

 

[Phenomic]

Well the worlds all just died for me. Everything on the NA World list is now gone and the only servers available are once again Japanese.

 

[Aureon]

This shit is not the norm any more. For the past few years MMO launches have generally been solid. Some latency issues during the first weekend, maybe more maintenance than usual but nothing like what is happening with FFXIV right now.

I have different memories from the latest one, GW2, which included me being locked out for the whole first week while they fixed the "You're still online" error.
Or, after then, being launched around in overflow and being unable to party up with friends.

TSW\Rift\TERA didn't have nearly as much hype as this, when your peak is 50k users you really shouldn't have any problem.


On the other hand, it's the first time i've seen a gaming company OVER-estimate maintanance duration, wtf.

 

[Dog food is delicious]

I think Excalibur went down completely now. It was unable to upload the NA/EU worlds, lol.

That's a different server.

 

[antitrop]

I was able to get a ton of time in last night is more than i can say for every other MMO launch.

I agree. I got like 3 hours of good gameplay and beginning questing (just, just started, didn't play Beta) in yesterday and I wasn't even really trying to play. I worked for most of the day.

 

[Anteater]

They should just do the maintenance now, it's probably going to happen eventually.

 

[dramatis]

Another 10102 victim here. Very sudden kick too. Is there maintenance going on?

 

[BeEatNU]

error 9000 now

 

[Dog food is delicious]

On the other hand, it's the first time i've seen a gaming company OVER-estimate maintanance duration, wtf.

The three hour range used to be their go-to time in FFXI, so I'm not surprised.