FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

[avelle]

Finally got through the congestion only to get error 1016 again. Finally got an automated email from SE telling me they will get to me in 48 business hours though! Woo!

[Maaglin]

It's the same thing as our error. It just doesn't happen that often. I can see the list just fine. I had that pop up before.

But more fun to overreact!

I'll take it back then I suppose.

[BadKarma]

Havent been able to load the world list since maintenance ended

[Meresgi]

I still don't even have a populated NA/EU list

[Cutriss]

Have you restarted your clients?

[Elcura]

It's a gamble, you have to get lucky to get a populated list. Even if you have one, quitting the game and restarting will give you the same problems as before.

[Phoenyx]

"Unable to update NA/EU character list." >.<;; Blah.

[kmexe]

Go in queue on sargatanas, pos 105.

[Quixon]

I've got the server list up now. Got world is full 322 in que.

Just kept spamming, and I am now back in.

[Viena]

Na, its not a matter of increasing the performace of the current ones, you can do that all day, and while it will help a little, it wont solve the issue.
The need more servers so that they can balance all of the connections.

It's probably a more complicated issue than "throwing more servers at it". As it works right now, there's several instance servers, but just a single instance arbiter per region (a server that when you enter an instance decides which actual instance server to place you on). Not unlike they having a single login server per region.

It's an easy and not unreasonable way to distribute things, given that in normal circumstances each player would be going through these bottlenecks fairly quick and the load shouldn't accumulate. But now we have a situation where everyone is trying to do the same at the same time.

It's possible for them to make a more complex distributed implementation to eliminate these bottlenecks, but that's something that cannot be done within the time frame of a few of hours or even a few days when you're aiming for a serious implementation. As dire as it might sound, I don't foresee this going away anytime soon, and their only way to cope with it meanwhile will likely be restricting access to their servers in different ways.

Edit: Oh, look, I suck at writing. I've just started all 3 paragraphs the very same way.

[alex064]

And now the login server is dead. Awesome.

[Bigsyke]

I got on a queue once, then a few seconds later it told me the world is full and booted me out.

Also, I can crash my client when it stops receiving the server list by going to a new character creation, skipping everything, and when I hit the server picking stage I would manually refresh. Boom, crash.

As I've suggested on GW. They should do something to keep us quiet, like a live feed to Yoshida's face.

[Adajer]

I'm getting 1017. Guess I'll try every 5min increments since I don't know how often they open up the servers.

[Boyiee]

Still no luck in character creation, looks like I'm stuck with my beta character.

[Elcura]

I don't even get to select a character. I just get 1017 as soon as I hit start. 2 steps backs.

[Adajer]

It's probably a more complicated issue than "throwing more servers at it". As it works right now, there's several instance servers, but just a single instance arbiter per region (a server that when you enter an instance decides which actual instance server to place you on). Not unlike they having a single login server per region.

It's an easy and not unreasonable way to distribute things, given that in normal circumstances each player would be going through these bottlenecks fairly quick and the load shouldn't accumulate. But now we have a situation where everyone is trying to do the same at the same time.

It's possible for them to make a more complex distributed implementation to eliminate these bottlenecks, but that's something that cannot be done within the time frame of a few of hours or even a few days when you're aiming for a serious implementation. As dire as it might sound, I don't foresee this going away anytime soon, and their only way to cope with it meanwhile will likely be restricting access to their servers in different ways.

Edit: Oh, look, I suck at writing. I've just started all 3 paragraphs the very same way.

After maintenance # 5, in EA, after 4 Beta tests, they should know what the fuck the problem is. They shouldn't be holding maintenance for the exact same issues repeatedly.

If they can't fix it, that is what they need to tell us. If they are trying something new and its possible it won't work, that is what they need to tell us.

Stringing us on is fucked up. And the fact of the matter is, our servers are shit, and JP servers are awesome.

I don't want to hear "throwing more servers at it" won't fix it. If you recall, back in P4, JP were having issues along with NA. They threw JP brand new servers and have not had any issues since.

[YukonWildAss]

[Hyan]

After maintenance # 5, in EA, after 4 Beta tests, they should know what the fuck the problem is. They shouldn't be holding maintenance for the exact same issues repeatedly.

Every maint. makes the issues a little bit better. Is it worth it? Up to you.

[barber2006]

All those hours making wool cloth, boar leather, and mega strength potions in 1.0 just to be ready for this weekend and their solution to overpopulation is "we just won't let as many people on". So far I've spent less time playing FFXIV than I have spent playing "Lets predict what my one time password will be this time I try to log on." So far my closest guess is 117 away. I have a feeling that record won't stand.

[Lucavi]

Every maint. makes the issues a little bit better.

How can you be so sure? There hasn't been any significant change in stability since EA started. If anything, the issue is even WORSE as I don't remember anyone being booted from the main menu screen without being able to click start yesterday.

Are you just speaking out of your ass to try to sound cool over a forum or do you have some sort of substantial proof?