FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

[Neviskio]

Wellp, multiple hours passed of 1017 errors. I ain't getting on tonight apparently.

I somewhat regret starting on a legacy server and not choosing a new one. Not sure that would've made too much of a difference though.

I had a character on sargatanas in 1.0 but a friend asked to play with him on ragnarok, not to jinx it but we never had more than...40 minutes of problems(if ever) logging in.Real problem is that is really french packed, but maybe you like the frenchies?XD

Still, as a legacy server ragnarok has been fine....

[Taruina]

Wellp, multiple hours passed of 1017 errors. I ain't getting on tonight apparently.

I somewhat regret starting on a legacy server and not choosing a new one. Not sure that would've made too much of a difference though.

Created one on a new one, was able to play for a record 3 hours on saturday. I haven't been able to relog since.

[blythe]

Lol @ people still thinking maintenance will fix anything. It's purely so they can open up digital sales again and get no players. The rest of us are screwed unless you're willing to start over.

/e oh and I guess the duty finder instances will be more stable, but still doesn't mean anything if you can't log on

[Corrderio]

While the dungeon finder is nice, it's disappointing there doesn't seem to be any way to invite others from other servers for the dungeon finder queue.

Lol @ people still thinking maintenance will fix anything. It's purely so they can open up digital sales again and get no players. The rest of us are screwed unless you're willing to start over.

Sadly this to. To me the free trial extension is a joke when people were forced to go on JP (and EU servers if you were lucky to get off of the server list...) servers just to play and will more than likely have to pay out of their pocket for a server transfer when added.

[Achitophel]

Lol @ people still thinking maintenance will fix anything.

Is there some secret to making log in servers stable that SE doesn't know? Or is too expensive? Why is this problem insurmountable, do you think?

[Niiro]

Fuck the item binding system.

I have to NPC my set of HQ lvl 48 tools as I pick up the quest reward ones. All the synthing I've done with them and not one is even 5% spiritbonded.

[miokomioko]

Fuck the item binding system.

I have to NPC my set of HQ lvl 48 tools as I pick up the quest reward ones. All the synthing I've done with them and not one is even 5% spiritbonded.

Do you at least get spiritbond for Quick Synthesis?

[Deadgye]

Friend of mine told us yesterday that the maint was from 2pm until midnight because he subtracted instead of adding. I slept until 7pm because I thought the game was down. gdi.

[Niiro]

Do you at least get spiritbond for Quick Synthesis?

Idk, but I QSed the starting quest stuff where it's just "get a bunch of XX" which amounted to at least 100+ items, still nothing above 5%.

[Deathbringer]

Do you at least get spiritbond for Quick Synthesis?

Yes you do

[Niiro]

Oh I lied, my BSM tool which I used to make both the BSM and ARM items (so closer to 200+) was all the way at 8%!

On the bright side I went 1/1 on all the BSM/ARM lvl 45/50 items. Had a decent cache of misc HQ materials that helped out a bit on the lvl 50 ones.

[CrstyCptSteveWitherspoon]

So it's ok for SE to have shit customer service because they're Japanese. Got it.

One of the main benefits to having lolregionalized servers is that maintenance can be scheduled outside of that region's prime time.

This is what I was getting at. Sure, JP servers (which I play on lol) shouldn't be during JP prime time, but also it shouldn't take them 10 hours to do everything too. NA/EU servers should be done at a different time and again be not 10 hours long. It's not rocket science. It's prep work. Do as much as you can before you take down the servers to minimize maint time. I know they need to test shit but come on. Granted I'm not really complaining they're trying to fix the problems here, just about how they go about doing it. Taking a week after official launch to do this is crazy. When shit is broken, you over night what parts you need and make your employees work overtime to get it all working right. I mean it's a MMO launch. They had to have sent an email to the staff saying "Good job guys, we made it. Don't make any plans for the next two weeks because you know shit will hit the fan and you'll be working here 24/7 until we resolve the initial issues." It's just bad business, especially for a re-launch where you're aiming for the best possible press/word of mouth/play experience/everything you can get.

Fuck the item binding system.

I have to NPC my set of HQ lvl 48 tools as I pick up the quest reward ones. All the synthing I've done with them and not one is even 5% spiritbonded.

I freaking hate this. It's a total waste. I made lv 48 tools to plow through the quest line and do some normal synthing and by the time I was done I had like 20% SB. Crafting needs to be adjusted in this respect. For DoW/M I'm currently just stacking HQ zircon bracelet/rings as back ups and swapping them when I hit 100%. Problem is once I get darklight... what do I SB then? I wish (and I think I'll probably eat these words) we still had a coffer key to farm or tapers or something. I like being able to just que up for an instance(so probably not tapers lol) but it would be nice if we had a reason to fight anything at 50 outside of dungeons/primals where gear checks were not needed and I could SB shit.

[Niiro]

Speaking of tapers, do the primal entry items serve any purpose anymore?

They can't be NPCed, I figure if they were completely invalidated they would have just removed them from the game entirely.

[Maaglin]

This is what I was getting at. Sure, JP servers (which I play on lol) shouldn't be during JP prime time, but also it shouldn't take them 10 hours to do everything too. NA/EU servers should be done at a different time and again be not 10 hours long. It's not rocket science. It's prep work. Do as much as you can before you take down the servers to minimize maint time. I know they need to test shit but come on. Granted I'm not really complaining they're trying to fix the problems here, just about how they go about doing it. Taking a week after official launch to do this is crazy. When shit is broken, you over night what parts you need and make your employees work overtime to get it all working right. I mean it's a MMO launch. They had to have sent an email to the staff saying "Good job guys, we made it. Don't make any plans for the next two weeks because you know shit will hit the fan and you'll be working here 24/7 until we resolve the initial issues." It's just bad business, especially for a re-launch where you're aiming for the best possible press/word of mouth/play experience/everything you can get.

Hey BUT IT'S JAPANESE WORKING HOURS NOW DIDN'T YOU KNOW?

Not like SE is some multi-billion dollar company or whatever with infinite resources to accomplish stuff like this.

Hai guys, we need regional servers, but fuck having to have shifts to support all these time zones. JST FOREVER!

[Day]

Yall on some whiney vag shit for real.

[Guitarman]

Amazon has digital downloads available again, but its pointless since there's no room for new characters until tomorrow. Amazon cockteasin' like a motherfuck.

[arus2001]

Oh I lied, my BSM tool which I used to make both the BSM and ARM items (so closer to 200+) was all the way at 8%!

On the bright side I went 1/1 on all the BSM/ARM lvl 45/50 items. Had a decent cache of misc HQ materials that helped out a bit on the lvl 50 ones.

Might be worth a shot to see if you can put auto-attack on your bar and then have a friend kill things for you after attacking to see if that's faster. I've noticed my mining and botanist bonding has slowed a lot in the mid-20s, but given I harvest 50+ of every new resource plus incidental HQs and going hog wild on primary mats like Iron, Silver, etc., seeing some tools bond after like 1k gathers is ugh.

[Meresgi]

and again be not 10 hours long. It's not rocket science. It's prep work.

the amount of NOT knowing anything in this part of the sentence makes me lulz x100,000. You've obviously never worked in IT except maybe a computer repair store.

[Ratatapa]

Speaking of tapers, do the primal entry items serve any purpose anymore?

They can't be NPCed, I figure if they were completely invalidated they would have just removed them from the game entirely.

Floor them

[Niiro]

Bah, they could have at least given us a 1:1 on philo stones or something.