Best served with cold steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRIdPMcc1U

as you can see its still going on even after several hours.. they have done nothing to solve the issue and i'm inclined to think they don't care to fix this matter, my prediction however is that they will completely erase this quest or make it so that its open world instead of solo instance.

I think they should add a que timer for solo instances that works similar to DF.

https://twitter.com/ricklemsby/statu...17972686196737

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Originally Posted by EorzeaHero69

I think they should add a que timer for solo instances that works similar to DF.

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They even already have this for Hall of the Novice solo instances.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

They even already have this for Hall of the Novice solo instances.

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Yup. It is beyond ridiculous that they haven't had a maintenance to implement this for MSQ already.

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Originally Posted by tymora

Back in FFXI, we just queued up ourselves as civil people would and wait our turn.
Perhaps it was because the servers weren't so region specific, perhaps it was because gamers back then had more sense.

It might be silly to wait like that in a game, but you know everyone gets their turn in the end, without the need to spam the node like crazy.

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We have 3 different instances for The Fringe map, and instancing works cross-world I believe, there's no way to make a line even if it was just the 3 different map instances, who's gonna make sure the other 2 instances are also making a line properly?

Besides, they could implement a queue for it. You know, via coding .

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Originally Posted by AnnieHoney

We have 3 different instances for The Fringe map, and instancing works cross-world I believe, there's no way to make a line even if it was just the 3 different map instances, who's gonna make sure the other 2 instances are also making a line properly?

Besides, they could implement a queue for it. You know, via coding .

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You're competing with the whole datacenter, not just those in other instances on your server.

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Originally Posted by AnnieHoney

We have 3 different instances for The Fringe map, and instancing works cross-world I believe, there's no way to make a line even if it was just the 3 different map instances, who's gonna make sure the other 2 instances are also making a line properly?

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It's not just across the 3 instances of The Fringe map, it's across every server within a data center that it's linked to. So forming a line is outright impossible to coordinate. Not to mention with the frustration levels so high, I highly doubt the majority of players would comply.

36 hours into the Raubhandage and counting...

http://i.imgur.com/vdyWt7m.jpg

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Originally Posted by lakukisu

The second update from Yoshida. It can also be found here.

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Saying something and seeing results are 2 different things. People are seeing no action being taken. LET US SKIP/bypass instanced Solo SMQs already, it has been over 24 hours.

At this point i'd be content to just skip the instance and go straight to the following cutscene. Add the solo instance later at the wandering minstrel or something.

Alright lets have bets! Third expansion's Early Access will be worse or better?!

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Originally Posted by SicariusSeven

Alright lets have bets! Third expansion's Early Access will be worse or better?!

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As long as Yoshi is leading the project, it's going to be same or worse.

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Originally Posted by Averax

At this point i'd be content to just skip the instance and go straight to the following cutscene. Add the solo instance later at the wandering minstrel or something.

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I second this. I just want to explore the new content. I dont want to stand here for decades until 4.25B before I ccan see and experience Kugane. I'd rather this be set to clear and then able to come back and fight it on the wandering minstrel at this point lol

I just hope to obtain a "I Beat Raubahn Savage mode" T-Shirt after this.

I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm not as angry as most people are (not that they shouldn't be), but I'm mostly just frustrated and disoriented.

Every few hours I switch between going to do something else I don't want to do in the game (Palace of the Dead, sitting in the dungeon queue for 40+ minutes on SAM, etc.), going to play another game or do something else, and returning to click on Raubahn and cancel the cutscene repeatedly. I really don't want to do it and if I don't get in it's a complete waste of time, but at the same time the slight chance of getting through makes it feel like it's the only thing worthwhile right now.

http://i.imgur.com/pD7kDfD.png

I would join the Empire in an instant if it means I get to skip this.

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Originally Posted by Sylvaneste

This is absolutely sickening. Would it be so hard, to allocate all resources to the MSQ instances for 2 hours, so we can "break open" the expansion and get past this. There is nothing to do! You cannot do anything! CLOSE POTD, CLOSE PVP, CLOSE EVERYTHING except the MSQ for an hour our 2 would solve the problem!

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Except that literally won't fix the problem.

I'm running through Heavensward on an alt leveling Red Mage, and I just completed THREE solo instances within the last hour with absolutely no trouble whatsoever. It's clear that its not other people doing content that's the problem.

It's that the playerbase got bottlenecked at the Raubahn quest (and at this point I'm inclined to believe the Stormblood solo instances are allocated to their own server) and the more people that pile up behind them, the worse the problem gets. Closing the other content down so people can progress through the MSQ won't solve anything because that content isn't what's bottlenecking the solo instances in the Stormblood zones.

Indeed. I did SAM solo duty with no problem.
They need to lower the HP of the enemies so people can clear this more faster.

I did with my DRK with BiS and took 10 min to complete. People with lower gear probably taking longer than that.

If people can clear this more quickly, maybe it helps.

I really want an update on this. The last mention of it was 7 hours ago.

I'm usually quite understanding about games and launch day stuff but this is surprising even to me. Even if they were caught off guard with the number of players with early access, it's been too long to have nothing done. I have a party and some (a lot) of college work to do. Hopefully when I'm done early in the morning tomorrow it'll be playable. Friendly advice. Finish college the first time. Don't take an 8 year break like me.

I had people in my FC say that they were able to do it today. So don't give up hope guys :)

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Except that literally won't fix the problem.

I'm running through Heavensward on an alt leveling Red Mage, and I just completed THREE solo instances within the last hour with absolutely no trouble whatsoever. It's clear that its not other people doing content that's the problem.

It's that the playerbase got bottlenecked at the Raubahn quest (and at this point I'm inclined to believe the Stormblood solo instances are allocated to their own server) and the more people that pile up behind them, the worse the problem gets. Closing the other content down so people can progress through the MSQ won't solve anything because that content isn't what's bottlenecking the solo instances in the Stormblood zones.

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The idea is to allocate the servers being used for older content to the MSQ, at least temporarily.

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I had people in my FC say that they were able to do it today. So don't give up hope guys :)

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Good news. Thanks.

For the folks still not past it, it took me 16 hours of nonstop clicking on rau to get it to pop.

As for the quest after, the same error is happening with the red text. After six hours of that I was done and went to sleep. Fortunately the quest after cold steel worked fine but when I passed by Rau there was still a crowd.

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I had people in my FC say that they were able to do it today. So don't give up hope guys :)

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I've had more long black screens today than yesterday so maybe the problem is simmering down a bit.

This has taken the "Early" out of "Early Access".

"Well do something else!"
I have been. I've been doing "something else" for the entirety of the lead up to Stormblood. (And right now, I've just been doing PVP to pass time)
Another point - ...most of the "something else" in Stormblood is behind this damned block.

"It's testing! We're lucky to have it!"
It's not testing, it's early access. If it was a test they should've labeled it as such. Is there a certain element of testing to early access? Of course, it's putting the product out there for the first time - bugs will happen. But this isn't the testing, development stage where they can go back to the drawing board and they have time to fix things before the launch. We're the consumers. Being sold a product. We are not paid testers. We.are.the.customers. Square is "lucky" to to have us as customers. That is what a business is. Customers pay = they are owed the product they are promised. It's just that simple.

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At this point, I just want to join the empire and wipe out all of Eorzea with my Samurai and Dark Knight lol. I'd be more than willing to fight with the Garleans if it meant seeing doma and kugane >_>

I don't understand why they don't just let us skip Pipin and Mr.Bull. It's not rocket science and I am sure it is something that could be done in less than 24 hours.

I guess people won't stop complaining until SE properly responds and fixes the issue sooner.

Apparently it's more important to just tell us to wait and try try later. No updates since 12:39 am est. 2 friends manages to get lucky so there goes all the plans of being able to enjoy this with my friends. The hype for this expansion died the moment I accepted this blasted quest. FIX IT....

I just wished we had another official update, none in the last 12 hours! Beeing in the blind is worst then the problem itself.

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Apparently it's more important to just tell us to wait and try try later. No updates since 12:39 am est. 2 friends manages to get lucky so there goes all the plans of being able to enjoy this with my friends. The hype for this expansion died the moment I accepted this blasted quest. FIX IT....

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I did try later, this is later, how come they are not doing anything????/

It does work it took me 3 tries to do that quest when I got to it you just got to keep retrying.

Same here. I've tried later and. Nothing. Stop everything and let us through we already fought to get over the wall. We left the wall back in Heavensward. Onward with stormblood breakdown the gates!!!!

Tried to get into the quest from 12pm - 5pm est yesterday with no luck, read the response of 'wait till later and go do something else', so I went and logged off. Came back at 11pm-4am est spamming the npc, couldnt get in. Logged off. Came back around 10am est today till 330pm est spamming the npc, no luck. Think I'm done lol.

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I just wished we had another official update, none in the last 12 hours! Beeing in the blind is worst then the problem itself.

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We'll get an update in a week when 90% of the players have quit the game for good.
And the update will be that everything works fine now.

Would love to be able to progress through the game that I pay to play. Fix your shit, Square.