I may have a solution for 1017 MR.SE

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Originally Posted by Valaria

I'm extremely curious about something.

I know that the servers can take 5000 players at a time.

Taking into account that character creation for certain servers has been stopped due to the fact that the worlds are full, I will assume that there is a maximum number of total accounts available per server.

Let's say for the sake of example that this number is 10,000.

If this is the case, is it not possible to extend the queuing system to cover all of the accounts hosted by the server so that whenever anyone tries to log into the game, they are given a status?

Personally, I'd rather see that I am in queue at position 5,000 and be able to see that figure go down, than be told by the 1017 message that I have to try again when a space is available - something that I will never know, unless I re-attempt to login.

I would rather get in line too. But the server must handle the load of organizing the array(s) of people in a queue. That takes away from their servers resources. The line can only hold so many people without dragging down the actual game play. With a full server, that would serve to REDUCE the server capacity. So it's between having a better realistic chance of getting on despite the hassle of spam logging in, or, getting on in an organized, slower fashion.