The server is full, try again later (1017)

fix your damn que SE.

SE needs to get their act together real quick. I'm limited to playing when I get home from a hard days work and I constantly get 1017? I was a faithful player of FFXI for several years and waited patiently for the PS3 version of FFXIV to launch and now all I'm getting is "wait" "wait" "wait" "wait"......blah blah blah after they took $59.99 from me. How about you make this FTP until you get your shit fixed and WE can wait wait wait to pay you?

I played this game more before it came out than I have since. I feel bad about telling my friends to get it I mean it's great when you can play but If someone managed to get a copy they couldn't even create a char much less play in a server with friends.

I was home from work today and I tried to log into a couple different servers, no dice. Always 1017. Always.

At first I couldn't believe the people defending SE saying "every MMO has this happen" but then I realized, they are the players who are AFK and are part of the problem.

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Originally Posted by Azdraik

So someone mentioned sitting until Bahumat started blowing crap up... 2x now that has worked to get me into the server. Prob just dumb luck but I find that interesting.

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you mean the ARR video that starts if you sit idle? didnt work for me :( this is actually my first time dealing with it because I've been logging on in the early am and playing all day (works gonna be mad my production numbers will be low :P)

After about 3 hours of waiting to find a NA server to try out, I decided to make a character on one of the JP servers. Dealing with over 700 ping... its playable, but barely. I decided to check the NA servers again right after putting my kids to bed and I was able to create a character on Adamantoise, get to 57 in the queue before I was booted out and now continue to get the 1017 error.

I remember having this issue with GW2 and not being able to create a character on the server my friends were on. I remember having a solid 2 hours of D3 that I was unable to login for.

This doesn't make it any less frustrating though.

You can always make a new char on each available server NA, EU, JP and have your friends do the same then you can play on SOME server together. :)

This is terrible I played Phase 3/4/Open Beta with no issues. Start early access and get 1017 server full. This feels a little backwards to me... I agree with the queue, since at least then I could line up and watch a movie while I wait to get in. I'm fine dealing with launch issues, but it is 4 mouse clicks every time I get 1017, which, sounds small, but when it takes 20 tries+ to log in that is a lot of clicks before even accomplishing anything. Even when I manage to join the queue that should house all the players wishing to join I get 1017... what was the point of this queue system? Please have another batch of emergency maintenance or get another server live/capacity increases asap, or I suppose a large chunk of your soon to be paying player base could just quit and return the game.

Either way the money is yours to lose SE! Thank you for the gift of early access to a game that we have next no access to.

I know you are working on this, but I gotta vent somewhere.

I have been locked out the game for FOUR HOURS! I am the Free Company leader of a 50+ online at a time Free Company, and they need me there. So many invites not going out and upgrades not being managed. I've waited 3 years for this game, work faster NA side of SQEX!

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Originally Posted by Gidion

SE needs to get their act together real quick. I'm limited to playing when I get home from a hard days work and I constantly get 1017? I was a faithful player of FFXI for several years and waited patiently for the PS3 version of FFXIV to launch and now all I'm getting is "wait" "wait" "wait" "wait"......blah blah blah after they took $59.99 from me. How about you make this FTP until you get your shit fixed and WE can wait wait wait to pay you?

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Seeing this going FTP with in first month, seeing 1017 continue and seeing ff14 arr failing all over again simply because of 1017 bs. i want a refund. 29.99 + 9.8% Tax

i really enjoyed the whole 4 hours i got to play this but its unplayable. i seriously want my money back square, or a game that works very soon. FYI the weekend is really close by... gonna easily be 4-6 times more people trying to play.. forums are gonna overload with 1017 bs.

I am embarrassed for SE. This is absolutely foolish. Every player deserves a refund for this.

The 1017 error is starting to get really frustrating for me and I'm the kind of person with a long fuse. I can never play because when I get off work it's typically during primetime hours. The biggest problem I have is not only the error but the lack of communication SE has with its customers. Could we at least get a response saying that you're looking into it and when you expect it to be fixed instead of the same copy/paste posts about no new characters?

bet the people who afk is afraid that when they log out, they will be in the same boat we are in, the 1017 hell!!! I would understand their feeling. The one I would want to be kicked out of the game it the people spamming real money to gil shit!! Take them all out and make space for real players to play!!

I am the type that will log to give someone else a chance to get in... but this is trying my patience. It doesn't even help that NOW I have had a que spot and STILL kicked out on the 1017 code.

See the sticky that was created by the mod at 6:28 PM in this Tech support forum.

Still very painful to read. I work for an SMB and Dell can send me equipment to expand my cluster in 7-10 days when I push my sales rep. You're telling me that SE does not have a strong enough pull to force Dell / HP / whoever they use for a next day shipment?

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Originally Posted by Kadrothan

I am the type that will log to give someone else a chance to get in... but this is trying my patience. It doesn't even help that NOW I have had a que spot and STILL kicked out on the 1017 code.

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That's happened to me four times in the past two hours of spamming and failing to connect. :/ If this isn't fixed by the time the free two weeks for 1.0 players thing ends, I'll probably hold off on subbing for a month or two. I'm not really angry, just frustrated because this has prevented me from playing with friends for nearly a week now. I'll still be subbing at some point regardless, but I'd rather wait until I can connect without fear of 1017 for hours.

25 servers for North America and Europe was obviously not enough.

It is strange how JP servers don't appear to have this problem. I can log into a JP server with no problems.

I am sure they'll fix the problem. One hour AFK logout timers would work. I'm also sure that they'll be able to discern between people playing the game and jumping or running in circles too.

This error stuff has been hard; but look at this video. It made me laugh.

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT59wjmqrv0

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Originally Posted by Zoltan

25 servers for North America and Europe was obviously not enough.

It is strange how JP servers don't appear to have this problem. I can log into a JP server with no problems.

I am sure they'll fix the problem. One hour AFK logout timers would work. I'm also sure that they'll be able to discern between people playing the game and jumping or running in circles too.

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You're probably logging into the JP servers during non-peak hours like I am. Hopefully this server upgrade business will settle it all. We already know they've been restricting the NA server use because the Duty Finder and Instancing hasn't been working on it for a lot of people. They have to fix that first, then they can expand server space. Still, all of this should have been seen and fixed in the Beta phases.

So today I've been trying to log in now for the last 7 hours and all I've met is error 1017. How is this not a priority to have fixed NOW. Next week is an unacceptable time frame to fix the issue when this has been happening now for 5+days and will continue still for another 4-5 days at least if sticking to the schedule currently posted. That's effectively thousands of players who will continue to have hours or days of not being able to play the game due to what basically boils down to POOR planning by the developers of this game.

I'm over it. You've lost a subscriber.

Yes I know no one cares on these forums...

i am going to start a free company. name? 1017 of cos!!

Rather than me creating a whole new thread can I just quickly ask , is it possible to rename your character*rather*than creating a brand new one? Thx

Don't let this thread die :p

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Originally Posted by Mature

Rather than me creating a whole new thread can I just quickly ask , is it possible to rename your character*rather*than creating a brand new one? Thx

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Not that I know of. You might be able to game it when server transfers come up by transferring though

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Originally Posted by Johnearle99

You might be able to game it when server transfers come up by transferring though

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I don't know this for sure, but based on previous world transfers and FFXI, you can only change name if your name is the same as someone who already exists on the world you're trying to change to so it forces you to change your name (the solution to this was therefore to create the character on that world yourself first, then transfer forcing your own name change) :)

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Originally Posted by 25six

So today I've been trying to log in now for the last 7 hours and all I've met is error 1017.
I'm over it. You've lost a subscriber.
Yes I know no one cares on these forums...

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I care, I really do but I don't believe you have been trying for 7 hours straight to get into the game. Especially not at this time of day.

The queue is broke, so you need to spam the loging screen to try to get in and you will eventually get lucky. This needs to be done non stop. If you think youll try to log in then wait 5 minutes and try again, then wait 15 minutes and try again this wont work.

Spam the login for 15 minutes straight and see how you fair, I bet you get in. 15 minutes of spamming the login might feel like 7 hours tho.

I'm kinda depressed that my suggestion thread here hasn't got more feedback or support from the community.

I know we'd all much rather just be able to get into the game without the need for such a thing, but if we can't, wouldn't you all want to actually know how likely it is to get on your preferred server rather than just constantly wage war on the launcher until you eventually (if ever) actually get on?

If there is something that the idea needs to improve it, or you feel that it could be done a completely different way, please post your thoughts on that thread and lets see if we can get some sort of consensus about what people actually want (if we can't simply do away with the need for something altogether).

1:40pm EST, getting error 1017 world is full. Seriously wtf is with this sht?

Dear SE,

I tried to play this game during beta but was locked out after only 3 hours due to a 90K error followed by a 3102 error. It was beta so I didn't complain much. I had preordered the game before beta and after receiving confirmation from you and other SE staff that the issues had been resolved and I would be able to play in EA, I didn't cancel my preorder. However, EA came and I found that the 90K errors were still making characters unplayable, instances were broken so we could not progress the story line and the 3102 error had been replaced by the 10102 error that locked accounts out of the game. After numerous maintenance sessions, these issues were still not resolved so the solution to implement login limitations and character creation restrictions were implemented.

Due to these issues, a large number of people have not been able to login and play, create characters on servers with their friends or otherwise enjoy the game they paid for going on 6 days now. We have no date, other than early next week, for the installation of the upgrades that are supposed to fix these issues so you are essentially asking players to wait another 5 to 7 days for the resolution. Two weeks to wait for a playable game by all is far too long without addressing the impact this is having amongst your player base.

Many players are frustrated over the whack a mole login system that requires players to sit and spam the login button for hours at a time in the hopes of randomly hitting the queue or getting in. Many players are also frustrated because as they sit and play whack a mole for hours at a time, they are also seeing the 30 day subscription that came with the purchase of the game ticking away and you are asking them to give up another week of that time. Many players are frustrated because they were not able to roll characters on servers with their friends and once this is resolved are facing the choice of paying for a character transfer to re-unite with their friends or rolling new toons and having to start over again.

In short, if you are going to ask players to wait longer after already having waited too long, you need to give them a reason to want to wait. I like many others paid to play the game. We did not pay to wait. If you want us to wait and really want to reduce the frustrations of many players, tell us how you will address the impact that these issues have had on your player base. SE already made it clear they will not fix the queue system, which is something many players have been asking for. But will you at least try to address the other ways these issues are impacting many players? Will you extend the 30 day subscription offered with the purchase of the game or give free game time equivalent to what has been lost? Will you offer free character transfers once the upgrades are installed so people can re-unite with their friends?

I have so much rage in my heart right now that I just want to choke and bite a Japanese individual. All I want to do is play the game that I wasted my hard earned money on. I didn't want to have to do this, but drastic times call for drastic measures.

IF I AM NOT ABLE TO ENTER THIS GAME IN THE NEXT HOUR, I AM GOING TO OFFICIALLY DEDUCT 9001 "HONOR" FROM EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

It will not end there, I will also declare that SHAME HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD. This is not an idle threat. You have one hour.

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I have so much rage in my heart right now that I just want to choke and bite a Japanese individual. All I want to do is play the game that I wasted my hard earned money on. I didn't want to have to do this, but drastic times call for drastic measures.

IF I AM NOT ABLE TO ENTER THIS GAME IN THE NEXT HOUR, I AM GOING TO OFFICIALLY DEDUCT 9001 "HONOR" FROM EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

It will not end there, I will also declare that SHAME HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD. This is not an idle threat. You have one hour.

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Not sure if this was meant to be funny but it did make me laugh. Thank you for that, whether it was intended or not.

Here we go again SE 3 hours straight server full just like in early release...useless as tits on a boar.

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Originally Posted by Woobies

Dear SE,

I tried to play this game during beta but was locked out after only 3 hours due to a 90K error followed by a 3102 error. It was beta so I didn't complain much. I had preordered the game before beta and after receiving confirmation from you and other SE staff that the issues had been resolved and I would be able to play in EA, I didn't cancel my preorder. However, EA came and I found that the 90K errors were still making characters unplayable, instances were broken so we could not progress the story line and the 3102 error had been replaced by the 10102 error that locked accounts out of the game. After numerous maintenance sessions, these issues were still not resolved so the solution to implement login limitations and character creation restrictions were implemented.

Due to these issues, a large number of people have not been able to login and play, create characters on servers with their friends or otherwise enjoy the game they paid for going on 6 days now. We have no date, other than early next week, for the installation of the upgrades that are supposed to fix these issues so you are essentially asking players to wait another 5 to 7 days for the resolution. Two weeks to wait for a playable game by all is far too long without addressing the impact this is having amongst your player base.

Many players are frustrated over the whack a mole login system that requires players to sit and spam the login button for hours at a time in the hopes of randomly hitting the queue or getting in. Many players are also frustrated because as they sit and play whack a mole for hours at a time, they are also seeing the 30 day subscription that came with the purchase of the game ticking away and you are asking them to give up another week of that time. Many players are frustrated because they were not able to roll characters on servers with their friends and once this is resolved are facing the choice of paying for a character transfer to re-unite with their friends or rolling new toons and having to start over again.

In short, if you are going to ask players to wait longer after already having waited too long, you need to give them a reason to want to wait. I like many others paid to play the game. We did not pay to wait. If you want us to wait and really want to reduce the frustrations of many players, tell us how you will address the impact that these issues have had on your player base. SE already made it clear they will not fix the queue system, which is something many players have been asking for. But will you at least try to address the other ways these issues are impacting many players? Will you extend the 30 day subscription offered with the purchase of the game or give free game time equivalent to what has been lost? Will you offer free character transfers once the upgrades are installed so people can re-unite with their friends?

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So apparently free time is coming.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ee-days-coming!

What about free server transfers?

I don't want a refund. I would be highly amused if we received a new minion.... A minion of Yoshi on his knees offering his sincerest apologies.

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I don't want a refund. I would be highly amused if we received a new minion.... A minion of Yoshi on his knees offering his sincerest apologies.

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I lol'd hard.

I logged in early this morning just to see if I can, but before I logged out I checked on the amount of afk-ers and it was insane, just to a player search and see how many are in an inn.... so I'm not surprised servers are full by 1pm, but its getting earlier and earlier.

Yeah I just tried logging in a 6:30am and got the 1017's right away. Last couple of days I'd get in first attempt. I really wish they'd implement a auto log off already :(

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Originally Posted by Thr33Swords

Yeah I just tried logging in a 6:30am and got the 1017's right away. Last couple of days I'd get in first attempt. I really wish they'd implement a auto log off already :(

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Unless the auto log off was some what complex, a simple macro or auto running at the inn wall would defeat it.

That is true. I wonder if it's possible for the game to detect control input then? So if no control input is detected for a set period of time, then the auto log off will take effect.

i wouldn't care if i was 100/100 people in queue. Having to keep retrying to even get in a queue is driving me mad with boredom.