Is adding more worlds going to actually fix this problem?

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Originally Posted by Kissker

Ok first off your thinking "total numbers" not "Hey I played for 2 hours, now Iama go to work" and get kicked after 10 minutes.

New spots would open every X minutes (determined by the kicker program on frequency of questioning)
This means at any given X minute interval -SOME slots would open up, and SOME players could get in.

This WOULD help the congestion greatly. Fix it ? No- we need to lock new char creation permanently and increase the cap until more then say 70% can log on at once.

World Transfer Services will help the rest of the 30% never able to log in - simply moving char to another, less congested, server.

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yes I understand what people are doing but the problem is that that say even half the server is full of afk'ers right now and u kick them all that will open space up for other people, im not disagreeing with that.. but the problem is that there is way to many people trying to play were u do kick people that are afk it wont be enoff to make a difference ... the servers will still always be full and people wont be able to long in..

So that is why if we incease all the server 2-3 time and add a afk then that would do the job.

I don't get why add more worlds if people won't want to transfer...

It a good AND bad thing that they clearly did not realize how many players would actually be playing. Im sure the total number is much higher than ANY of us thought.

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Originally Posted by baddagger

AFk kicking is not going fix the problem.. if a server only hold 5k people and if 1/3rd is afk how the hell is opening up 1665 spots when you have 10,000 people or maybe even more trying to log in going to fix the problem? it wont.. it just means that were going to have full servers with just a little less amount of people being pissed off trying to get it.. They have to incease servers to hold double to triple the numbers they can hold now and add more worlds. With adding all that they there will be room for everybody and people wont have to afk to stay in the game cause there will be plenty of room for everybody..

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You aren't taking into account a very important fact that is at the heart of the AFK problem. Those slots are locked 24/7 by the AFK players. Normal players wouldn't be playing in their slots for 24 hours. They will be logging off and someone else would be able to log on in their place. When AFK's get booted, they would get pushed to the back of the queue so the newer log ins can get in. The same goes for active players---when they log off (or get booted) when they go to work/school/sleep/whatever, a new log in gets in.

Even if it doesn't open up enough room for everyone to get on during prime time at once, it might at least allow them to get in the queue, so we know we have a shot at getting in after a short wait. I eventually got in last night after being queued at 591... so they've been working on that process accommodating more players getting in. The problem is that not enough people are getting off the server so the queue can work as intended.

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Originally Posted by Gamerfan001

I don't get why add more worlds if people won't want to transfer...

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Who says people wont want to transfer?

I'm sure there are plenty of people who either can't find a group of people they like, are low-level newbies on a server overrun with high-level legacy players, are unhappy with their server's economy, want to change because their friends want to play and can't create characters on the existing servers, or any number of other reasons.

Using the title of this thread for the basis of my response, I would say this is the million dollar question. Part of the issue is we have been given minimal information without an understanding of the implementation. This leads to speculation, frustration, fear and needless worries. The simple fact of the matter is whatever they do and implement is what they are going to do.

My guess(which is pure speculation on my part) is they add more servers so everyone can get on. I don't think transferring servers will happen for awhile. This will lead to people playing different characters on different servers so they can play the game. I do think they will also implement some kind of AFK booting system and/or a better queueing system. These are not my hopes, just what I think they will do.

If the above happens I believe most people will be content, but the cries of I can't play on my main server will start a new issue. I do hope whatever they do at the very least, allows everyone to log on somewhere and play.

Square Enix releases a ton of games. Pre-order numbers will remain at similar percentages regardless of the type of game. People who preorder, preorder, and people who do not, don't. You can get a very good estimate based on that info, then add some padding into the numbers to play it safe. They knew what their max peak capacity was, and where estimates were to come in. If they had done the math right, they would have been ready, by having more servers and/or capacity.

Thankfully they are doing more hten just adding servers. They are also upgrading the data centers that hole things like the log in queue the lobby duty finder and other similar systems.

If they don't do something other then add new servers, bloated servers are still plagued, I sincerely doubt they are that stupid. I mean anyone can come to that logic.

Yeah well I think they are expanding how many people can be on one server as well...?