SQUARE ENIX: The title says it all. With the surge of new players and everyone doing content. The "Air Force One" GATE is taking up instance server queues. I think it would help everyone if the GATE was replaced with an older non-instanced GATE(s) for the time being. It can return once the Gold Saucer Event is over.
To fix long queue times:Turn off "Air Force One" GATE until Gold Saucer event is over
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08-03-2021, 10:04 AMHeavyMetalGodTo fix long queue times:Turn off "Air Force One" GATE until Gold Saucer event is over
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08-03-2021, 11:02 AMKes13a
what on earth? how is it taking up instance server queues more than any other one?
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08-03-2021, 11:19 AMBacent
I like Air Force One more than I like the dumb leap of faith. It's only me in that instance that I can see and I can actually have fun in it. Leap of Faith I'd have to wait until the last 30 seconds of it to actually not have a plethora of players around me at all times.
Just wish I could see the Cliffhanger ones more often though. -
08-03-2021, 12:22 PMKageTokageIt has to create an individual instance for each player, unlike Leap of Faith which can accommodate several simultaneously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kes13a
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08-03-2021, 01:52 PMIscahIt's a very short-lived instance though, and no chance of people idling in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KageTokage
At most you might get a brief spike of Air Force games taking up lots of instances, but it's only going to happen for a few minutes every hour. -
08-03-2021, 02:04 PMJojoyaAre we even certain that GATEs, dungeons/trials and solo duties are hosted on the same instance servers instead of having separate instance servers?Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMetalGod
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08-03-2021, 02:11 PMKageTokageBack when the RMT bots were still flooding ARR dungeons, I'd occasionally ran into situations where the GATEs would not pop even during dead hours of the day when scarcely anyone was at the Gold Saucer, so I'm inclined to believe that at least some of instances are on shared servers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jojoya
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08-03-2021, 02:13 PMweebtext
I had a 20 minute queue for Leap of Faith the other week, yet on the same day AFO's queue was instant. Leap of Faith should be temporarily disabled instead.
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08-03-2021, 02:25 PMTeraRamisI'm the opposite. I cannot stand Air Force One - it's stale, slow, it never really changes... it's just not good content.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacent
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08-03-2021, 02:35 PMFyrebrand
I seem to only get the long waits during peak periods when the most people are playing. If I'm playing off hours, there's no problem. I don't see a need to remove a GATE from rotation just for this.
And as Iscah pointed out, it's a much shorter instance and players don't stay in it after completing.
Okay, but even if GATES and story/dungeon instances use the same server resources, there could be things going on behind the scenes we don't know about. Like, there might be a cap on how many instances GATEs can occupy at any one time, but no such cap on story and dungeon content. I think it would be hard to verify if the popularity of GATEs are impacting anything but themselves, without some sort of confirmation from Square Enix. On top of that, the game has such a huge influx of players in general right now, so that in itself is a factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by KageTokage
When Stormblood first came out and we were struggling to overcome Raubahn EX, did anybody have trouble getting into a GATE?