Should I give up on trying to play today?

I've been trying to log back in for over 3 hours now and I still get the 1017 error.

I don't see a time table on when they are going to allow more people to log-in. Should I just give up trying to log in today?

Error: 1017
World: Balmung
Char: Uveck Lord

EDIT: Looks like they are going to do maintenance in an hour.

We will be performing maintenance at the following date and time in order to address login issues being experienced on Worlds hosted on the North American and European datacenter.During this period, players will be unable to log in to the Worlds listed below.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

[Date & Time]
Aug. 25, 2013 from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (PDT)

* The completion time may be subject to change.

Yeah I wouldn't bother, even if you do get on so many people get booted just zoning..

I am going to assume the FFXIV servers won't be fully operational for about another 2 weeks.

I give up for today, and maybe tomorrow..
Spamming for 3 hours just to get a 9k disconnect error after playing 1 hour just doesn't tickle my fancy.

@OP

Yep.

http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.c...6/sadpanda.png

i gave up long ago, i love the game, but it's not worth the stress it's causing

Yeah, let it go. I've been doing other stuff all day but checking in every few hours and it's been the same all day. Infuriating.

i just tried after two hours just now thinking they should have it FIXED... but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So disappointing, took the day off work for NOTHING

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps57f72356.gif

I gave up this is just fuc**** dumb -__-

So the error says to wait for an opening and then try again. Is SE going to call my cell to let me know when there is an opening? Should they buy those pager things like at the restaurants that light up and vibrate to let you know when it is your turn? WTF SE, I preordered solely for the early access that was promised and so far between maintenance and server is full, I haven't gotten the early access I purchased. This was to be inclusive with the rest of the game or else I could have just waited and got the game at or after release.