EU ppl are doomed?

So I joined the game 1 day after launch. Why? Well I had to work and decided to do that instead of dealing with overcrowded areas on the day of the launch. Man, was I stupid and it seems that now I'm being punished forever for this.

The population of Europe is double of what the USA has. However, there are about 20 NA servers and only 6 EU ones. Those six servers have had character creation restrictions applied since day 1. So it seems that my chances of getting to play with my friends are about 0.

On the second day of the launch I made a character on a NA server, because I thought that this would be fixed soon. We would be offered server transfers, new servers or compensation (because we are all wasting rl money here as our 30 days of gametime is slowly ticking off). Instead, we get a situation where the community gets apologized to (which is good), but then we are just left here, hanging, with no info on how this will be compensated or fixed or how soon. Should i lvl my NA server character? Should I just wait? Is there anything going to change or more EU servers even coming?

IT's BEEN FAR TOO MANY DAYS OF THIS.

Today I just spent 2 HOURS trying to log in my character. I got tons of errors: server list for EU/NA unavailable, servers full, random numerical errors....you name it, I probably had it.
Now I'm asking myself why I even bother if I cannot even level the character that I really want to play with and I cannot play with the ppl I really want to play with?
If this wont get fixed soon, and soon = max 1 day more (I think I have been more than patient with SE these last few days) I will call for a refund from where I bought this game. As a person who can maybe only play 2-3h a day, logging-in taking at least 1h every day (and that's what it took all the other days as well) is not my idea of a good time.

Thank you and I look forward to Your reaction,
Frustrated Customer

There is no practical difference between the NA and EU servers, they're in exactly the same place in Canada, the ONLY difference it the 'NA' or 'EU' tag which is SE's way of trying to help folks play with others in their own time zone.

Also, regional population is utterly irrelevant, it's the numbers of GAMERS and SE's experience with FFXI and their other games will give them an idea of the sorts of relative numbers there will be in each region.

And NO, all 6 EU servers have NOT had creation locks since day 1, stop lying. You also lie about lack of info, this was posted TWO DAYS AGO, clearly explaining what happened. why, and what's being done:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...72#post1111872

Happy refund hunting.

Estemy, looks like you are right and we are doomed by SE.

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Originally Posted by KraggyKor

There is no practical difference between the NA and EU servers, they're in exactly the same place in Canada, the ONLY difference it the 'NA' or 'EU' tag which is SE's way of trying to help folks play with others in their own time zone.

Also, regional population is utterly irrelevant, it's the numbers of GAMERS and SE's experience with FFXI and their other games will give them an idea of the sorts of relative numbers there will be in each region.

And NO, all 6 EU servers have NOT had creation locks since day 1, stop lying. You also lie about lack of info, this was posted TWO DAYS AGO, clearly explaining what happened. why, and what's being done:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...72#post1111872

Happy refund hunting.

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Wow, you couldn't be more wrong. First of all, I made the mistake in an MMO once to play in NA servers instead of US. Never again. All the guilds had raids when I couldnt attend, server events were late at night and I never met anyone from my country, because they would join the EU servers instead of NA.
This all is still beside the point that I want to play with my friends from rl and they play on a particular EU server. When I bought this game it clearly says "Play with your friends"on theb akc of it in the description so this is what I paid for.
Whether the character creating restrictions have been there 24/7 since 1 day after launch, I, of course, cannot say. What I can say, however, is that I tried to make a new character few times a day ever single day since I joined the game. Ever SINGLE time the EU servers were colored gray, and that means unavailable.
Yes, there is lack of info. Simply stating that servers are full and they are busy fixing it is hardly helpful. You hardly read my post at all to say such a thing. I clearly stated in what way the info was lacking. What is helpful would be a comment from SE like:
"Servers will be back on open status on day X hour Y. character transfers will be given to all players on day Z. All players get $$ of free extra gametime to refund their patience."

Refund will not be a problem. In the Netherlands we have very good customer service and I bought my game from a well known online store, where I can even return any product if I want to within 14 days. Maybe SE could learn something about how customers dont have to HUNT for their rights, but they are actually guaranteed and provided.

Yeah.... most EU severs were able to have new characters last night. Nice try.