Error 1014 is the new 3102

http://puu.sh/iuBDc/0703665bc4.png

Symptoms:

Character is invisible
No queue on attempting to log in.
Short loading screen before the error.
* Restarting does not correct any symptoms.

And people are surprised because...?

Hooray, we broke the servers again!

Granted, in my testing some of them still work fine.

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Originally Posted by Cyrus-Wallace

And people are surprised because...?

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More interesting than mere server congestion is that it appears to put our characters into a bugged state.

my char has reappeared. it looks like they are working on it pretty quick.

This seems to be a thing for Balmung. I and about 9 of my friends are all affected by this problem as we try to log into Balmung. Exact as described by Risvertasashi.

Surprised? No, but just confirming that it is in fact happening to other people as well.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

my char has reappeared. it looks like they are working on it pretty quick.

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Soon as I posted this, my characters appeared. So yeah.

However, we all still get the 1014 error. None of us can log in yet. Gahh!

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Originally Posted by Tannlore

This seems to be a thing for Balmung. I and about 9 of my friends are all affected by this problem as we try to log into Balmung. Exact as described by Risvertasashi.

Surprised? No, but just confirming that it is in fact happening to other people as well.

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There's actually a number of servers doing it. It's fairly easy to notice if you have characters scattered around like I do.

Same thing now trying to get into Excal

on the bright side, i love the new title screen :D

Its pretty lol.

I love coming to the forums when stuff like this happens cuz I go from "the gods hate me! OMG I'm never going to play its just me"
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"well at least I'm not the only one..."

You would have thought that after several high profile launches, they would have realised that a HUGE number of people are going to log in the instant the servers go live. After them dropping the ball this many times, it's like theyre a department store manager saying "Nah, they wont bust the doors down as soon as we open on black friday.". Get with the program much?

Its not like they can really do anything about it. No mmo has flawless launches lol. I couldnt sleep either way, so im just taking this all in stride.

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Originally Posted by Mortechai

You would have thought that after several high profile launches, they would have realised that a HUGE number of people are going to log in the instant the servers go live. After them dropping the ball this many times, it's like theyre a department store manager saying "Nah, they wont bust the doors down as soon as we open on black friday.". Get with the program much?

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I love people saying this. It just amuses me to no end that people assume there's an easy fix for a large chunk of players hitting the servers all at once.

yeah, same here. it's a little irksome, but not entirely unexpected.

Well at least it let me change my race :D

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Originally Posted by Tannlore

Well at least it let me change my race :D

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I want to as well...but sadly I don't have any fantasia yet. :(

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Originally Posted by heynowjose

I love coming to the forums when stuff like this happens cuz I go from "the gods hate me! OMG I'm never going to play its just me"
to
"well at least I'm not the only one..."

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I go through all the stages of grief just some people stay on anger it seems.

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Originally Posted by Mortechai

You would have thought that after several high profile launches, they would have realised that a HUGE number of people are going to log in the instant the servers go live. After them dropping the ball this many times, it's like theyre a department store manager saying "Nah, they wont bust the doors down as soon as we open on black friday.". Get with the program much?

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You would have thought that after several high profile launches, players would a realized that a huge number of other people would login the moment the servers go live, undoubtedly leading to problems that could have easily been avoided by waiting a few hours. Get with the program! :)

It says world data cannot be obtained, like the server isn't even online. Not just a lot logging in a once.

Had ppl fantasia and log back in to quests while I've been messed over many times now.. they use vpn proxies to japan, but have worse overall ping.. All of them. Starting to feel like prioritized system atm.

It's floating around. I think only the Primal data center is affected.

Aether is too

You'd think of several high profile launches that publishers would choose launch times during low volume times of the day so that initial queues would be substantially staggered... "Get with the program."

If there is a priority system in place for JPN users, I'm not shocked. Tho if true, it is pretty damn stupid.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...b9c0b2f15d5782

Certain world technical difficulties

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Originally Posted by ViktorMestrovic

You'd think of several high profile launches that publishers would choose launch times during low volume times of the day so that initial queues would be substantially staggered... "Get with the program."

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This IS a low volume time of the day. Super low volume. This is the time of the day with the longest DF queues, the emptiest cities, etc. etc. Doesn't matter for an expansion launch. People stay up, call in to work, etc. etc.

I got in. For about 3 seconds, then got kicked out again! :D
I've fantasia'd to au ra tho, yay.

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Originally Posted by Malusion

I got in. For about 3 seconds, then got kicked out again! :D
I've fantasia'd to au ra tho, yay.

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same, managed to put my clothes back on and get to the starting quest then boom xD

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Originally Posted by Malusion

I got in. For about 3 seconds, then got kicked out again! :D
I've fantasia'd to au ra tho, yay.

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Grats! Maybe I'll get in soon so I can change to a dragon lady. :D

Is there like no way they could have tested this stuff? I mean, seriously a joke...there will be very few people trying to get on at 4am on a workday so it isn't to many logging in. It's something else.

You underestimate how many people planned for this day and took off work, Makado.

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Originally Posted by Makado

Is there like no way they could have tested this stuff? I mean, seriously a joke...there will be very few people trying to get on at 4am on a workday so it isn't to many logging in. It's something else.

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You're also forgetting it's not 4am everywhere. Like, for instance where I am. It's 10:48am here.

Well this is what happens when you have over 50k players on a server that only supports 6-10k logged in, and they all try to get in at the same time.

Well I'm done trying, I'm going to go watch the dancing cow in mexico on youtube for a few hours..and learn their moves.