Going on 48 hours with no progress...it's not getting better.

This has gotten ridiculous. Bottle-necking the instances has not given us any fix. We are making no progress while barely anyone is even getting through. At this rate 90% of us will still be sitting here on full release.

Just flag the two early instances as complete for everyone so we can get through this. That would solve the issue of everyone trying to access them at one time..because everyone wouldn't be. We'd have it done and be moving on to duty finders and regular quests in other areas.

And before you reply to this I'm ignoring any salt posts so don't even bother. Leave it in shout chat.

Yep, Stormblood content is basically completely down. As far as I'm aware, it worked for about 2 hours after the servers came up on Friday morning, then went down and has not worked at all since. IF you can log into the game at all (and I stress if, for large potions of today I wasn't able to log in at all), you MIGHT be able to do old content, level other jobs, etc. But that's a big if. Instances all over the game are crashing, even in old content. I am doing level 15-30 rogue class quests, and twice I have gotten disconnected and not been able to log in again for about 3 hours. I guess you can FATE farm in old content, that's the only thing that's relatively safe to do, assuming you can log in.

Even if they were to flag those two quests, the issue would persist. I struggled with the last instance quest I did and I'm struggling again with another I encountered. Trust me, it's NOT just Raubahn and Pipin's solo instances that are holding people down. While I know they are working on it, I do agree that an update would be nice, like with the Sasano incident. I feel for everyone stuck with this, especially the people who just got started. 2.X players can't even do their instances it's so bad.

It's most likely you and most everyone else will only pass this problem when (hopefully) it will be addressed prior 20th release date maintenance. I can't even concept the fact this particular problem will not be solved by then. You can still do fates or raise some of your gathering/crafting jobs, or try the new jobs until this issue is properly fixed. I gave up already complaining about it, let the hate burn and live with it, try to get something good out of this disaster is the best thing we can do now.

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Originally Posted by Kerione

Even if they were to flag those two quests, the issue would persist. I struggled with the last instance quest I did and I'm struggling again with another I encountered. Trust me, it's NOT just Raubahn and Pipin's solo instances that are holding people down. While I know they are working on it, I do agree that an update would be nice, like with the Sasano incident. I feel for everyone stuck with this, especially the people who just got started. 2.X players can't even do their instances it's so bad.

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Yeah I know its not those two that are the only ones broken. What I am 'speculating' is the rest are having problems as well because the high number of people trying to access those two primarily. If the thousands of players got past those two it would probably put major relief and allow others to get into their job instances and stuff (maybe not with rdm and sam stuff) But if you consider basically every early access player is trying to access these two instances it makes sense for them to be the main issue. <--For the simple reason that those thousands would no longer be trying to get into solo instances

Please understand the issue here is not as simple as most think...a quick fix wont be happening, I suspect its hardware/software on the new NA data center that is to be blamed, I'm getting tired of repeating myself to each person that gets frustrated and maxes yet another post. The issue s serious and needs to be dealt with carefully, please take in Yoshi P's posts, if you can read between the lines and understand the message hes trying to get across it: "a big issue we are trying to fix, sorry please bear with"

Honestly, at this point they should just give everyone a free month, roll back to the last Heavensward patch, and delay the expansion by a month so they can get it sorted. It's obvious Stormblood is in no shape to go live, and neither are the servers.

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Originally Posted by Saerydoth

Honestly, at this point they should just give everyone a free month, roll back to the last Heavensward patch, and delay the expansion by a month so they can get it sorted. It's obvious Stormblood is in no shape to go live, and neither are the servers.

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I'm almost certain its not the game, its the servers themselves...a rollback wont happen nor is it needed, I detected these issues after the upgrade was done, now I have the information that explains it.

The issue is known, SE know about it and they will hopefully fix it. For more regrettable that it is, we should stop trying to force the quest focus on something else, because if no we are just wasting time. At least try to make this time worth something.

We all know that isn't going to happen though. The game is still -somewhat- playable in some form or fashion though I can see -POSSIBLY- MAYBE getting something, especially for those who are stuck trying to do ARR MSQ and cannot progress.

:/ 15 minutes after the servers came up early Friday morning it was already clogged... been trying for a few hour blocks ever since. It's downright frustrating though.

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Originally Posted by Atlantasia

:/ 15 minutes after the servers came up early Friday morning it was already clogged... been trying for a few hour blocks ever since. It's downright frustrating though.

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This I cannot lie. It's extremely frustrating in every form and aspect. The worst part of it is, it's gone from just saying there was a problem, to booting you off the server with a 1 hour wait to get back in. Gotta love Balmung >.>;

I already burned all my hate oil, and said some nasty comments here, and I'm sorry for this. I love this game really, and it's really regrettable that this thing happened. I think we should try to reason with everyone inside about the issues with the msq and stop forcing it, because it's just a waste of time. This problem will be solved.

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I already burned all my hate oil, and said some nasty comments here, and I'm sorry for this. I love this game really, and it's really regrettable that this thing happened. I think we should try to reason with everyone inside about the issues with the msq and stop forcing it, because it's just a waste of time. This problem will be solved.

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I've not really said anything nasty. I've been angry, had a few fits, but I work with computers all day. I'm no Developer or huge IT guy, but I know that with technology, Shit Happens. It sucks, it does, I WILL NOT LIE. I took time off for early access and wish I had not now due to the lost time. It's def one of the worst launches I've dealt with and I dealt with the ARR launch xD that was awful! Fact is, I agree though, the dev team is looking at it, we all know they are aware. People probably don't realize there are players who CANNOT EVEN LOG IN on their mains right now because of the Sasano instance that has been reported. Think how they feel!

The teams are doing their jobs and yes, it HAS been awhile since we have gotten an update on the instance servers, but I take that with a grain of salt, maybe there is nothing more to report except "We are still investigating the problem, we apologize." I'm not defending them in any way, saying it's acceptable, but they are trying, we cannot really ask for much more. If we demand an update every hour, that takes time away from their work and delays the repair. We have been patient, yes, I for one will continue to be... even though I have to wait over an hour to get back on the server when it kicks me off!! >.>;;

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I've not really said anything nasty. I've been angry, had a few fits, but I work with computers all day. I'm no Developer or huge IT guy, but I know that with technology, Shit Happens. It sucks, it does, I WILL NOT LIE. I took time off for early access and wish I had not now due to the lost time. It's def one of the worst launches I've dealt with and I dealt with the ARR launch xD that was awful! Fact is, I agree though, the dev team is looking at it, we all know they are aware. People probably don't realize there are players who CANNOT EVEN LOG IN on their mains right now because of the Sasano instance that has been reported. Think how they feel!

The teams are doing their jobs and yes, it HAS been awhile since we have gotten an update on the instance servers, but I take that with a grain of salt, maybe there is nothing more to report except "We are still investigating the problem, we apologize." I'm not defending them in any way, saying it's acceptable, but they are trying, we cannot really ask for much more. If we demand an update every hour, that takes time away from their work and delays the repair. We have been patient, yes, I for one will continue to be... even though I have to wait over an hour to get back on the server when it kicks me off!! >.>;;

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Yes I feel you. But believe, they know this has done a serious damage do the game reputation already and if it was within they power to fix it right way, they would have done it. I think that the best thing now is help use the time for something more productive. This is the case which everyone has lost, SE and us, no one will win anything for this problem.

Serious damage? Highly doubt it's done anything to the game this happens with launches people should know this by now and stop expecting things to always be perfect when hundreds and thousands of people are hitting servers and instances at once. I know that they will fix it and compensate it some way there are other things to do ingame instead of sitting around complaining.

Right...but the problem is they did not say a word about getting it resolved and that is what is upsetting most of their subscribers. Keeping customers in the loop is the right thing to do and it is something their main competitors do when there is an issue. Not leave them totally hanging for 2 days straight.

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Originally Posted by zXr

I suspect its hardware/software on the new NA data center that is to be blamed,

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Uh sorry no. The ENTIRE game is having issues. Not just NA. We are just the most affected due to the highest population. And they did not change anything on our servers when they moved them. All they did was move them.
And I understand YP said they were working on it however all we were given was a temporary fix and since then no updates whatsoever or anything to just say "we are still working on it" for all we know they could've implemented said fix and that was that, moved on.

I don't understand why a solo mission is so server dependant when it isn't even multiplayer and how it could be such a pain.

Maybe this could've been implemented better? Prepared for.

People should stop standing around spamming the quest and come back later try once and leave again.


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Originally Posted by Rock-Fist-Lee

I don't understand why a solo mission is so server dependant when it isn't even multiplayer and how it could be such a pain.

Maybe this could've been implemented better? Prepared for.

People should stop standing around spamming the quest and come back later try once and leave again.

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Thats exactly what I've been doing, i check once when i log in, then i go do Bst tribes and Hunt logs on my 52 Rdm, then i check again for number of people just spam clicking, still nothing i go do a few leves, check again, go do some gathering for crafts for my Rdm leveling..

I'm annoyed but I'm taking it all pretty casually, I mean its not like there is really any reason to hurry, is there even any endgame to rush too?

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Thats exactly what I've been doing, i check once when i log in, then i go do Bst tribes and Hunt logs on my 52 Rdm, then i check again for number of people just spam clicking, still nothing i go do a few leves, check again, go do some gathering for crafts for my Rdm leveling..

I'm annoyed but I'm taking it all pretty casually, I mean its not like there is really any reason to hurry, is there even any endgame to rush too?

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To be quite honest i feel like this quest is trolling me, but w/e ill buy it haha :D

What really bothers me is that all the content for gatherers is locked behind this stupid MSQ. I thought that i could level up miner and botanist and make a nice profit of this bottleneck or level up my crafting classes with the new materials but i cannot even get those. It is day 3 of the early access and i haven't been able to benefit from it. Tomorrow even more ppl are to be expected. If SE is not able to fix this there is no reason to touch the game for at least a week or two.

It'd honestly be fixed already if they added a Duty Finder style queue to the instances. People would be able to see they're 1287th in line or whatever, and the server would let them in when it's ready. Honestly, they're just making me want my money back at this rate. I'm kind of ashamed of the lack of foresight and the unwillingness to copy paste a few lines of code to add this feature, even on a temporary basis. And this isn't even salt, this is just me pointing out their lack of common sense.
The salt starts when I say I'd like to chop off Raubahn's other arm as well as his legs.

This.... can I have my sub and game money back now? I don't even want to play this game anymore.... I come back all stoked for this new expansion and sit for more than 10 hours spamming an NPC; even over server down hours it's impossible. One statement with no updates shows you are hardly throwing your guys at it honestly utter failure, kind of like the Samsung Note 7 situation at this point only no one has been hospitalized.

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What really bothers me is that all the content for gatherers is locked behind this stupid MSQ. I thought that i could level up miner and botanist and make a nice profit of this bottleneck or level up my crafting classes with the new materials but i cannot even get those. It is day 3 of the early access and i haven't been able to benefit from it. Tomorrow even more ppl are to be expected. If SE is not able to fix this there is no reason to touch the game for at least a week or two.

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This is why I wanted to get done with it. I have no need to endgame rush but hell I cant even leve decent on my gathers :/

Normally I don't like complaining like this- and normally I don't even go on the forums. But this is ridiculous. If it the quests were actually broken, I wouldn't be so upset- it's the fact that Square Enix has officially stated that they're bottlenecking us. On top of those quests, the instance servers are constantly going down and 90king people, so the only choice you really have if you want to level after doing the side quests available is FATEs.

The memes and jokes were funny within the first 24 hours. But we're going on day three of early access: and with only two days left until the official release, it's only going to get worse. Once the masses of Red Mages and Samurai catch up and everyone else who's purchased the game hits that first quest, there's no telling when we'll be able to finish.

Shame on you, Square Enix. This isn't a bug or a glitch- why don't you come out and admit that you were unprepared for how popular your game was, and so far refuse to take the necessary steps to fixing it?

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If it the quests were actually broken, I wouldn't be so upset- it's the fact that Square Enix has officially stated that they're bottlenecking us.
Shame on you, Square Enix. This isn't a bug or a glitch- why don't you come out and admit that you were unprepared for how popular your game was, and so far refuse to take the necessary steps to fixing it?

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So, which is it? You're saying that they've officially stated that it's a bottleneck, but that they haven't admitted it?