Free Trial players clogging up queue?

Has the free trial service been suspended, or are they allowed to take a spot in the queue from a paying customer?

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Originally Posted by Zizo

Has the free trial service been suspended, or are they allowed to take a spot in the queue from a paying customer?

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Could have sworn subscribers get priority. All players are players.

I mean - it's not a totally crazy idea...

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Originally Posted by DBriggs304

Could have sworn subscribers get priority. All players are players.

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Subbed players get priority, yes.

Are we sure? I don't remember if it was touched upon in any of the live letters or recent communication regarding server congestion?

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Originally Posted by Zizo

Are we sure? I don't remember if it was touched upon in any of the live letters or recent communication regarding server congestion?

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From SE's statement regarding congestion during Early Access:

"When a login queue is in place, players on the full version of the game will be prioritized for logging in. Free Trial characters will be able to log in after the login queue has been cleared. This allows us to prioritize our paying customers and will mean longer wait times for Free Trial users, but we would like to ask for your understanding on this matter."

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Originally Posted by Zizo

Are we sure? I don't remember if it was touched upon in any of the live letters or recent communication regarding server congestion?

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It was posted by the Dev that subs get priority..... however, there are still a lot of subs from returning players

well I found this, "Players who have purchased the latest expansion take priority in queues during the release window for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. Players who have purchased previous expansions will shift further back in the queue than those who bought Endwalker until traffic for the game dies down following the release of Endwalker."

so what if free trial players log in during the night when theres no queue, and the server becomes full during the day.. then they still takes spots from paying customers...
- The free to play should just be stopped 24/7 untill the paying customers can log in during primetime with no queue again. (or auto DC'ed to give a spot for a paying customer when the server is full).

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Originally Posted by Dangerjoe1982

so what if free trial players log in during the night when theres no queue, and the server becomes full during the day.. then they still takes spots from paying customers...
- The free to play should just be stopped 24/7 untill the paying customers can log in during primetime with no queue again. (or auto DC'ed to give a spot for a paying customer when the server is full).

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Wish it would work like that but they think free player could be long standing customer. Potencially become subscriber. They knew before it will be big expansion . They should make free trial to end prior early access, and if everyting went well reasume free trial. Hmmmm how was it ? “If you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one"

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Originally Posted by Dangerjoe1982

so what if free trial players log in during the night when theres no queue, and the server becomes full during the day.. then they still takes spots from paying customers...
- The free to play should just be stopped 24/7 untill the paying customers can log in during primetime with no queue again. (or auto DC'ed to give a spot for a paying customer when the server is full).

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on the really congested servers such as those in the EU for instance, I suspect there are -very- few windows without congestion.

I don't even think the free trial players can get in the queue. I vaguely recall the last time there were massive queues, someone with a free trial sharing that they just got an error every time they tried to connect.

Here was the Reddit thread with a screenshot: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...cannot_log_in/

Another "lets bully the free trial players", the post. Just move along.