Am I ever going to be able to play?

I've been able to log into the game exactly 5 times since Endwalker early access. Haven't even made it out of the third zone yet while I see people who have finished MSQ and have multiple level 90 classes complain about queue times.

I just sat through 2 hours of queue to 278, then without being disconnected at all, it updated to 2133. So now I have to sit through 3 more hours. My friend spent 7 hours trying to log in earlier this week. And I work during the week and can't play at 2am when the queues aren't packed. I can't spend 3+ hours every time trying to log in. By the time I log in, it's time to go to sleep for work the next day.

I managed to get logged in last night. Got halfway through the Starlight Celebration event and was disconnected with a 90002 error standing at a bell by my house interacting with my retainers. I was in the game a total of 45 minutes. Haven't been able to get back in since. So, are we going to be given the event rewards in the mail for people who can't even get in to do the event? Or are they going to be forced to spend money in the cash shop a year from now when the rewards are available to buy? I know the event lasts two weeks, but I can't get logged in to play except maybe once or twice a week if I'm lucky.

I'm trying to be patient. I understand the issues. But.......... this is really frustrating.

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Originally Posted by Plastic_Fork

I've been able to log into the game exactly 5 times since Endwalker early access. Haven't even made it out of the third zone yet while I see people who have finished MSQ and have multiple level 90 classes complain about queue times.

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Have you tried logging in to queue with TeamViewer?

Well, thanks for having the restraint to not go on yet another tirade about how terrible SE is. It's a crap situation all around. On the weekend, are you maybe able to get on in the morning or something?

If you're not able to work around it somehow then... yeah. You have my sympathies, and my hope that things improve sooner than later...

Not probably.

This situation will last for a least 1-2 months if not more because SE doesn't have more servers and "they can't get new ones", so its up to the player base, if they keep trying to struggle everyday or give up and play other games.

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Originally Posted by Xrystofer

Have you tried logging in to queue with TeamViewer?

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Chrome Remote Desktop works as well. It requires some heads up, but if you're too early inside, you can still click or move your character before the 30min timeout kicks in.

If you're on console though...

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Originally Posted by Xerkrosis

Chrome Remote Desktop works as well. It requires some heads up, but if you're too early inside, you can still click or move your character before the 30min timeout kicks in.

If you're on console though...

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Doable but it will need PC. Need both PC or laptop and Playstation on.

Teamviewer on your device > Teamviewer on PC/laptop + PS Remote Play > Playstation.

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Originally Posted by AnnRam

"they can't get new ones".

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Why is this in quotations? It's actually factual, trying to get any computer related items is more difficult/expensive due to all the lockdowns we had/continue to have. I read a report that said Samsung and a few other companies are looking to make more computer parts in Texas as to help avoid the current issues going forward; granted it will be years from now when those facilities are even up and running.

The number of people staggering their attempts to log in is very noticeable. As in by thousands in the queue, though dependent on server most likely. For Leviathan, it's been a bit since seeing the >7000 queue from last week. We'll get a better measure tomorrow, but it is what it is right now. A problem, no doubt, but hopefully one that will stagger itself better for in short time. There will always be a queue going forward, at least until a noticeable increase in server capabilities are made, but the waits should be much more manageable.

If you are one of the unlucky ones in terms of both your time allotted to play and prime hours of login, then you really would be better off considering this a loss for now. Most people though are actually able to manage this IF they actually want to bother going to those lengths, like changing sleep schedules so that you will wake up early enough to log in while the queue is minimal or even non-existent in some cases. I personally don't think it's worth doing that but there obviously are options for those who do. Reminds me of my days playing the old era FFXI and needing to wake up stupid early because there's a chance an endgame Notorious Monster (think world boss) might appear in it's 3hr spawn window following its 72-hr respawn time. Shit sucks.

The situation is not going to get much better for a few weeks, and probably worse as people go on holiday vacations. Best solution is to try to login during off-peak hours. In my case, I'll initiate login and get in the queue as soon as I start my PC in the evening after work hours, take care of emails, browse this and that online, fix a quick dinner, eat it, and typically I'll get into the game by 8 or 9 pm at the latest (Pacific time, on Midgardsormr). I can then play as late as I want, unless I get disconnected, in which case I'll log back in, and by then the queue will be less than 100 people. Is it still annoying? Yes. But I do get to play, and so life is not so bad after all... :D

make a bun on another server with no queue

The queue times on my server have gotten slightly, slightly better but at this rate, it's going to take a month for things to settle down

Well, that's super irritating. I got the confirmation box for my main when I logged in to get in the queue almost 4 hours ago.
When it reset me back to 2133 on its own, it logged in my alt that I barely play when the queue finally ran down to log me in. I touched nothing. Just been watching YouTube the whole time. Waiting.

So now the game is just randomly resetting queue and choosing other characters on us while we wait in line. Not a happy camper. Another day of being unable to play. I'm not sitting through another 4 hour queue. :(

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Originally Posted by AnnRam

"they can't get new ones"

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I love when people think companies can make things appear out of thin air or do any kind of magic because they're a company

Im on the largest server and the only time I cant get in is 4-10PM EST.

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Originally Posted by Alestorm

Why is this in quotations? It's actually factual, trying to get any computer related items is more difficult/expensive due to all the lockdowns we had/continue to have. I read a report that said Samsung and a few other companies are looking to make more computer parts in Texas as to help avoid the current issues going forward; granted it will be years from now when those facilities are even up and running.

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because they believe that SE would rather give away millions worth of subscription fees, still lose at least some amount of subscribers over the situation permanently and skip out on the chance of Christmas sales at a time when everyone and their mother wants to play the game instead of investing into servers now, even though realistically they will still have to do it at a later time anyways cause at some point, even if years down the line, "but covid" obviously won't be acceptable anymore.

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Originally Posted by Akiudo

instead of investing into servers now

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There are no servers now to invest in.

Their actions now are in addition to efforts to invest in the future, not "instead of." Because even if there were servers to invest in right now, they wouldn't be up and running immediately. And right now, immediate solutions are needed.

While I wish you luck getting into the game and enjoy the expansion, I never understand the frustration, either you have to wait in line for a bit during peak hour or just play it at a different time when most people aren't, that's how I get to finish 6.0 waiting maybe even less than an hour combined in the launch week, sleep earlier, wake up earlier.
It's like you shouldn't expect the road to have no traffic when everybody's off, just drive at a different time instead if it really bothers you. Besides, SE already said it they prioritize subs over free trial players when in comes to logging in.

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Originally Posted by _Pigzig

make a bun on another server with no queue

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No such creature exists outside Japan lol

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

There are no servers now to invest in.

Their actions now are in addition to efforts to invest in the future, not "instead of." Because even if there were servers to invest in right now, they wouldn't be up and running immediately. And right now, immediate solutions are needed.

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i said "'they' (the person that said "square can't get new ones" in quotation marks) believe square would rather give away millions worth of free subscription, miss out on christmas sales and lose at least some customers permanently instead of investing now even though they would have to invest later anyways" i don't really see where you get the impression those are my believes unless you read it completly without context.

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Originally Posted by Akiudo

i don't really see where you get the impression those are my believes unless you read it completly without context.

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My mistake.

However, run-on sentences tend to do a poor job of conveying such impressions.

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

My mistake.

However, run-on sentences tend to do a poor job of conveying such impressions.

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fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

My mistake.

However, run-on sentences tend to do a poor job of conveying such impressions.

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Don't see how. I read the sentence perfectly fine and understood what they were conveying without needing to reread again.

After New Years. People with extra time off will have used it up. Enough people just tired of dealing with que will have msq done. Unless the new 8-man is riveting content(probably not) people will login a bit run it and then cap weekly and not bother. Also we won't see any new players from Christmas. Good luck getting some time in. If you don't work 7 days a week best advice is play super early.

It's fine now, you can come back!