Alpha and the plague of Performance Parties

So i love the performance mode as much as the next person (i use it most days in secluded areas), however im starting to get tired of Alpha having between 3 - 6 parties of Performers in Gridania all day everyday non-stop.
Like there will be parties of 6+ wanderers all neatly stood about playing music which is cool at 1st but gets really old when no matter the time you try and log in theres a bloody queue, and when you do get in its a metric tonne of people all jus vibing to bands.
And final complaint, why right next to the Aethryte? everytime i go anywhere the Performer(s) are on the aether ready to blow out your eardrums with a clustertruck of noise, cant we step away from the crystal and find somewhere else to vibe so we dont ruin the immersion for others?
so two things resally
1 - why is it on alpha that youve all decided to make the concert server, cant you stay on your servers and host concerts?
2 - if we must have nonstop concerts of catgirl squads and lala's can we at least move away from the aetheryte a bit?

There is a specific volume slider for bard performances. Mute them. If you want to be able to mute or unmute at will, there's a very easy macro for that. I have it, I just don't recall what it is off the top of my head.

Mute the Performance as said above. If a bunch of people performing music around an Aetheryte is what breaks your immersion in the game and not the Miqote and Viera running around in bikinis, then I envy you.

I turned off Performance sounds a long time ago. Easily the best decision I've ever made in FF XIV.

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Originally Posted by Autumn-Rain

can we at least move away from the aetheryte a bit?

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You're so close to your answer.

I don't think people really get what the OP is getting at.

The OP likely enjoys performances, but sometimes things get overdone. OP wants to be able to be pleasantly surprised by different, occasional performers, yet remain unbothered by the current bands that seem to all have taken root at that location.

Are we really going to excuse the people that take things too far and tell others to work around or deal with it?

FYI the login queues are fake

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Originally Posted by Shinkuno

FYI the login queues are fake

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I'll gladly agree with you on that one, the fact some people believe these queues are real is comical, Sagittarius is a good example, there are queues sometimes even at 4 or 5 am, and the server is absolutely empty, there's literally like 5 people around Limsa, and yet you get a 10 or more queue out of nowhere

Imagine not having turned performance off the microsecond that patch went live lol

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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

I don't think people really get what the OP is getting at.

The OP likely enjoys performances, but sometimes things get overdone. OP wants to be able to be pleasantly surprised by different, occasional performers, yet remain unbothered by the current bands that seem to all have taken root at that location.

Are we really going to excuse the people that take things too far and tell others to work around or deal with it?

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Bold to assume any of us can actually read.

I find it interesting that the OP equates musicians who play music on virtual instruments in game immersion breaking. I'd say it's the exact opposite. lol

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Originally Posted by Autumn-Rain

So i love the performance mode as much as the next person (i use it most days in secluded areas), however im starting to get tired of Alpha having between 3 - 6 parties of Performers in Gridania all day everyday non-stop.
Like there will be parties of 6+ wanderers all neatly stood about playing music which is cool at 1st but gets really old when no matter the time you try and log in theres a bloody queue, and when you do get in its a metric tonne of people all jus vibing to bands.
And final complaint, why right next to the Aethryte? everytime i go anywhere the Performer(s) are on the aether ready to blow out your eardrums with a clustertruck of noise, cant we step away from the crystal and find somewhere else to vibe so we dont ruin the immersion for others?
so two things resally
1 - why is it on alpha that youve all decided to make the concert server, cant you stay on your servers and host concerts?
2 - if we must have nonstop concerts of catgirl squads and lala's can we at least move away from the aetheryte a bit?

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Look, if the people using third party programs bothers you, just report and move on. You don't need to make a thread about people breaking the ToS.

i dont care if people want to use bots to play the same system of a down song 1000s of times, but i will agree not to do it right on the crystal, no one likes being told the crystal is to congested for you to port in to a city...

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Whilst there I'd a mute slider/macro able/command available.

there is some benefit if they move directly off the Aetheryte.

As many who have need of world visit can get blocked cause if it.
Including ul'dah.

<I feel this small instance would probably be solved if you can port from any main city/Hub from any expac.
We can't merely look at the face value and judge.>

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Originally Posted by Mostly_Raxus

...but i will agree not to do it right on the crystal, no one likes being told the crystal is to congested for you to port in to a city...

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Originally Posted by GTK0HLK

...there is some benefit if they move directly off the Aetheryte.

As many who have need of world visit can get blocked cause if it.
Including ul'dah.

<I feel this small instance would probably be solved if you can port from any main city/Hub from any expac.
We can't merely look at the face value and judge.>

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am i misunderstanding this, or do people actually think being near the aetheryte is whats causing the queues or "congestion" ? because... that's not how it works...

i love how 90% of the replies miss the entire point of this thread.

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Originally Posted by Shinkuno

FYI the login queues are fake

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IIRC, it has something to do with anti-DDOS or something like that. It's definitely true, though, that if you're seeing queues under 50, the server isn't actually "full"; it's just a login mechanism they have in place.

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Originally Posted by Autumn-Rain

So i love the performance mode as much as the next person (i use it most days in secluded areas), however im starting to get tired of Alpha having between 3 - 6 parties of Performers in Gridania all day everyday non-stop.
Like there will be parties of 6+ wanderers all neatly stood about playing music which is cool at 1st but gets really old when no matter the time you try and log in theres a bloody queue, and when you do get in its a metric tonne of people all jus vibing to bands.
And final complaint, why right next to the Aethryte? everytime i go anywhere the Performer(s) are on the aether ready to blow out your eardrums with a clustertruck of noise, cant we step away from the crystal and find somewhere else to vibe so we dont ruin the immersion for others?
so two things resally
1 - why is it on alpha that youve all decided to make the concert server, cant you stay on your servers and host concerts?
2 - if we must have nonstop concerts of catgirl squads and lala's can we at least move away from the aetheryte a bit?

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i mean, would be nice if they had a designated area to goto but as they aren't. meh you further ahead to login in another city. also a queue...we get queues even here on aether. so its nothing new to have one.

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Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979

i mean, would be nice if they had a designated area to goto but as they aren't. meh you further ahead to login in another city. also a queue...we get queues even here on aether. so its nothing new to have one.

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There are literally several places you could play, starting with an theater right in Gridania lol
-I mean sure its filled with the easter event atm but still... Or the playground next to the GC, the waterfall....

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Originally Posted by Autumn-Rain

i love how 90% of the replies miss the entire point of this thread.

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No I think people get it. Its just that this is yet another complaint thread over something very trivial.