Compensation for Early Access Fault's

This isn't an angry rant it's just a suggestion, but people pre-ordered this game mainly for the Early Access, I myself work 40 hours a week and had this week off so during EA I was like "Yay, I can level up alot before my social/work life take over me playing FFXIV" which you know should be the case, however the last 2 days of EA I have hardly been able to play the game, so I was wondering what the communities thoughts on one day (26th) for 24 hours (9:00am GMT - 9:00am GMT) of their being rested exp, therefore we have the benefit of having that early access head start before launch and it's compensation for the servers being so Issue's.

/sign your name if you approve, let's see if we can get square enix to care about the community <3

As many people have already stated the main issue isn't the actual error codes at this time it's actually the congestion of the servers, there has been many suggestions to remedy this issue, I suggest someone from square enix read the forums and put one of the said suggestions into effect to prevent and uproar.

I also understand that a MMO has issues during the early stages but the lack of communication from the square enix team to the general public is worrying, also the annoyance of it is the game is running fine (to an extent) but there seems to be always seems to be some annoying issue preventing is from getting into the game; You get in, and an hour later a different issue will occur.

Also thought I would mention I would mention prefer a queue system (which their sometimes is) instead of it saying "world full, try again later" and take me back to the main page, reverting me back to having to log-in and do it all over again, with a queue I could do something else while it automatically put's me into the game at it's own pace.

Also the forums are a bit iffy for me, so editing and posting is an issue for myself so apologies in advance if their are any grammar issues or I can't reply.

People put down money for Early Access. Some form of compensation would be appreciated.

I put down money years ago with the original pre-order and have paid the full time of the orginal subscription period...................................................................................................................................................................................................

So you are aware, there is a cheese shortage in Japan at the moment. It will be difficult to ship it out for all the whine.

I think giving "free" rested EXP would help, but there's also the fact that character creation locks and restrictions are causing huge levels of chaos.

so on top of giving all EA players rested EXP, I would like to see SE put in place the chance for linkshells and/or Free companies to move as a group from heavily congested servers to new ones.

So many people from my FC, set up and working towards this weekend since phase 3 had characters on moogle during phase 4, but come EA many more who didnt/couldnt play phase 4 have been unable to make characters on that world, we're currently split between two servers and its NOT a good thing. I also know we're not the only FC in this situation.

Please SE, the solution is a single, free transfer for ALL members of a FC/LS. its not hard, you're already setting up for trasnfers in 2-3 weeks time...

I would like all the gil I lost when the transfer from 1.0 -> 2.0 happened >.> I believe it was like 90% of my total gil

I don't need any compensation. I just want to be able to play the game. If servers get fixed for tomorrow I'll be happy.

Rested XP bonus is nice, but not everyone would have spent the time leveling; or rushing to some level some job or that (as maybe you would), and thus an exp bonus would not be a proper reward for everyone. If there was a bonus, it should be something most players, regardless of how they spend in-game time, could appreciate.

Fail Access Begins...

I feel like Lucky Brian... buy a game for play, CANT PLAY!.

Problem with this idea though is that these aren't really 'faults'. Things like the server limit that doesn't allow you to log in if they are full is there by design.

Working as intended... which makes it even more frustrating.

lol my friends can't even join a NA world as of right now this game sucks if you can't even play it. WHY SHOULD WE BUY IT IF WE CAN"T PLAY?

I actually discussed the option of moving with my FC and some of them would like that option. Just move us all as a fc to a jp server. Please take that into account.

If they can't fix the Server is full 1017 issue and the Queue.

Then by all means.

1. Add a 2nd parallel server for each World server so if the server's capped at 5000 Characters, 2nd parallel server will kick in and allowed the rest in.

2. Provide World transfer to alleviate server congestion.

3. Or any new recent character (new account) created on Legacy server that did not subscribed during 1.0-1.23 will not have the option to log in Legacy Server. Any existing Phase
4 new character and beyond will be transferred to a world of their choice.

4. All of the above.

I simply feel a bit robbed. I paid this game off, been playing since phase 3 and dealing with these similar issues since then. Where afterwards each time they state that the "issues have been resolved" yet return each weekend in different forms. I personally don't give a damn for the Duty finder, I just want to play the game I paid for. There are TONS of things to do in this game besides dungeons and I find it annoying that this has been the biggest issue for early access. I've been able to play for maybe 4 hours since access, and that was from 5am est yesturday until the first maintenance hit in the morning. Since then it's been a repeat of every weekend, not being able to login anymore. Simply this, there's no way i'm going to be paying a subscription come official launch, for a game that I will be lucky to play for a few hours every couple days.

If only every NA player switched over to the JP servers and caused them to implode, SE might fix something within a few hours.

Honestly I could care less about a few days free. All I want is enough servers to keep the game stable and maybe a bonus minion of Atomos, the void bringer. Seems like a fitting pet to this annoyance.

yes I agree

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This isn't an angry rant it's just a suggestion,,,

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It was nice of you to open like that.

This is a rant; FIX IT SE!!!!! Many of us from the Beta complained and you just plain didn't listen.

I don't want any compensation, I want accountability head to those responsible for this mess.

Heads must roll SE!! Lets not forget something, you work for US, the customer. Your customer base is far beyond imperial Japan; start FIRING people, and replace them with others who know what the heck they are doing, NOW! I've seen zoo monkeys more organized then this....

Well SE willl always be SE they just don't get it that the :" apologize for the inconvenience " doesn't cut it ! I would seriously drop the game if I could but I have an al 50 character and have invested way too much on the game and to be honest I really like it , it's just SE has the most terrible and unfriendly customer support EVER . So in order to counter that I am just not buying ANY game or item or whatever with the SE label on it for A LONG TIME or until this situation is rectified somehow . There are a lot of ways to indirectly show your anger towards a gaming company ! THAT SIMPLE! Cause SE just doeasn't get...and will never get it . Lol .

I support this. I cast my seal of approval.

How much is EA worth?
A box with EA don't cost more than a box without EA. This would mean that a compensation would be 0 cent.

How many players know that everyone with EA (except the 1.0 players) can wait to register the game until 29th august. If you register the game at the 29th august, you get 2 days more for free.

I refuse compensation.

Please stop, you're making us look like fools.

EA didn't cost extra, so no compensation right now, if these problems go into launch though, i hope they do something. Also after servers stabilized some i hope they do give 1 free server transfer, make it last a month long promotion.

I agree, what other MMO lets you get this far before the release date... With the classes i've been leveling, when Tuesday does come around, it would look like I put in a cheat code. lol

P.S. Oh... I'm 236 in queue!

You guys saying EA cost nothing are sorely mistaken if you believe this problem won't exist from the 29th onward.

By the 29th, this thread will explode with paying customers who are unable to use the service they are paying for. I wouldn't be surprised to see the word 'sue' thrown randomly around.

To me, it looks like SE are just waiting for the storm to blow over, for 10's of thousands of EU and NA players to move on from the game, then somehow claim they've fixed the problem. Maybe they have, since 25 servers for a tiny island in asia, then 25 for the rest of the world says alot about who they actually care for.

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Originally Posted by Neri

If the problem still occurred after the 27th, I still see the easy solution offered by SE. Solution is simple, they could just extended the free playing period for like a week or so.

(Why 29th? Is the live service postponed to 29th instead of 27th?)

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EA goes to the 29th, not just to the 27th.

If the problem still occurred after the 27th, I still see the easy solution offered by SE. Solution is simple, they could just extended the free playing period for like a week or so.

(Why 29th? Is the live service postponed to 29th instead of 27th?)

I would really appreciate compensation for this, after all I didnt get to play AT ALL this early access. The reason - Square Enix sendt me a Early access code from the wrong region, and they have not sendt me a new one :(

Hello all,

For me, no compensation is needed, PLEASE, just a damn queue system so we can actually log.. eventually, or some sort of checking feature since doing logins as shots in the dark is just pointless, might as well say come back next month.

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Originally Posted by Menoski

Simply this, there's no way i'm going to be paying a subscription come official launch, for a game that I will be lucky to play for a few hours every couple days.

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I'm inclined to agree here. I've had quite a bit of faith in this game but in early access I barely got to play, and when I did I'd be in a Duty Finder queue for 45 minutes only to have the Duty Finder fail and my time in queue start over. Literally did absolutely nothing in Early Access. I don't want to pay for a subscription for a game that isn't worth the extra money. I'm all for the subscription model but I want working servers before handing over any money

Please compensate me for reading your post. 100k. ty

Our "compensation" should be a working queue.

Honestly just removing this awful log in restriction is enough. I just want to play the game.

I just want to play with the GAME!

You all realize you won't be paying subscription at start anyways, right?

The only compensation that I really want, is to be allowed to play the game.