Please Eliminate 1017 Completely, Extend Queue

I know your servers aren't doing well. I know its rough but this is silly and this isn't working. I have no way to tell if the server I'm on has room unless I constantly click and get into a queue system that is the limit of 100 people at a time. I played enough in the afternoon. My card completely crashed out. I reboot, bam, back out and unable to get in.

Look, this is what I suggest: Cap your queue to a thousand or two thousand. I'd sooner wait for an hour in line then to be locked out completely. People WILL complain less to longer wait times then to not play at all.

I'd just like to play and relax, not stay log in and pray to god my graphics card won't crash out, force me to reboot the game, then to get caught out completely. Seriously, increase the queue limit and remove Error 1017.

This. It is completely unreasonable to expect people to repeatedly click until "an opening is available". Instead of taking the servers down to try and optomize performance, why don't you just implement a proper queue and let people wait it out. At the very least tell us what the player cap is per server; I know I (and probably many other people) would be less irritated if we could see how many people are actually aloud to play at a time.

they have a que system this is when they turn on limits to prevent anyone from logging in even after people log out. To get congestion down on the server.. The purposefully turn off the que to let the server population drop down. then they turn the que back on.

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Originally Posted by Mailstrum

they have a que system this is when they turn on limits to prevent anyone from logging in even after people log out. To get congestion down on the server.. The purposefully turn off the que to let the server population drop down. then they turn the que back on.

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Except there IS a queue. I watched it today.

The limit is an estimate of 100 people. I was #77 after getting in line after a few Error 1017s. It took me five minutes to get in. Boom. The problem right now is that they have the queue limit so pathetically low, its not even worth it. When we suggested a queue system, we expected a limit of at least 2000 or more. Now this. Thats where I'm pointing out: Increase the queue limit by a large amount and then eliminate Error 1017 completely. Japanese servers aren't getting this problem at all.

You think there going to read all these threads? I don't /cry

Of course the JP servers are fine (Isn't that obvious)

This is really getting old, I'm sure as hell not paying money to click start all night

I just got a 152 limit... maybe it was increased to 200

I've been over #500 in queue before and gotten in successfully. I think you guys are under estimating how many people are actually trying to log in. While its obvious there is a limit, I don't think its as low as 100 or 200. I am fairly certain its at least 1000.

Guys, this problem is NOT going to go away. SquareEnix needs to do four things to solve the server congestion issues. Two of which they have made extremely obvious they have no intention of doing, and the other two they seem rather disinclined towards as well.

First, remove the Error 1017 stating that the world is full. If the world is full, place the player in a queue and TELL HIM HOW DEEP IT IS. At this point players can either tab away from the game while they wait or choice to exit and go do something else.

Second, implement an "away from keyboard" auto-disconnect such as is present in EVERY OTHER MMO. If the server does not receive a hardware control input from the client (via keyboard or mouse) for a set period of time (15 minutes seems to be average across most games, but exact length doesn't matter as long as it exists) then the server disconnects from the client with a message along the lines of "You have been logged out due to inactivity"

Third, create new worlds for the NA/EU data center(s). As it stands all but 2 worlds were completely full last night, and with the actual launch tonight those two will fill up within hours, if not minutes. With the number of people receiving Error 1017 and the fact that 23 of the 25 worlds are full, I would probably consider adding at LEAST 10 new worlds.

Finally, implement a way for players to move existing characters over to less populated worlds. Ideally this should also allow for group movement for people who are playing with friends and for professional gaming guilds who got broken up by the insane login and character creation limitations. This also needs to be FREE. It only needs to be in place and free for a week or so for the populations to balance out.

If SquareEnix did those things their congestion issues SHOULD balance out to the normal level for a MMO launch, but I can't promise that it will, or even that SE will actually do what is needed.

I don't get why no one that releases games ever has enough capacity on their servers. I mean they knew how many people were going to be playing. I don't see why they wouldn't upgrade their hardware asap to accommodate? Isn't that possible? I'm sure their fix will be to release more servers and offer free transfers just like every other mmo that has had this problem at launch, because no one can seem to have a smooth launch anymore. Most frustrating thing since D3. Spend 3 days trying to log in then have to work 80 hours in 8 days. QQ lol Fix eeet!

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Originally Posted by Trixta

I don't get why no one that released games ever has enough capacity on their servers. I mean they knew how many people were going to be playing. I don't see why they wouldn't upgrade their hardware asap to accommodate? Isn't that possible? I'm sure their fix will be to release more servers and offer free transfers just like every other mmo that has had this problem at launch, because no one can seem to have a smooth launch anymore. Most frustrating thing since D3. Spend 3 days trying to log in then have to work 80 hours in 8 days. QQ lol Fix eeet!

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Most games, most of the time is not that they don't have the server capacity, is that the SHEER NUMBER of people trying to log in at once inadvertently acts as a DDoS attack on the login servers. Also, the number in the same areas of the map tends to cause server lag and the occasional crash or disconnect.

In this case though, yes SquareIdiots COMPLETELY underestimated the number of people who would be playing in North American and Europe. Which I don't understand considering they broke the world record for simultaneous logins during an open beta TWICE last weekend AND they have exact numbers for the NA and EU pre-orders.

To top it off, they artificially limited the number of people who can be online for each world at the start of Early Access and have yet to lift it. Plus each time they do emergency maintenance they lower it further. For more info and ranting read my previous post.

What pisses me off more than anything is when I try to log in and the fucking loading screen comes up for a good 30 seconds, then that god damned Error 1017. Its like SquareShit is saying "oh hey we are going to let you play no. HAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING SUCK ON ONE OF OUR FROZEN CUM COVERED TURDS!!!!"

The problem is all the people who log in and never log out...and SE incentivising the behavior with 1017 errors. Post in this thread and get SE to make a real solution to the problem, not a patch fix like 1017.

What is the point of limiting the queue? The dont want people to know how popular the game is? Their servers cant keep track past 100? Can anyone explain how this benefits the situation in any way?

As it is, I am not sure it is worth paying $$ per month to play the 1017 game twice as long as I get to play each night before the inevitable maintenance..maybe thats their real solution, drive enough customers away to reduce server congestion...

Saw a limit of just over 1,300 last night...

We get it SE, you want everyone to create on JP servers. Will do.