How many players are there per server atm? both total and concurrent???

Do we know? Has that info been released at all??

Are we at some crazy low number like 300k total players and the games not doin so well? or are we at like 230k per server with 20-25k concurrent on at all times?

Whats the dilly. Very curious due to all the server issues we've had so far.

Each server can hold 5000 concurrent users at one time, so JP has 25 servers, EU/NA has 25 Servers which equals 250,000 concurrent users. I forgot how many they said were online at one given moment, at all times.

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Originally Posted by Kazadora

Each server can hold 5000 concurrent users at one time, so JP has 25 servers, EU/NA has 25 Servers which equals 250,000 concurrent users. I forgot how many they said were online at one given moment, at all times.

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Really? 5k? Is that.. normal for an mmo??

That makes me wonder what they're raising the concurrent cap to now, and what the concurrent on WoW servers was during vanilla.

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Originally Posted by Kazadora

Each server can hold 5000 concurrent users at one time, so JP has 25 servers, EU/NA has 25 Servers which equals 250,000 concurrent users. I forgot how many they said were online at one given moment, at all times.

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I'd like a source for that 5,000 claim.

This is directly from the Sticky on this forum from Yoshi-P: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

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Each FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn World server has been designed to support a maximum of 5,000 concurrent connections. This is not the maximum number of characters which can be created on a World, however, but the maximum number of characters which can be logged into that World simultaneously. When more than 5,000 characters log into a World at once, there is a higher risk of server crashes and login errors. The restoration of crashed servers is usually followed by a rush of players attempting to log back in, which, in turn, puts a strain on our lobby server, and can ultimately have an adverse affect on all of the Worlds.

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Originally Posted by cenie

I'd like a source for that 5,000 claim.

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

In case you need to see it to believe.

EDIT: Damn, got sideswiped by Kazadora!!

Max 5k concurrent per server is normal for an MMO.

Outside of launch, it's rare for an MMO to approach those numbers per server.Game areas are typically not designed to hold that many people so it's not ideal anyways. Usually a "healthy" server has 2-3k concurrent on peak.

For soruce, let's see... sticky on the top of this forum?

Yoshi-P said they were at "maximum concurrent connections of over 230,000 users" most recently, and with 50 servers that comes to more than 4600 per server on average. The limit was less than that for a while, until SE optimized the duty finder and stuff.

There seems to be a queuing system on each server, and its capacity seems to be a few hundred, though they might have scaled it back for stability. I've been at #433 early on, but more recently I've been at double digits. When that queue fills up, I think that's when we get the 1017.

How many total per server? SE hasn't said. I would make wild guesses, but they might get quoted. So between "a lot more than 5000" and "a whole lot more than 5000". :)

5K is the limit SE put on the servers to keep the Duty Finder server from crashing. Yoshi has stated that they servers can handle many times that amount.

A current gen WoW realm generally has around 5-35k characters on it total (only level 10 and above that have been active within 30 days). I don't think blizzard publically says how high their servers can go for concurrent connections, but I'd imagine it's probably around 5k. Most WoW realms don't have close to that on at one time.

The answer to server stress problems is more servers, not trying to max them out higher. If I remember correctly I think XI servers did around 1-2k on average?

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Originally Posted by JesseS

A current gen WoW realm generally has around 5-35k characters on it total ... If I remember correctly I think XI servers did around 1-2k on average?

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I saw almost 3500 online on FFXI during one of its busiest times. Before a world merge it had dropped to around 1800 I think. The game did have login queues, but I only saw them once or twice over many years. When ToAU hit, we did manage to pack almost 900 into a single zone during the first Besiegeds, but the system operators got really edgy at that point. (They were ejecting people to an adjacent zone, after a stern system message warning of course.)

FWIW, my "whole lot more than 5000" guesstimate above wasn't anywhere near 35000. :)

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Originally Posted by JesseS

A current gen WoW realm generally has around 5-35k characters on it total (only level 10 and above that have been active within 30 days). I don't think blizzard publically says how high their servers can go for concurrent connections, but I'd imagine it's probably around 5k. Most WoW realms don't have close to that on at one time.

The answer to server stress problems is more servers, not trying to max them out higher. If I remember correctly I think XI servers did around 1-2k on average?

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Ok they can add more servers but how does that help people like me who are already established on a filled server? Even with the new servers added I'm still trying to log into a filled server. I fail to see how I'm going to benefit from this.

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Originally Posted by Outlawstar15a2

Ok they can add more servers but how does that help people like me who are already established on a filled server? Even with the new servers added I'm still trying to log into a filled server. I fail to see how I'm going to benefit from this.

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Short answer, it doesn't.

You just have to wait for a week or two past launch when fewer people are trying to log in at the same time.

Edit: and yes, they did say they will raise concurrent caps. But I'm doubtful exactly how much higher that will be, if any. It's not like bam tomorrow it's 10k max.

Over time, slowly, fewer and fewer people will be trying to play at the same time. It's how every MMO launch goes. And then queues and login issues will go away.