SE dropped the ball

[Alhanelem]

Why did they insist on only 3 days of open beta, even when their beta was NOT stable? Seriously their is no excuse for that, the mess we see here today is SE being cheap, lazy, and over-confident with their product during the beta test. Now on launch days where people have paid exclusively for 3 days of early access(only reason i re-bought the game) we have major issues.

Thanks SE!

They didn't drop any balls. the NA population is quite simply a lot larger, clearly, and with the gazillion people doing story instances it probably just means they need to increas capacity.

This happens on pretty much every MMO launch, where they underestimate the demand. It has nothing to do with the open beta only being 3 days. 95% of the Real resting was done well before open beta even started.

As long as this only happens once and is all cleared up by official launch, I think everything will be fine. I've never met an MMO at launch that didn't have technical issues pop up. It's to be expected.

[Kubie]

Little more patience, SE will fix the problems.

[AlestrinVier]

Why did they insist on only 3 days of open beta, even when their beta was NOT stable? Seriously their is no excuse for that, the mess we see here today is SE being cheap, lazy, and over-confident with their product during the beta test. Now on launch days where people have paid exclusively for 3 days of early access(only reason i re-bought the game) we have major issues.

Thanks SE!

No one paid exclusively for early access. The reason they put this in is to break the starting players into two groups so the servers aren't so shocked under load. This is why they give the early access as a bonus for buying, not something you actually buy. It's clever, and it works wonders.

People like you bring the community down, settle down and enjoy it like the rest of us, and be thankful they're fixing the issues so quickly after they arise.

[Altera]

God i hate you type of whiners. Its a MAJOR BIG launch of a online game. OFC there will be problems in the start. Anyone played WOW at launch? or better yet Diablo 3 with errors happening up to 3 MONTHS after launch?
I have not seen a single MMO launch go off without any issues surfacing.

Yoshida and his team has worked their butts off for 2+ years, and you people whine instantly upon launch. I would love to see how you people would like if you do your job to the best of your abilities, only to have people complain and demand something in return.

I was expecting the need for emergency maintenances today, so I am not fuzzed in the slightest. Shit happens, its how life works

[Undrentide]

Well all the JP servers are still up, and up till and hour ago the NA/EU servers were all stable too. No lag, no messy disconnecting.,no stupid errors. Yes its a shame the servers are down for an emergency fix, but id say its a pretty successful MMO launch. Look at the problems of SimCity and DiabloIII and then compare to the launch of FFXIV. Theres no comparison. The only niggle is the world restrictions but theyll be lifted probably after maintenance, until the worlds start overflowing again.

[Arkista]

I'm sorry but compared to last week this is a cake walk. Only a few issues. Please stop Crying over this you didn't pay any extra for EA.

[Dyvid]

I tend to agree with the OP on this one. They needed more time for stress testing the server because phase 4 was a successful failure. Doesn't help now so no use crying over it I guess.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Why did they insist on only 3 days of open beta, even when their beta was NOT stable? Seriously their is no excuse for that, the mess we see here today is SE being cheap, lazy, and over-confident with their product during the beta test. Now on launch days where people have paid exclusively for 3 days of early access(only reason i re-bought the game) we have major issues.

Thanks SE!

first things first: the network errors got fixed after beta 4. ok?
Second, duty finder always been rock solid since beta 3, this is actually the first time ever going congested due even more people then usual are logged so the problem was impossible to foresee.

[Darkillumina]

It's only beta! Wait for launch!

Oh wait.............

All of the hardcore defenders on the beta forums boosted SE's pride once again.

[BoomerOU]

This is how MMOs (especially with large opening populations) launch. The first couple weeks are going to be random maintenance that may or may not interrupt your game time.