Servers Locked Again..!!

[Griffeth]

Full 40 person guild supposed to be on Behemoth, 20 of us cant create characters. Please get these servers unlocked so we can play this MMO with our friends instead of strangers.

[Razzlie]

This whole deal with restricting character creation on servers and not informing us when they will release the restrictions is horrid, this needs attention ASAP!

[Aen]

This whole deal with restricting character creation on servers and not informing us when they will release the restrictions is horrid, this needs attention ASAP!

This is a nicer way of saying it than I am feeling at the moment.

I emailed customer service requesting a refund on my digital download copy of XIV:ARR, as the only reason I bought it was for Early Access, which I don't have. (I already owned 1.0 CE but was not Legacy) I'm not hopeful I'll get it, as we cannot even get into the game or a comment stating when they expect us to be able to create characters on locked servers.

The problem isn't that there is a lock, the problem is there hasn't been any solid information regarding World selection lock-outs going on 17 hours.

[Sylph]

I'm sure there are a hell lot of people who are like us but can't log in to post on this forum because THEY CAN'T EVEN CREATE THEIR CHARACTERS. That's why it looks like hardly any people complain about this issue.

Almost 20 hours in and still not lifting the restriction on Tonberry...

[Yurimi]

Posted a little bit ago in the information forum


[NA] Character Creation Limitation (Aug. 24)
Hello, this is FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Producer and Director, Yoshida.

The maximum expected population limit is nearing for each World, and unless the current World simultaneous connection amount decreases, we are unable to open release the limitation.

In case we do release the limitation, there is a high chance that the corresponding World will crash or cause issues, and we are thinking that it will be difficult for us to release it for a while. We please ask you to consider playing in a World that has a low limitation.

We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause and ask to continue with your cooperation.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...95#post1054695

[Aen]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...95#post1054695

17.5 hours later we get...

We know you want to play with your friends, sorry. No ETA on solution. If you want to play, go to a low pop. server.

[Griffeth]

That is unacceptable. They knew they were going to have a popular game and should have prepared a server structure that would accommodate the player base that was easily and rapidly expandable. Now they are saying they arnt going to lift the restriction and will probably be trying to charge us for character transfers once the population dies down or they figure out what to do with the servers.

This is not looking good for the PR for this game.

[natc4]

GuildWars 2 - Server overflow to help friends connect and play together - this worked wonders for me and my pals.
WoW - Free character transfers to select low pop servers for friends to meet, connect, and play.
FF14 ARR - Sorry, we can't do anything

I am surprised they haven't thought of anything to actually HELP people play with their friends.
MMOs are meant to be played with your friends, whether you have 2 or 20. They should have thought of this scenario before the opening of Phase4 and EA. Put some sort of plan together, people want to play with their friends, that's the bottom line.

It would be nice if they did offer some sort of service for established players (lvl 25+ or whatever level) to leave high pop servers to low pop servers to play with their buds.
That's all I got to say about dat.

[moriandrio]

In MMO starts you always have to overpopulate servers until the free time ends or you will have underpopulated servers after a short time
I hope everybody remembers what happend to SWTOR when they opend all those new servers cause ppl where whining during headstart...

[Roric]

Adding two or three new servers like they did during P4 isn't going to help.

They need to add ten... maybe twenty. This is still EA, after all. We're going to get destroyed on Tuesday if the amount of servers isn't effectively doubled by then.