The server is full, try again later (1017)

[Ayella]

I like how it was "just" announced even though its been happening for hours

[Quixadhal]

Maybe they should annouce "We're sending our team from Japan to NA/EU to replace the incompetent people we outsourced to hire into our co-location center"...

[reamy]

"We are currently experiencing technical difficulties wherein players are occasionally unable to log into the North American/European data center Worlds on FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn."

Sorry, but do not lie here. Is there one single person who did not have login problems? Occasianally, they even do not see how big the problem is.

[Nanfoodle]

Ya but just cause they post this dont mean it has not been going on for the past 6 hrs and they still wont give us more info on anything. Really a whole day gone tell me again why i paid in full for a pre-order?!?

[seebs]

Apparently what most of you dont realize is that there WAS a queuing process ... at least there was before the maintenance that went from 08 00 GMT to 11 00 GMT (which is when I chose to go to bed)

No, I realize that. That is precisely why I'm irritated. I know SE has at least heard of queueing. That means that 1017 errors are a severe regression. That error should not even exist -- there should be no such thing as "world full, can't log in", only "world full, entering queue". They made something dramatically worse, and have offered no explanation, no rationale, not even an acknowledgement that this is a change and that it is a bad change.

[Xenocaliber]

Started getting this about 1-2 hours ago. Sucks. SE should just give free server transfers, so people who don't mind switching to a lower populated server can play.

[teknina]

My thinking is this: It's a downgrade and even hurts the service more.

I'm no networking guru or claim to know anything about the topic but if you have 10,000 people, at the same time, trying to open the same steel door, it won't work. Whereas, if you line them up, one at a time, and have them each open the door, it will allow everybody to enter.

I think the constant "pinging" of connection attempts is actually doing more harm than good, akin to DoS attacks on companies. Like I said, I'm not expert but I think that hundreds of thousands of people trying to dink and dunk their way in, is more taxing.

I love how in this early access, i've been able to play for all of maybe 4 hours straight before something happens.

[thatslayerchick]

I've stated this before, but this is really crap. Bought a new game just for early access to basically not have an early access with all these issues. World full constantly. Really is a slap in the face. I know there's issues with launches every time. I understand that, but this seems to not get better with all the maintenances. The instance problem is still going on. Cannot progress in main story line. Would have been better off not paying for early access as I'll be in the exact same place probably within a day of playing on launch. People paid for preorders more than not for the early access. I feel ripped off.

[Sirgunther]

I swear to christ this has got to be the worst gameplay/login/access i've ever seen in my life. back to back to back maintenance shutdowns, login errors, world full errors, limitations on players online.

I'm about 2 clicks away from saying screw it, getting my money back on both my wifes and mine games and walking away.

Who the fu<k is handling the servers????? How the hell did SE not figure out with all the money they've pocketed for EA registration that they would need more servers. I know good and damn well they can afford it, get this sh1t figured out. I paid for a service, if my cable company, phone company or electric company had service this bad i'd sue them and cancel my account yesterday.

[Ahmed]

I really think legacy people, and those who pre-ordered to get "Early Access" should get something as compensation..
I mean, c'mon it worked for 1 day with LOTS of bugs.. At first there were disconnections, then came the instanced battles + dungeon finder problems, then came super long maintenances, then not being able to login at all. Is that what people paid for?
I understand that it is just the first couple of days and it is normal to have problems with MMOs at launch. But this is "Early Access" which you were supposed to get, not early disappointments.

Also, why are the NA/EU servers having such problems while JP was fine? It did happen during the phase 4 beta so it should have been fixed by now no?
One more thing.. If this happened, and worlds were always full, while only those with Early Access are on.. What would happen on launch day? :/