One step to stop server overcrowding. [Square please read]

[Minahirion]

What I'm missing here is why the hell isn't there a "Queue" server? Nearly every other MMO I have played has one and its a pain in the ass to get the "World is Full" message and go all the way back to click "Start" again, just completely unnecessary. I know people who played WoW on Skullcrusher who were 1000th in line in the Queue server and waited. They maybe weren't happy about waiting but at least you could WAIT with your spot saved so you KNEW you were getting in. This whole World is Full and no number of people playing, queue or kick back to the opening screen is just ridiculous.

[Zoltran]

I'm blaming both. You paid, I paid, we all paid to play this game at least at this point just for the game as we don't yet have a subscription fee.

People need to make room for others. I suppose you would be cross with somebody who was taking up two seats on a bench when you really wanted to sit down, why not be cross with those people taking up a place in the server when you want a play. You paid for it.

And yes, square needs to address their server limitations, everyone should be able to get on; but that's not a reality now, now its about triage.

[Polantaris]

Thank you for posting this. If they had a damn set up so players who are AFK 10 mins get booted from game!

10 minutes is far too low for an auto-boot and overall is more troublesome than it is useful. Go to the bathroom? Kicked. Then spend an hour getting back in. No.

Anywhere between 30 to 60 minutes is a far more acceptable timeframe, and overall 20-50 minutes doesn't really matter when compared to what is going on now, which is no auto-booting at all.

[Zoltran]

What I'm missing here is why the hell isn't there a "Queue" server? Nearly every other MMO I have played has one and its a pain in the ass to get the "World is Full" message and go all the way back to click "Start" again, just completely unnecessary. I know people who played WoW on Skullcrusher who were 1000th in line in the Queue server and waited. They maybe weren't happy about waiting but at least you could WAIT with your spot saved so you KNEW you were getting in. This whole World is Full and no number of people playing, queue or kick back to the opening screen is just ridiculous.

They have queues just for the first say 200 people as i've never been more than 200th in line.

[gyugotsugo]

I was 248 earlier. For like 3 seconds until world is full.

[Kevonovitch]

hell, 30min is a LONG timer, every north american mmo i've ever been on runs off a 15min afk timer, only the asian ones give 30 from what i've seen. and after watching open beta and the first day of early access, where i've been running around areas, come back an hour or two later, and could count the number of people who had NOT moved at all, is a bad sign.

hell, if i had my way, 15min tops, enough time to take a quick bathroom break, grab a snack and come back, chat and eat, go help someone bring in the groceries, ect ect.

[Zoltran]

I was 248 earlier. For like 3 seconds until world is full.

I was recently 89 then I was 88 and following that i was 87. Then i was 1017'd (and thats not the number i was in line.)

[Polantaris]

I was 248 earlier. For like 3 seconds until world is full.

Wait so you can get the Server is Full error when you're in a queue? So what's the point of the freaking Queue?

[Kevonovitch]

Wait so you can get the Server is Full error when you're in a queue? So what's the point of the freaking Queue?

there's a small saying that goes something like "you never go full retard, Squeenix just went full retard."

[Zoltran]

Wait so you can get the Server is Full error when you're in a queue? So what's the point of the freaking Queue?

Im assuming (somebody else may be able to shed more light on this, hopefully a dev. No wait they dont talk.) that there is a hand-off between the queue server(s) and the game servers; like many lanes of traffic merging into one lane. Were in the lane of traffic, in the 20th place, but so are 9 other people in their respective lanes. And as they take one person from each lane the server fills up gradually and your 20th place is more like 200th place, since there are 10 lanes. It fills to capacity and you get 1017'd.

Just a thought, maybe its different. Maybe a dev could comment eh?