Three things Square must do before August 27th.

[Acrimonia]

Regardless of adding new servers, I personally am STILL stuck trying to get ONTO the server that my friends are established on. The SOLE REASON I purchased the game was to play with friends, not to sit there OVER and OVER trying to get onto the server they are on. The character creation screen tells you to ensure you are creating on the server your friends are on.

I don't give a crap about issues with early access or down time. JUST LET ME PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS!!!

Establish a queue, auto log afks.. idc. Do something. I haven't been able to do anything since p4 beta with my friends because worlds have CONSTANTLY been locked out.

Aug 27 isn't going to magically clear up all this. You're going to have even more people wanting to play with their friends.. and when they can't?

What was the point of 4 beta tests and early access if not to stress test and figure out how many people are going to want to play? Yes a majority of them will move on but I have no desire to see my 30 day play time vanish because I cannot play with friends.

I only purchased the game after beta because I assumed things would stabilize. I was completely and utterly wrong.

[Kidogo]

Regardless of adding new servers, I personally am STILL stuck trying to get ONTO the server that my friends are established on. The SOLE REASON I purchased the game was to play with friends, not to sit there OVER and OVER trying to get onto the server they are on. The character creation screen tells you to ensure you are creating on the server your friends are on.

I don't give a crap about issues with early access or down time. JUST LET ME PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS!!!

Establish a queue, auto log afks.. idc. Do something. I haven't been able to do anything since p4 beta with my friends because worlds have CONSTANTLY been locked out.

Aug 27 isn't going to magically clear up all this. You're going to have even more people wanting to play with their friends.. and when they can't?

What was the point of 4 beta tests and early access if not to stress test and figure out how many people are going to want to play? Yes a majority of them will move on but I have no desire to see my 30 day play time vanish because I cannot play with friends.

I only purchased the game after beta because I assumed things would stabilize. I was completely and utterly wrong.

Exactly, thats my issue right now too. I don't know they can just LOCK you out of a server, and "wait for an opening" how the heck can you wait for an opening when there is never one???
At least let these people create characters in a queue. So eventually you WILL get into the server with your friends.