The server is full, try again later (1017)

[Sadebreth]

I don't agree with you about it not being the amount of players. If the server can only handle 2000 players (random number), then it would be logical that they let in say 1000 -1500 on at at given time (this might be lower given the severe restrictions they placed). This allows for overhead so that the players in the game already don't have a poor quality experience (i.e. lag, zoning issues, etc.).

The fact that they are preventing so many individuals from getting into servers (1017) keeps the environment steady for those already in. If they open the floodgates at this point, especially with launch right around the corner (2 am? ) without having additionally configured servers the ones that are running right now will crash.

This is what ques are for. Someone logs off and another person logs in. Right now you can't even get into a que unless you just get lucky and even then you still have a chance of being booted from it. I don't think even they know what is wrong at this point. Even being able to get into a que would alleviate a lot of the frustration. At least then people would know they have a chance to play. I have never seen a company completely lock out over half their player base from even playing the game.