Yoshi-P's heartfelt speech.

[urban]

why are you feeling that way YoshiP......? I don't understand. If you did really care you would had our server running LIKE the JP. Bah w/e just frustrated......ppssshhh

[wirewitch]

for you it is but tell that to the thousands of ppl who bought the game and can't get in bc they sold example "2,000,000 copies and only able to provide service for 1 mill.

I agree, there should have been more servers ready to go for NA/EU, I know your frustration because every time I got a 90k error it was always prime time and I could never get back in. But the anger should be directed to SE NA, who are likely operating those servers and putting the login restrictions in place till they can get their butts in gear. Wish those guys warts and boils. Not Yoshi :S

[urban]

I still support you SE (FFXI-FFXIV) ><d

[theomen]

true but yoshi is the face of FFXIV ARR NOT SE he knew what was in it for him good or bad

[wirewitch]

true but yoshi is the face of FFXIV ARR NOT SE he knew what was in it for him good or bad

Like he said, he's the tank. He's gonna take the hits. Even when it's not his fault...

[Gestalt]

for you it is but tell that to the thousands of ppl who bought the game and can't get in bc they sold example "2,000,000 copies and only able to provide service for 1 mill.

Developers always create an estimate and theirs is clearly surpassed and weren't ready for the outcome.

He even went as far to write:

The game has evolved into something much bigger than we ever thought possible.

Could you fault SE for this small mistake? I'm happy that the game runs smooth with no errors what so ever, if the servers are the only issue then this is possibly the best MMO launch in years.

[theomen]

Like he said, he's the tank. He's gonna take the hits. Even when it's not his fault...

Well if you put it that way.... my frustration lv just when down 2 lvs..

[wirewitch]

Well if you put it that way.... my frustration lv just when down 2 lvs..

Hang in there, it WILL get better.

[Drako]

It's great to have someone like him so passionate about creating a great game. They've done a great job. These server issues will soon disappear, just like any other mmo in history. I'm not holding that against them, it's pretty shallow to do so. You can never predict how many players you might get. I'm sure they planned for a large number of players. And due to the overwhelming popularity we are having the issues we are having. Again though just like any other mmo, the server issues will pass, and everything will be good. It'll all be water under the bridge, and we'll all joke about how we had troubles logging in, and one day it wont be something we even care about, we'll just be having a blast in game.

[Anapingofness]

People seriously need to calm down.
We're *all* frustrated by not being able to log in. Some of us also realize that these complications are to be expected and that they will be addressed.

The server issues will get fixed, the sun will continue to rise, and gravity will continue to do its thing.
Believe it or not, things *are* improving. Some people can actually sign on, Duty Finder works, the errors are becoming less and less frequent (barring 1017).
Granted, things are not improving as fast as some of us would like it to (myself included) happen but that's life for ya.
You deal with it.
If your biggest problem with the game is error 1017 then you just need to be patient. Acting like a petulant child isn't going to make the fixes come any faster. I assure you, they are working on it. They want people to play the game.

As for Yoshida's speech- I'm glad that he was able to achieve relaunching FFXIV. It was an uphill battle to say the least and I can see why he would feel a bit overwhelmed.