2 hours of 1017 looping, finally get into a queue of 188, down to 146.... BAM! 1017.
So how does the queue work exactly?

Current Known Issues (Aug. 27)
As of August 27, 2013, the following issues have been confirmed in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

- Monsters do not appear during instanced quest battles, preventing progression in the quest.
* This issue is scheduled to be addressed this week.

- The following quests cannot be completed if a player’s inventory is full.
My Feisty Little Chocobo
Double Dragoon
* This issue is scheduled to be addressed this week.

- If an artifact quest is completed with the artifact stored outside of the inventory on a character that was transferred from the Beta test or Early Access, the character may end up with 2 artifacts.
* We are planning on addressing the above situation by removing the duplicate item.
SE's list current issues.... note that there's nothing about server congestion