FF14 needs to understand how queues work

[math101]

The easiest fix is to kick afk players. Those increase not only the serverload by a huge amount for doing nothing at all, but also by increasing the number of login attempts per minute by a factor of 1.5-1.8 estimated, i.e. leading to the overload of the entire system.

Kick afk players, and the attempts per person should reduce by 50-80%, looking how 50-80% of the players in major cities are afk [not counting other resting areas]

[Miyagi]

...the attempts per person should reduce by 50-80%...

Or they could just have a queue system that actually queues people instead of spitting out 1017s.