Why are we upset?

[PSxpert2011]

I'm not sure why some are so angry. It's human nature to complain. Many are subtle and others are fanatical cry for attention. If we were all made the same, the world we live in would be playing one single game. How exciting is that?

Maybe it's for the best because as you can see, the whole world is trying to play this single game and look whats going on! LOLOLOLOLOL!

I think people fail to see how successful FFXiV:ARR has become.

[wudup]

I think people fail to see how successful FFXiV:ARR has become.

I know this might sound cruel, but I honestly think SE is sitting there smiling, they sold more copies then they could imagine, clearly, and are upgrading the server size 1 week after release. For those who can't play, but only hear good things from the people who can play, are frustrated and upset.

To people who say people who don't log off are jerks, While I kind of agree, I also understand that they really enjoy the game, and like you are desperate to play it
But that's just my opinion

[skitzopath]

I know this might sound cruel, but I honestly think SE is sitting there smiling, they sold more copies then they could imagine, clearly, and are upgrading the server size 1 week after release. For those who can't play, but only hear good things from the people who can play, are frustrated and upset.

To people who say people who don't log off are jerks, While I kind of agree, I also understand that they really enjoy the game, and like you are desperate to play it
But that's just my opinion

To be honest I would not be upset at all if it weren't for 2 factors. Factor 1 is that this is far from SE's first dance at the mmo rodeo. FFXI and FFXIV 1.0 and now ARR FFXIV. So technically this is their 3rd MMO launch. They should KNOW What to expect when launching a MMO. The 2nd factor is that I played through Trion Worlds first MMO launch Rift: Planes of Telara. This was their first outing in the MMO arena and the launch could not have gone smoother if they tried. Were there bugs? Of course. Were there stability / population issues? You betcha! Were these issues resolved in 24 hours or less? Damn right they were!!! If a new company can launch an MMO and not take a week to fix population issues then I would think that an established company with 2 other MMO's under their belt would be able to do the same!

[wudup]

To be honest I would not be upset at all if it weren't for 2 factors. Factor 1 is that this is far from SE's first dance at the mmo rodeo. FFXI and FFXIV 1.0 and now ARR FFXIV. So technically this is their 3rd MMO launch. They should KNOW What to expect when launching a MMO. The 2nd factor is that I played through Trion Worlds first MMO launch Rift: Planes of Telara. This was their first outing in the MMO arena and the launch could not have gone smoother if they tried. Were there bugs? Of course. Were there stability / population issues? You betcha! Were these issues resolved in 24 hours or less? Damn right they were!!! If a new company can launch an MMO and not take a week to fix population issues then I would think that an established company with 2 other MMO's under their belt would be able to do the same!

You are correct about this not being done in a timely manner, assuming they all live in japan, shipping the servers to the U.S/EU would take about 4-5 days, and be installed the next day, of course we are pushing the 7th day since they announced their plans to fix the problems.

[Necropoke]

You are correct about this not being done in a timely manner, assuming they all live in japan, shipping the servers to the U.S/EU would take about 4-5 days, and be installed the next day, of course we are pushing the 7th day since they announced their plans to fix the problems.

You misunderstand: SE is experienced in this field. We are all aware that it takes time for things to be configured and/or shipped across the world and installed. What you continue to ignore is that this is not the first time SE has launched a title...it's not even the first time they launched THIS title. I find it difficult grasping that SE didn't anticipate this. These sorts of problems should've been resolved PRIOR to launch, not the week later that it reasonably takes to ship, configure and install things.

[wudup]

You misunderstand: SE is experienced in this field. We are all aware that it takes time for things to be configured and/or shipped across the world and installed. What you continue to ignore is that this is not the first time SE has launched a title...it's not even the first time they launched THIS title. I find it difficult grasping that SE didn't anticipate this. These sorts of problems should've been resolved PRIOR to launch, not the week later that it reasonably takes to ship, configure and install things.

Mistakes were made on SE's part, they should have prepared ahead of time, but they didn't, hindsight is 20/20 all we can hope for now is that they do it quickly from here on out, honestly though, I'd rather them take it slow and do it right, even if it drags on another week, that's just my opinion

[Necropoke]

Mistakes were made on SE's part, they should have prepared ahead of time, but they didn't, hindsight is 20/20 all we can hope for now is that they do it quickly from here on out, honestly though, I'd rather them take it slow and do it right, even if it drags on another week, that's just my opinion

You understand that this is a do over game from a prior failure, yes? You're one of those, "Gold medals and trophies for everyone!" types aren't ya? Which is fine, truly, I shouldn't act that way towards you and I apologize. We just gave them the chance to take it slow and do it right...it didn't work.

[skitzopath]

You are correct about this not being done in a timely manner, assuming they all live in japan, shipping the servers to the U.S/EU would take about 4-5 days, and be installed the next day, of course we are pushing the 7th day since they announced their plans to fix the problems.

The big question I have here is why by all that is holy would they keep the servers for their NA/EU clusters in Japan? Even if they were to keep them in Japan it takes 12 hours to fly nonstop from LAX to Nagasaki (at least thats what it took me back in 1993 when I was on my way to my duty station in Sasebo Japan) so 4 days to ship are a bit on the extreme side. Square Enix is a large company who has millions of dollars at it's disposal. Trifling matters like server capacity should be a non issue for them.

[wudup]

The big question I have here is why by all that is holy would they keep the servers for their NA/EU clusters in Japan? Even if they were to keep them in Japan it takes 12 hours to fly nonstop from LAX to Nagasaki (at least thats what it took me back in 1993 when I was on my way to my duty station in Sasebo Japan) so 4 days to ship are a bit on the extreme side. Square Enix is a large company who has millions of dollars at it's disposal. Trifling matters like server capacity should be a non issue for them.

The thing is, SE is not really that super rich company you remember it, they lost a lot of money with the first launch of 14 and a few other mistakes, I think it was 100 million if i'm not mistaken, most of their money comes from backers who are probably placing limitations on how there dollars are to be spent, their desperate, just like when they released the first Final Fantasy, hopefully this will lead to good things, As I already dedicated my dollars towards this game

Edit:Let me edit this by saying that this is by no means an excuse, just answering the "are they super rich question"

[welch2008]

The big question I have here is why by all that is holy would they keep the servers for their NA/EU clusters in Japan? Even if they were to keep them in Japan it takes 12 hours to fly nonstop from LAX to Nagasaki (at least thats what it took me back in 1993 when I was on my way to my duty station in Sasebo Japan) so 4 days to ship are a bit on the extreme side. Square Enix is a large company who has millions of dollars at it's disposal. Trifling matters like server capacity should be a non issue for them.

I know right, this is what has me so fumed. it shouldn't take a flag ship game company this long to get everyone on board.