New To MMO's....Highly Disappointing

[GuruChaz]

I've never actually played an MMO like this before (never had the PC capable of playing one) but I like FF and when I saw that this would be available for the PS3, I was ecstatic. I got into the Beta and loved the game, actually went through withdrawals from not playing. Lol. I had a lot of fun didn't know anyone or have a community presence but it was still a great time. Fast forward to launch time, I can't play with any of my characters and can't even make a new one. As someone who's new to MMO's, it's like a child waking up on Christmas and finding no toys from Santa.

I know you seasoned players think that everyone is being a whiny little baby and feeling entitled, but it really kind of sucks that I was so happy to finally be included in a game like this just to have the rug pulled out from under me.

I know what you mean. This is not a bad game at all after it has been redone. It's just getting into the game and actually playing that is the problem. Thankfully, we don't have to pay money to just sit and wait or more people would be upset. Maybe they will get their act together soon. I wouldn't give up on them just yet.

[WMK01]

again they said they didnt expect this, cant you leave it at that??
and yep not all launches are this bad, but there were worse and there were the worst where i couldnt log in for 1 month straight because the server shut down
and yes i kinda expect this kinda treatment because judging from experience yes launches are the point where i have to just watch other people play and i wait for several weeks for it to dwindle down
the only differences between the 2 factions right now is that we, the ones who are patiently waiting, want to wait and understand that this is human error AND they acknowledged it and is trying to fix this, and you, the ones who nag nag nag nag nag nag nag and nag, dont want to wait and dont understand how hard it is, and i quote, to launch a game this big

Case point and many thanks. People like you make developers very happy, indeed. Happy in much the same way that all day suckers make counterfeit Rolex hawkers happy.

[GuruChaz]

I wouldn't want to launch a game a second time and have people upset...a second time. That's whack and they need to fix this quick.

[Knovah]

Dont forget the horrible AOC launch .....a week of not able to log in from characters being in limbo or accts messed up or just the 8hour to 18 hour server crashes....and to make it worse instead of fixing it they added nipples as prioty over stability.....yeah this is bad but not worst imho

[protonstorm]

The only comment I can make here is that I hope you will continue to play this game Rebel_House. Don't give up on yet.

[Blind_fate]

This isn't as bad as the notorious Failed launches of some games. But it certainly ranks right up there with them. Not because servers were over loaded. This always happens and that is true. The failure part is completely on SE and their lack of implementing any of the absolutely BASIC systems to alleviate player frustration and have some form of population control. Instead they choose to basically say, hey at least the ones who get in and stay in will have our back, screw the rest. I also love how all the people talking crap about people complaining usually come off with "well I've been able to play every time I wanted to," well good job, your awesome and completely missing the point of why so many people are upset. So just stfu already. Some people have been unfortunate to the point where they haven't been able to really play at all, with spending hours in front of a screen spamming "confirm." This is why this is a fail launch and this treatment is why people are truly upset. If people can't wrap their heads around that then I feel sorry for them. To those who are upset? Please, complain away and let your frustrations out and I hope your still here when things finally smooth over.

[Chewychomp]

I've never actually played an MMO like this before (never had the PC capable of playing one) but I like FF and when I saw that this would be available for the PS3, I was ecstatic. I got into the Beta and loved the game, actually went through withdrawals from not playing. Lol. I had a lot of fun didn't know anyone or have a community presence but it was still a great time. Fast forward to launch time, I can't play with any of my characters and can't even make a new one. As someone who's new to MMO's, it's like a child waking up on Christmas and finding no toys from Santa.

I know you seasoned players think that everyone is being a whiny little baby and feeling entitled, but it really kind of sucks that I was so happy to finally be included in a game like this just to have the rug pulled out from under me.

Don't give up hope yet. This is a very good game when or if you can ever get into it, I only have maybe 7hrs played since early access but made it to the first dungeon and was a lot of fun. Sadly I have been plagued with 1017's since last Wednesday and haven't seen play time since. Give it a few more days they have a fix coming tomorrow or Wednesday to resolve most of this, I am personally giving it till Friday, if I am still unable to login and play by Friday evening then I feel this game is a lost cause for the time being and be best to get the refund and come back in a few months when things are in a more playable condition.

[Dalok]

It probably would be a bad idea to judge MMO launches on this game. This has to be the worst launch I have taken part in, mainly down to the fact that there is no queue and no auto logging out, basic forms of design that is present in all the other MMOs I have played.

How many MMO launches have you played through? This is actually going quite well in my experiences...

WoW which is a game known as one of the most successful MMOs of all time currently had a launch a million times worse than this, I'm not a SE Fan Boy by any means, but most people are whining and things are being worked on, and many modern MMO's do have some of these things in place --now-- but they didn't when they released. Even Aion and FFXI and even WoW's que system was broken on launch, and they didn't even have an auto AFK out on launch.

[Cyphadius]

The ignorance of this statement is astounding. They never "expected" or "had no idea there would be this many people" comments are absolutely insane. The MMO genre today is as big a community as gaming can get. We have millions and millions of people that are involved in MMO's and they clearly have sales numbers. They knew very well just like a half wit would know, that this game was an extremely awaited launch. They knew very well what kinds of numbers they were going to have on launch, and instead of investing the money on their hardware, they went with it anyway. I hope people aren't actually stupid enough to let the wool be pulled over their eyes with stuff like this... Yes they knew... Yes they launched anyways... And now, yes they are dealing with the repercussions of this decision. Hopefully the Wednesday maintenance will include a complete hardware overhaul, and we will all be happy, but we will see. I myself have also been a part of a large number of launches. Yes, some have been bad, even horrid. But with a big name company like SE, we should have seen a very smooth one in comparison. The whole, "This is a launch" argument is also ass-a-nine. They are having problems which shouldn't exist, because of the opposite of the response you mentioned. They knew exactly the influx they would have, and didn't put the hardware in place to maintain it. It's not in game bugs, its not gameplay issues at all... It's hardware, which should be the last of the problems since we are in 2013 and servers are crazy advanced compared to even five years ago. Rant over, sorry to waste all your time.

Just to play devil's advocate...
If they knew in advance about all the issues you claim, what would be the purpose of not preparing for it while they did have time? What would have been the chain of reasoning that led them to make a decision they knew would sabotage a smooth launch?

[Dungin]

Being new to MMO this response is certainly understandable. I would give it some time, maybe pick up another game and come back in a few days when these fixes go in. Hope you stick with it