This maintainance fixes nothing for current players

[Brugh]

You're wrong, the servers can handle more people than they are limiting right now. Duty Finder was the bottleneck when that limit wasn't there, I was experiencing barely any lag, it was just rare occasions (and I'm from EU playing on NA server).

Wrong, huh?

The Reasoning behind Login Restrictions

Each FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn World server has been designed to support a maximum of 5,000 concurrent connections. This is not the maximum number of characters which can be created on a World, however, but the maximum number of characters which can be logged into that World simultaneously. When more than 5,000 characters log into a World at once, there is a higher risk of server crashes and login errors. The restoration of crashed servers is usually followed by a rush of players attempting to log back in, which, in turn, puts a strain on our lobby server, and can ultimately have an adverse affect on all of the Worlds.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680?p=1111872#post1111872

[Sove92]

Wrong, huh?




http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...72#post1111872

Considering the amout of people you see on, the worlds are capped at less than 5,000 at the moment.