Still 1017 during OFF TIME hours....

[Corvik]

1017 and unable obtain NA EU server list now for more then hour

[docsonic]

Back from work, tried a solid 10 mins attempting to login.. I know I'm a lightweight

[Blackmogg]

If u switch the launcher to japanese and try to log in it works istant, i was 392 in queue and in after 30sec BUT the whole game is in japanese

[Helli]

*shrugs* not had an issue at all. maybe you all are just unlucky, or are doing it wrong?
or maybe you play on selfish servers?

[Halloween]

this is getting funny in a bad way... the people in AFK mode are really destroing the game... there are people saying is their right to do it and is SE problem but thats not true, why I say this, a least last week there was like a flow of people going in and out of the server in none peak hour but now thanks for the people going AFK the flow is none existent.
everybody know the server cant deal with all the people but that doesnt mean they can prevent others for playing by pure selfishness.

Putting the blame on the players is displacement. The fact that players feel uncomfortable signing off the game because they don't want to get locked out for hours isn't on them. That's on SE. If I were able to get in the game at some point today, you better believe I won't be signing out til I'm kicked off (For now, I can't seem to get in though). Unfortunately, that's what SE has done to us.

And when did it become acceptable to release ANY program, games or otherwise, in such states as these? MMO's aren't a new concept anymore. But it seems it has become the industry norm to release online games with a plethora of bugs, connection issues and whatever else tied along with them, with sincere apologies from the companies & the promise to fix it later.

Somehow consumers have no control over this anymore, and some of them actually defend it for whatever insane reason. Why is substandard the new standard in gaming? I don't claim to know what happens behind the doors of game companies, it's not related to my job in any way. But I consider myself pretty good at what I do for a living, and mistakes are not acceptable for me, personally, when I'm trying to please clients. I don't appreciate my employees doing so either. And if I hire an outside contractor, I expect a certain level of competence from him/her to do a job correctly or fix any mistakes quickly.
I once had a floor guy approach me to try him out, claiming he could beat any price. I tried him out and when I came to check his work, he had actually placed a tile upside-down (and a few uneven ones). I excused him right there. A specialist at their job shouldn't make mistakes like that.

At SE, people are being paid to do a job properly. Period. I imagine people that are doing their jobs at SE are qualified and experienced in their roles? Then why is this launch playing out as if no one seems to be doing anything right?

~I can't imagine the people who are getting paid for their internet/server jobs aren't qualified. So how is this such a colossal failure? They knew how many closed beta sign ups they had. They made a big deal about it in early JULY. And I can assure you, they had the numbers of pre-orders and 1st day sales. EVERY decent company keeps track of that, especially on a big product release.

~Customer service is a JOKE. They reroute you all over the place and then when you DO speak to someone, they tell you they can't help. And don't even bother emailing them about any issues. After they send you an email telling you they'll get back to you within 2 days, you won't hear from them until over a week later, telling you they closed your ticket because it's mucking up their system (really.). And if you haven't fixed your issue yourself by now, you stupid idiot, then try back later.

TLDR I'm ranting...but still, we players shouldn't be so complacent and allow companies to deteriorate our gaming experiences anymore. They're getting away with all this bullshit, so they don't mind doing it and throwing out blanket apologies. That blame is on us.

[Elku]

So I abstained from commenting until now, but I feel the need to express myself. I play on the server Behemoth, as you can see, I am a level 15 Gladiator, but I never got past that.

I began playing on Wednesday of last week, I was able to log in without much issues as well as Thursday, I did get into a queue a couple of times, but no matter, I knew I just had to wait to get in and I could just read while waiting.

Ever since last friday, no matter what time of the day it is, I hit the 1017 error. I studying a lot while at university and I also work a lot, so I can't play all that much, but when I have a free 45 minutes, I'd love to enjoy my time by playing FFXIV. Sadly, right now I am met with error 1017, and after around 10 attempts, I simply give up, I do not have the time to spam the servers to get access.

This morning I had 1 hour before class, this was at 0600 eastern time, so GMT(-5), which, as far as I know, is far from peak time. I was met with the error 1017 on 20 attempts.

So I am, at the very least, annoyed that even during morning, when generally the worlds are empty in other games, the server I play on is constantly full. I find this very doubtful to be honest, FFXIV seems to be very popular right now, but not popular enough to have 3000 players online at 0600 EST (0300 PDT).

That's my 2 cents.

[Cyrin]

So I abstained from commenting until now, but I feel the need to express myself. I play on the server Behemoth, as you can see, I am a level 15 Gladiator, but I never got past that.

I began playing on Wednesday of last week, I was able to log in without much issues as well as Thursday, I did get into a queue a couple of times, but no matter, I knew I just had to wait to get in and I could just read while waiting.

Ever since last friday, no matter what time of the day it is, I hit the 1017 error. I studying a lot while at university and I also work a lot, so I can't play all that much, but when I have a free 45 minutes, I'd love to enjoy my time by playing FFXIV. Sadly, right now I am met with error 1017, and after around 10 attempts, I simply give up, I do not have the time to spam the servers to get access.

This morning I had 1 hour before class, this was at 0600 eastern time, so GMT(-5), which, as far as I know, is far from peak time. I was met with the error 1017 on 20 attempts.

So I am, at the very least, annoyed that even during morning, when generally the worlds are empty in other games, the server I play on is constantly full. I find this very doubtful to be honest, FFXIV seems to be very popular right now, but not popular enough to have 3000 players online at 0600 EST (0300 PDT).

That's my 2 cents.

Behemoth is the unofficial Aus/Oceanic World so you have a lot of those players logged in and playing (not to mention the afkers). So it isn't that surprising that Behemoth would be full in the early morning periods.

[Halloween]

it's not just Behemoth. he's just mentioning his server. I'm not on Behemoth, yet I get it any time of day as well.

[Cyrin]

it's not just Behemoth. he's just mentioning his server. I'm not on Behemoth, yet I get it any time of day as well.

I normally play on Behemoth as well but I have tried other servers (Lamia and Couerl). While I have gotten 1017's on those as well, it would generally not be as bad as what I saw with Behemoth. I'm not refuting that there are massive issues, however some servers have larger off-peak hours than others due to the community that plays on those servers.

[XenabelleS]

Yes - I have experienced 1017 on my NA server since 4 pm EST yesterday. Even at 6 am and 9 am today - when in the past I've been able to get on, still world full.

I assume that everyone who is on is going to stay on till the maintenance and I probably won't get to play till tomorrow if then.

keeping fingers crossed the maintenance at least fixes the queue if not also expanding capacity for the existing servers. Sadly, previous maintenances haven't fixed much...