So has Aether crashed again?

[stanrir]

yup as soon as i crashed and the re logging back in failed i figured this happened and i agree this happens more on ff14 than any other mmo i have ever played as well though that list is small XD

[Vhailor]

It also had less people playing on it, and the servers didn't really give you a choice on where to go. Aether is the most populated datacenter in XIV, and this, it has issues the others don't, namely, it can't handle the stresses it wasn't designed for. And more people keep transferring to Balmung and Gilgamesh.

SE just needs to perma lock the servers.

Or... you know... upgrade its hardware. If it has a lot of people playing on it, it stands to reason that they should be able to invest more money in it. I don't see Blizzard having trouble, and they have FAR more people playing than FFXIV has ever had.

[Beeraga]

Sounds like you are more emotionally invested in a simple issue than I am lol. I just understand shit happens, since I work on server hardware for a living. It breaks, code breaks, its not perfect.

There's no emotional investment in getting half a tube of toothpaste when I pay full price.

[CherryF]

Well, that was rather rude of the server to kick me in the middle of a conversation! Guess there's nothing to do but try again tomorrow.

(Hey, SE? Maybe get some more power for poor Aether if you can!)

[Conando]

Either way, they have to do something considering this isn't going to be some freak accident issue anyway. I'm not opposed to locking down Balmung and Gilgamesh (there's already plenty of players there), but they'd probably also have to update the server hardware regardless.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Or... you know... upgrade its hardware. If it has a lot of people playing on it, it stands to reason that they should be able to invest more money in it. I don't see Blizzard having trouble, and they have FAR more people playing than FFXIV has ever had.

You can't just "do a hardware upgrade"

That may be what some of 4.0s budget is for, just like 3.0s.

There's no emotional investment in getting half a tube of toothpaste when I pay full price.

I dunno, you seem pretty upset, that shows emotional involvement.

[RaijinSupreme]

i didn't do my pvp roulette today.........smh.

[Beeraga]

I think you guys might have an addiction. Relax.

So if you plan your date night and go to a movie and the reel breaks halfway through and the theater says "Sorry, please wait 5 hours for the 1 1/2 hour feature to continue." and you get mad about that, your logic suggests I have an addiction?

You have a non-accountability problem.

"I dunno, you seem pretty upset, that shows emotional involvement." Valkyrie_Lenneth

Its cool you are not upset, I have no problem with that. But don't judge me for having a higher standard on a product I pay for. If I keep buying garbage clothes from a retailer that becomes threadbare after a few wash cycles, I stop buying from them. If you don't think that's a problem for that company, and you choose to defend them, OK.

[NorthernLadMSP]

It also had less people playing on it, and the servers didn't really give you a choice on where to go. Aether is the most populated datacenter in XIV, and this, it has issues the others don't, namely, it can't handle the stresses it wasn't designed for. And more people keep transferring to Balmung and Gilgamesh.

SE just needs to perma lock the servers.

This I agree with, especially Balmung.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This isn't being caused my a bug; server uptime should in no way be affected by a patch. Plus, as others have stated, other companies really haven't had issues nearly this bad. In fact, even FFXI was better than this, to my recollection, and that was a far older game.

"Bug testing" in a colloquial sense. Keep in mind, few MMOs have major updates near as frequent or with as much added content. Compare WoW's update cycle (12-15 months) to XIV's (3-4 months). While the scale may be different, the constant updates give chance to more errors, especially if you're at all familiar with how easily code can break.