So has Aether crashed again?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Yes, but that mass exodus happened because of Gordias. Gilg and Balmung have been this overpopulated since 3.0. It's not new. The issue wouldn't just magically appear in 3.5. They messed up something up in the patch, dude.

They have been overpopulated, but the problem is that keeps rising. There may be issues with the patch, but if that was the case, EVERY datacenter would have issues. Aether's is generally because of Balmung and Greg not being sustainable.

[Greydor]

And if it happened 3 times in 3 days and you never find out that Han died until someone at work spoiled it for you, do you still think its fun?

Who goes to the movies 3 times in 3 days?

[Beeraga]

Being passionate is a good thing, but yelling at the people that cant do anything to resolve the issue doesnt help. I've worked in retail, and that has mellowed my reactions to stuff like this. Sure, the servers need to be beefed up, but thats not an easy task when you are on a budget set by a corporation. The dev's do the best they can with the resources they have, and hopefully we will see some improvements with the next expansions budget.

And hopefully, they can do something to prevent or encourage people to move the hell off gilgamesh and Balmung.

And here you are, defending that unfeeling corporation. Apathy is always such a great answer to all problems you never want solved.

[Beeraga]

Who goes to the movies 3 times in 3 days?

Because it stopped halfway through three days in a row? Jesus, no wonder you people defend this nonsense, you can't even keep up with your own ridiculous arguments.

[xJimmehx]

Just No. Different instanced server copies no matter what you call them are just garbage period.

Why do you think that? I had played this way for years on other games and didnt mind it. o.O

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And here you are, defending that unfeeling corporation. Apathy is always such a great answer to all problems you never want solved.

Sure, cuz incessant whining also fixes all of your problems. I guess when the manager just wants you gone it'll solve them.

[Greydor]

...no wonder you people defend this nonsense, you can't even keep up with your own ridiculous arguments.

You know what, you got me there. I have no idea what we're arguing about.

[Jetstream_Fox]

If the cause is overpopulation, a test server would not discover this issue, and they are usually not as populated. and its not just 1 server, but multiple causing the issue, assuming this is the cause.

More sustainable servers would solve that issue, if speculation is correct and it's overpopulation plus cross pf stress, their equipment just can't handle what's happening. I'd say it's like a ddos except in this case it's unintentionally happening. It's only happened on Aether, not primal or anywhere else, so that whole fishing thing just seems like smoke and mirrors to start with.

[Dualblade]

This is why the data center going down is bad, everyone just starts having weird arguments with themselves.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

More sustainable servers would solve that issue, if speculation is correct and it's overpopulation plus cross pf stress, their equipment just can't handle what's happening. I'd say it's like a ddos except in this case it's unintentionally happening. It's only happened on Aether, not primal or anywhere else, so that whole fishing thing just seems like smoke and mirrors to start with.

Oh, that may have been an actual issue, but it may not be the root cause.
They have lots of sustainable servers, people just transferred off for "greener pastures." In reality, they need to lock down Balmung and Greg, and LEAVE them locked, to EVERYTHING. No world transfers to either, and free transfers off, along with the removal of the gil restriction specifically for people leaving them. Add housing wards to the other servers and make it so you can transfer housing between servers.