I feel insulted by Stormbloods launch

[Anakhaa]

Incentives, bonuses, doesn't matter what it is considered in the end. The simple fact is, it's nearly unplayable. But posting over and over again and yelling at SE/Demanding Yoshi be fired, etc. isn't going to accomplish anything. The only thing we can do is wait for them to resolve the issue. I pre-ordered and was excited for playing early access. I can't play most of it but I'm not getting mad about it. I will still have plenty of opportunities to play over the next couple years. Missing out on early access isn't really going to affect anything important.

True enough im too tired, my only qualm is the genius who decided it is the smartest move to place the Instanced MSQ at that initial stage lol it's less than 30 minutes into the SB Storyline for heaven's sake,anyone with half a nugget in the brain would know or realize that when all players across all datacenter tries to access at that initial stages it will overload the system. without a que its a debacle beyond an epic scale. the ffxiv team have done an excellent job since ARR time inclusive of rectifying all error's in the past, but silence and ommision now is deafening

[GasaiYuno951]

Incentives, bonuses, doesn't matter what it is considered in the end. The simple fact is, it's nearly unplayable. But posting over and over again and yelling at SE/Demanding Yoshi be fired, etc. isn't going to accomplish anything. The only thing we can do is wait for them to resolve the issue. I pre-ordered and was excited for playing early access. I can't play most of it but I'm not getting mad about it. I will still have plenty of opportunities to play over the next couple years. Missing out on early access isn't really going to affect anything important.

resolve what issue? nothing is broken this was done on purpose and is working as intended

[Jwrigh7784]

resolve what issue? nothing is broken this was done on purpose and is working as intended

The issue of server congestion. It is an issue that needs to be resolved. This doesn't mean the game is broken. There are lots of ways this issue can be resolved and something needs to be implemented.

[MissMoony]

I feel insulted by the quality of service SE did for the MSQ issue, which is pretty much nothing. They at waiting for the problem to solve itself, did nothing, neither acknowledge the issue, nor give any status on when or if it will be solved during this disgusting pre release. When you had to wait 4 hours in front of an NPC trying to pass in the MSQ, yes you can get pretty much pissed off like I am. At least I have A LOT to say everytime a friend ask how to game is doing, I shall give a complete perspective to them.

4 hours ? well ive been waiting over 24 xD

[OveRtheStarS]

Missing out on early access isn't really going to affect anything important.

Be sure to tell that to everyone who took vacation days to access the expansion early. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.

It's great that you have an abundance of patience, but that doesn't make this right, or the people who are angry about it wrong. The fact remains that people were advertised an incentive that wasn't properly delivered, and consumers definitely have a right to be ticked by that (especially since S.E. has decided radio silence is the best fix.)

Queue times are to be expected. Bugs are to be expected. Being bottlenecked by bad design, cut out of the majority of an advertised product, and then effectively being ignored, is developer behavior that should not be normalized.

Should Yoshi-P be fired? No. This might shock some people, but Yoshi-P isn't responsible for everything, good and bad. But someone should take responsibility, and Square should step up communication to their angry paying customers. I'm sure many of us would feel better if we at least felt like we were being acknowledged in a meaningful way.

[Anakhaa]

The issue of server congestion. It is an issue that needs to be resolved. This doesn't mean the game is broken. There are lots of ways this issue can be resolved and something needs to be implemented.

Which they have albeit temporary which caused everything to reach a standstill ingame, the current situation is a situation created by SE ie; the instanced duty being severely limited. The fix caused more problems than what it seeked to resolved. How on earth are they going to rectify this as no matter what they do as soon as they turn back the servers on without any que the same thing will repeat itself, what happens when a genius decides its the most brilliant thing on earth to place such a instance or a string of them at the very commencement of SB, unlike ARR and HW

[PubstarHero]

Be sure to tell that to everyone who took vacation days to access the expansion early. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.

I know I do.

[Anakhaa]

4 hours ? well ive been waiting over 24 xD

try since early access 36 hours and counting

[Paruza]

The reality is that temporarily provisioning more resources to handle a few days of additional traffic would cost next to nothing, assuming their infrastructure is setup that way, which it probably isn't but should be.

Server performance on NA at least has been awful in the past, and it's not like they didn't know the preorder numbers in advance. They knew more or less what the traffic levels would be, and they had past experience to demonstrate that their resources would be inadequate. One way or another it's SE's fault, and trying to white knight for them is *pathetic*. This isn't some free to play game, we should all expect the servers to run smoothly, if they need to raise sub prices a bit to make that happen then I say do it.

This isn't a failure of foresight, it's neglect.

[Hatman]

Should Yoshi-P be fired? No. This might shock some people, but Yoshi-P isn't responsible for everything, good and bad. But someone should take responsibility, and Square should step up communication to their angry paying customers. I'm sure many of us would feel better if we at least felt like we were being acknowledged in a meaningful way.

He still greenlit the design choice that locks the majority of the new stuff behind those quests.

Probably have been less complaints if we could get to Kugane without this - At least from the Crafter/Gatherer side since they're literally locked behind it right now.