When will the login restrictions be lifted?

[Rita1989]

The AFK exploiters has become so bad that SE needs to step in and patch it so being afk while doing anything will kick you out and change it so the second you get the afk status it boots you.

Even on Balmung HW it wasn't exploited like this and queue went very fast, now even at 1800 queue after 2 hours its down to 900 because half the server has people afking and staying on the server 24/7

[Andanie]

It's getting pretty redic waiting 2+ hours to get into game this far after the launch.

Its barely been a week. I mean less than a week if you count the official launch.

The queue will eventually settle, we Balmug/Gilgamesh and other high server people just have to suck it up.

I just wish they'd add a kick protection if you get dc'd.

[Korihu]

i made this in honour of all the balmungians

[BroodingFicus]

The AFK exploiters has become so bad that SE needs to step in and patch it so being afk while doing anything will kick you out and change it so the second you get the afk status it boots you.

Even on Balmung HW it wasn't exploited like this and queue went very fast, now even at 1800 queue after 2 hours its down to 900 because half the server has people afking and staying on the server 24/7

Agreed. During HW I can recall a few times where I waited an hour but only if I came on at around 6-7pm on a Friday and it never bothered me because, in general, my queues were 20-30 mins. That is short enough that I can grab a snack, a shower, get comfy and its ready to go. Two hours? That makes it almost impossible to play, let alone play with friends unless your schedules match perfectly. For example I get off at 6pm, spend two hour logging in but then when my friend gets off at 8:30, we've got at least an hour and a half before they can get in as well so we've burned most the night waiting in queues. God forbid you DC, have your internet blip out for half a second etc and most of this is caused by people dodging the AFK timer. The most telling part for me has been that as the actual queue starts to wane a bit around 1am-2am, my FC suddenly can't get into our house any more due to 'server load'. Why? Because half the population is hiding in their homes running at walls so no one reports them.

[Annah]

they need to do the opposite to Balmung as to what they did in FFXIV 1.0. They merged two worlds into Balmung in 1.0). It looks to me, they need to split Balmung into two worlds again and do it the same way:

Give them your world preference. This way entire guilds and friends will go to the same world.

[Ferrasper]

I know Balmung has more people then Gilgamesh, but 4 hours seems a little excessive. This is coming form someone on Greg too. The most I have waited is 45 minutes.

[Ayer2015]

I have thought about it but gotta weigh the pros and cons more then just the queue time gotta think long term not short term and I feel there be more cons then pros. Look around on forums about people that have moved and found to be just as unhappy on new server.

If the community on Balmung would actually log out, the queues wouldn't be so long.

[Colt47]

There aren't any "login restrictions" except the ones that are always in place to maintain server stability...

How is Goblin holding out? It's one of the refugee servers SE is using for players tired of the long queues and was wondering if it is an okay place to move to from Balmung.

[Lissandra]

I know Balmung has more people then Gilgamesh, but 4 hours seems a little excessive. This is coming form someone on Greg too. The most I have waited is 45 minutes.

I envy you...

[Colt47]

If the community on Balmung would actually log out, the queues wouldn't be so long.

It's a self feeding cycle of pain and misery. People don't want to wait in the queue so they fight to stay logged on, which makes others wait in queue longer to get on to do stuff. This entire queue thing is a nightmare for those working regular jobs as well because basically you have to start the login process when you arrive home and hope by the time the evening routine is done you get on for at least an hour.