Against "Simultaneous Logout Measures"

[BlastHardcheese]

Snip.

They also stuck a sign outside the restaurant saying people could stay as long as they wanted whether they're eating or not and told their staff to ignore people squatting at tables. Oh and they also already took payment for meals from the people queueing outside.

[NyxNox]

look at all the idiot's defending this crap.

[Sereph6]

It's funny AND also sad because we don't have queues anymore usually.
Guess what, we do have them now

[Whutharth]

Louisoix queue 12.

[Chocolys]

Just logged back in after the 10 minutes has passed.
Queue: 528
Then I had to wait about 5 minutes to be allowed in.

[Niyuka]

Hahah Shiva now has a 600 queue, thats about as bad as during prime time, and I bet you prime time will still have a queue. This just made things worse.

[Kinazu]

Did it work for the larger servers though?
I'm highly curious about that, I can handle a small queue for my server as I know I'll get in pretty fast but what about the servers that "needed" this? Was it any good or are they still at a xk queue?

[Berilein]

50 people queue to get into shiva at 12:30, see there is 30minutes before the server kick. Abit annoying, I do some hunts and crafting meanwhile - then I get kicked. I'm in a 600 queue to get back in. When I do get back in after 7minutes, I log in to see people with the red AFK chair near there name targeting a summoning bell.

It might be helping some servers, but I bet it's not helping most servers.

[Zayedan]

This is by far the worst idea SE has come up with. FFXI never had this problem
1. They should have restricted character creations UP TO the server Capacity.
2. Now that it is too late, they should invest in servers to support the increased populations ( not everyone is going to move servers, and we shouldn't be forced to)
3. I pay a subscription to be on the game 24/7 unless its maintenance, this move only shows they want me to pay a sub, and log in when they want me to.
4. It should NOT be considered an EXPLOIT for staying logged into the game, FOCUS should be on WHY the Servers CANNOT handle the amount of characters they allowed to be created.
5. It is no secret SE makes healthy profits and well deserved, but it is a shame they have gone this far just because of the bottom line, this does not reflect QUALITY, this is a CHEAP move, and making the players who are all paying customers take the heat.

[Anzaman]

Did it work for the larger servers though?
I'm highly curious about that, I can handle a small queue for my server as I know I'll get in pretty fast but what about the servers that "needed" this? Was it any good or are they still at a xk queue?

Odin here, marked as congested server. No queue before mass-boot, 526 after.

So no, don't think there was any benefit. Only disrupted my gaming.