Some Final Thoughts on the 2017 Shirogane Housing Release Fiasco

[Arutan]

People with custom built rigs with the latest and greatest graphics card and the game running on an SSD are going to load in faster than someone who plays on an “average” computer, or someone who plays on a console.

Wrong. I have an i7, a 1070GTX and an SSD. I succeeded at entering the server 20min after the patch got released thanks to those beautiful quality servers.

[HyoMinPark]

Wrong. I have an i7, a 1070GTX and an SSD. I succeeded at entering the server 20min after the patch got released thanks to those beautiful quality servers.

Under normal circumstances, your game is going to load much faster than an individual on, for example, a console, or a person that is not running the game on an SSD. That was what I was getting at. I’m already aware of the huge issues people had getting on yesterday—I myself may not run on the latest graphics card, but I still have a very powerful gaming laptop, and it took me 15 minutes to log in; friend of mine has an even more powerful rig than me, and he was also blocked by a 5606 error.

The would be hilarious-if-it-wasn’t-such-a-kick-in-the-teeth irony of this is, another friend of mine who plays on a PS4 managed to be number 124 in the queue.

My point of this entire post was still expressing my dismay that, even with better technology on my side, I was still blocked by poor server infrastructure. In addition to expressing frustration at the housing system in this game in general. I really hope you took the time to read the post in full. I know it’s long, and I apologized for that, but I had a lot I wanted to say on the topic, and I wanted to say it at a time after the initial rage and salt had simmered down.

[silverlunarfox]

Wrong. I have an i7, a 1070GTX and an SSD. I succeeded at entering the server 20min after the patch got released thanks to those beautiful quality servers.

I run the same and hit the WHY WONT PLAY, PLAY error. XP So there were seconds lost there..... It's really disappointing.....they are proud of the new servers...yet this happens..... like the OP said...its 2017....come on.....

Our plots in Lamia in Shirogane were gone in less than 8 minutes. Couldn't even find plots in the old zones by 10....we arent even that high pop either.... It was a bit surprising to see.

[Arutan]

I run the same and hit the WHY WONT PLAY, PLAY error. XP So there were seconds lost there..... It's really disappointing.....they are proud of the new servers...yet this happens..... like the OP said...its 2017....come on.....

Our plots in Lamia in Shirogane were gone in less than 8 minutes. Couldn't even find plots in the old zones by 10....we arent even that high pop either.... It was a bit surprising to see.

Honnestly I'm not surprised with SE. They cannot afford glamour log and house for everyone when games like WoW released in 2004 can. So I don't expect anything anymore from them.
GW2, released in 2012. Got account wide wallet, glamour log, minions, bank and pretty much everything, with cross server map that create and delete themselve when full or empty. Next to them SE is nothing.
EDIT: oh, did I forgot to mention that all those services are free and you don't even pay a sub for it?

[silverlunarfox]

Honnestly I'm not surprised with SE. They cannot afford glamour log and house for everyone when games like WoW released in 2004 can. So I don't expect anything anymore from them.
GW2, released in 2012. Got account wide wallet, glamour log, minions, bank and pretty much everything, with cross server map that create and delete themselve when full or empty. Next to them SE is nothing.
EDIT: oh, did I forgot to mention that all those services are free and you don't even pay a sub for it?

Yeah, but you're comparing apples to oranges. even with ffxiv trying to match WoW's style of game structure.

I also do not mind a sub fee.

none of this relates to my posting however. i was referencing the servers and the new technology they keep touting that clearly arent up to standards. it wasnt even the entire playerbase that logged in, and they still couldnt handle it. then there were the issues of resellers and the like. *shrugs* while no not surprising, every game has its faults....and this is a glaring one that xiv has.

[akaneakki]

Wrong. I have an i7, a 1070GTX and an SSD. I succeeded at entering the server 20min after the patch got released thanks to those beautiful quality servers.

Almost same specs here and I got beaten by a bad launcher who wouldn't let me in. My gf got in before me on her ps4 and she got a large plot.