Please Update Server Status - Way Too Many "Congested" NA Servers

[wereotter]

You might be pleased to know that server status is updated multiple times a day. I had a friend trying to join the game recently on my same server who couldn't join because the world was congested, then a couple hours later it was opened up only to be closed off again by the time he finished character creation again, then opened back up a few more hours after that at which point he was able to start on my server.

But to your point, the population of NA servers in general is way too high. Even the highest populated JP server has a lower population than most of the lowest populated NA servers (which has more effects than just congestion when you consider the finite number of houses on each server) We absolutely need additional servers added to North America. Hopefully with the new data center added, this will be coming in the not too distant future.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

You might be pleased to know that server status is updated multiple times a day. I had a friend trying to join the game recently on my same server who couldn't join because the world was congested, then a couple hours later it was opened up only to be closed off again by the time he finished character creation again, then opened back up a few more hours after that at which point he was able to start on my server.

But to your point, the population of NA servers in general is way too high. Even the highest populated JP server has a lower population than most of the lowest populated NA servers (which has more effects than just congestion when you consider the finite number of houses on each server) We absolutely need additional servers added to North America. Hopefully with the new data center added, this will be coming in the not too distant future.

No, not that server status.

They have 2 types. One based on characters logged in which varies during the day, and 1 that is a hard lock they add during maintenance.

This is where you get "congested" "standard" and "preferred" server status.

[wereotter]

No, not that server status.

They have 2 types. One based on characters logged in which varies during the day, and 1 that is a hard lock they add during maintenance.

This is where you get "congested" "standard" and "preferred" server status.

If he's referring to this status, then it does update multiple times per day

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

Congested servers don't allow for new characters to be created, which I've seen Faerie flip back and forth to allowing new characters and being flagged as congested multiple times a day.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

If he's referring to this status, then it does update multiple times per day

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

Congested servers don't allow for new characters to be created, which I've seen Faerie flip back and forth to allowing new characters and being flagged as congested multiple times a day.

Yes. There is status and classification.


Classification only changes with maintenance. This is "preferred" "congested" "standard"

Character creation status updates during the day.

No server with the classification congested will ever update during the day.

Faerie was made congested with the most recent patch. Which is why prior to that, you saw the character creation status fluctuate. It will not do that now until maint removes it's congested status.