Aether is officially locked

[Breakbeat]

I like to see talk about infrastructure expansion, cool beans. In the end, it's an enormous gamble that I hope pays off for them, but it's going to require consistency from players.

In other words, I hope that:

A) The influx of players continues beyond WoW's 'Shadowlands'. I mean, to each their own, of course; if one enjoys Shadowlands then more power to them! Unfortunately, though, Shadowlands is likely a huge reason for the mass exodus of players from that MMO... and therefore one of the main catalysts for the shift of many from WoW to FF. Thing is, though, humans can be fickle. If WoW's next xpac is a huge success, I'd be sad to see the droves of players go back the other way.

B) If the preceding does come to pass, and FF's player base cycles back to what it was in, say, 2019, I'd hope that the FF team handles the receding player base with more expertise than WoW did. IMVHO, Blizz kinda blew it when faced with the problem of what to do with 225 servers, but a player base that really only fills half of them to a desired capacity. "Connecting" their realms was a halfway-OK solution, but the cross-realm-zones (where people from any number of servers appeared along side you in the outside world) was not a boon for social interaction. You see those CRZ people, but you cannot trade with them, you cannot invite them to your guild, and you cannot invite them to your group easily outside of that CRZ area. This would be similar to having a Cross-Realm Visit very quietly and automatically applied to you (and removed from you) as you are moving through the world going about your business.

Anyway, yeah, after six weeks I love this game as much as I ever loved WoW. Looking forward to a bright future here and I wish all the best for this game, the production team, and the player base.

[Kahnom]

I feel like Aether DC is full because of too many ERP-ers there.
And its gonna be even worse in Endwalker.
I bid you Aether residents a good luck for 5k log in queue on early access.

[MoofiaBossVal]

Expect this to happen on launch week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZ2a0VaOQM

[Chawan]

Awe that kinda sucks.. i mean I understand. It is just my friend was gonna have me invite him to the game.. might have to hold off on that for a while i guess.

Expect this to happen on launch week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZ2a0VaOQM

Lol I remember that launch.. i was there... whoo boy that was definitely a time for sure.. world servers kept crashing , all kinds of fun.

[CaptainLagbeard]

All the recently joined streamers seem to have gone to Aether, it's no wonder it got locked.

[LianaThorne]

I feel like Aether DC is full because of too many ERP-ers there.
And its gonna be even worse in Endwalker.
I bid you Aether residents a good luck for 5k log in queue on early access.

Aether is full because of Asmon and other streamers joining Aether. You should have seen Cactuar on Day 1. As it was said earlier, this has nothing to do with ERP and passing it off as that/trying to just shows your boredom.

Side note: I crash every 2 hours and have never seen a queue longer than 45 on Adam and I get in within 30s.

[IckeDerTyp]

1.8k login q on light a few days ago.

The newbies are a gift and a curse, like a 'pluck you' for X-mas.

Thanks snowstorm!

[Hanayumi]

You kids get off my lawn! >:O

[Kes13a]

B) If the preceding does come to pass, and FF's player base cycles back to what it was in, say, 2019, I'd hope that the FF team handles the receding player base with more expertise than WoW did. IMVHO, Blizz kinda blew it when faced with the problem of what to do with 225 servers, but a player base that really only fills half of them to a desired capacity. "Connecting" their realms was a halfway-OK solution, but the cross-realm-zones (where people from any number of servers appeared along side you in the outside world) was not a boon for social interaction. You see those CRZ people, but you cannot trade with them, you cannot invite them to your guild, and you cannot invite them to your group easily outside of that CRZ area. This would be similar to having a Cross-Realm Visit very quietly and automatically applied to you (and removed from you) as you are moving through the world going about your business.

the problem with Blizzard and their 225 servers was because of HOW they did it. "connecting" and CRZ was a smoke screen spin on "we are bleeding subs and are consolidating servers" without actually saying that, so people bought it. Blizzard couldnt come out with an honest answer if it was written in stone and handed to them. prime example, their first stat squish.. compare that to when FFXIV explained the upcoming stat squish. the Blizz explanation sounds like more smoke and mirrors and yet more garbage to swallow, FFXIV seemed to be trying to explain it in ways a player would understand.

their whole history seems filled with one falsehood after another and a firm belief that they could do no wrong and they could do whatever they wanted to the players. the Titanic they are in now, was one they have built, and they'll need to bail a lot faster to keep it up.

SE is a corporation, and out to make money, which is fine for me, I just think they'll be a bit more transparent if they ever end up with more servers than required, and wont misdirect players with gimmicks to hide a player bleedoff

[Dagget]

At least we should be shortly rid of bots on Aether. the f2p criers 1st, then the farmers after SE's usual sweeps