Aether is officially locked

[RitsukoSonoda]

It got pretty bad during early access. The crashing was the worst part, though, nevermind actually getting into a queue, haha. Then the instance server was overloaded so were all stuck in the first zone unless we were lucky enough to get through.

I figure if we can survive that and keep playing, we can survive this.

And we did queues on Jenova. I've got some screenshots from how massive they got. I got my gatherers to 65 instead and waited for SE to fix things.

I was lucky enough to skip the whole Raubahn and Pippen EX thing. I recall FC mates complaining about it tho and being confused then going back to those NPC's and seeing the horde of ppl around them. There was only like... 2-3 ppl around them when I did them bulldozing the new MSQ as a tank for the instaqueue.

[AnnRam]

And Crystal is open! Actually, more than open.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...da437f0ac87fac

Still can't believe Balmung is now a preferred world. What are these times we living

Balmung needed more new faces to be honest.

[ForteNightshade]

If you want to complete any content in the game you can do so on any data center. Stop spreading this data center drivel.

It isn't drivel though. While yes, you can clear content everywhere, Aether has the largest raiding demographic. Hence why people keep congregating there.

[TaleraRistain]

I was lucky enough to skip the whole Raubahn and Pippen EX thing. I recall FC mates complaining about it tho and being confused then going back to those NPC's and seeing the horde of ppl around them. There was only like... 2-3 ppl around them when I did them bulldozing the new MSQ as a tank for the instaqueue.

One of the worst bits for us was when someone would lie in shout chat that they got through and people kinda forgot the queues for a second before they got, no pun intended, back in line.

[van_arn]

The funny part isn’t that aether is locked, is that crystal (and especially Balmung) are preferred.

[Celestial_Scion]

I’m kinda new to this whole lock server thing. Does anyone have any idea how long they will keep it locked down?

[van_arn]

I’m kinda new to this whole lock server thing. Does anyone have any idea how long they will keep it locked down?

They only get locked when it’s necessary, so they’ll remain locked until it’s no longer necessary.

Thank you for listening to my ted talk.

[SeverianLyonesse]

I’m kinda new to this whole lock server thing. Does anyone have any idea how long they will keep it locked down?

In all seriousness, has anyone experienced a datacenter lockdown before for this game? If it's ever happened before, how long did they take to reopen?

[Krotoan]

In all seriousness, has anyone experienced a datacenter lockdown before for this game? If it's ever happened before, how long did they take to reopen?

In my experience they've never locked a whole datacenter. Only individual servers. Balmung famously was shutdown for months....

[Naria]

In all seriousness, has anyone experienced a datacenter lockdown before for this game? If it's ever happened before, how long did they take to reopen?

An entire Data Center? No, that's new. Servers, yes. As for how long it will stay locked it depends, it could be weeks but its probably more likely to be months.