What happens when "early access" is "cancelled" by server fail?

[Kozh]

I'm half sure EW launch will be a disaster. Though maybe not as bad as raubahn savage. As for what we'll get in that case, we get to wait and most likely an apology from yoshi-p. That's all.

[Momo_Kozuki]

Playing a game nowadays, MMO or not, in early access/launch day is like being a tester. You will likely face-tank the game at its worst due to unpredictable bugs and stuffs. For MMO, it will likely to have super long queue (think of New World at launch), which is the reason why they often open a lot of servers at launch to shoulder the load, then reduce the number as population diminishes.



So if you have trouble playing at launch, just give it a week and do something else. Avoiding visiting reddit and youtube to prevent spoiling yourself.

[Jennah]

I was only around for Stormblood and Shadowbringers early access, having joined up a month or two into 3.0.

The first was a disaster, though barely playable - I was lucky enough to get through Raubahn Extreme after only 30 minutes or so.
The second was - almost like a normal day in Eorzea, except for a login queue of around 1000.

[Warlyx]

first day is gonna be a mess no doubt , i can see a quest block for sure (always happens lol) , disconnects and queues but thats expected

[Arazehl]

In Stormblood the bottle neck that happened with Raubahn instance duty was due to the fact of poor planning. They had placed that instance/encounter in the very first new zone (Fringes). It easily capped out right away and the queue to get in was massive. Players were left with little else to do to advance the story and get into Rhalgrs Reach. So we ran around Fringes doing Fates to gain exp.

Since then SE learned a lesson and with Shadowbringer's launch it was so much smoother. We can hope this problem doesn't ever reoccur and things flows smoothly with EW EA. I hope they tested with EW how the game flows on a mass scale. If things happens it will be some other thing that got overlooked.

I expect the normal DDos attacks, much larger login queues and bugs in areas they'll need to patch. It's part of launches. I expect lots of lag in over crowded zones. I expect people to complain on the Lodestone when their internet or PC can't handle the loads and point fingers or when DDos attackers start their antics. Yes your new EW pony mount you get with EA will take time to arrive in moogle mail. I think best to just expect the worst and hope for the best. The new expansion isn't going anywhere.

[DrWho2010]

The server issues of late have been due to NTT being... not good at their job lately, not DDOS attacks. But I would be prepared possibly for a DDOS during early access or the first week at some point.

Oh noes, you might have to wait 2 minutes instead of 30 seconds to play. Twelve forefend!

[Evergrey]

Never expect a smooth launch of an expansion.
One would be naïve to do so.
A launch can only do better than others but there are like not a single launch that doesn't have downtimes for hotfixes and maintenances.
And expect queues, long ones.
Imagine a Black Friday rush that one can see clips on youtube.

[VelKallor]

As an aside, I was an extremely active WoW player for a very long time, and quite active on their forums, therefore if we must, I was quite definitely part of the "WoW community".

*lifts eyebrow*

Well well, if you ever get to Elemental, or onto the OCE servers, come find me, Ill tell you my secret identity.

[Floortank]

I was stuck behind Raubahn's MSQ during Stormblood early access, but I was still able to log in every day.

I got two jobs to 70 before I got through the MSQ bottleneck, DRG 70 entirely in PVP and in about three hours. PVP at Stormblood launch was insane. You got a massive amount of exp, and the same amount win or lose. It was amazing. Levelled so fast. Sadly they quickly nerfed PVP exp.

I didn't really feel like Stormblood's launch was a disaster. I was able to get on and do things. I just had to adjust my plan and finish MSQ a bit later.

[Curisu]

Expect longe quene times to the server and some instances and maybe a few server crashes.

Due to the new gained popularity these times will be a bit longer then in the SHB early access.

And I think the biggest issues will be caused by Ddos attack's.