I hate when my husband is right.

[strawberrycake]

So, remember the Silocon SHortage that they mentioned like a bajillion times. And how they also said they can't buy better servers because of the semi conductor issues with the silicone shortage.
In laymans terms, this is the better outcome and shadowbringers was p much this and that was seen as a near perfect launch.

[Darkobra]

To be honest, if my wife said that to me, I'd laugh at her too.

[Ama_Luna]

There isnt a single game which does not have these issues :P

Never experienced mega-queues with ESO. Played it for years. Of course it has many other MASSIVE problems. But not that.

I have no judgment on the current situation with FF14. Having low expectations is always best.

[Seraphor]

There have been silicon chip shortages.
There have been delays and logistical issues due to covid.
There was an unprecedented and unplanned influx of WoW players.

They admitted all this. We all knew this.
Your husband was simply paying attention.

[Imora]

My big issue is when you get DC'd in the queue with the lovely 2002 error. Why does it have to close the entire client? instead of you know.. bringing you back to server/data select screen. I expect to time out. It is the way of things but just let us hit start again instead of going through the sign in process please.

This.

Especially since the stupid launcher also closes when the game is launched. Gotta open that back up, the the game...

[VelKallor]

Im not angry but early access is useless when you cant even get in. We are headed for the weekend and Id rather NOT spend it in queues for hours on end.

[Jadedsins]

There have been silicon chip shortages.
There have been delays and logistical issues due to covid.
There was an unprecedented and unplanned influx of WoW players.

They admitted all this. We all knew this.
Your husband was simply paying attention.

You have a reading problem it seems. The lack of reading comprehension some of you have is just out of this world.

[Krotoan]

Really hard to defend this, they knew it was going to happen. So why can't we hold our queue spot for a few after a dc?

I would bet that it's because that's not how the handshake transfer from login to lobby to data center selection and character selection work. They could rework the entire system to make your desire a reality, but considering this is a problem for like.. one week out of every 2 years or so... maybe not worth it. Especially since it seems most just deal with it.

I spent an hour doing the login dance while I watched the new Venom movie. Now I'm in and enjoying the heck out of myself. You can throw a snit fit... or accept that a 10 year old game probably has some archaic front end networking processes that only cause problems when extremely unusual amounts of players all try to join at the same time.

Props to your husband for predicting the thing that was most likely to happen. *golf clap*

[Jadedsins]

I would bet that it's because that's not how the handshake transfer from login to lobby to data center selection and character selection work. They could rework the entire system to make your desire a reality, but considering this is a problem for like.. one week out of every 2 years or so... maybe not worth it. Especially since it seems most just deal with it.

I spent an hour doing the login dance while I watched the new Venom movie. Now I'm in and enjoying the heck out of myself. You can throw a snit fit... or accept that a 10 year old game probably has some archaic front end networking processes that only cause problems when extremely unusual amounts of players all try to join at the same time.

Props to your husband for predicting the thing that was most likely to happen. *golf clap*

Ah ok so the developers have a hard time doing something that other mmos are doing, I did not know they was that unskilled. Good to know, basic features other games have with queue systems they lack the ability to do.

[Krotoan]

Ah ok so the developers have a hard time doing something that other mmos are doing, I did not know they was that unskilled. Good to know, basic features other games have with queue systems they lack the ability to do.

Every game is different and I'm not a developer, I'm guessing like everyone else. However pointing and saying "but that game did it" with no knowledge of the processes involved whatsoever isn't a great look. There are myriad problems and this is an old game. I'm honestly surprised with the amount of new stuff they continually manage to squeeze out of it without completely redoing things. So grouse if you like, but everything seems fine now.