Shame on you Square

[Madamepancake]

thats what you get for having kids lmao

I'm sorry, but what did I just read? Go look good and hard in the mirror at the kind of person you are for blaming children when it is an issue not caused by them.

[Cardhwion]

Hi, I drive 1h15m to work, work 8 hours, and drive 1h15m back, and still find time to play even with my laundry list of stuff I need to do.

Anything else?

Good for you. In the 90 Minutes to 2 Hours I may have to play each day, I am stuck in the queue. I don't care about the Expansion, I just want to continue playing normally. And for all that okay, around a launch things can be crazy, I never had any MMO where I could not play for days because all servers are full. To me that goes beyond acceptable or understandable. First, second day, okay, that's normal. Maybe even first weekend. But after that even SWTOR got their stuff together and players could play. And nope, I don't buy the whole "we don't get any server parts in the market any more", truth is: you don't get them cheap, and the prices are rising. They knew the problem for months and failed to act accordingly.

[Cardhwion]

For most people, the answer is very simple.
While you wait, you can do the following; homework, study, cleaning around your room, watch tv, play another video game and if its on pc then have it windowed so you can see when you disconnect and quickly reconnect, watch youtube videos or your favorite twitch streamer, do all the things you normally do on your pc like sift through tabs of reddit, twitter, things your mother would be disgusted and disappointed about all whilst you talk to friends on discord-there is truly a plethora of things that one could do as they wait in line.

Now. But with you, there is a grave difference. With you, you have children.
So here are your following options; Try again in a month dad, because there is no way this would have worked for you regardless of any situation at all point blank period, I am so sorry. Moms and dads! I am so sorry, but this is likely not your time to shine. No one thinks poorly of you for having children, that is a beautiful beautiful thing. But you have to afk a lot and everyone knows in times like these afk timers are a must. They're a must. and you afk too much. I don't know what to tell you. Congratulations, I'm sure they're cute as buttons. Just play with them and enjoy their youth until the hype dies down. They grow up and start yelling at you in a blink anyway-this is the time to cherish what you can. FFXIV will be waiting in the background.

Honestly, if I am paying for a game, I can expect the game to be working and available, and not being told "oh, with your limited time, it won't work." SE pretends to be a company that respects their customers, if they do, they should have a solution up and running by now.

[Raiya]

Honestly just deal with it OP. The current situation isn't ideal for everyone but it's not like they've done the best they could with the limited resources they got available to them. Being an entitled Karen about thing's beyond the control of everyone isn't going to help. Hell im stuck in long queues myself but I'm not going to be bitter about it because honestly it was flagged months in advance just how difficult things were expected to be. If you really don't like the queues just come back in a month once things have settled down a bit. That goes for anyone moaning about the queues unrealistically, demand is greatly exceeding supply on anything computer related, just ask car manufacturers or the general pc community how much of a pain in the hole it's been to aquire certain computer parts like GPU's. I can only imagine how much of a pain it is trying to get hold of specialised server grade components as well.

[DBriggs304]

Posted before, my que kept my place last night and I got it. It's the best we have right now. Deal or leave and play what makes you happy.

Final Fantasy will be alright either way.

[N9ne]

I honestly don’t understand all this whining. Troll or not, this isn’t something new in MMO’s. Every game with every new expansion face the same issues

[Divinemights]

Yea, it is this excuse now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...on_error_2002/

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/369663

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39210...3017626575989/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards...eborn/75484398

https://pinoygamer.ph/threads/ffxiv-...d-issues.5320/

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/3169514/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39210...1370009461362/

Back then, the issue was your computer or your internet provider, and now, same issue but it is the semi conductor scarcity?

Funny

I am pretty sure you cant even find a PS5 in any local store during this Christmas shopping period to boost the sale.
It has same issue, lack of semiconductor.
You must be hiding in a bunker somewhere for too long

Don't even let me bring up with GPU.
How is your luck with 3090?

Oh, you obviously not ware of dock crisis where containers are piles up at port as well

[CerusSerenade]

yes, the more they see it as a new thread, the more they comprehend this is unacceptable to skimp on server space. they knew this was going to be the congestion and should have planned for it, but like with every money first organization they are choosing not to optimize for the sake of profit margins. sure player logins will equalize eventually, but that excuse them selling a product that is virtually unplayable. if we just keep commenting in the same thread they'll just conclude it's an ongoing deliberation between fans and not a problem.

Thank you for confirming you haven't actually been keeping up with Square's NUMEROUS statements on the lack of servers due to a GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE.

[CerusSerenade]

Yea, it is this excuse now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...on_error_2002/

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/369663

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39210...3017626575989/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards...eborn/75484398

https://pinoygamer.ph/threads/ffxiv-...d-issues.5320/

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/3169514/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/39210...1370009461362/

Back then, the issue was your computer or your internet provider, and now, same issue but it is the semi conductor scarcity?

Funny

Are you by chance interested in buying some Flat Earther material, or perhaps a bridge?

[RavnEerie]

Amen lol.
Got the same issue.
When the kid finally sleeps, I have a 5 hour queue to deal with. And I cant start queuing earlier due to 2002-error (WIch you have like 1 min to react to so you dont loose your spot)

I do however manage to grab a spot early in the morning some days. Thankfully