Official Response to Congestion (as of Dec. 11)

[Kacho_Nacho]

Summary:

"The situation with congestion and our servers has been crap, is still crap, and will likely to continue to be crap for at least a few months. We have done nothing to alleviate these problems because we are incompetent. Hope you enjoyed your 'free' 7 days game time. P.S. 2002 error is your fault lmao."

You spelled "We are doing everything we can to alleviate these problems but our ability to do so is severely hampered by the worldwide shortage of semiconductors in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope you enjoy your free seven days of game time. P.S. We have identified the source of the 2002 and have taken steps to reduce the frequency of its occurrence." wrong.

[say0]

You spelled "We are doing everything we can to alleviate these problems but our ability to do so is severely hampered by the worldwide shortage of semiconductors in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope you your enjoy your free seven days of game time. P.S. We have identified the source of the 2002 and have taken steps to reduce the frequency of its occurrence." wrong.

le semiconductors!! *conveniently ignores that these issues date back all the way to ARR*. Guess there was a semiconductor shortage in 2013 as well.

[xbahax92]

le semiconductors!! *conveniently ignores that these issues date back all the way to ARR*. Guess there was a semiconductor shortage in 2013 as well.

Sorry but, they did add many servers and data centers over time. Not to forget the data centre for oceania which was planned. And the "2013 shortage" definetly did not stop them from doing so.

[Mialee]

P.S. We have identified the source of the 2002 and have taken steps to reduce the frequency of its occurrence." wrong.

And in the same message saying the problem is on your side so it make no sense…

[Misplaced_Marbles]

You spelled "We are doing everything we can to alleviate these problems but our ability to do so is severely hampered by the worldwide shortage of semiconductors in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope you enjoy your free seven days of game time. P.S. We have identified the source of the 2002 and have taken steps to reduce the frequency of its occurrence." wrong.

You spelled "we're not going to do jack, but when the problem fixes itself, we will allow you to grovel at our feet lavishing us with praise." wrong. That's why there's always the "we are doing something" but when things gets better, they won't take credit for it (and if they do, they're full of it) and allow gullible fools to polish their boots with gusto.

Of course, in FFXIVs case, they don't need to actually tell people to grovel since some do it out of their own volition.

On that note, I'll just add that I haven't had problems, so i'm not complaining. I just wanted you to look at reality, as this is exactly what all companies do if they can.