SE Failed.

[basilbc]

I love the "suddenly" people migrated to ff14. No sweety, they migrated with asmonbolg and rest of main wow ex fanboys in june. Thats over 5 months ago. SE and "god"yoshi had tons of time to adress future capacity problems.

5 months is honestly kinda short for big stuff like server rooms. In a normal situation you could’ve maybe gotten it done, but it would’ve been close.

I do agree that they didn’t communicate this in a clear way. They technically warned everyone but it didn’t sound like this would be as bad as it’s ended up being, imo.

[Welsper59]

5 months is honestly kinda short for big stuff like server rooms. In a normal situation you could’ve maybe gotten it done, but it would’ve been close.

I do agree that they didn’t communicate this in a clear way. They technically warned everyone but it didn’t sound like this would be as bad as it’s ended up being, imo.

Even before COVID, 5 months to acquire long term solutions for wavering problems would be considered somewhat fast. Planning for major expenditures often takes months alone and that's not even including implementation. During this pandemic though? I bet these people actually think the video card shortage will fix itself in a month. As I'm sure people have been telling themselves long before it too.

[Kes13a]

well, since the OP started playing since before ARR was a gleam in the eye of great software gods.. or something

you would think their character would have more than a basic number of mounts and minions.

I get it, they'll say its an alt.. but why post on an alt calling out SE when it would carry more weight on their main...if they had one.

yes, the queues are bad, but in other games, queues just say that game is popular... not SE however, says failure. just like the OP and their "here since ARR" troll

[Catwho]

Fun fact, join dates also include 1.0 and alpha testing for 2.0, which is about the time I joined.

But I'm pretty sure it's when you made a forum account, not when your sub started.

[basilbc]

Even before COVID, 5 months to acquire long term solutions for wavering problems would be considered somewhat fast. Planning for major expenditures often takes months alone and that's not even including implementation. During this pandemic though? I bet these people actually think the video card shortage will fix itself in a month. As I'm sure people have been telling themselves long before it too.

Yeah 100%, it’s frustrating but there’s not much they could do, kinda like watching your boat slowly beach itself on the coast of a tiny shipping canal…

By the time the dev team realized how bad this could be, it was already way too late.

[Vahlnir]

You can't just ''pour a little money'' to fix the problem. You can try to queue 1-2 hours before you get home with remote access.

They could probably pour a lot of money and get the required equipment at a higher price, though that may not be worth it to them. It might seem like a no brainer from the outside, but I'd imagine it's a bit more complicated internally than just telling them to spend more money. It has been a bit of a rocky launch, but I think anyone who saw the signs starting at least a half a year ago knew what was going to happen. SE should have as well, but I digress. It is what it is now.

[MD5Ray01]

They could probably pour a lot of money and get the required equipment at a higher price, though that may not be worth it to them. It might seem like a no brainer from the outside, but I'd imagine it's a bit more complicated internally than just telling them to spend more money. It has been a bit of a rocky launch, but I think anyone who saw the signs starting at least a half a year ago knew what was going to happen. SE should have as well, but I digress. It is what it is now.

From what I recall of one of their announcements regarding the congestion, the devs specifically mentioned trying to get servers at any cost, but had no luck in doing so.

[Titivillus]

If you was logging in at the time you posted this, you wouldn't be facing all too terrible a queue. Less QQ, more pew-pew.

In OP's defense, i'm in queue while on the forums. So it's possible.

[Gameovers]

I love the "suddenly" people migrated to ff14. No sweety, they migrated with asmonbolg and rest of main wow ex fanboys in june. Thats over 5 months ago. SE and "god"yoshi had tons of time to adress future capacity problems.

That's NOT enough time to do what you want them to do. 5 months ago we STILL had a shortage. And to drive the point home... SE didn't know about that unitl AFTER it happened. Do you people work beyond shitty costumer service? Things just can't and don't happen instantly. And even if it did, we STILL have a shortage. NO amount of time would change that.

[Vahlnir]

That's NOT enough time to do what you want them to do. 5 months ago we STILL had a shortage. And to drive the point home... SE didn't know about that unitl AFTER it happened. Do you people work beyond shitty costumer service? Things just can't and don't happen instantly. And even if it did, we STILL have a shortage. NO amount of time would change that.

It started before him. Well before him, actually. He just opened the flood gates, so to speak. They signs were there for awhile, considering WoW's Shadowlands was so poorly received from the get-go and hasn't improved much since.