Response to Congestion (as of Dec. 15)

[Nothv13]

Is it so much to ask that you be considerate and voluntarily let other people get their turn online?

Is it so much to ask that you think for a second about someone other than yourself?

No, you're another one of those "mememememememememe" and "who cares about everybody else, I want what I want!" sentiment that you see everywhere.

Maybe you should start being a part of the solution instead of being a part of the problem. Maybe you should realize that people want to get MSQ done. Maybe if you, and everybody like you would voluntarily step away from the game for a few days to let others get on and finish their MSQs, things would be way better. It's hard to even go to Youtube anymore without seeing spoiler videos and I would LIKE to finish MSQ as little spoiled as possible, but yanno...

I can't fricken log on, like, at all except for one or two days a week. That's IF I don't get called in to work.

But I see all of these people hogging the queues that already have MSQ done, they don't have to worry about being spoiled, they don't have to basically stop talking to their friends and ignore their FC discords, etc to avoid spoilers.

What you want though is not voluntary, it is forced. If people decide to not play because they don't need to and allow others in then so be it. the moment you want to force it however, is the moment you get push back and you yourself look selfish.

[Maeka]

What you want though is not voluntary, it is forced. If people decide to not play because they don't need to and allow others in then so be it. the moment you want to force it however, is the moment you get push back and you yourself look selfish.

The only reason I suggested forcing it is because people won't willingly be considerate.

/shrug

If people would be considerate of their own volition, then it wouldn't be needed.

[Jybril]

The only reason I suggested forcing it is because people won't willingly be considerate.

/shrug

If people would be considerate of their own volition, then it wouldn't be needed.

In a perfect world, sure, but we don't live in that so you really shouldn't force people to do anything.
You just have to be patient really and the only advice I can give is try to get bits of play time before you work in the morning if you can.
Also try to wake up early in the mornings on weekends since the queue starts to get going at noon.

[Illmaeran]

If people would be considerate of their own volition, then it wouldn't be needed.

How do you know people aren't doing this of their own volition? A data center can handle 17,000 to 21,000 concurrent players in the login queue. Cactuar alone has an active population of 13,343 as of Dec 3, 2021. https://dotesports.com/mmo/news/all-...er-populations Cactuar's on the Aether data center which houses 13 different worlds. For simplicity's sake, let's say all of those have an active population of 13,000 players. That's a total of 169,000 active players on the Aether data center.

Let's say 25% of all active players have completed the MSQ and 100% of those players choose to stop playing so other people can have a chance. 169,000 x 0.75 = 126,750 active players who haven't completed the MSQ and are trying to get in. That's six times (600%) the login server's hypothetical max capacity of 21,000 or 9.94 times (994%) of the 17,000 max capacity.

Even if a full 50% of players on the Aether data center have finished the MSQ and stopped playing, there are still 300-500% more players than the login server can handle trying to get into the game.


Until a great majority of players on each *data center*, not just server, decide to take a break from playing, queues are going to continue being significant even if SE did the unthinkable and completely stopped people who finished the MSQ from even being able to log in.


I know quite a few, possibly up to 50%, of the people in my FC have finished the MSQ and have taken a break or are logging in much less frequently. We're a worldwide FC so I don't know how many people are playing while I'm asleep or at work, but many have commented on how participation has pretty much reduced to "the regulars" again. I also know that me, myself, and I have reduced my play time after marathon sessions to finish the MSQ. People ARE cutting back on play time. There are just far too many people still trying to get into the game for there to be a practical effect on queues on high population data centers.