You have gone too far, this is the end

[KazukoHimura]

I'll be honest, I normally don't come to the forums and complain despite having played since 6.1 dropped (And I've had complaints about the post-Endwalker storyline for months), but I'm personally not happy about this either. I'm predominantly a role-player, and a lot of my RP spots are various player houses. I actually had to go on hiatus until the initial lock was lifted, but now that it's gone...it's just a lighter version of it. If enough people are on the same world logged in, I can't even go to said world. All of my buddies and their houses are on Crystal and Primal, for example, and I'm also on Dynamis (since I wanted to leave Aether ages ago, and wanted that buff, a chance at a house, etc.). I'm fine with staying on there for regular gameplay content, but for RP, I don't think some random is going to want us co-opting their house because it has the environment we need for our scene. Personally I don't like doing that, consent is vital, but when Sqenix forces you onto one DC, or locks the world the house in question is on, and schedules don't align well enough to show up at non-peak hours, what can you do?

[l_Misty_l]

I'm a roleplayer as well, in Chaos. Our main RP world, for EU, is Omega and a lot of Light roleplayers will now be unable to join it. Most of my friends, RP venues, RP apartments, are on Omega.
I have several characters on Phantom and I may be unable to reach Omega if it turns congested.

Needless to say this is causing a great deal of concern and discomfort.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I'm a roleplayer as well, in Chaos. Our main RP world, for EU, is Omega and a lot of Light roleplayers will now be unable to join it. Most of my friends, RP venues, RP apartments, are on Omega.
I have several characters on Phantom and I may be unable to reach Omega if it turns congested.

Needless to say this is causing a great deal of concern and discomfort.

Bruh. I'm not even an RP-er - and this change must especially suck for ya'll. I'm hoping that after the tier calms down ya'll won't have this issue.

[Basteala]

I thought you were already done with the game due to the MCH issue.

[KazukoHimura]

I'm a roleplayer as well, in Chaos. Our main RP world, for EU, is Omega and a lot of Light roleplayers will now be unable to join it. Most of my friends, RP venues, RP apartments, are on Omega.
I have several characters on Phantom and I may be unable to reach Omega if it turns congested.

Needless to say this is causing a great deal of concern and discomfort.

Oh, it's causing a lot for me. I'm an immersive RPer too, and have been looking forward to going to a friend's clinic (My character has a chronic illness). Said friend is a Sage and has the full Sharlayan setup-I've never seen anything like that on Dynamis, but I've seen it on Crystal and Primal, and every once in a while on Aether (Though none of my RP partners are on Aether, and those that are just come to Crystal).

Bruh. I'm not even an RP-er - and this change must especially suck for ya'll. I'm hoping that after the tier calms down ya'll won't have this issue.

It really does. I have to put off an RP I really wanted to do yet again because of this crap. I hope that the tier doesn't take months to calm down.


Edit: Think we should all air our grievances over here: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...Travel-Changes

[Mika_Zahard]

Congestion hasnt been a thing since the end of week 1 of DT

at some point they have to let go of that excuse, let people play with their friends and families.

The population isnt the population of EW or SHB, it hasnt been in a while, there is no need for all of this.

Also "just dc travel" also does not work because you cant join FC's.

Excuse me? There's a serious congestion problem atm. I'm stuck in crystal limbo because all of Crystal suddenly is congested and i cant access my character

[Racen]

you were compelled? Square forced you?

also, for all of you complaining bc you can't get back to aether when you come from another dc, please stay off Aether, we're full up.

[1313]

Excuse me? There's a serious congestion problem atm. I'm stuck in crystal limbo because all of Crystal suddenly is congested and i cant access my character

The congestion IS NOT critical, as it seems. Square Enix is intentionally restricting server access, forcing players to switch to less crowded ones. In contrast to the Endwalker release, there are no extreme queues to enter the game, and the existing travel restrictions seem unnecessary. Moreover, these restrictions are causing significant distress for many. The absence of communication and adequate chance for players to relocate their characters before these measures were introduced only exacerbates the situation.

[RezRanger]

Yeah I'm there with you. And it feels like they are more and more complacent about the issues since they are unwilling to address it immediately. This is a global issue too and not just NA. I've officially unsubscribed. It's 2024. Why are we even having issues with cross server interactions? It's not acceptable.

[VoidsentStatus]

They're referring to server congestion, meaning it takes an excessive amount of time to log into the game due to servers reaching maximum capacity with online players, similar to what happened in Endwalker. This expansion hasn't seen that issue, except maybe during the first week, and it varies by location. They (Square Enix) are deliberately changing server status to 'congested' to redirect traffic to less populated servers, yet they're doing so without allowing players to move to their preferred home worlds first. Consequently, we're still restricted. I've been unable to transfer for nearly three months, and it's uncertain how much longer this will continue. It's causing severe distress and damaging the game experience to the point that it's no longer enjoyable to play.

Even when the login queue's weren't atrocious, there were still several instances of people in zones. There's a difference between login congestion and server congestion. Just because there's isn't a large spike in logins anymore doesn't mean there's a huge difference in the total people playing at a given time, especially given plugins came back that stopped people from getting kicked from the afk timer and all the gposers/modders that didn't raid/do msq early on started playing again.