You have gone too far, this is the end

[Turtledeluxe]

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.

I'm on Aether and I can confirm we haven't really been clogged beyond week 1. People saying that are lying. Queues have been in low 40s daily.

Yoshi p bragged about all time concurrent player records but then they all left bc of the crap msq.

[Mcg55ss]

I never wanted to be there in the first place, but Aether was locked down. People going there for a house is silly, but understandable to an extent because of how poorly housing was implemented. However, being off world all the time is absurd since you miss out on fc perks, retainers, etc.

Aether is ONLY locked from making a character on peak hours...you can EASILY wait till later at night or early in morning and make one so that excuse doesn't fly.

[Mcg55ss]

Dynamis should not exist for people to transfer there just to get a house and then spend the rest of their time on other DCs. If you make a character there you need to be compelled to support that community.

can you say that louder i don't think everyone in the back heard you.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

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.

I mean aether touting it's the "big raid DC" is going to inevitably lead to people dogpiling onto it via travel.

[1313]

Aether is ONLY locked from making a character on peak hours...you can EASILY wait till later at night or early in morning and make one so that excuse doesn't fly.

Wrong! At the time, players couldn't create characters anywhere on any data center outside of Dynamis! This was not a temporary restriction due to online player capacity, but a complete lockdown until further notice, as they do very frequently.

[1313]

I'm on Aether and I can confirm we haven't really been clogged beyond week 1. People saying that are lying. Queues have been in low 40s daily.

Yoshi p bragged about all time concurrent player records but then they all left bc of the crap msq.

Yeah, I have my alt there and a lot of friends on several servers. I know these restrictions have been unnecessary, and nobody seems to really understand how server statuses work. Like people saying how it isn't congested and we should be allowed to travel, is met with someone taking a pic of their screen to show that yoshi manually changed server statuses to congested despite them being fine, in his efforts to force players into certain areas. He's just painting illusions which are very transparent, but not all can see through it.

[TheOperator3712]

Aether is ONLY locked from making a character on peak hours...you can EASILY wait till later at night or early in morning and make one so that excuse doesn't fly.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/
"* New characters cannot be created on Congested Worlds."

[KazukoHimura]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/
"* New characters cannot be created on Congested Worlds."

Strangely enough, when I made my main, I made her on Cactuar and it was congested at the time. Maybe it used to be locked only at peak hours and was now (or at some point since I created her) changed to locked, period? Not totally sure.

Also side note, other thread I posted a prospective solution for at least the DC travel loop: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6563309

[Ayan_Calvesse]

Dynamis should not exist for people to transfer there just to get a house and then spend the rest of their time on other DCs. If you make a character there you need to be compelled to support that community.

This...and also some just want that sweet "road to 90" buff while they level those other jobs and if they didn't get the plot they want they tried to just transfer to greener pastures.

[Moxiesan]

I actually don't believe it was ever that busy. We haven't had any massive queues. They say it's because they improved the servers, but that's BS because i don't see hardly any amount of players that the start of EW or SB had. People say it's because it's instanced. It's not, I can add the instance numbers together. This "congestion" is artificial and forced to promote dead servers.