Why are we still perpetuating this server congestion meme?

[CNitsah]

My point was more that it never was supposed to be a marker of congestion, but a marker of the new connection method.

[Valence]

It not the game server being congested, it's just the login servers being very slow.

This was not a thing before Shadowbringers' release. I think they changed it to introduce a trickle down in the lobby server logins because it was too unstable before.

[Jeeqbit]

This was not a thing before Shadowbringers' release. I think they changed it to introduce a trickle down in the lobby server logins because it was too unstable before.

It's hard to remember something like that so far back, but I feel like it would have to have been given how congested Stormblood's release was.

A common argument people make is that it's bots logging in as a combined batch, but it varies because sometimes it can simply be due to DDoS and the instability on certain routes at times.

[Krojack]

They just throttle logins. The system logs in something like 50 or 100 players every 30 seconds or something. I don't know exact numbers but it's done in small burst like that.

[Kaurhz]

I think this is because the queue works on a buffer...

It's not literal congestion on the world, but rather an anti-congestion mechanism where it just buffers logins, and I don't think it applies to just that single world, but rather DC-wide, e.g., 30 people are trying to login across that DC at any given time, before eventually allocating you to a server IP to connect to.

[DPZ2]

"Congested worlds" does not imply they are filled up with online players. It implies that the number of player characters who are associated with the world is high. Congested worlds may have a low active population and a massive number of paying players who only log on once a season.

The login queue may indicate a "congested world" with an active online population of 200 or 10,000 (or whatever SE has decided "congested" means for purposes of creating new characters or transferring from one world to the next).

[localareanetwork]

Doesnt change the fact the so called congestion doesnt exist.

Have they ever said why its like this?

[SophiaDL]

Have they ever said why its like this?

No they have actually not, they just started using the term congestion and slapped it everywhere to block Aether and make it an off limit DC for non residents, same for Balmung.

I doubt it will ever go away though since it'd basically mean they are admitting the game population is going down.

[ZohShia]

sigh.....

When will people learn that an MMO is not "dead" until the day they shut the servers down? I have a better question: Why are we still perpetuating the "this MMO is totes the dedz bc I say so, ignoring any and all evidence to the contrary" meme that existed far, far before Final Fantasy XIV ver. 1.0 was even an idea in Square Enix' head?

[Nero-Voidstails]

well it might be to spread the player base but kinda failed doing that sadly