Dev Team Request: Please Fix Timeout Issues for Logging Back In!

[Len]

Create a second character that you can log-in to after being disconnected from your main.

I agree, though, this definitely needs to be addressed by Square Enix sooner or later.

[Mihana]

Create a second character that you can log-in to after being disconnected from your main.

I agree, though, this definitely needs to be addressed by Square Enix sooner or later.

Seems ridiculous we need to use a temporary fix like this wasting a character on another server you'll likely never play! And I've tried with multiple characters, but the same server... It's never worked for me. I can select a character, the screen goes black with the "Now Loading" phrase only to reappear at the character selection menu with an odd error before kicking me back to the title screen.

[Wynn]

This issue is being caused due to your character staying in the world upwards of 15 to 20 minutes after a disconnect. As the poster above stated, logging in a second character on your account will forcibly remove your stuck character so that you can log back in. Stinks to have to do, but it is better than waiting it out.

[Lerris]

I'll sign it, but from what it looks like to me is probably a networking problem.

Other games recover gracefully from networking glitches. This one doesn't. Obviously, networking issues beyond SE's control are going to happen. What we want is to get back to playing and staying within our party/ scenario once the issue's on our end have been resolved... which is what is currently not possible.

Create a second character that you can log-in to after being disconnected from your main.

I agree, though, this definitely needs to be addressed by Square Enix sooner or later.

When this goes P2P, that second character is not free. And doing exactly that did not work for me last night. I could not log in on my secondary character either.

[Len]

When this goes P2P, that second character is not free. And doing exactly that did not work for me last night. I could not log in on my secondary character either.

Which is why I referred to it as a temporary fix.

Is your secondary character located on the same server as your main?

[Lerris]

Which is why I referred to it as a temporary fix.

Is your secondary character located on the same server as your main?

Yes, it is.

[Len]

Yes, it is.

Try making one on another server and see if it works - I've never had an issue with it working.

[Rentahamster]

This would solve the problem:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ection-Lost%29

If a player DCs in the middle of combat while in a party, that player should still be considered in the party, but with his name grayed out. If that player is able to reconnect to the server within a 10 minute window, he is automatically placed back into the party as if he had never left in the first place. All accumulated hate, buffs, debuffs, etc are still applied to the player.

Once engaged in combat, changing from a battle class to another class is still prohibited.

Once engaged in combat, changing one time only from a gathering/crafting class to a battle class is allowed.

If a player is DCed during a leve, that leve is still active if the player logs back on within a 10 minute window. The only way to fail a leve is to run out of time, change zones, or manually abandon it from the crystal.

Change the server timeout from 10 minutes to something more sane like 2 minutes. Waiting so long after a DC is very frustrating.


Problem solved. That was easy. Next.

[Neptune]

Amen. I got DCed for 10 straight minutes recently and I was in the middle of something in game.

[Iron]

Yes that's a very annoying problem.

The ~10 minute wait is very frustrating, plus when you're logged back on you can't rejoin your party if you were engaged in a long fight, e.g. NMs; your leves are failed with guardian aspect and leve linking bonus lost..