Ehm, question.

[Alberel]

No, that's 3012, not 1017. 1017 means Server is Full. Queues are for when many players are trying to log in at the same time as there is open room for them on the server.

You're right... not sure why I thought that. Having said that I wasn't aware anyone still got the 1017 error. The few times I've seen or heard of it since last year were actually bugs that required you to cancel and try again. It was actually nothing to do with the server load. I play on Phoenix which was the highest populated server by SE's stats released a few months back yet I haven't seen any login queues (or need for them) since 2.1. The only way what the OP describes could be down to genuine server load is if a very large population of the server got disconnected at once and attempted to log back in yet by all accounts those experiencing the 90k errors are in a very small minority.

[Johnist]

You're right... not sure why I thought that. Having said that I wasn't aware anyone still got the 1017 error. The few times I've seen or heard of it since last year were actually bugs that required you to cancel and try again. It was actually nothing to do with the server load. I play on Phoenix which was the highest populated server by SE's stats released a few months back yet I haven't seen any login queues (or need for them) since 2.1. The only way what the OP describes could be down to genuine server load is if a very large population of the server got disconnected at once and attempted to log back in yet by all accounts those experiencing the 90k errors are in a very small minority.

1017 exists primarily on Legacy and other 'packed' servers (ie: Servers who had the largest housing prices). And usually only during prime-time / peak hours.

[Felis]

1017 exists primarily on Legacy and other 'packed' servers (ie: Servers who had the largest housing prices). And usually only during prime-time / peak hours.

There are still servers with the largest housing prices?