Aether Data Center Down

[Catwho]

You would think they wouldn't leave us like this but seems they will. Personally it just seems rather odd to say "Please be patient" when there are no plans in the works to fix this issue. Patient for what? Yes the servers will quiet down some in a month or so (we hope) but its an ongoing issue for some time now that is only made worse during times like this. The official launch is going to crush the data center into the ground if it can't handle early access.

Also even if it does become more accessible in a month, what about the early access/month of subs that have been paid? Its all very....frustrating.

You don't know that there are "no plans to fix this issue" - they haven't openly discussed what they're doing, but that doesn't mean they aren't doing anything. Trust me, I worked in a data center before. A team of technicians are currently getting overtime trying to figure out how to fix it. As soon as they have something to go on, they'll announce it, but "too many people are logging in for our system to handle" generally means there's going to be re-coding involved in the fix somewhere.

[Rubeus_Carcer]

As a proposed solution, maybe they should put a cap on the queue for a given server -- like 100 people can be in the queue and if you're over that number, it should kick you back to "Play" screen and make you wait 60 seconds if trying to reconnect to that server.

[Hyrist]

Besaid was the original 'unofficial' RP server before it became Balmung, so RPers didn't 'invade' anything. They pretty much were clear in their intent where they wanted to go from the start, and people just congrigated there normally. SE's been lax in declaring an official RP server so the RPers were quick in making their own choices.

[Raikki]

Actually, why not just officially split Balmung into 2 servers? Mark one as an official RP server and the other as a normal non-RP server, and require every player on there to pick between the two. Preserve any existing housing the person owns and money and all that regardless of choice, then move one of those servers to Primal.

[Bracken]

Actually, why not just officially split Balmung into 2 servers? Mark one as an official RP server and the other as a normal non-RP server, and require every player on there to pick between the two. Preserve any existing housing the person owns and money and all that regardless of choice, then move one of those servers to Primal.

the problem is, even the None Rpers enjoy watching the RPers RP, balmung as a whole is a great server, its just these nuisance times where we can't actually log in. myself I wouldn't want to choose, or to be chosen for, I like it as it is and i think many people would say the same this will be over in a couple of days and we will all be back to normal.

[Raikki]

the problem is, even the None Rpers enjoy watching the RPers RP, balmung as a whole is a great server, its just these nuisance times where we can't actually log in. myself I wouldn't want to choose, or to be chosen for, I like it as it is and i think many people would say the same this will be over in a couple of days and we will all be back to normal.

I don't really want a split, but the way it is right now is unsustainable unless the game loses popularity, which isn't something we should want. If Heavensward is a success, we aren't just going to go back to how the server was pre-expansion where everything worked fine despite being popular. We're going to continue to have the problems we do now.

[Bracken]

I don't really want a split, but the way it is right now is unsustainable unless the game loses popularity, which isn't something we should want. If Heavensward is a success, we aren't just going to go back to how the server was pre-expansion where everything worked fine despite being popular. We're going to continue to have the problems we do now.

just think of the free minion and or mount you will get if it goes on any longer :P

Pegasus anyone?

[Raikki]

What fellow Balmungers need to understand is that if we got a proper working login queue with no lobby errors (which believe me, I really hope we do get), our login queue right now would be several hours long. That's how bad the overcrowding on our server is. The vast majority of our players aren't even trying to get on right now because of the lobby and queue problems.

[DarkLiriel]

Oh I agree. I'm mainly making speculations and probing for more information. The main thing I want to see is not getting dumped out of the game entirely when receiving these errors. Having to put in my creds + token time and again is really frustrating lol

[BroodingFicus]

What fellow Balmungers need to understand is that if we got a proper working login queue with no lobby errors (which believe me, I really hope we do get), our login queue right now would be several hours long. That's how bad the overcrowding on our server is. The vast majority of our players aren't even trying to get on right now because of the lobby and queue problems.

I get why there are lobby errors. The issue is I agree with you in regards to ever achieving 'normalcy' again with HW releasing. Best case scenario it takes weeks to become tolerable which means we are paying to have something we are not getting free access to. Its as if your apartment is only accessible during really strange hours but you still need to pay regular rent like everyone else. I think its more likely we won't see it evening out as much due to the return of new players, transfers and people sneaking in after maintenance/during the early hours of the morning. As much as I hate to say this, I almost feel Balmung should be shut down to new players entirely until a solution is found or at least for the first month or two after release to make sure new players are filtered elsewhere. I love how diverse our server is but its clear that it cannot handle how many people are already on Balmung let alone any new editions.