Aether Data Center Down

[Catwho]

They never should have put Gilgamesh and Balmung together in the first place. They are both huge. I like how in the notice it says they 'happen' to be on the same data server....like it was an accident or they stumbled in there all by themselves. XD

Uh - Gilgamesh was a new server created at the start of 2.0, they had no idea it'd be the chosen server of Reddit.

[BroodingFicus]

Uh - Gilgamesh was a new server created at the start of 2.0, they had no idea it'd be the chosen server of Reddit.

I know. But unless I'm mistaken (it was a while ago) the data center split did not occur until later on in 2.1. About a year ago? Along with helping with queues for things and lag it was meant to help with lobby issues which was still a problem. It was at this point that large population servers should have been separated.

[Snapdragyn]

At this point they've created a self-replicating crisis. 'Oh no, so much congestion is causing these problems - nothing we can do!' *Do nothing. Players attempt to log in, crash out, attempt to log in again, recycle ad nauseum as more players crash or find time to try to log in & the log-in attempts stack up* 'See, so much congestion, oh no!'

[Kisik]

Just split up the Aether data center, no need to hack apart a server. Balmung goes to one Gilgamesh goes to another, and just round robin the servers based population until you've got an equal split in two new data centers.

[Raikki]

Just split up the Aether data center, no need to hack apart a server. Balmung goes to one Gilgamesh goes to another, and just round robin the servers based population until you've got an equal split in two new data centers.

The servers are overpopulated even if they weren't destroying the datacenter lobby.

[Brill_]

The servers are overpopulated even if they weren't destroying the datacenter lobby.

Yes, but the lobby takes down people on 10 other servers.

[Dekent]

Never fear! SE's engineers are hard ta work at resolving the issue!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d4R...t=HL1377441935 (cause someone had to)

[Fellheart]

I cannot adequately express the level of frustration that has been this evening in my attempts to access my server and my friends for the past 4 hours. No, you cannot have my patience, and you cannot have my understanding. The server capacity issue should have been addressed months ago, at the very least in preparation for the expansion, but we are still being forced to deal with a sub par data center set up. Meanwhile, the influx of players into the over capacity servers simply continue to rise because people want to play with their friends. The more people on one server, the more friends they will bring with them. Entire companies are unable to buy housing without jumping through atrocious hoops, servers are locked down for character creation for weeks at a time, and now the expansion has caused an all out lockout. It's like paying for a regularly scheduled headache.

[SinR]

AMERICA, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.

that's all I get from the Squeenix post in this thread

[MachammondtheXXXII]

So, after not being able to play most of the day. I finally get in this evening and now I am getting spammed with effing gilsellers.

Thanks, SE