Aether Data Center Down

[Gyson]

You guys have to fix this. My friends and I have spent the last three hours trying to get on. When we do get past the data center connection we get stuck in a queue that goes on for 15+ minutes until it dumps us with a lobby error. After three hours we're out of time.. another wasted evening.

What's the point in paying a subscription fee if the game won't let you on to play every time you try?

[Miya_Carbuncle]

You guys have to fix this. My friends and I have spent the last three hours trying to get on. When we do get past the data center connection we get stuck in a queue that goes on for 15+ minutes until it dumps us with a lobby error. After three hours we're out of time.. another wasted evening.

Like I said in my previous post, that seems like an issue on your end. It certainly did not take me 3 hours to get in the game on Balmung. :l And I logged in twice today.

[Gyson]

Like I said in my previous post, that seems like an issue on your end. It certainly did not take me 3 hours to get in the game on Balmung. :l And I logged in twice today.

No, it's not an issue on my end. You got in when I didn't because of random chance. My friends and I are all communicating as we sit here trying to log in. Some sessions these past two days one of us gets lucky even as they others don't. Sometimes it's me and I'm the one who gets in while they're all stuck outside playing the data center/lobby game. Other times I'm not the lucky one.

Just be glad you got in sooner rather than later, because for a lot of people it just happens to be later. There isn't a single person in my guild who managed to get on that hasn't let out an expression of frustration upon finally managing to do so. They're all having these problems.

[SummonerSenah]

I got 90002 error while in a dungeon and now I'm just sitting here with the queue at 358. Was on the last leg of the dungeon, too. They'll have kicked me out by the time I get back on, if I even do.

[Minya]

Ive been trying for 2 hours now can't get in >.< whyyyy

[Wolkan]

I had the same thing happen but the Chinese lady couldn't count change and I got AFK booted yesterday around 2 pm haven't been able to log back in. on the bright side I have watch the whole season of Daredevil.

I'm regretting going to eat now.

I got lectured by a Chinese lady working at the restaurant how to hold my drink cup correctly, and got afk booted and can't get back in now . Sad day.

[Catwho]

Just for the record, Primal data center has been rock solid since launch. Login queues on Lamia, but no one has had issues logging in since 8AM EST on Friday morning.

I wonder why Aether is doing so poorly but Primal is fine?

[Nyalia]

Hey, you could have it worse. While trying to get into the game, my software token suddenly reverted to the registration screen. I used my emergency removal password to reset it, reinstalled it, and somehow the token is now out of sync and the passwords it generates don't work. I was smart enough to grab the new emergency removal password asap, but you can apparently only use an emergency removal password once per 24 hours. This happened at the very start of the 24 hours I had set aside to do nothing but play FFXIV (well, and sleep and eat). Meh.

[Enkidoh]

I wonder why Aether is doing so poorly but Primal is fine?

Because Balmung is on the Aether server group which is the most heavily populated (read: congested) server of all, so Balmung's excessive congestion would snowball to the whole server group. And it should be no surprise that most of the complaints are coming from Balmung players (and yes, I'm on Balmung too).

Really, this congestion is to be expected - it's the weekend and thus US peak time, everyone wants to play the expansion at once, and like a freeway during rush hour when everyone is trying to get to work fast at the same time, you're going to have traffic jams and collisions. There's nothing you can do about it except have a little understanding and try to access the game later on.

[Dualblade]

Because Balmung is on the Aether server group which is the most heavily populated (read: congested) server of all, so Balmung's excessive congestion would snowball to the whole server group. And it should be no surprise that most of the complaints are coming from Balmung players (and yes, I'm on Balmung too).

Really, this congestion is to be expected - it's the weekend and thus US peak time, everyone wants to play the expansion at once, and like a freeway during rush hour when everyone is trying to get to work fast at the same time, you're going to have traffic jams and collisions. There's nothing you can do about it except have a little understanding and try to access the game later on.

Don't forget Greg, its not all that far behind Balmung. Plus Aether has about 2-3 more servers on it than the any of the other ones.