Aether Data Center Down

[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.