Aether Data Center Down

[SinR]

Day 2 of this unwholesome farce.

this has been happening since early access launched on Thursday

[trueruddiger]

ya but we wont

[Fellheart]

Me, what frustrated me the most was that I was stuck on one. Won't have to worry about it for much longer though. Finally got in and I'm changing servers asap.

It's given me number one at least 3 times in the past few hours. At which point I lose all hope that it might actually work this time.

[Macloven]

Why is this happening in the first place? they saw the pre-order volume, they've had past experiences of MAJOR flux of people when the game was launched ARR they should of prepared for this. It's sad to see the server problems but they should of had this under control.

[Imladris]

I say Day 2, cause free day 1, was smooth as can be. No probs at all. I expected the downloader to be cutting me off endlessly, with an 8 gig plus DL to conduct, like it did when updating the base game originally. Adamantoise was of curse full as one could expect for initial leveling areas. FATES were crazy big, but all worked fine. Day 2 (my first problem day,) stared seeing a 5006 and 2002, and I snapped in Technical, before a lucky break got me in yesterday, w/o more than the usual lag spike bit, nothing more.

Now, problem day 2, 2002s and a 5006, as far as the Big Sky country horizon, one can see, where I live. (Course it's cloudy today.)

Is all of Aether on one stinking 56k modem line or something? Common, seriously.

[Kaedan94]

Why is this happening in the first place? they saw the pre-order volume, they've had past experiences of MAJOR flux of people when the game was launched ARR they should of prepared for this. It's sad to see the server problems but they should of had this under control.

I think it's mostly an issue with the fact that the Data center is in Canada. At least one of the Japanese data centers has just as much stress if not more from population than Aether, and it's doing just fine. So it's most likely a staffing/technical issue.

[Aiyza]

Okay this is absolutely ridiculous!! This needs to be fix. This is even early access. What do they want us to do when it's the real launch on tuesday??? FIX THIS SQUARE ENIX!!!!!!! Anytime I try to switch to the Aether data center, I get a 5002 or 2002 error/lobby server error. EVERY single other data center works, except Aether. This is unacceptable!! WTF!!!

[RuruFaust]

Does SE need help figuring this out? I am a 15 year Unix Administrator for one of the largest global computer parts manufacturers. I regularly help architect and deploy services on a global scale. I would be willing to volunteer my time and services if it would mean an end to this congestion issue.

An afterthought: SE has my contact information (it is valid and current in my profile) Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. I am dying to know what happens in the storyline but am unable to play to find out!

[Abriael]

Crashed again. 2002 for half a hour, and now in queue for another half. Still not back in.

[Linkan]

Separate Gilgamesh and that other server from Aether seems to be the most logical decision.
Also, free transfer off those worlds.