Apology from Yoshi

[daedalusAI]

Oh and gating a MSQ-scenario in a single instance everyone has to go through is so pathetic it almost renders me speechless: you don't properly expect a flood of players and yet you force all of them into 1 scenario.
It really seems most if not every game company only employs people that are not or cannot be critical towards decisions from higher up: You can't convince me that their whole FF14 stormblood team couldn't foresee gating the MSQ behind a single scenario is a good idea.

As far as complaining and forgetting it goes: I will remember such massive blunders. And unlike a lot of people I make no arbitrary distinction that it's "only a game".
The other poster comparing it with a midnight screening was spot on: in that case you would go berserk when the movie is unwatchable due to the cinema's inability to foresee a rush a people - but when it's a game you suddenly caress the company with silken gloves and even defend their avoidable mistakes.

[daedalusAI]

Btw: those 1000 characters for a post is a joke.

[syunikiss]

I just got kicked out of that instance while it loaded, log in screen, queue to log in, connection lost, try again, lost, try again queue, lost, x6 more attempts, get in, try instance, disconnect.

My experience in stormblood is exactly like that thus far.
The amount of frustration is unbearable, I'm just hoping on the 20th that the expansion will actually be playable by then.

[Fernosaur]

Hype is gone tbh.

[Kaedan]

Btw: those 1000 characters for a post is a joke.

You can edit your post after initially posting it to have more than 1000 characters.

[Asheloux]

For someone who got past Raubahn, it isn't just him.
The next instance with Pippin is the same situation. Every job quest is also like this.
Honestly, they should've started transfers before Stormblood early access, not at the start.

[Tiamat]

My frustration levels are high right now. Been trying for over four hours to get past Raubahn. Nothing but "A system error occurred during event movement.".

[Keridwyn]

For someone who got past Raubahn, it isn't just him.
The next instance with Pippin is the same situation. Every job quest is also like this.
Honestly, they should've started transfers before Stormblood early access, not at the start.

On my server there are probably only thirty people total still trying to get past Pipin. Everyone else seems to have given up for now or is still stuck on Raubahn. None of us have managed to progress in the past four or so hours (that we know of, folks don't seem to be telling if they do manage to get past).

[Madamepancake]

With frustration levels high, I wish SE would actually do something and not just say try again later. Its like they don't even care.

[Sylvaneste]

To be honest, this is exactly the approach they should do. Note that it wasn't stated to have been an unforeseen/unexpected occurrence. I'd imagine that all they're doing on their end is just optimizing where possible, but the primary approach is to let the players do their thing until it has died down. It's key to remember that it's a temporary problem that will probably last until a week or two after official launch, maybe longer if you just want to look at weekends. That limitation being imposed will likely be lifted within the first week.

NO NO NO NO NO !!!!! We need to hold SE to a higher standard. This is not some sort of new game, or new product, this is an extension of an already up and running game. Did they learn NOTHING from the launch of ARR and its 18 hour log in q's??? It is absolutely absurd, that anyone would give SE a free pass like this. This is not a "new" thing.