Is queue time just a part of the normal game now?

[Solica]

2 new servers got added.

I am talking about expanding individual server load. And on top of that, i briefly considered moving but they have Ragnarok listed as "normal server" and not congested. Normal server...with 3k queue. So i would have to pay to move. Give them more money for their incompetence.

The real problem is people don't log out and exploit ways to avoid the AFK timer, thus available spots on overcrowded servers rarely come up. I'd imagine Balmung and Gilgamesh times would drop to about 20-30 mins (which is about what the queue time is on Balmung when new patches come up) if all of these people weren't staying in a constantly logged in state.

How many people do you think do that? 500? 1000? heavily inflating numbers and i still dont see how would that help a 4-5k queue every day.

[Felis]

I am talking about expanding individual server load. And on top of that, i briefly considered moving but they have Ragnarok listed as "normal server" and not congested. Normal server...with 3k queue. So i would have to pay to move. Give them more money for their incompetence.

I also play on Ragnarok
Yesterday 3:30 pm middle european time, queue: place 120

[Solica]

I also play on Ragnarok
Yesterday 3:30 pm middle european time, queue: place 120

I got a weird error at around 20:00 GMT+2 and when i logged back, there was a 2200 queue. So...yeah..

[Paladinleeds]

I am talking about expanding individual server load. And on top of that, i briefly considered moving but they have Ragnarok listed as "normal server" and not congested. Normal server...with 3k queue. So i would have to pay to move. Give them more money for their incompetence.

They're listed as new worlds, not preferred worlds. So it's apparently free to move from any server to a "New World", so you might not have to pay them.

[Kaedan]

They're listed as new worlds, not preferred worlds. So it's apparently free to move from any server to a "New World", so you might not have to pay them.

Should mention that the new servers are only EU though.

[Dement]

How many people do you think do that? 500? 1000? heavily inflating numbers and i still dont see how would that help a 4-5k queue every day.

On a server like Balmung where unofficial census placed the ACTIVE population in May at 20k and that number has likely doubled since Stormblood released, I don't find it unlikely that 5-10% of the population would utilize the exploit especially when faced with extremely long queues. Assuming no one at all came back for Stormblood 5% of 20k would be 1000 people.

[Rita1989]

I am talking about expanding individual server load. And on top of that, i briefly considered moving but they have Ragnarok listed as "normal server" and not congested. Normal server...with 3k queue. So i would have to pay to move. Give them more money for their incompetence.



How many people do you think do that? 500? 1000? heavily inflating numbers and i still dont see how would that help a 4-5k queue every day.

2000+ easily on Balmung it's become an epidemic at this point even in the middle of the day the queue can be at 100-200 and still take over 30 minutes because no one is logging off.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I am talking about expanding individual server load. And on top of that, i briefly considered moving but they have Ragnarok listed as "normal server" and not congested. Normal server...with 3k queue. So i would have to pay to move. Give them more money for their incompetence.

That's not an option. There are limits to how many simultaneous connections a single server can sustain no matter how much money you throw at it. Balmung and Gilgamesh reached those limits long ago and should have been locked then. The thing you aren't getting is that even if they could increase the server limit, it would inevitably just be reached again. There's a price for being on an overpopulated server, and you're paying it when you sit in a 3k person queue.