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.

[Spawnie]

Honestly i hope it stays like this for a few months.. more ppl playing for long periods the better it is

[Uzephi]

I am on faerie and I constantly struggle with the insane 11 person queues. Oh the humanity! Lol

And I thought my 6-8 person ques were bad O.o /s

[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

[Kaedan]

If you don't want queues, transfer off Balmung. It's free right now if you go to a preferred server.

And no, "I shouldn't have to transfer" is not a valid reply. If you choose to play on the most overcrowded server, then you are choosing to accept queues. That's the nature of the beast. If your FC is there, convince them to go with you or decided which is more important to you.

It's not SE's fault that you're playing on the most overcrowded server. You have the opportunity to transfer off for free, so if you choose not to, that's entirely on you. Other NA servers are having no problems, so it's up to you to make the decision.

[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]

ppl start to log on and stay afk in the monring before work, as u can see them doing it.

but there is no queue to get into the server all monring, and during the noon.

so the theory its all to blame on AFK ppl is incorrect.
its the actual number of players playing.
(plus SE implemented a restriction on the number of people able to play right now, to help the servers stay up. which is another reason u see a queue now, instead of before. The queue was actually shorter before this limitation, so quite literally most of the queue stems from the limited number of people allowed online, compared to the normal prior to this hotfix.)

I'm certainly not saying it's ALL to blame on AFK people but I believe that they are playing a significant role in the situation. Over last weekend when I was on Balmung and they implemented the restrictions, there were large queues but like clockwork by place in line would move up 50 every other refresh of the queue number. Around late Sunday and Monday, I sat at 2280 for 7 to 8 refreshes before moving up a random number.

The only way I can rationalize the change would be that the world is legitimately full and there are no available spaces. The queues were also only about 4k following disconnects and were often in the mid 2000s during the times that I was trying to get on. It still makes sense that morning and afternoon would not be affected as while I believe a significant number of people are doing this, I don't believe all people are doing this and so the problem only manifests heavily during primetime when the server was going to be full of active players anyway.

I could be wrong but the prevalence of hearing the exploits mentioned or bragged about has gone up steadily over the course of the week.

[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.