Ixion proves you need to upgrade servers

[XiXiQ]

Sorry to burst your bubbles guys, but they didnt reuse the xi or xiv servers when they moved datacenters.

It's not about how new the equipment might (or might not) be. There is not enough of it. They need to add resources to those "congested" servers for a start. They need to adjust their max logins so people aren't sitting about waiting in a long queue to log in. They need to understand those servers are going to have more people in a zone for special hunts/fates, etc. They need to stop gimping things like inventory and housing and using the "resources" excuse. That just can't wash - if you do not have the "resources" to accomodate your player base, something is very wrong.

Putting servers in AU could ease issues on some of the congested JP/US servers (only a masochist in AU would be using an EU server)

[Lunafreya]

I just got my mount today. It spawned 3 times today in 20 mins. I got gold first so 11 horns and then instance 1 I got ZERO credit. Instance 3 I thankfully got silver and then my mount at Rhalgr's. It had NIGHTMARISH lag and I just got lucky. The mount has no unique music sadly but it's lovely. I feel bad for players that DC during the fate. I dont know if SE's servers can handle the fate if my server is small. It must be truly nightmarish on Balmung or Gilgamesh.

[Anko1400]

It is really bad. It seems like they have even worse servers now then back when Odin was a thing...

Seriously SE get your shit together lol

[magnanimousCynic]

The main reason why Ixion is so much worse than any other world boss is because he can drop a mount. :\

[Exiled_Tonberry]

Man, I sure do feel the increase in quality now that the PS3 is gone!

[Ametrine]

Feels just like Odin and Behemoth did. I never met Coeurlgurina (sp?), but there isn't really anything SE can do to resolve this that makes sense financially other than tune the way credit is given out for participation.

One theory as to why the Foxy Lady FATE isn't plagued by the same issues as Ixion is that Ixion itself is built with an aggro table, limiting Gold medals to the few players that manage get to a certain level on.

That encourages more camping to try to get there first for aggro and to wait around for the next spawn to try to get a better medal next round. Plus, I think you need to do it at least twice for enough tokens for a mount? So more camping.

Foxy Lady, on the other hand, just needs activity. Do a lot to DPS and heal with a party and you'll be fine. The tokens for it's rewards are split between 2 FATES, too. One gold medal on the main fate rewards enough tokens for all 3 reward items, ears, minion, and toy, so you do it once and can move on.

[JunseiKei]

There should be no reason I should get silver spaming heals, and being there before it was pulled. The lag/ border line zone crashes are unbearable. I was amazed in seeing all the connection lost icons along with huge stuttering of ixion. I cannot believe this is STILL an issue. This is coming from someone that god gold on foxy lady that popped a minute after, arriving around 70% as well. I know how to get credit on fates.

Please upgrade servers, where zones can handle more then 300 people. It is needed, and a lot of excuses for not having enough inventory is also tied to the low server capacity.

I can't help but think, "Oh man. You should have been here when Odin was a thing. LOL where is the boss?" only be be cleaved and killed by him. At least you can see Ixion, despite the server lag. Odin had stability, on my server anyway, but good luck seeing him, and unlike Ixion, once his HP dropped to a certain point, he prepared Zantestuken- do or die. At that point, he usually killed the server due to being untargettable for most of the people there.

I'll gladly take lag and a silver on Ixion. You might not like it, but it's a massive improvement compared to Odin in those days. It's nice to ask for improvement, but don't act like improvement hasn't been made at all in the grand scheme of things.

Plus, I think you need to do it at least twice for enough tokens for a mount?

Foxy lady gold is enough to get all items. Ixion, if you manage to get all gold medals, requires 6 FATEs. Or extremely lucky and the FATE rewarding you the mount directly. Unless this was changed and simply not multiple instances simply bringing back 3 chances at the FATE.

[micropanther7]

Back in ARR I experienced this kind of server lag for a short period of time whenever Odin happened to spawn...

I remember healing on those lag fests oh my word... lag hiccup, mass dc'ing and..

[Oscura]

I really love how OP posts a perfectly valid criticism yet people still find a reason to suck up to Square Enix as much as possible. It's not like we just had a huge server migration or dropped an entire piece of hardware or anything. It's not like this game doesn't both have a subscription and a cash shop. There is also a generous amount of previous event and glamour gear in said cash shop. Let's not also ignore the fact there is a level jump and MSQ skip potion, and fantasias galore. There is a lot of money going into this game. There is zero excuse any sort of open world content should ever crash or overload an instance, period.

[JunseiKei]

It's only an issue right now because so many people are trying for it. It won't be worth upgrading just for the FATE in a few months' time.