Constantly 'reserving server'

[ReevezGod420]

That costs time and taking down the servers. It has nothing to do with spaghetti code and has everything to do with cost. There's a couples holiday and an event with an instance, newly updated Eureka and the Arsenal inside it plus all of the other stuff. I've been getting and out of instances a lot, running mentor roulette and doing my part to help move instances along.

Don't single handedly save us all. Yes. The instances are "full". Yes that's obviously creating this issue. But with as much money as this game makes them, servers filling up shouldn't happen. I know all the cost arguments, but its irrelevant. They make more than enough money to be able to withstand this type of thing. If this was day 1, i wouldn't say anything. Today isn't day 1 of the problem, however. They aren't some crappy little indie company. I expect more of a company that makes this much money. You all should too. Call it entitlement, w/e. We are entitled to the things we pay for.

The only thing that's really bothering me is that there's no direct response to this problem. Really awesome way to treat your customer base.

[JunseiKei]

Don't single handedly save us all. Yes. The instances are "full". Yes that's obviously creating this issue. But with as much money as this game makes them, servers filling up shouldn't happen. I know all the cost arguments, but its irrelevant. They make more than enough money to be able to withstand this type of thing. If this was day 1, i wouldn't say anything. Today isn't day 1 of the problem, however. They aren't some crappy little indie company. I expect more of a company that makes this much money. You all should too. Call it entitlement, w/e. We are entitled to the things we pay for.

The only thing that's really bothering me is that there's no direct response to this problem. Really awesome way to treat your customer base.

I did not imply I'm "saving us all." I'm helping to push instances along. Nothing more, nothing less.

The issue at hand is not something that is regularly dealt with. We see it at expansions and this is occurring because of new updates to Eureka and Arsenal and the Valentine's event. Most of the time, there's no real need to invest in something like having more server space to allow more instances. The cost argument is not irrelevant simply because you declared it; it's a business and costs and profit are the [main] concern. You're right, they aren't a "crappy indie company" - such business may make that mistake of adding in instances they cannot support in the long run after player activity has dropped off. It's not called entitlement, it's called business. Perhaps you should look into things that attribute to MMOs' failures, because what you are suggesting has been a contributing factor in other games and companies in this genre that have ultimately come and gone.

You're also willfully forgetting they have plans to add in a new datacenter and move servers. Why add temporary servers now when even that is in the works? That's rhetorical, by the way.

[Kuroka]

besides in like 3 hours some ppl should have gotten an instance...

[Spiralgaia]

Can attest, multiple people on Siren and Omega seemingly cannot get in anything that goes through duty finder registration... A shame because many wanted to run the Valentione event on their characters on Valentine day.

Not to mention all the people who needed their dailies. D:

[Risvertasashi]

Didn't get this yesterday but I saw the reports. Am getting it now. Aether DC.

[Kuroka]

Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Can you describe how the game is crashing? Does it simply close and return to the desktop? Do you see a black screen or any graphical glitches as it crashes?
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So GMs post on such stuff but not on the fact that basically no one can enter certain isntances? Like are you not allowed to comment that?

[Deveroo]

Yes this is happening in Coeurl as well, I've been in Que for 78min with reserving server.

[Rangar]

I'm also getting a queue time for an MSQ instanced fight, it's the whole Duty Finder system having an issue

[ReevezGod420]

Same here. Been in queue for 75 minutes "Reserving Server." Talking to people that have been in queue for longer than 2 hours. Would be nice to get a confirmation from devs that this is being addressed in the maintenance? Or at least a "we're working on it" would be cool..

[Kuroka]

*insert grasshopper noises*

well 3+ hours no content or info, thx...