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[Shougun]

My Balmung queue today was 8...

Not that I'm saying other people can't suffer because of that, just shocked at the difference. I must have came in at a really really good time (or the crystal exodus was epic on scale lol). Would be ironic if people left because of queue fear just to cause a new queue issue XD.

[Tsumdere]

My Balmung queue today was 8...

Not that I'm saying other people can't suffer because of that, just shocked at the difference. I must have came in at a really really good time (or the crystal exodus was epic on scale lol). Would be ironic if people left because of queue fear just to cause a new queue issue XD.

No, I'm on Balmung too and the queues on Crystal are only around 5 - 100 at almost every time. I come and go as I please no matter the time of day during this EA. I log in and out frequently as I take breaks.

The irony is quite funny. The people that moved to Crystal got freaked out they were on the same data center as Balmung and Mateus and left enmasse, only to cause themselves the problem they had long blamed on Balmung.

[Enla]

No, I'm on Balmung too and the queues on Crystal are only around 5 - 100 at almost every time. I come and go as I please no matter the time of day during this EA. I log in and out frequently as I take breaks.

The irony is quite funny. The people that moved to Crystal got freaked out they were on the same data center as Balmung and Mateus and left enmasse, only to cause themselves the problem they had long blamed on Balmung.

I think the longest queue I've had was 30 minutes? And that was /right/ after a DDoS spike hit Crystal and kicked everyone off. It's actually be rather nice to not deal with the hassle of waiting in queue. Though I'm still laughing that up until the day before release people were saying that Balmung would have the longest queues and that everyone should log off on a Preferred World.

[ElHeggunte]

Wow, what a thought that a high population server might incur long queue times immediately after the launch of a new expansion for a popular MMO. Totally unexpected.

[spf1200]

So what do you think SE should do about it? A server can only hold so many people. Should the server kick people off when others people try to log in? Should SE limit the amount of time you can play before getting booted for the server?

[DarkMasamune]

So what do you think SE should do about it? A server can only hold so many people. Should the server kick people off when others people try to log in? Should SE limit the amount of time you can play before getting booted for the server?

Aren't they kicking inactive players after 30 minutes of inactivity ? Althought they are ways to bypass that, for sure.

[Enla]

Aren't they kicking inactive players after 30 minutes of inactivity ? Althought they are ways to bypass that, for sure.

They threatened to restart any server that went over capacity to kick those very people, so while there's ways around it I'd be careful of doing it on populated servers.

[Labrini]

Use the world visit system!

[Moonlite]

Use the world visit system!

Not that it bothers me. But suggestion doesn't bypass first que. Maybe in two years for next expansion it will give people option to log into a less populated world. Balmung has been pretty good 1k a couple times. It must have been all Gilgamesh's fault (^_~) in the past.

[ElasmoFan]

So what do you think SE should do about it? A server can only hold so many people. Should the server kick people off when others people try to log in? Should SE limit the amount of time you can play before getting booted for the server?

When servers (balmung especially last expansion) were continually having such long queue times for extended time, their solution was a quick restart since a lot of the problem was from people who bypassed the 30 minute timer since it's simple to do and it actually worked very well.