Endwalker Collector's Box

[Vahlnir]

Yeah, I was hitting refresh on the SE store the second they started talking about these items. I was not surprised to find out that the site was crashing but I still kept trying while watching the keynote stuff. I continued to try from that point until the end of the keynote. Since I was getting nowhere I took a break and logged in to the game and hopped on a hunt train. On a whim I decided to check the site again, and this time I was able to get through. When I added the box to my cart, I was put into a queue (my number was 61,000 and some change...oof) so I just immediately assumed that I was not getting this thing, considering there was still a few thousand people ahead of me. Took a few minutes but they let me through to purchase it. Got my confirmation email about 25 minutes later. I don't recall pre-purchasing an FF XIV CE ever being this stressful. lol Seriously though, they were available for days in the past, if not longer. If I had waited until morning after I woke up I'd have missed out entirely. They could have handled this a lot better. Most people were still watching the keynote when this was all going down. I think they should have waited until today at least to put them up for pre-order to give more people a chance.