Can Square Enix handle the influx? Raubahn 2.0 in EW early access incoming...

**ElciaDeiLinus** · 07-15-2021 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Wavaryen

This is such a good problem to have. Like in the middle of no content coming out for months. We get this. Amazing.

Having issues buying/signing up/using the website for a game you haven't tried yet is not a good thing, it can greatly blunt the surge of new accounts because some people will become frustrated and not go any further.

Of course yes, having a massive surge of players coming to FFXIV during a downtime and at the same time that their top competitor just released both TBCC and their first major patch in 8 months is a great situation. Being able to accommodate all those players is a BETTER situation.

There's no question right now that SE is doing a fantastic job, but fixing their website/sign ups would be them doing an even more fantastic job- and anything they can do to further topple and crush WoW right now is something I, as a long time WoW player, want. Blizz isn't going to learn or change due to minor setbacks, they need to be utterly ruined before they rethink the disastrous path they're currently on and I'm sick of saying 'well they will probably fix it in the next patch'. As is, I don't want WoW to keep dying a slow, painful death- I want it either out of its misery entirely, or to spring back with the energy it used to have.

**Neoyoshi** · 07-15-2021 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by NeoDivinity

Everybody asked the same on the ShB launch and it went good,
Raubahn wasnt just a server issue, it was a design issue.
Putting a solo instanced queue right on the 1st pack of quests of the expansion. They add 3 to 4 more instances for each map of the expansion to prevent problems and it lasts for at least until the x.1 patch

Yep, the whole Raubahn issue will likely never happen again; that was kind of a special issue. Plus i think he would like to keep his other arm.

**enthrage** · 07-15-2021 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by Aurida

They should probably give us a fourth data center

They should probably not fall for any knee-jerk reactions and throw in a bunch of new servers just because of a sudden influx of players.

**Hierro** · 07-15-2021 04:36 AM

Idk, ShB was undoubtedly a bigger launch than SB, yet we experienced no issues. ShB launch was smooth like butter.

**Shougun** · 07-15-2021 05:01 AM

In the general scope of things FFXIV has had better and better launches, and ShB was an incredible launch, but there were quite long queues and stuff, at least for my situation. I expect there will be some big queues again, but given the history I assume it'll be worlds better than some other famous launches.

Yet there is a tinge of, imo, exciting and maybe scary "what if" given we have this quite wild scenario where our meant to be 'lull' period is totally not a lull lol. If the momentum that started recently (brewing for a while though) rather than dying down over time till launch just keeps brewing, with many purchasing the game to play when it launches. Naturally there will be those trying to attack the servers too.

But if a crew were to pull it off it would be this one, I've seen a number of big game, online related, launches that were just awwwffullll (I suppose you might reference error 9000x too, awful ish then lol), but recently they've been weirdly smooth minus the waits. While one unusual event doesn't necessitate another (our lull being active), just makes me tingle in the toes like maybe .... maybe...

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I'll be fine if it does have some bumps though, so I'm not particularly worried just like roller coaster "hehe" like feeling as we climb to the top lol.

**hynaku** · 07-16-2021 07:28 PM

Best thing you can do for first week of EW just level your gathering and crafting jobs to max.

**Wolwosh** · 07-16-2021 07:31 PM

They've never been able to handle it lol

What are you talking about?

**van_arn** · 07-16-2021 08:06 PM

This would be even I shrug and say we’ll find out.

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