Aether is officially locked

[Neoyoshi]

Well, it's happened before. I am more interested in the other news that was elaborated on.



I feel like a Oceanic datacenter will help partly with the problem of so many players cramming themselves onto a NA datacenter, because that's what tends to happen on most MMOrpg's for folk in Australia or South East Asia;
the ping's tend to always be better for them on a NA server as there is usually never a Oceanic option- which this game needs; desperately.

I'd hate to lose those folks, but they need much more pleasant gaming environments latency-wise.

[Cyreil]

Self fulfilling prophecy. You guys deserve it.

[Vyrerus]

There's been a 60 to 100 or so person queue every time I login on Excal, these days. Quite literally the busiest patch/pre expac lull I've been in.

[Violyre]

Well, it's happened before. I am more interested in the other news that was elaborated on.



I feel like a Oceanic datacenter will help partly with the problem of so many players cramming themselves onto a NA datacenter, because that's what tends to happen on most MMOrpg's for folk in Australia or South East Asia;
the ping's tend to always be better for them on a NA server as there is usually never a Oceanic option- which this game needs; desperately.

I'd hate to lose those folks, but they need much more pleasant gaming environments latency-wise.

It’s already been announced.

[Tsukino]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

So many people who want to play "where everyone else is" causing a bunch of problems, when they'd all be much better off starting on a preferred world where they get a bunch of benefits and don't have a stupid queue all the time.

[Breakbeat]

I like to see talk about infrastructure expansion, cool beans. In the end, it's an enormous gamble that I hope pays off for them, but it's going to require consistency from players.

In other words, I hope that:

A) The influx of players continues beyond WoW's 'Shadowlands'. I mean, to each their own, of course; if one enjoys Shadowlands then more power to them! Unfortunately, though, Shadowlands is likely a huge reason for the mass exodus of players from that MMO... and therefore one of the main catalysts for the shift of many from WoW to FF. Thing is, though, humans can be fickle. If WoW's next xpac is a huge success, I'd be sad to see the droves of players go back the other way.

B) If the preceding does come to pass, and FF's player base cycles back to what it was in, say, 2019, I'd hope that the FF team handles the receding player base with more expertise than WoW did. IMVHO, Blizz kinda blew it when faced with the problem of what to do with 225 servers, but a player base that really only fills half of them to a desired capacity. "Connecting" their realms was a halfway-OK solution, but the cross-realm-zones (where people from any number of servers appeared along side you in the outside world) was not a boon for social interaction. You see those CRZ people, but you cannot trade with them, you cannot invite them to your guild, and you cannot invite them to your group easily outside of that CRZ area. This would be similar to having a Cross-Realm Visit very quietly and automatically applied to you (and removed from you) as you are moving through the world going about your business.

Anyway, yeah, after six weeks I love this game as much as I ever loved WoW. Looking forward to a bright future here and I wish all the best for this game, the production team, and the player base.

[Kes13a]

B) If the preceding does come to pass, and FF's player base cycles back to what it was in, say, 2019, I'd hope that the FF team handles the receding player base with more expertise than WoW did. IMVHO, Blizz kinda blew it when faced with the problem of what to do with 225 servers, but a player base that really only fills half of them to a desired capacity. "Connecting" their realms was a halfway-OK solution, but the cross-realm-zones (where people from any number of servers appeared along side you in the outside world) was not a boon for social interaction. You see those CRZ people, but you cannot trade with them, you cannot invite them to your guild, and you cannot invite them to your group easily outside of that CRZ area. This would be similar to having a Cross-Realm Visit very quietly and automatically applied to you (and removed from you) as you are moving through the world going about your business.

the problem with Blizzard and their 225 servers was because of HOW they did it. "connecting" and CRZ was a smoke screen spin on "we are bleeding subs and are consolidating servers" without actually saying that, so people bought it. Blizzard couldnt come out with an honest answer if it was written in stone and handed to them. prime example, their first stat squish.. compare that to when FFXIV explained the upcoming stat squish. the Blizz explanation sounds like more smoke and mirrors and yet more garbage to swallow, FFXIV seemed to be trying to explain it in ways a player would understand.

their whole history seems filled with one falsehood after another and a firm belief that they could do no wrong and they could do whatever they wanted to the players. the Titanic they are in now, was one they have built, and they'll need to bail a lot faster to keep it up.

SE is a corporation, and out to make money, which is fine for me, I just think they'll be a bit more transparent if they ever end up with more servers than required, and wont misdirect players with gimmicks to hide a player bleedoff

[Kahnom]

I feel like Aether DC is full because of too many ERP-ers there.
And its gonna be even worse in Endwalker.
I bid you Aether residents a good luck for 5k log in queue on early access.

[TaleraRistain]

I bid you Aether residents a good luck for 5k log in queue on early access.

So Stormblood launch. I mean seriously, people act like we've never experienced this before. Look up the "Aether, Shadow of Login" memes. Been here, done that, got the T-shirt. We'll survive like we did then.

[Claviusnex]

So Stormblood launch. I mean seriously, people act like we've never experienced this before. Look up the "Aether, Shadow of Login" memes. Been here, done that, got the T-shirt. We'll survive like we did then.

Given the circumstances I didn't find the login queue to be that big of an issue with SB. It was trying to click on the main quest givers to pickup quests that was the problem for me. That was definitely a time I wished I was on a JP server after seeing how they would form a queue.