The continued Aether lockdown is hurting my FC.

[OvernightSiren]

This Aether lockdown is really hurting my FC. A lot of great members, understandably, want to play with their IRL friends who are just now getting into XIV...but the problem is they *can't* because those friends can't get onto Aether which is forcing some friends and great FC members to have to leave our data center entirely.

It's really frustrating. I'm overall happy that all the WoW people have come to XIV, but I'd be lying if I said I don't get upset that that one popular streamer chose my data center and my server to set up camp because it's caused such a traffic jam with no end in sight.

Anyone else similarly frustrated?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Welcome to Balmung circa 2016

[OvernightSiren]

Welcome to Balmung circa 2016

I don't recall a complete lock on the entire data center.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I don't recall a complete lock on the entire data center.

Yes, but this was pre cross world travel, so it was of the same effect.

[ForteNightshade]

I don't recall a complete lock on the entire data center.

Aether was locked just prior to Stormblood's release largely so many people transferred right back after the sever split to Crystal.

[Skivvy]

Welcome to Balmung circa 2016

Yes, that's what Balmung went through, but it's not great that we're still dealing with server woes 5 years later. It very much sucks for people who are trying to play with friends. I can only hope they get things figured out before Endwalker. Going to have a lot more angry people if things are still locked.

[Moonlite]

Yes, that's what Balmung went through, but it's not great that we're still dealing with server woes 5 years later. It very much sucks for people who are trying to play with friends. I can only hope they get things figured out before Endwalker. Going to have a lot more angry people if things are still locked.

I find the server issue really amusing. If you look at open world except for a few zones they are complete ghost towns. SE also has the system in place to create more instances of one zone. It would be better if it was dynamic, but at least they can do it statically. If you removed housing and its awesome implementation from the game. You literally could squeeze all the worlds into one. But the reverse would be impossible since the most important aspect is shared, instance servers. They can't just throw another world onto Aether. Crystal already sees ques for solo instances and we haven't even reached expansion yet. I can't imagine what it is like on Aether.

[TaleraRistain]

I find the server issue really amusing. If you look at open world except for a few zones they are complete ghost towns. SE also has the system in place to create more instances of one zone. It would be better if it was dynamic, but at least they can do it statically. If you removed housing and its awesome implementation from the game. You literally could squeeze all the worlds into one. But the reverse would be impossible since the most important aspect is shared, instance servers. They can't just throw another world onto Aether. Crystal already sees ques for solo instances and we haven't even reached expansion yet. I can't imagine what it is like on Aether.

My experience on Jenova has been fine. About 30 or 40 person queues when I play in Eastern prime time into Eastern late night. And I can't remember the last time I saw a queue for a solo instance and I've unsynced a lot working on animas.

[Moonlite]

My experience on Jenova has been fine. About 30 or 40 person queues when I play in Eastern prime time into Eastern late night. And I can't remember the last time I saw a queue for a solo instance and I've unsynced a lot working on animas.

All weekend while doing different levels of MSQ on Crystal on alts, highest I saw was 4. So Crystal being the quietest of Data centres and we are at 4. Also 4 was not instant, but not a minute wait. I have yet to see reserving instance notification for dungeons though. So they might not share the real world assets. Or possible that at least that is dynamic and tries to prioritize dungeon over solo instance. I have yet to get the locked house error when instance servers are full as well.



Instead of answering another question about glamour. A discussion about how instances work behind the scenes would be more interesting. What shares what and why we see what que. Does airforce gate and chocobo racing take from what pool of resources? Is it same pool and the system is complex enough to allocate resources where it is needed?

[Rhus]

I’m sure it’s frustrating but atleast those who want on can get on. The alternative is it remains open and servers crash, people can’t log in at all and then they definitely wouldn’t be able to play.
Fingers crossed a fix comes soon I guess