Am I ever going to be able to play?

[Plastic_Fork]

I've been able to log into the game exactly 5 times since Endwalker early access. Haven't even made it out of the third zone yet while I see people who have finished MSQ and have multiple level 90 classes complain about queue times.

I just sat through 2 hours of queue to 278, then without being disconnected at all, it updated to 2133. So now I have to sit through 3 more hours. My friend spent 7 hours trying to log in earlier this week. And I work during the week and can't play at 2am when the queues aren't packed. I can't spend 3+ hours every time trying to log in. By the time I log in, it's time to go to sleep for work the next day.

I managed to get logged in last night. Got halfway through the Starlight Celebration event and was disconnected with a 90002 error standing at a bell by my house interacting with my retainers. I was in the game a total of 45 minutes. Haven't been able to get back in since. So, are we going to be given the event rewards in the mail for people who can't even get in to do the event? Or are they going to be forced to spend money in the cash shop a year from now when the rewards are available to buy? I know the event lasts two weeks, but I can't get logged in to play except maybe once or twice a week if I'm lucky.

I'm trying to be patient. I understand the issues. But.......... this is really frustrating.