Well regarding the new info from yoshi.

[SamsaraTrickstar]

Not perfect but at the corent situation as best as we can have. They won't let new players join for now. Hope they start doing server resets more often,even each day, as this looks to help. Not onlly it kicks afkers but clean the logs of the log in servers. To bad they don't delay the savage but it be ok I hope.
Best thing is how yoshi (more like the team for looking at the forums and such) clearly know of all the topics going on now. So this is to all the white knights that say "stop posting here,no one see it".
What you think of it? Happy?not?

[van_arn]

This is a good bad situation to be in. After living through the ARR launch I can say I have confidence they'll see this through, even if it takes a while.

[Arazehl]

Enough with the name calling please. There has been enough of that these past few weeks.

[Nekaru_Infitima]

As much as it's great they're addressing it. Suspending sells, advertisement, and new accounts is VERY bad for the holidays. When people would be buying the game for others.

I really hope this doesn't hurt them.

[Doozer]

As much as it's great they're addressing it. Suspending sells, advertisement, and new accounts is VERY bad for the holidays. When people would be buying the game for others.

I really hope this doesn't hurt them.

Well, those that can afford it can always buy stuff from the mog station, since that goes right back into funding the game itself.

[Vahlnir]

As much as it's great they're addressing it. Suspending sells, advertisement, and new accounts is VERY bad for the holidays. When people would be buying the game for others.

I really hope this doesn't hurt them.

I'm guessing this wasn't a decision they made lightly. The short term losses will, at least in my opinion, pale in comparison to the long term gains should they follow through on their plans in a timely fashion. But clearly time is of the essence if they are pulling server equipment from wherever they are getting it so quickly, though a few months wouldn't normally be considered quick by any means. Like I've said in another thread, they kinda had to do something.

[Yahallo]

I'm guessing this wasn't a decision they made lightly. The short term losses will, at least in my opinion, pale in comparison to the long term gains should they follow through on their plans in a timely fashion. But clearly time is of the essence if they are pulling server equipment from wherever they are getting it so quickly, though a few months wouldn't normally be considered quick by any means. Like I've said in another thread, they kinda had to do something.

They really aren't doing anything they wouldn't normally be doing though. Nothing is really being sped up. Pretty sure a lot of the server stuff were probably already on some sort of backorder based on how the previous announcements mentioned the lead time. They are basically just saying that they hope to have a roadmap for us at the end of January.

[basilbc]

They really aren't doing anything they wouldn't normally be doing though. Nothing is really being sped up. Pretty sure a lot of the server stuff were probably already on some sort of backorder based on how the previous announcements mentioned the lead time. They are basically just saying that they hope to have a roadmap for us at the end of January.

Yeah, presenting a road map doesn’t mean “new servers in a few months”, it usually means “we’re going to communicate a years long plan to you in January, so you can see our timetable.”

[Hasrat]

Yeah, presenting a road map doesn’t mean “new servers in a few months”, it usually means “we’re going to communicate a years long plan to you in January, so you can see our timetable.”

Counter-arguement: Suspending new sales basically until "congestion eases," knowing the only real solution is new hardware, is probably not something they'd be doing if they expected that new hardware to be years out.

I'll choose to be optimistic (for now) and believe they'll have something lined up hopefully by summer some time.

[Ransu]

They really aren't doing anything they wouldn't normally be doing though. Nothing is really being sped up. Pretty sure a lot of the server stuff were probably already on some sort of backorder based on how the previous announcements mentioned the lead time. They are basically just saying that they hope to have a roadmap for us at the end of January.

It took my job months to get two servers. I can't imagine the logistical nightmare to try and get 100's of them for a new logical center.