Best launch of any mmorpg I've played

[Nethereal]

The first hour was rough as any game it's first come first served and a lot of luck to get in first to avoid most login issues.

After that though? Haven't been kicked after 16h+ and the server's as far as I can tell haven't gone down once.

Amazing.

[ryouma17]

i wouldn't call it the best but its definitely far from the worst

[PredatoryCatgirl]

[Gemina]

Literally what I'm doing right now.

Current thoughts revolving around what comment could infuriate a person greater than boasting about an awesome launch when thousands of players are waiting to get in.

Where's Titanmen?

[Kacho_Nacho]

Literally what I'm doing right now.

Current thoughts revolving around what comment could infuriate a person greater than boasting about an awesome launch when thousands of players are waiting to get in.

Where's Titanmen?

Hey! Share some of that popcorn! The smell is driving my salivary glands into overdrive!

[DamianFatale]

The first hour was rough as any game it's first come first served and a lot of luck to get in first to avoid most login issues.

After that though? Haven't been kicked after 16h+ and the server's as far as I can tell haven't gone down once.

Amazing.

Shadowbringers was better. There was queue hell for the first day but everything was smooth. There were almost no issues that happened other than a couple things here and there that were quickly resolved. Stormbloods was THE WORST by far of any expansion. I would put this ones launch somewhere between Shadowbringers and Stormblood. Heavenswards launch wasn't great either. It was pretty terrible. I'd put it as second worse for the expansions.

Worst launches: Stormblood, Heavensward by far, and A Realm Reborn if you count the launch of the post legacy XIV as a whole.

Middle Tier: Endwalker. It's amazing how far they have come with stability during a semi conductor shortage. The problems are pretty annoying, but as long as you're in the game its pretty smooth.

Best Launch: Shadowbringers. Hands down was the smoothest. It might be some time before we ever get a smooth launch like this ever again. I pray for the next time.

[Sotaris]

Shadowbringers was better. There was queue hell for the first day but everything was smooth. There were almost no issues that happened other than a couple things here and there that were quickly resolved. Stormbloods was THE WORST by far of any expansion. I would put this ones launch somewhere between Shadowbringers and Stormblood. Heavenswards launch wasn't great either. It was pretty terrible. I'd put it as second worse for the expansions.

Worst launches: Stormblood, Heavensward by far, and A Realm Reborn if you count the launch of the post legacy XIV as a whole.

Middle Tier: Endwalker. It's amazing how far they have come with stability during a semi conductor shortage. The problems are pretty annoying, but as long as you're in the game its pretty smooth.

Best Launch: Shadowbringers. Hands down was the smoothest. It might be some time before we ever get a smooth launch like this ever again. I pray for the next time.

We had a lot less people playing when Shadowbringers was launched so given that fact I'm not at all surprised it been more queues. Other than that it been fairly stable. My world had one hicup last night causing insane queues but aside that, not much to complain.

[Halivel]

It's not FF14's smoothest launch for sure (smoothest one was 5.0, and 3.0 wasn't that bad as well), but it's absolutely much better than the horrendous disaster that was 4.0 early access.
People cry about 1 hour queue, yet I remember Rauhban duty issue that would kick entire server at once and welcome player into 23k+ queue where you would sit for 4-6 hours with the hope of not being kicked from lobby because it would mean starting from scratch.

All things considered, I think 1st day was as good as it could possibly be with current servers's state that wasn't exactly perfect prior update either.

[DamianFatale]

It's not FF14's smoothest launch for sure (smoothest one was 5.0, and 3.0 wasn't that bad as well), but it's absolutely much better than the horrendous disaster that was 4.0 early access.
People cry about 1 hour queue, yet I remember Rauhban duty issue that would kick entire server at once and welcome player into 23k+ queue where you would sit for 4-6 hours with the hope of not being kicked from lobby because it would mean starting from scratch.

All things considered, I think 1st day was as good as it could possibly be with current servers's state that wasn't exactly perfect prior update either.

3.0 launch was garbage lol. There were so many world crashes that it made Endwalkers world crashes look like a drop of water.

[Halivel]

3.0 launch was garbage lol. There were so many world crashes that it made Endwalkers world crashes look like a drop of water.

Perhaps it depended on server or even personal connection on top of everything. I do remember some queues being then, but was a bit better than today. And I can't really remember any serious crashes.
(Perhaps it was just replaced by nightmares of 4.0 EA...)