Should the launch have been delayed? What else could be done?

[JTWrenn]

Seems like the game is completely unplayable for a large portion of the player base. At this point would it have been better to delay and get more servers in place?

Also, maybe tighten up the AFK timer during launch periods would be a good idea, even having a floating AFK time that goes down to 10 minutes during heavy times would be a fix.

Gotta do something. This is a mess.

[Bacent]

The launch WAS delayed. There's way more players than ever before because WoW hit the fan.

[Hasrat]

This forum is not an accurate representation of the player base. Consider also that the players that get through the queue are more likely to be playing the game, while players still in queue have nothing else to do but come here and complain, further skewing perception that the game is "unplayable."

[JTWrenn]

The launch WAS delayed. There's way more players than ever before because WoW hit the fan.

Not like that wasn't a known quantity though. All of the early access players purchased the thing and they knew it was coming. So not sure what your point is here. It's not like they didn't know this was going to be a max influx situation....seems like they should have delayed longer and put more into infrastructure and just didn't.

[Selova]

No amount of delaying would have fixed this, this was expected as soon as Yoshida announced the semi-conductor shortage. There was literally nothing they could have done.

[JTWrenn]

This forum is not an accurate representation of the player base. Consider also that the players that get through the queue are more likely to be playing the game, while players still in queue have nothing else to do but come here and complain, further skewing perception that the game is "unplayable."

Sure never is but a completely crashed log in server is pretty telling that there is a major issue. Not saying everyone can't get in. Are you trying to say this is not a major issue and everything they did was fine?

I mean, I haven't even been able to get into queue for more than a minute all day before getting an error. That is not a skewed perception. It is something a lot of people are running into.

[JTWrenn]

No amount of delaying would have fixed this, this was expected as soon as Yoshida announced the semi-conductor shortage. There was literally nothing they could have done.

Wait...haha. Wouldn't delaying until they got all the servers they wanted by definition have fixed this in that situation? ie, wait for the servers to launch the service that requires the servers?

I work in the tech industry and have seen the delays but they are not indefiniteit's not like the bot caused forever shortages of 3080s we are talking about here. It's just delays on delivery.

[Stormfur]

I think server parts shortage + mass influx of new players (from WoW, streamers and such) has tied their hands. Maybe they could've not packed the servers to the breaking point, but at the same time, who's gonna say no to money?? They did mention they've optimized it as much as they can but I feel like it will be another year or so before the parts shortage becomes less of a problem, but if YoshiP had told people "the expansion has been delayed for a year", players would've rioted.

[Puremallace]

More data center investment but blame COVID and chips I guess but it is clear this MMO has very serious issues right now with server infrastructure and it was shockingly predictable by everyone.

In my personal opinion until this is solved FF14 is done growing as an MMO. This is just humiliating.

[Selova]

Wait...haha. Wouldn't delaying until they got all the servers they wanted by definition have fixed this in that situation? ie, wait for the servers to launch the service that requires the servers?

I work in the tech industry and have seen the delays but they are not indefiniteit's not like the bot caused forever shortages of 3080s we are talking about here. It's just delays on delivery.

They can't afford to delay until they become available given that no one knows when that will be, they still have to meet deadlines for metrics.