How about some server hardware updating?

[ijuakos_xqwzts]

If there's a chip shortage, and they "tried" to get servers, but they couldn't, then how will this get better? After enough people leave the game and the current servers can handle who is left?

It's astonishing that even though it's about a half week since launch and SE has no obligation to, they gave everyone a week of free game time to make up for the issues - and it *still* wasn't enough to please people. With some of these peeps' self-entitled ranting, I'd rather they went back to WoW (saying this, as it reminds me a lot of that community).

[Sacrilegion]

What good is it if you can't log in? Here have some headlights for a car that doesn't start.

[JarinArenos]

This is a lie. I am an IT engineer/admin for a living and this isn't true. You can order server hardware fairly easily.

They could also use Amazon or Azure as hosts for temporary relief.

Somehow I'm not surprised that someone named "Tyler Durden" completely misunderstands/misrepresents reality.

[Vandrak]

It's astonishing that even though it's about a half week since launch and SE has no obligation to, they gave everyone a week of free game time to make up for the issues - and it *still* wasn't enough to please people. With some of these peeps' self-entitled ranting, I'd rather they went back to WoW (saying this, as it reminds me a lot of that community).

I assume you're talking about me, since you quoted me. I never played WoW, so there's that. I asked a legit question. If there's a chip shortage, and they cannot get servers, how will this work itself out unless enough people leave that the current servers can still handle it. I can find other things to do, I'm not going to obsess over a game, but the points I bring up aren't any less valuable. I see the point of the original post I made eluded you.

[jdavidlol]

What good is it if you can't log in? Here have some headlights for a car that doesn't start.

This. People are making excuses for SE fumbling this because the game is actually good.. and I love this game and their products usually. But game time for a game you can't play is pretty much a total waste. I paid for the sub and the Expansion already. They need to fix the errors first and foremost... the queue is horrific but its basically an unplayable game for most people due to 2002/4004 errors. I would bet most of the complaints were drop off if you actually could manage to play without logging in at 4am and finding some way to not get logged out.

[Arius69]

Then they should not have sold the game knowing they could not support it.

[jdavidlol]

Then they should not have sold the game knowing they could not support it.

Though I 10000% percent agree, something tells me the publishers and shareholders would make that impossible and on top of that... they may have genuinely not expected this to be this bad (I know.... how could they not expect it to be so busy and popular... but still)

[klykodesh]

Though I 10000% percent agree, something tells me the publishers and shareholders would make that impossible and on top of that... they may have genuinely not expected this to be this bad (I know.... how could they not expect it to be so busy and popular... but still)

This is a valid point. Being on a software team myself I will say that often times the people with the knowledge of how bad things might be don't get to make the decisions. I don't think Square is blameless in this, but I doubt the dev team had much if any say in it

[Sacrilegion]

At the same time, Yoshi P can leverage say on it and chooses not to. He can remind them of 1.0 and tell them I can let your ass go bankrupt and end up at another studio. Those bean counters are worthless to the company.

[oaktree]

Okay boot licker

Calling someone a boot licker when they call you out on your idiocy. Just because you're in IT server maintenance (ME TOO BUDDY) shows you're either ignorant of your job and/or just a pissy cry baby. I'd take both after reading your few posts on this thread. It's understandable to be upset, but to think you know every server setup across the globe is fucking ludicrous. Grow up please you're an adult.