Look at the state of the forums.

[Rinhi]

Have you never played another mmo besides ffxiv?? To say this launch is embarrassing is disingenuous to the max.

I've not played any other MMO's before, but Overwatch, which had one of the biggest launches with player numbers that dwarf the amount of people ingame and are in a queue, didn't have these issues
so yes, it is embarrassing, stop saying it isn't
half of the people in my FC have to use remote desktop utilities if they want to play after work

If your biggest complaint is ques that's sad, maybe mmo's aren't for you? Name me ONE mmo game/expansion that launched in perfect shape? I'll wait.

whataboutism and has literally no bearing on what's happening right now

Beyond that once you get into the game there's literally 0 lag and I've not had a single DC. It has been an extremely smooth launch compared to basically any other expansions launch. Honestly its just impossible to please some people.

not only is that anecdotal evidence, but I've seen multiple people complain about lag they didn't have before and even more people getting DC'd mid dungeon, cutscene or trial despite a perfectly fine internet connection
just because it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it doesn't exist or doesn't happen to others

stop defending a company that's trying to save a pennies by gambling with the goodwill of the community, though knowing the community, one letter from yoship and it's all forgotten because who cares about the week long issues
can't wait for the same thing to happen next expansion and for the very same people to feverishly defend the same thing happening again because "reasons"