Getting frustrating at the 2002 and losing queue position

[Darneltia]

Greetings fellow Eorzean,

We apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced with server congestion on Final Fantasy XIV. Due to the recent early access period for Endwalker and the upcoming full release, we are experiencing an extremely high surge in player base which may result in long queue times and possible connection based errors. We are aware of this inconvenience and have addressed it in the following Lodestone post:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...9cad782363f25b

We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this matter.

Thank you for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support forums!

[ibiteyourankle]

Thanks for the response from the Mods. Really appreciate it. I know you have your hands full but on my end, it's still frustrating to say the least. Good news is that...I'm able to log in! .......at 2AM...... Thank goodness for vacation days.

[Matrinka]

I just don't want to play anymore. This login situation is ruining my love of the game. Been playing for over a decade and never have been locked out of an expansion before. I haven't been able to log in since Saturday morning. Knowing that there are *months* of this to expect is just too much.

[Tastydoorstop]

started at 2690 at 4:37pm EST and at got down to 792 at 6:11 PM and then got booted with 2002 error.. =(
whats worse it is closed the game and you have to open and log in again..
/cry......

[griffboy1]

I feel it too. Get home only to have to wait for the queue...but wait!...the queue after trying to get past the 3001 errors is only 992!? HAPPY DAY...oh wait...nope my bad it seems to not be moving even after waiting for almost half an hour. 992 every refresh...seems it be stuck.

I went against my better judgement and exited and restarted the game. Now I see 3062...only for it to stay that number for a full 10 minutes and then the dreaded 2002 error.

I know they are "doing all they can" but this still feels like they should have anticipated this happening. Chip shortage, yes...I get it. However, your worlds were already mostly loaded BEFORE the chip shortage and I am sorry but it seems you just stood there and shrugged your shoulders. I don't mean to be salty but it is very hard not to be when all we want to do is play a game we subbed for only to be told this is going to be like this for months.

[Angellos]

You guys are getting 2002's?

We're getting this..after waiting in a 3k-6k queue and getting into the world, then getting immediately kicked.

https://i.gyazo.com/46a94294a6928ec2...62dda40ec7.mp4

[griffboy1]

You guys are getting 2002's?

We're getting this..after waiting in a 3k-6k queue and getting into the world, then getting immediately kicked.

https://i.gyazo.com/46a94294a6928ec2...62dda40ec7.mp4

That was what I was having to go through when i tried to log in today after work. Couldn't get in at all until FINALLY it did let me into a queue but it was pointless as the number didn't even go down.

[ibiteyourankle]

Hmm, I think that's new; The 3001 code.

[Almiraj]

Greetings fellow Eorzean,

We apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced with server congestion on Final Fantasy XIV. Due to the recent early access period for Endwalker and the upcoming full release, we are experiencing an extremely high surge in player base which may result in long queue times and possible connection based errors. We are aware of this inconvenience and have addressed it in the following Lodestone post:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...9cad782363f25b

We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this matter.

Thank you for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support forums!

They have known of this surge in players since June, the server i am on has literally had a queue every day since June so the "recent" garbage can stop. Also as to chip shortage, um cloud hosting? if it was known the servers would not handle the load and that parts were not available then why was a hosting service locked in for the new instances or to provide hosting for new servers? Then no issues with procurement for hardware. Yes it would have taken effort, yes it would have been a large cost and yes it would have taken non traditional thought but these issues were avoidable. Hey bare all of that since they knew the preorder numbers they could have delayed until servers were ready. Content is polished and is amazing, everything else is a dumpster fire.

[Fyrestorm58355]

Don't worry, we get 7 days of free game time today, meaning we get a free week of trying to log in and being unable to play!