Getting frustrating at the 2002 and losing queue position

[ibiteyourankle]

I went to make coffee and now I'm back from 1800 or so in queue to 2700 due to 2002. This babysitting is harsh!

[ShoteR]

Can Square Enix PLEASE add an auto-reconnect and NOT close the game if we have an error? i don't mind the long queue so long as i can STAY in the queue without having to babysit the game client for HOURS.

[KingGaeamania]

It's unacceptable as a company to allow that we, the people who pay to keep servers running, are not offered some level of protection within the queue. When I'm at 700 players in line, after already waiting 3 hours from when I logged in, to get a f'ing 2002 error, and am placed back in f'ing line at 6000. Looks like I'm not f'ing playing your game today, which is like MANY OTHER DAYS. Makes me want to un-sub and go back to WoW. At least with their servers, they can keep people logged in to their server while waiting in the queue.

[KiraTatsuHime]

I was in queue for 3 hours.. down to 1700 in line... then 2002 again. I've been successfully managing the multiple events by quickly logging back in to hold my spot in line. Well this time.. I can't even connect to the data center. Sometimes even babysitting doesn't work

[ibiteyourankle]

It's unacceptable as a company to allow that we, the people who pay to keep servers running, are not offered some level of protection within the queue. When I'm at 700 players in line, after already waiting 3 hours from when I logged in, to get a f'ing 2002 error, and am placed back in f'ing line at 6000. Looks like I'm not f'ing playing your game today, which is like MANY OTHER DAYS. Makes me want to un-sub and go back to WoW. At least with their servers, they can keep people logged in to their server while waiting in the queue.

I feel your pain. Third time losing queue now. This last time I was at 192....192! Then I couldn't reconnect back in time due to server errors and now I am FURTHER back in the queue then previously at 4k+

[KnottySloth]

today i got in queue for around 3hours. but no errors at all. so i could do laundry, groceries and all this stuff while waiting.
it feels a bit better around these days

[Freedoms]

over this past week there has been emergency and login in server " fixes" but it seems to be back to its old crappy self. during the week it isnt that bad to login but weekends are terrible.

I got in que at 3800. i waited to the que down to 1938 which i got up used the restroom thats a on sweet. took less than 30 seconds i saw the 2002 pop when heading back to the pc to re-enter the que back at 3800................

this login failures constantly is breeding toxicity in players because all they want to do is finish work and relax and this issue is taking away there relaxing time completely.

[basilbc]

So I did some simple data points for my experience with the game so far. Once I hit my 3rd error last Saturday, I started counting, and I was already counting hours played/waiting in queue before that.

From 12/3 to 12/9, I had spent 29 hours in queue, experienced 23 errors/disconnects, and played 6 hours, but only on the 3rd. Moving to a wired connection on Wednesday helped, I only experienced 5 disconnects over those days, though the time I could spend in queue was shorter due to real world obligations, so I still ended up not playing. (I did not try on the 10th or today, I have other things at awkward times that wouldn't have made waiting in any queue feasible).

On a positive note, I've gotten a lot done this week! Don't think my kitchen has even been cleaner! And I recognize that there isn't much that can be done to fix this at the moment, but it was interesting to look at the numbers today.

[Shaolinz]

This is getting beyond ridiculous now. I've been a faithful subscriber for 8 years almost. One of the things I love about this game is you've been able to maintain a normal life and still play/progress. I haven't even been able to play more than an hour because I work and can't alt tab from the game. You've also got people actively abusing your afk system to keep a spot in line, but I don't blame them: you created this issue.

It's beyond frustrating. I'm a crafter and the biggest turn around on crafting profits is in the first few days of the expac. Already prices have bottomed out and that window is gone.

Frankly seven days of game time is not enough, especially since the issue is still ongoing. Square should not charge any customer for the game until they can actually provide a stable environment to accommodate.

Fixing your issue is this simple:
-AFK timer decreased to 10 minutes. If you can't play give someone who can a shot.
-No more 2002. I understand it's a safety feature but it honestly just creates this privileged elite who find ways to stay in the game forever while those who can't stay logged onto the computer suffer. The absolute most annoying thing about this is even the 8 hour queues that are presently on our server can't be waited in due to 2002. You literally will get booted out.
-Suck it up and buy higher priced servers. You're going to lose customers if you don't.

[paoweeotter]

Its been almost a week. When are they going to fix this shit show?