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[Exosapien]

I like when people make and post in these topics only to out themselves as people who have no idea what they're talking about.

I'm tired of having to say what Square did repeatedly months ago. There's a global semiconductor shortage, they literally cannot buy new servers despite desperately wanting to. You clowns need to put an inkling of effort into reading WHY they don't have more servers before just assuming things.

Is it still frustrating? Absolutely. Is it their (the devs and Square's) fault that the playerbase massively increased over the last 9 months and they had no way to prepare for it? No.

There's three things going on with the people making these threads.

1. They are not emotionally mature enough to handle even the tiniest inconvenience. They will claim that not being able to play a video game (thAt tHey paId fOr!) is much more than an inconvenience.

2. They are over confident in their assumptions about the answers to the problems they're upset about.

3. They have an overwhelming sense of entitlement because they aren't used to being told that there is no answer.

Each and every one of these threads is full of this and I've seen it so many times across all the expansion launches for this and other games that I look forward to reading just how far these people will go.

There is an optional fourth thing in that sometimes they think this is all also a huge conspiracy to scam them out of their pittance of a subscription.

[basilbc]

There's three things going on with the people making these threads.

1. They are not emotionally mature enough to handle even the tiniest inconvenience. They will claim that not being able to play a video game (thAt tHey paId fOr!) is much more than an inconvenience.

2. They are over confident in their assumptions about the answers to the problems they're upset about.

3. They have an overwhelming sense of entitlement because they aren't used to being told that there is no answer.

Each and every one of these threads is full of this and I've seen it so many times across all the expansion launches for this and other games that I look forward to reading just how far these people will go.

There is an optional fourth thing in that sometimes they think this is all also a huge conspiracy to scam them out of their pittance of a subscription.

Sure, there are a lot of people posting that are acting extremely childish. I don't think painting with a broad brush is doing your statement any favors, though.

I'm frustrated for a lot of reasons; and yeah, on paper they seem pretty minor, but you know how the internet tends to make everything sound like a 'life or death' situation. I wanted to do extremes blind with my FC, a thing that didn't happen, not because of the long queues, but because of the random disconnects that prevented me from reaching the endgame before everyone else. It's a minor thing in the long run, but considering this was my first opportunity (I started FFXIV mid-pandemic), it was a downer to realize that once again I had fallen behind my friends through no fault of my own.

Does this mean the end of the world? Of course not! I've been doing a lot of other stuff while waiting in queue to get DC'd again, so it's probably been the most productive I've been since September or something! But for a lot of people, I can't imagine the experience is anything short of enraging.

I totally understand and respect the situation that the team is in; it's basically an impossible fix at this moment, which sucks for both the devs and the playerbase. But it is hard to not be disappointed when, like me, you've waited in queues for 29 hours over 7 days and only played 6 hours last friday because you've been disconnected from the queue so much.

[Exosapien]

I don't think painting with a broad brush is doing your statement any favors, though.

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

I don't know how stating my statement is or isn't doing itself any favors. I said what I meant and how I feel. I don't know what the favors are supposed to be.

[basilbc]

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

I don't know how stating my statement is or isn't doing itself any favors. I said what I meant and how I feel. I don't know what the favors are supposed to be.

To put it bluntly, it's pretty condescending, and ignoring a lot of legitimate grievances players have put out there in place of trying to act like the more mature party.

[Exosapien]

To put it bluntly, it's pretty condescending, and ignoring a lot of legitimate grievances players have put out there in place of trying to act like the more mature party.

I never claimed I wasn't being condescending nor did I say I was more mature. If we're stuck with people throwing tantrums and making tons of threads about how they're personally outraged, they can deal with my petty posts about it.

[basilbc]

I never claimed I wasn't being condescending nor did I say I was more mature.

Cool, I'm not gonna squabble over it.

[TristanX]

I can not even GET into the 3 servers on Primal that I have characters on to play them, I keep getting below 2 or 3k and getting the 2002 error and knocked back up to 4 to 6k. I am on a wired connection and why should I have to get others to log in for me, how's it fair to pay a subscription for a game and not even be able to get into said game to actually play? I have been trying to get in since early access started, I got Neriana logged in one time on Leviathan and was able to pick up Reaper, mind you not get into the actual quest, but pick it up. Since then I've not gotten back into the game. I keep being told to have patience, I did during Early Access, which for me consisted of que up....get to 2 or 3k in que, get disconnected by 2002 error. This is extremely frustrating, so those of you with the patience who have gotten in and are able to level up who keep saying have patience, its almost impossible by this point and before people jump in and call us INTITLED, we're not, we're just frustrated with a product that we were promised we would have early access to and some of us can't even log into and we're at the 7 days they comp'd us, but still can't get in.

Yes, they promised the service but not able to provide it with no issue. I'm paying for it as well. But I have experience with xpac launches. After seeing the news about huge increase of population, and chip shortages. My expectations is low. I look for solutions instead of repeatedly complaining about the issues. It won't get fixed anytime soon.

On day 1 right after maintenance, launcher is lagging. I've got 3000 queue after that. Got hit by multiple 2002s for some time. The system gave me 7000 in line when I'm able to queue. No more 2002s. After queueing for hours, I'm able to play it. On day 2 and 3, its weekend. I just queue early in the morning. Only 2 digit queue. Able to play entire day with no hiccups. Day 4 onwards? Its my workday at home. I queue around 4.30-5.30pm (+8 GMT). Got 700-1000 queue. Able to get in about 30-40 mins. I queued early because doing it at peak hours will have massive queue. I will be working at office for next week. Going to use Teamviewer or Remote Desktop to queue early 45 mins before I reach home. Will adjust to 1 hour if queue is longer than expected.

I'm not complaining yet. However, I still did not get my 2nd key. Got payment issues for my card. Paid with Paypal for the 3rd time. Checked the order multiple times and still not validated. Currently waiting a reply from their support. Its already day 3. My access to Endwalker blocked today.

[Sirbrah]

I never claimed I wasn't being condescending nor did I say I was more mature. If we're stuck with people throwing tantrums and making tons of threads about how they're personally outraged, they can deal with my petty posts about it.

I guess your the "cool guy" who likes not having games deliver XD

[Exosapien]

I guess your the "cool guy" who likes not having games deliver XD

Not sure what you mean by that, I've made it to lvl 90 in less than a week. Half the people making threads complaining are level capped. The expansion itself is fantastic. Sorry you wanna throw tantrums I guess.

[Kolaina]

So much salt. I remember when cry threads were frowned upon. Now its all the community has to offer. The people here seem to exist only for final fantasy. Ever consider, oh idk, touching grass once in a while? Do something while in queue. Find another hobby so there’s more to life than a single game. Do something.