Anyone else finding the long ques psychologically bad?

[Feronar]

If you live on the western side of your region (I.e. California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon for NA, or Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland, or Britain for EU), you will probably have the best results logging in during late evening/night. If you live on the eastern side of your region (I.e. New England, Florida, East Coast, or Great Lakes for NA, or Greece, Turkey, or former Soviet states for EU), will will probably have the best results logging in during the early morning.

[Malzian]

Personally, I use the queue time to catch up on all the new Netflix episodes.... /popcorn

[Thaurnus]

no offense... but you are an adult right?

if you are, and I am assuming you are... you are responsible for your life choices.

its a game. take responsibility for your decisions. a queue is no excuse

Lol ..and take your jab like a good boy?

[Doc_Seraph]

I have been playing steam games that I just have not had the time to play due to my love for this game. Halo Infinite may be on the books this evening lol. <3 kupo

[Hysorn]

What i mean is, I have found in myself, and a good number of others who I have talked too about it, that due too the long ques, people dont want to take breaks to do normal tasks we would have in our routine's.

Hah, yeah, I had to force myself to continue going to the gym and keep telling myself "I can always wake up early to play it tomorrow", when I do get in the queue during the night, I kinda have to pay constant attention to the game so I don't take to long to relog after 2002.

[Lunalepsy]

What i mean is, I have found in myself, and a good number of others who I have talked too about it, that due too the long ques, people dont want to take breaks to do normal tasks we would have in our routine's.

When you have to wait 1-6 hours to get in game, when you finally do, you dont want to step away to do vital things like eating, showering or any other tasks that are normal like sleep, one person i spoke too had been awake 3 days strait (Before the last maint forced them offline), in extreme cases It can result in damage to relationships (As i heard one case of) due to the desire to get as much time in, while you can instead of engaging etc.

Allowing these ques to happen is irresponsible and reckless from a gaming company's position.
Now, that comment is not directed at Yoshi-P nor the FFXIV dev team, I know you guys have done everything in your power, this comes down to an ongoing problem with SE for a long time now, They just dont want to invest more than they have too in the game unless things hit the fan.
They knew long before the shortage that the game needed new servers to grow but instead decided to toss the server money at their shareholders or whoever.

But back to the topic at hand.
I dont know how you guys (SE etc) will do it, but for the sake of your players health, both mental, physical and social, You need to find some solution to this problem before things really start to impact your rep beyond the forum's.
Right now its mostly quiet grumbles, but all it would take is one story to hit the gaming community of the que times resulting in the ruining of someone's health in some way for that to blow up.

Its taken a lot of myself to step away from the game when i have had too, But not everyone's got the ability to put real life ahead of not being able to log in in a timely manner.

Not at all!

[ArkenaeuxBelmont]

Lol ..and take your jab like a good boy?

Take what jab? How is a VIDEO GAME responsible for someone not being able to control their own basic health and upkeep? That's a deeper, individualistic problem that is NOT the game's fault. That's an addictive personality that needs help. A well balanced grown adult would not forgo showering, eating, sleeping, and all the things that are basic and fundamental to *living* to play a video game. If they are, they have so many deeper issues and desperately need intervention and to seek the proper healthcare that they need.

The game is not forcing you, strapped to your chair, to play it. You do not HAVE to sit in the queue. You could choose to walk away. You could choose to play at different times when the queue isn't bad. You have CHOICE.

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

No.

Zalera let's me in whenever I desire.

[Soraki-Muppe]

So, ya, ok?
If you stay up 3 days to play, that is on you. During early access I managed to play every day even though I logged out to sleep since I got up early, all food was the easy and quick to make sort which I was able to be eat while playing. So really, staying up 3 days to play is not on SE and honestly not something you need to do.
If you let the game damage IRL relationships that is also on you and not SE. I made sure everyone knew that during early access I would no-life the game, I prepared for that like a normal person, I took time off and made sure what I could get done was done at work and at home.
These problems are a sign of a need to grow up and seek help, not the long queues.

[DMarquiz]

There is some ring of truth, but, it really does come down to personal coping skills, not the company. But, yes, when I was on last night, I was more paranoid that someone was going to report me afk or make a big stink if I sat still in game for a period of time. So, when I found myself doing tasks, I stayed logged in, but would come back and move a little or talk to something so I can take the dog out, dishes, vacuuming, etc. So, I was always rushing back and forth between babysitting the screen and chores. If I logged out and wanted to continue playing for the night, by the time I got to play again, it would have been time for bed(because we still need that). I forced my husband to wrap presents in the computer room just so I could help and play at the same time. But, what game hasn't affected us psychologically at some point, because that's a huge chunk of gaming. This game is my therapy away from work, it's the way I relax away from the real world. I could play GW2, but THIS game is what I find therapeutic at THIS point, but I'm coping and I'm still married, this game hasn't ruined that for me at least.