"Server Too Full" Error booting people mid-duty

[Myrany]

The issue I was trying to raise is that SE think it acceptable to boot someone thats busy and actively engaged in content, to make room for more. And then either; there isnt a login queue and they get back in before the autokick but then i guess somebody else gets the server error to 'make room', or there is a login queue and they get afk kicked.
I dont have a screen of the error but its happened a total of three times in one evening to people I am running content with, two friends and an FC member.

I should also add that im on EU and we already got the server expansions.

I doubt very much SE thinks it is acceptable. I think they are still sorting out how to properly fix things.

[Moonlite]

And THIS is why Housing CANNOT be instanced.

Having an RP event or the massive Island Sanctuary demand will affect everyone, starting from FC members trying to enter their fc company/workshop, to raiders doing their prog and people on roulettes..

You want to tweak that. "This is why SE won't pay to have instance housing." Because they would have to increase the amount of hardware. As proof of concept it seems to works. The only limitation seems to be hardware.



The question I have is would inside and outside load simultaneously. Removing the loading from entering the house. Maybe removing the restrictions from indoor and outdoor.



I strongly dislike the sub model and cash shop. But at this point if SE moved instanced housing to a tier of sub. It would let people pay for what they want.

[Striker44]

Other MMO's seem to manage it just fine...TESO included which came out around the same time as FFXIV did.

Other MMO's use different engines. TESO lets you block a power swing from a 2-handed steel greatsword by holding a simple wooden bow up in front of it and the greatsword just bounces off...

Meanwhile, WoW - the most "popular" MMO of all time - doesn't even have housing.

Point simply being that different MMO's use different tools with different strengths and weaknesses. Just because one game "can" do something doesn't mean every other game must be able to do the same exact thing. I'm content with housing existing in its current form in FFXIV given everything else I really enjoy about the game.

[Bukachu]

And THIS is why Housing CANNOT be instanced.

Having an RP event or the massive Island Sanctuary demand will affect everyone, starting from FC members trying to enter their fc company/workshop, to raiders doing their prog and people on roulettes..

or they COULD add MORE servers PERHAPS?

we're TALKING about SE not SOME indie COMPANY

either WAY i TRANSFERED to a NEW server so I GOT my MEDIUM

[Darthgummibear]

Do you have a screenshot of error message that was displayed by any chance? It seems highly unlikely that only one player would be removed from a duty in progress due to "server full" but not the rest of the party.

Definitely players who are going AFK in solo instances are getting kicked but there's nothing unusual about that.


They seem to be hosted on the housing servers. I haven't heard anyone complain about not being able to enter a duty instance but a lot of players are having trouble entering housing and Island Sanctuary instances.

This. A lot of anti-housing people are trying to use this as an excuse to speak against instanced housing when the two are unrelated.

[Catwho]

This is partially why they wanted to have the NA server expansion, even though we're not really at server capacity, before IS was launched. They'd also be able to upgrade all the other servers at the same time.

Sucks that it got delayed until November.