Friend Wants to Play. Can't.

[Lynnyburd]

Got a friend into the game, after trying for so long and he loves it. One problem though.

He has been trying for NINE MONTHS to get on Mateus. NINE MONTHS! When will Mateus open again? This is getting insane. NINE MONTHS.

The fact I can recruit someone and they can try this long and still not be able to join their friendgroup and FC is insane.

[LuSnow]

For what I know, this is a given fact that Mateus is out of the congested worlds. So, the chance that it opens is probably rather low.

I don't believe that any of us can tell you when it will open. Usually, it can happen when there is a new patch, but well, all you can do is to keep an eye on status there: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

[Jeeqbit]

Mateus is currently one of the most congested worlds in the entire game.

Your friend can visit it, but unfortunately if you want to be in an FC with them you may have to transfer to a less congested world.

It's not uncommon for an online game to have server limits. If you don't come across them in other MMORPGs, it's likely because said MMORPG is not as popular as FFXIV and has a lower overall population and thus doesn't have such caps affecting people.

[Exmo]

Why don't you leave Mateus and join their world instead?

[Lynnyburd]

I have one of the rarest plots in the game. I love my plot. I also enjoy having a queue time that isn't 30 minutes like Maduin because I Made an alt to play with them. It's insane how dead it is.

[Lynnyburd]

See that is what confuses me. He is permanetly visiting so why is not congested enough for that? Also again, less congested worlds have queue times that are 3 times longer plus I have a plot in the game and a medium FC house, to give that up is insane especially given how empty Limsa is right now on Mateus compared to Malboro or other worlds that have been opened more recently.

[Lynnyburd]

Yeah it is. Just interesting Malboro and other servers have opened when they are much busier as you can see in open worlds.

[Jeeqbit]

See that is what confuses me. He is permanetly visiting so why is not congested enough for that? Also again, less congested worlds have queue times that are 3 times longer plus I have a plot in the game and a medium FC house, to give that up is insane especially given how empty Limsa is right now on Mateus compared to Malboro or other worlds that have been opened more recently.

It may not be congested enough to visit at some parts of the day or depending on where in the patch cycle, but overall they are trying to reduce the pop on Mateus.

Back in Heavensward, Balmung was congested and back then they did not block transfers at all. So everyone got around the fact it was too congested to create characters by making one elsewhere, then doing a paid transfer.

It was so congested that I filled a fresh linkshell in 2 days with newly transferred players. It was then that I knew the extent of the problem. Balmung was a bubble and it was going to burst eventually. So they did something about it and created Congested status to prevent paid transfers, and instead allowed temporary visits when it's not as congested. It is possible for there to be a day where they can't visit or won't be able to login to that world though due to reaching visitor cap.

[Lynnyburd]

Trust me, I get it but he has been visiting daily for nine months but still cannot transfer. I've seen the population go down, tons of houses keep opening and the longest queue I have seen in a bit is maybe 25 tops during busy hours. I get the cause and I get the reason and why something like Balmung is totally shut down but Mateus is not what it once was.

[Ladayen]

It looks like Mateus is open now if you haven't tried recently.