Thi is nonsense.. This is NOT beta anymore..

[khovel]

Two nights in a row I come home from work to emergency maintenance. ENOUGH.

Honestly, I'd be happier playing a broken game than waiting for you to fix this shit with your endless maintenance. SE you are about to start hemorrhaging preorders. I don't go out and buy a game a week before I want to play it. Anyone saying that this is not as bad as another launch is at this point full of shit.

Also, I'll take a month free. That's not entitlement, that's called PR.

you are getting a free month by buying the game

Anything fixed yet? Or is their solution still to just drastically restrict how many ppl can log on?

Currently that is their solution until they decide they need more servers to accommodate the number of people currently signed up PLUS the number of people who may sign up starting tomorrow.

[Atrious]

What are you talking about? This is ARR Beta Phase 5....

[Valiant]

For those of you comparing Japanese server stability to NA/EU server stability, take one thing into consideration, traffic differences.

Consider, if you will, the size of the entire population of Japan vs the size of the entire population of the US + a good bit of Europe's population.

Now, considering that about the same percentage of each population are gamers, you have what roughly ten times the number of people on the NA/EU servers as on the Japanese servers.

Now, take into consideration the fact that the Japanese server set is about the same size as the NA/EU server set.

So you have at the bare minimum, assuming a much larger percentage of Japan is playing than NA/EU people, at least 5 times as many people on the NA/EU servers without any extra servers to shoulder the load.

What we have here is a simple overload. They did not expect the game to generate anywhere near as much interest as it did on the NA and EU markets. I do believe that is the primary source of the issues. The servers are overloaded and thus overworked, which is what is leading to so many errors.

made a similair comment yesterday on another thread... pop of jap compared to the pop of the rest of the world... im sure we need atleast an extra 25 servers to handle it all maybe even more.

[FFVII]

I'll state it again, since people only ever read the last page of any thread:

We paid for early access. It's not a beta. It is the FINISHED RETAIL PRODUCT. SE is absolutely responsible for how shitty this EA has been. There's no argument about it. That's what they promised, and either they're guilty of false advertising, or their EA (which again, is effectively a three day early FULL LAUNCH) has been absolute shit thus far.

Second, why people are comparing it to other launches is absurd. First of all, you don't strive to be like your competitors in business, you strive to be better, because better product = more sales. The fact that you people are excusing this sad excuse for a launch by saying "they're all shitty" is just sheer insanity. As the consumer, you decide on the quality of the product you buy. If it's bad, don't buy it. Don't just be satisfied because it's "not worse" than any other launch you've experienced.

Also, aren't we supposed to learn from our mistakes? If game launches have been this bad for 5, 10, however many years, why are more people not complaining?????????????? These launches continue to be shitty because these companies don't have to put any effort into them. The ignorant, mindless fanboy masses will still stand in lines 500 strong and THROW their money at them. You're not getting anything you don't ask for, so start asking for what you paid for.

For the record, I think this is far and away the most fun MMO I've ever played. I think the controls on the PS3 are very well thought out, very natural and easy. I think the gameplay is engaging and thrilling and wonderful. I think the crafting system is brilliant.

The problem is, those things don't matter when the server is down. The lobby screen isn't so beautiful that I want to look at it for 3 hours. And don't tell me to go do something else. I paid for a service, and I expect that service. To have 2 emergency maintenance in the first 24 hours of launch is laughable.

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This made me lol. Another poor shlub calling this another beta. Settle for your subpar product.

thats just sad