Server lock ups

[KogaDrake]

so first, the open beta char are not causing the problem, the servers that are locked from my experience on behemoth are actually full, there have been queues (short) to log on all day yesterday, SE knows how many people are actively playing on the servers based on active service accounts and numbers of people logged in on each server.

Now yes we need more servers for NA/EU, but the truth is more servers will not allow us to get our friends onto the locked ones. I see only 2 things that are going to help with that in the near future:

1. allow 1 free server transfer off a high pop locked server to a brand new server which our friends can join us on
2. people who are not that far into the game can just move to a new server to join there friends waiting (will not work for legacy, but the rest of us are not that far in)

[Winglessangel]

This is going to be really bad tomorrow

[Elegance]

This is going to be really bad tomorrow

The games launched already, just fyi.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...04813522366069
Tomorrow, is now :P

[RykerSteel]

Dunno, but the longer they wait, the more people are going to get fed up and decide not to play altogether. They have a great product here, but if they can't accommodate people who've already handed them their hard earned cash, they will be hard pressed to retain those players. It's an egregious error to prevent people from uniting with friends. It's absolutely unheard of in a mmo, where those social connections are what add to the longevity of a game'. I've already told my friends that I may not be able to join them, and their enthusiasm about the game is starting to wane. We want to play together, but I'm not asking any of them to start all over for me. If this is one of the hoops that we have to jump through since SE can't get their stuff together, it's too much of an imposition and a total waste of our time, when we may be forced again to compromise and waste precious effort.

[Winglessangel]

My server has been full since 8pm and no unlock since this morning.. this is a great time