The server is full, try again later (1017)

[Syrehn]

That's just it though... there doesnt' appear to be an issue with server load balancing in the normal portions of the game. I managed to get on briefly just before maintenance last night--in the middle of them increasing the login limit while everyone was still stewing over 1017 during primetime.

Server was FULL of people. And not just AFK'ers. There were HORDES of people around some of the NPC's in Gridania, running quests, killing level 1-8 mobs for items/hunts--so much that we had to wait on repops and would unofficially team up to kill them faster so people could progress.

There were NO zoning issues. 0... zip... nada. Zone loads and NPC cut scenes loaded without a hitch... smooth as it ever was last weekend. Was far better than XI EVER was in the 7 years of playing that game before I quit. And this is on a laptop, not my PC with the high speed drives and everything overclocked to just under their breaking point.

They are just being overly cautious at this point.

I don't agree with you about it not being the amount of players. If the server can only handle 2000 players (random number), then it would be logical that they let in say 1000 -1500 on at at given time (this might be lower given the severe restrictions they placed). This allows for overhead so that the players in the game already don't have a poor quality experience (i.e. lag, zoning issues, etc.).

The fact that they are preventing so many individuals from getting into servers (1017) keeps the environment steady for those already in. If they open the floodgates at this point, especially with launch right around the corner (2 am?), without having additionally configured servers the servers that are running right now will crash.

[grimdayz]

Very sad

[nnamite]

9 hours just today not counting the 5 or 6 yesterday, SE you can &%#$ my balls...

[caldar]

haven't been able to log on at all guess it will be the release date

[KhalReblic23]

Maybe we should go play on Ultima server, sounds like it is the refugee camp for NA/EU people. Could start an english speaking community there

[Straydogirron]

I only got 1 hour of play so far SE should release another update asap or something.

[Prospero]

bored as hell, any news about this? i feel like they're hiding in a dark corner adopting a fetal position.

[caseythebuffalo]

after spamming to get into malboro for 10 min i finally got placed number 20 in que then after about 3 minutes i got booted from the que and given a 1017 error

[kalima]

Way to go, Yoshi! May as well change my Legacy tattoo to Error Code:"Pick one, I've seen 'em all" and stamp it across my forhead. Sooooooooo Solllyyyy!1oneI.

[Sadebreth]

I don't agree with you about it not being the amount of players. If the server can only handle 2000 players (random number), then it would be logical that they let in say 1000 -1500 on at at given time (this might be lower given the severe restrictions they placed). This allows for overhead so that the players in the game already don't have a poor quality experience (i.e. lag, zoning issues, etc.).

The fact that they are preventing so many individuals from getting into servers (1017) keeps the environment steady for those already in. If they open the floodgates at this point, especially with launch right around the corner (2 am? ) without having additionally configured servers the ones that are running right now will crash.

This is what ques are for. Someone logs off and another person logs in. Right now you can't even get into a que unless you just get lucky and even then you still have a chance of being booted from it. I don't think even they know what is wrong at this point. Even being able to get into a que would alleviate a lot of the frustration. At least then people would know they have a chance to play. I have never seen a company completely lock out over half their player base from even playing the game.