The server is full, try again later (1017)

[IronFox]

So yesterday it took me 10 hours to get in. After I got in I decided like some others to just AFK over night cause fuck, it's MY time to play. So I did. Now that I got disconnected for one second, bam, 1017. Square enix, your game is now launched. and still with beta issues? You have to be kidding. Seriouslly, get your shit together. More servers and free character transfers. I'm really tired of this shit.

[Tsuroku]

Something must be happening, I am seeing way more people than when they start this throttling yesterday. Just got in about 15mins ago by the way.

[KingGolgo]

it seems to me if the servers couldn't handle a pop over a certain amount then they shouldn't have allowed more accounts to create a toon on a server then the server allows.If the server can only handle 1000 ppl(random number).Then SE should have allowed only a thousand accounts to make toons on a server per each server.At the very least SE should consider investing in bigger servers.Or at the very least invest in opening up some more servers.Don't get me wrong love the game and I get that a mmo at launch will go through growing pains.But official launch is tomorrow and alot of ppl are already angry cause they can't even play cause the servers are full.Another option is to add a auto log off feature.Most of the space is getting taken up by ppl that stay logged in when they are not playing.ppl that won't be playing til around 1am est.So why allow these ppl to clog the servers and keep pl that want to play now from playing.It's frustrating that I have to wait til 3 in the morning to play.When I can't do that during a week night because like most adults I have to work and will be sleeping at that hour.And it's not fair that I'm going to be paying 15 bucks a month and only get to play it on my one day off a week.

[Nova_Dresden]

it seems to me if the servers couldn't handle a pop over a certain amount then they shouldn't have allowed more accounts to create a toon on a server then the server allows.If the server can only handle 1000 ppl(random number).Then SE should have allowed only a thousand accounts to make toons on a server per each server.At the very least SE should consider investing in bigger servers.Or at the very least invest in opening up some more servers.Don't get me wrong love the game and I get that a mmo at launch will go through growing pains.But official launch is tomorrow and alot of ppl are already angry cause they can't even play cause the servers are full.Another option is to add a auto log off feature.Most of the space is getting taken up by ppl that stay logged in when they are not playing.ppl that won't be playing til around 1am est.So why allow these ppl to clog the servers and keep pl that want to play now from playing.It's frustrating that I have to wait til 3 in the morning to play.When I can't do that during a week night because like most adults I have to work and will be sleeping at that hour.And it's not fair that I'm going to be paying 15 bucks a month and only get to play it on my one day off a week.

Honestly they should have invested in separating EU and NA servers. There's no way that Japanese servers for one country are seeing the level of population that the NA/EU servers are seeing (which is probably why they keep working and we keep dying or hitting population caps.)

[fhero]

it seems to me if the servers couldn't handle a pop over a certain amount then they shouldn't have allowed more accounts to create a toon on a server then the server allows.If the server can only handle 1000 ppl(random number).Then SE should have allowed only a thousand accounts to make toons on a server per each server.At the very least SE should consider investing in bigger servers.Or at the very least invest in opening up some more servers.Don't get me wrong love the game and I get that a mmo at launch will go through growing pains.But official launch is tomorrow and alot of ppl are already angry cause they can't even play cause the servers are full.Another option is to add a auto log off feature.Most of the space is getting taken up by ppl that stay logged in when they are not playing.ppl that won't be playing til around 1am est.So why allow these ppl to clog the servers and keep pl that want to play now from playing.It's frustrating that I have to wait til 3 in the morning to play.When I can't do that during a week night because like most adults I have to work and will be sleeping at that hour.And it's not fair that I'm going to be paying 15 bucks a month and only get to play it on my one day off a week.

You are right. The correct way from what I know about server load is that if server X can only handle certain amount of operations at a time then those operations need to be limited to keep the server running at optimal levels. Just like you said if the server could only handle a max of 1000ppl (random number) before it would crash then the actual number of playable users should be dumbed down to 900-800ppl. This way it allows for overhead so the server will not crash or operate at a less than functional level. Putting a limiter on character creations per server, meaning it will lock the server from gaining any new players after it reaches 900ppl. This way it forces new players to use a server that has not reached that limit and so on. Granted the numbers we are using is really low but i'm sure it gets the point across because I do not think this strategy was put into place from day one of Early Access.

[Vankreigar]

After all this crap from SN i'll want something in return for my patience... Maybe a character appearance makeover/server transfer -_-

[Cedori]

im just tired of no Que and only being able to play after midnight PST otherwise getting 1017 for hours. im also tired of being forced to play on the JP servers since the only ones that ever go down are the NA/EU servers. just fix the damn problem or at least let us on our mains hell ill craft, gather, do fates instead of progressing in story if i have to i just want to play my character.

[Mike_Oxlong]

Go to the link below and file a complaint for non-delivery of services.

http://www.bbb.org/los-angeles/busin...le-a-complaint

[ThunderCat]

Dammit Square, put me in a que if you have to. Your 1017 message is useless. All I can do is keep selecting a character and hit enter over and over again until by some chance of luck I get in. I understand your server congestion issues but at least give us a better indicator of server capacity than just saying its full, try again later.