The server is full, try again later (1017)

[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.

[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.

[Barbako]

Excalibur here. I was ecstatic when I finally got to play from around 5 to 8 am EST today. Now I've been trying for the past hour to get in again. I've gotten 1017'd every time. I got into the queue twice; the first time, I was #4, but 20 seconds later got 1017'd. Second time, I was #19, went to #17, then got 1017'd after about a minute. Login restrictions I can handle, but can we at least get a functional queue system? I don't appreciate being told to "wait until an opening is available" when I was doing just that, and then getting prevented from doing so to boot.

[Yuantis]

ERROR 90000 & ISSUE 1017
Got online (today Monday, Aug 26, 2013)
Played for 30 mins and Error 90000.
I re-connected, got a Queu window (for 5 secs) then a following window saying:
"This World is currently full. Please wait until an opening is available and try again."
Error/Issue 1017

I have tried several times now and never get into Queu just this automated message..
How am I supposed to know when an opening is going to happen?
When can e play?

I can't login online early because I work!
Arrive home hoping to enjoy this game and get this error over and over again!

Sunday: I was not able to login AT ALL.
Saturday: was a war of maintenances and server downs more than up.

Any hopes?
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Character Name: Yuantis Kurstark
World: Ultros

[Tattersail]

Didn't feel like reading the whole 73 pages. Has anyone replied to this problem yet? Is it being looked at? I've been unable to play my character for any extended period of time since open beta began and I'm getting sick of one thing after another getting in the way when others aren't even having the same problem.

[Proxzyn]

I hope all you whiners stick to your threats and leave. The game is gonna be much more enjoyable for the rest of us.

[Nespavost]

I'm absolutely furious, I pre ordered the collector's, and I have barely gotten to play in EA, not to mention phase 4 had tons of problems too. I demand compensation, and a solution to this problem, an error code is not a solution bring back the queue and limit the max population I know that people are logging out, so why the hell can't I join the line to get in? I'm disgusted, I have friends in ireland playing on my NA server (Gilgamesh) and they're in the 30s now, I'm barely in the 20s. I'm severely disappointed, four phases of beta and we're still encountering numerous problems. This isn't looking good and I'm considering a refund for my copy of the game.

[Vankreigar]

I hope all you whiners stick to your threats and leave. The game is gonna be much more enjoyable for the rest of us.

Game? Oh, you mean the game we aren't even able to play, since all the servers are full and before that we had like 5 maintenances in a row... Silly fanboy.

[SlipperyJohn]

I find it absurd that I can't even wait in a queue, put me in a queue of 4,000 people, I don't care. I will wait, but this spamming log in BS has got to go. Also, not having and autokick for idle players is ridiculous, especially during times like this when we can't login, because no one is going to log out now. The game has been released. I put up with this during beta and didn't complain, but now you're on time I am paying for. Get on top of this SE.

[Jeckal]

Queues don't bother me, set it up and come back in a bit but error 1017 is unacceptable.... This had better be straightened out soon or I'll end up playing this game as long as the first (30 days). If the servers can't handle the load CLOSE DOWN THE NEW CHAR OPTION - just lock out the server then monitor it, if actually players online dips then open up char creation again for a brief window.

I honestly thought figured it out this time around - server management for a MMO is not exactly new