The server is full, try again later (1017)

[Ayella]

I expect to at LEAST sit in a queue. Not play press the button faster than someone else in for hours on end to even log on.

They are trying to remind all of us FFXI players how it felt to try to claim a NM before the JP did... BUTTON MASH FASTER! :P

[EverKing87]

HAS SE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HIS CRAP!!!!

[Jackinthebox]

It is sad that they are literally allowing ourselves to waste our lives by sitting here trying to get in this game. Why cant they just fix it, add a freakin queue really quick. Worst MMO launch ever.

[LigLerien]

I didn't expect to see that they put a CAP on the servers, and wont let people log into a game that was paid for hahahaa! I've been trying for 3 days now, and STILL can't get in with my friends/FC on Hyperion server... They should SHUT DOWN the servers for a RESTART, and all the people that are AFK will be kicked! That players that are playing, will log back in. Yes, there will be a lot of people trying to get back into the game, but still.. Kick the AFK'ers, and give a chance to the others.. restart the servers every so often.. w/e

[EverKing87]

worst mmo launch ever is a hugggge understatement

[tukuiPat]

I would love a queue system for this that actually worked, not one that has a tiny chance of popping up. There shouldn't be a stupid error about my world being full, there should only be a queue. I don't care if I have to wait 45+ minutes in a queue, I don't want to spend hours getting an error after a certain time. Mornings getting in there is no wait time, around 3-4pm EST the bloody error pops its ugly head up.

[Ayella]

this launch isn't by far the worst mmo launch

[DarKFoaL]

Japanese culture is all about respect and honour, or atleast that's what I heard.
Yet some how I get the feeling that it only counts when your japanese, the rest of the world can just disapear and they wouldn't even so much as blink....

[She_Guru]

Can But a REAL QUEUE and Kick AFK player............................... many of them are AFK

[Mercer]

So this thread has reached 1500+ replies, many of them from different individuals. Even if a third of the posts are from someone that have posted earlier, that leaves at least 1000 players that are disappointed, feel cheated, angry, and completely justified in their feelings. Hopefully this will help somewhat.

I know that SE is currently looking for a solution as they have posted that they are going to be expanding their facilities to handle this situation, but that could take as long as a week or longer for the equipment to be delivered, installed, configured, and then made available to players. Also, they have instituted a method to freely transfer characters from server to server so that when these servers are brought online that players can opt to move to them, thus relieving the load on the current servers.

As for the lack of an AFK kick function in the game, I think that as players we can petition for that to be added into the game. Via the proper channels.
As far as compensation for the time lost by literally thousands of players affected, I would suggest calling for a fair compromise. It's been suggested that players should receive a day for a day exchange for all players until this problem is resolved. Another thing that can be suggested are apology items. Many online games often award bonuses or special items in the event of service interruption on such large scales. This can also be an option.

The lack of any moderator or developer input into this forum thread is disheartening, considering how quickly players have been posting, and the length of the thread. However, I can only theorize that they haven't done so thus far in an effort to avoid much of the blame being pushed onto individuals despite any good intentions many may have. They run the risk of effectively becoming scapegoats in the middle of a very angry mob. I have no doubt that they are reading this forum and that SE understands that they have a considerable amount of work to do in a short time or they run the risk of losing customers.

We can as players do our part as well. Discourage the AFK-ers at each opportunity, as they are taking up room on the servers that many others could be using to play. I know no one can really stop it, but as a gaming community we can let our disapproval be known. Inform others that if they are receiving the 90000 error to do what they can to make another character in a server simply to force a log out of the stuck character. Also, we can use this time to submit petitions to the developers as I've stated before. While I'm sure they know we aren't happy with the current conditions, many players have great insight into problems that online games have and can offer solutions based on that. Many have alpha, beta, and stress tested games and have learned what works and what does not. For those that cannot offer that insight, don't think your voice is any less valuable. Petition about solutions you see here in the forum that you'd be willing to accept. This way the Devs at SE know that they have support from their customers to act if they choose to go with solutions we've suggested, and that they shouldn't go with solutions that would further anger us. Regardless though, they do have to find and choose effective solutions.

Finally, and I know that this is quite a bit to read(Sorry about that), but let's try not to let the technical failings of the game's capacity ruin a very beautiful and fun game for us. This is an amazing MMO with great concepts and a deep story that you can immerse yourself in. The world is beautiful and incredibly detailed, and you can really feel as if you're talking to the key NPC's in the game. I for one want to be patient and supportive, because I want to see this game stay LIVE and to really have fun playing it for years to come, just like every other Final Fantasy game I own. I hope that everyone here can help make that happen, not just for me, but for yourselves as well.

Thank you to those that read through everything. I appreciate it.