The server is full, try again later (1017)

[aniria]

Get it together square enix!!! i did not pay for a game + a monthly sub to beat the login boss.Not all of us have Leisure time when we want it.We work dammit and have schedules.I want to play now!!!

[Sonatine]

I demand blood be spilt and the person in charge of servers commit seppuku!

[Dev]

[NA]Regarding Congestion in Japan Data Center Worlds (Aug. 27)

Thank you very much for playing FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Currently, an extremely high number of players are enjoying the game. Should the number of players continue to increase at the current pace, there is the possibility that our expectations and server capacity will be greatly surpassed. Therefore, in order to maintain a stable gameplay environment, we are implementing login and character creation restrictions.

In order to be able to welcome a drastically greater number of players, we are starting as early as this week with preparations to increase our facilities, to be ready by early next week. Until that time, we will be continuing to implement these restrictions as required, and we ask for your understanding and patience.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and once again thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Just a heads up.. It says JP data center but it's posted by NOC_NA in the NA section of the forums.. If this is intended for NA data centers we got a whole week of this shit ahead of us all..

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...57#post1083457

[MichyW]

Coming from FFXIV 1.0, I have to say I am utterly disappointed at this 1017 situation. They seem to be very concerned, even Yoshida shed few tears, but thats all they do! They milk enough cash out of you first, then screw you in the ass, then pretend to be sorry. But they will leave the mess to you to deal with. Early access didn't mean crap when I can't even play during early access. I had enough of this, especially from SE. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, well, fuck you and goodbye!

[kpau]

since the na/eu servers aren't taking any new people ive been forced to go to the japan servers along with a lot of other people. is there any way that id(and everyone else) will be able to move my(our) character(s) to the server i(they) want in the na/eu servers when they allow people in them? i dont want to start all over and lose everything ive done and redo everything as well again.

There is a 'world transfer service' scheduled to start in mid-September ... no idea if they plan to charge for that service or not.

[Zalaya]

this launch isn't by far the worst mmo launch

I would say it is since it is the second launch for the same game, in which both were incomplete

[Chinaski]

1017 is far worse than 3102 or 90000. The later were beta issues, this is a whole other monster.. just ridiculous!!! Sigh.

[axxidental]

You can ask for peoples' understanding and cooperation all you want, but the fact of the matter is, you're not going to need any of those additional server upgrades when 85% of the people who purchased the game will likely ask for refunds.

[Mykll]

Created a new character on a random JP server. Named the toon Useu Protest. Sitting in front of the town's Aetheryte afk while I now go out for dinner.

[Glason]

...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.

Where is your source for this? I haven't seen anything on any of the SE sites that indicates that this will be an option. Would it be nice? Sure, but why do that when they are just clearly limiting character creation as a means to stop server population increases?

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.

And what exactly are the "proper channels"? Aside from the standard, we're working the problem updates, I haven't seen a FFXIV community manager like person even address the masses of frustrated players.

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.

But does that kind of award or bonus really affect how SE would do things in the future? Digital "bonus/awards" don't affect the bottom line of a big company like SE and the bottom line is what really brings attention to the people in charge who can make changes (and make them happen fast!)