Concerning the 1017 issue

[Lurkios]

If I ever got on at this point I don't think I'd log out anytime in the next week...

So far I've been able to get in exactly twice out of what probably amounts to several hundred tries.


Also, OP - ping and stress on the server are entirely unrelated. My best guess, and this could well be wrong, is that the same servers responsible for the queue are also responsible for the Duty Finder function. Due to the queue sizes, people in game weren't able to complete the level 5/10 duties, so the fix was to remove the queue.

Again, could well be wrong. All that said, they appear to have switched the queue back on sometime in the last 10 mins.