This is sad.

[Somi]

Yoshi... don't cry. We love you and your game. /hugs!

[TheRac25]

This is what we're saying, stop attacking Yoshi-P himself and his team. It's the NA/EU third-party holder's fault. Yet the attacks on Yoshi continue.

hmm so attacks is what you call valid criticism now
i bet you dont even know youre using alinsky tactics
calling people attackers, people with valid criticisms is actualy.... an attack, the thing you claim to be against

[Jinzuki]

I think I'm gonna quit this forum. I seriously don't know where all the D-bags came from but they're a lot, and in high numbers.

My FFXIV experience so far:

Day 1: Waited half an hour while server was full. Played many an hour after that. no problem
Day 2: Log in. Play. Log out.

^How can this warrant people screaming "refund"?

I'm starting to miss the FFXI community. they were incredibly elitist but at least they had a average IQ above 80.

[Adohleas]

So we should apply this same rule to everything in real life. Lets say for example, you buy a new TV that wasn't thoroughly tested before shipped out to the stores. On receiving it you find out it has major issues and the makers needs to continue fixing it and every time you get it back a new issue pops up, and yet you should be grateful for the makers in taking their time in trying to repair it. Is this how we should be when we get a product that isn't working when they had the opportunity to make improvements before rushing it?

They could have extended Phase 4(Possibly pushing the release back), allowed a larger amount of players in, and making sure its very stable. Instead they simply increased Phase 4 by only 6 hours on the NA/EU server when it wasn't even peak time. These issues could have been greatly avoided had they taken the correct steps before release. I can see why many players complain, when you buy something, you expect it to work without any hassle.

[Threelibras]

This game is 10/10, we were only upset because we couldn't get in.. Even I am guilty of being impatient. But the reason those kids rage so hard is because they tasted of the sweet juicy goodness that is ffxiv and they just neeeed more. Once the pacifier is in their mouths they are okay. I hope Yoshi did not get his feelings hurt by some of the sad members of our community. Most of us are ashamed of how some people treat others..

I will be playing this game for a long time to come. Square Enix has done amazing with everything including their tech support and maintenance's.

The community's anger came from its desperation not its hatred. <33333

[Cueball]

Yoshi-P and staff, you've done an amazing job creating a world for us all to enjoy for years to come. Keep up the great work. /hug

[Eclipsed]

Sorry, but the community has every right to be upset with this launch and the terrible mismanagement.

I have been through many MMO launches, and yes every one has it's issues. But do this for me, name me one MMO that didn't :

Have a robust functional queuing system. Login congestion and overloaded servers are fine. Making people wait 4 hours in queue to get in is fine. Giving them a generic message that says, "try again later" with no idea of when later might be is, is unacceptable

Have servers ready to go at launch if additional worlds were needed to be brought online. Full servers and trouble making characters was to be expected for sure. Not having a single world available for days on which to make a character on after you purchased the game is unacceptable.

[darkliquid90]

4 hours? longest ive waited is 10mins. oh no im gonna melt away... i highly highly highly doublt anyone waited longer then 30mins, which yes is a long time..but so be it. deal with it nerds, your lvl 37 get off the game and to go bed already

[Eclipsed]

I had to try for 3 and a half hours to get logged in earlier today, tyvm. My friends who were very excited about this game, still have not been able to create a character on ANY world, let alone the one we chose.

[Seikon]

OP, please don't group a few forum trolls to everyone in NA/EU. That is extremely narrow-sighted and quite offensive. You are no better than the people you are attempting to slander. Completely shameful.