Thank you SE for sticking to your guns and NOT opening up new servers!

[Merix]

The last game I played that had a launch like this was Rift, and they attempted to fix it by opening up more servers. 2 months down the line all but 2 servers were virtually dead with everyone yelling at trion to merge servers.

The game will die down after a week and all the new servers would be barren and terrible to play on so thank you SE for not opening up new servers.

[Dorfentyme]

You don't really have a clue what you're talking about... do you?

[Evandis]

You don't really have a clue what you're talking about... do you?

They most certainly do not.

[kelsethel]

LMAO man please open your own business so I can LMAO again when you close your doors. are there really people who think like this? lose business now so you don't lose money later WTF!

[Merix]

Do I think they are handling the situation well? No. But that still doesn't mean new servers are the answer and they should be applauded for not opening up new servers at least. What they need to do is enable auto-kick on idle and institute a queue. But I think everyone already knows that.

[Dorfentyme]

Do I think they are handling the situation well? No. But that still doesn't mean new servers are the answer and they should be applauded for not opening up new servers at least. What they need to do is enable auto-kick on idle and institute a queue. But I think everyone already knows that.

Your solution is for them to not let people play the game. Which guess what? Will run people off.

If they open up more servers it will allow more people to play the game. Will that run people off? Only if the game is BAD. See the problem?

Rift wasn't good enough to hold people's attention, so people left.

Square at least needs to give their players the CHANCE to see if the game is worth sticking around for.

So yes, more servers DOES fix this problem. If the servers are dead in 3 months and they need to be merged, then the game isn't as good as people hoped.

Again, its clear you have no idea what you're talking about. Move along.

[Merix]

Your solution is for them to not let people play the game. Which guess what? Will run people off.

If they open up more servers it will allow more people to play the game. Will that run people off? Only if the game is BAD. See the problem?

Rift wasn't good enough to hold people's attention, so people left.

Square at least needs to give their players the CHANCE to see if the game is worth sticking around for.

So yes, more servers DOES fix this problem. If the servers are dead in 3 months and they need to be merged, then the game isn't as good as people hoped.

Again, its clear you have no idea what you're talking about. Move along.

There are at least 6 open servers whenever I try to create a character. More servers ins't a problem. Not being able to get onto the high pop servers to play with friends is the problem.

[Dendoushi]

Your solution is for them to not let people play the game. Which guess what? Will run people off.

If they open up more servers it will allow more people to play the game. Will that run people off? Only if the game is BAD. See the problem?

Rift wasn't good enough to hold people's attention, so people left.

Square at least needs to give their players the CHANCE to see if the game is worth sticking around for.

So yes, more servers DOES fix this problem. If the servers are dead in 3 months and they need to be merged, then the game isn't as good as people hoped.

Again, its clear you have no idea what you're talking about. Move along.

So you know how their game is coded. Please tell me, do they run a server cluster with code that is dynamic and yet still fast enough to allow them to just add a new server and people trying to join a specific server can get in?

Most of the issues I keep reading of peoples complaint is that a specific server they want into is over populated. If you are saying to just open brand new server for people to join how can you be so certain they want to join it? So far I heard of like 20 people wanting to create a character to a specific server they seem resistant to go somewhere else.

Opening and Merging servers talking with people in the industry is more risky than cost alone. Cost is a factor but image related with it is scary too, if they start rapidly expanding while there are still freeloaders (Ones that will play till the first actual charge for subscription) they could accommodate people fine but then when the freeloaders leave sever populations will drop. Now they run the risk that servers are not populated enough to hold a social interaction.

There is also the image tied with adding and merging servers. Adding gives impression product is doing well which might draw more in but merging is far worse. When word of servers are merging in a MMO the first thought going to peoples mind is that the game failed, in turn causing even more loss of players turning to merging servers again and more players lost.

Anyone that releases an MMO is in a lose-lose situation when it comes to this. That is why I am glad they implemented the veteran rewards, those that want to play this game only have to suffer through the freeloaders. I am fully aware that this term is not precise, after all they at the least paid $30 which is good for purchasing the product and a discounted first subscription at $9.99. The first subscription is still discounted and Gross Margin is probably very minimal at that price.

[DayumQuitPlayin]

Do I think they are handling the situation well? No. But that still doesn't mean new servers are the answer and they should be applauded for not opening up new servers at least. What they need to do is enable auto-kick on idle and institute a queue. But I think everyone already knows that.

Why would SE auto-kick idlers when there's Sanctuaries that grant rest bonus to ppl who idle around them?
They not going to auto-kick anyone. They need to add more servers and/or separate NA from EU.
You are retarded for thanking a company for causing grief to their players. I bet you were that one kid in school who always volunteered to take names in class while the teacher steps out.

[Merix]

Why would SE auto-kick idlers when there's Sanctuaries that grant rest bonus to ppl who idle around them?
They not going to auto-kick anyone. They need to add more servers and/or separate NA from EU.
You are retarded for thanking a company for causing grief to their players. I bet you were that one kid in school who always volunteered to take names in class while the teacher steps out.

You get rest bonus for logging out in an inn. Leaving idlers in the game takes up room from people trying to log in and play. Most of the problems with launch so far would be solved with an auto-kick idlers.