Thread: SE dropped the ball

Why did they insist on only 3 days of open beta, even when their beta was NOT stable? Seriously their is no excuse for that, the mess we see here today is SE being cheap, lazy, and over-confident with their product during the beta test. Now on launch days where people have paid exclusively for 3 days of early access(only reason i re-bought the game) we have major issues.

Thanks SE!

edit: Thread Focus:

1.) Duty Finder broken even after 6hrs of maintenance today
2.) Errors we have seen all too many times in beta p4 (90000 etc)
3.) Major Quest NPCs are broken (talk to an NPC that ports you to a story instance and u r SOL)
4.) World is full, please try again BS (error 1017); really a que is too hard to implement properly?

Update: 8/29 -
From SE today:
"From several users on some of our more congested Worlds, we have received requests for a feature which automatically logs out characters who are AFK for an extended period of time. We are actively looking into the implementation of such a feature, but have decided to first concentrate our efforts on increasing the number of Worlds and optimizing the Duty Finder servers."

QUESTION: What about Legacy Servers? Increasing the number of servers does nothing for us.

Originally Posted by FrostyRose

I paid for the game and bought the collectors for the free items, the early access was just a bonus for preordering So im ok with this

Even still, you should hope that they can iron out the more unsavory errors in the beta so the game can work right when it's brought to the consumer.
Not saying you should be angry and unsubscribe or anything that extreme, but it's good to hold them accountable.

First time at an mmo EA/Launch?

Lol..... this is definitely one of the more smoother launches I've experienced with an MMO. And they are handling this Instances issue much better than the 3102. I say Bravo SE, and you sir can go take your QQ's somewhere else. <3

Originally Posted by Kaitlynn_Koadavie

Lol..... this is definitely one of the more smoother launches I've experienced with an MMO. And they are handling this Instances issue much better than the 3102. I say Bravo SE, and you sir can go take your QQ's somewhere else. <3

^ This! I remember WoW's open beta and launch. Not only did we have to stand in line for hours at the store to buy a copy, both beta and launch were riddled with horrific downtime and lag. 3 hours downtime in an otherwise smooth start under very heavy load for FFXIV ARR? SE is doing just fine. Wish I could say the same for some of its less patient customers.