Error 1017 makes this game trash

[FrogDog]

I'm honestly really worried about whether or not I'll even be able to log on this weekend. I don't really understand why they don't just have a queue. I can deal with a wait but having to spam num0 to keep attempting is tedious.

[ZhangoSqu]

Sadly until the newly added servers relieve the stress the only way is to put in a restriction to put people off, having thousands of people in a queue pinging the server for a "Can I get in yet" response would only make matters worse.

Error 1017 alleviates this issue slightly by putting people off spamming log-ins.

If that's how the developers implemented the queue for A Realm Reborn, its an awful design. The queue should function as a deferred callback or a long poll that sends a request out to the server and waits for a response. That is the proper way of implementing a queue on a persistent system with high traffic volume. This would allow the login servers to place you in a queue when the server is at capacity and track the requester's progress. The next time that the server responds with an update to the attached queue thread, one of two things happen your position in the queue is updated (or not if the position remains the same) or the server doesn't get a return response and knows you've quit the queue.

This way, it is the server that is responsible for managing when it is contacted by a client, not the client. As it stands now, everyone spamming login to try to sneak past a 1017 error is effectively DDoS'ing the login servers as it is. 1017 just stops us before we do any damage.

Please understand this: the queue wasn't taken out. It's still there. The queue only shows up when the server is not at capacity, and they are still allowing people to login to the servers. The queue is a function of the login server to prevent the login server from overloading. It's basically a "line" to let people trickle into the server at set intervals.

Wait, I'm sorry. What? As this poster above me stated the only time that a queue should ever be used is when the server is at capacity. Not to add yet another barrier to entry when the servers are under their capacity.

They've done a lot of things right with A Realm Reborn, don't get me wrong. But some of the decisions that they've made are just plain lazy and short sighted.