Another day, another 1017/2002

[Andaeron]

...I knew within the first few responses I would get trolls talking about how "I should log out when I'm not playing" even though they know damn well that once they get logged in they will not practice what they preach.

I don't know what self entitled planet you come from, where your personal access at anytime is more important than that of anyone else ever, but if you knew anything about peak hour distribution curves, then you'd understand how truly selfish you and every other AFKer really are. I shall try to explain it in simple terms.

There are times when lots of people log in, and there are times when fewer people log in. When you plot these along a graph, you see a curve pattern, that reaches its maximum at what are called "peak hours." This is when the most people are logged on at once. If that number reaches the maximum number of connections for a server, then no one else can log in. However, one will probably be able to log in during a non peak time, once those who are done playing log off and traffic moves toward the valley in the curve. And considering time differences, the distribution softens a bit based on variable peak times. Anyone who's seen the old Vana'diel Census reports knows this.

What you and your ilk seem to not comprehend, is that by not logging off, you are artificially extending peak hours for the entire duration of the graph, meaning that people who should normally be able to log in during a non peak time can no longer log in at all.

The argument that blame is entirely with SE is partly faulty because while they do need to create more server space, there is no issue preventing people from logging in. The issue is that there is not enough room, and this issue is exacerbated when people refuse to make room.

So don't come in here with your righteous anger and expect sympathy when simple math shows that you are the cause of your own problem. And don't you dare call me a liar. You know nothing about me, and thus are completely unqualified to levy such an accusation at me.

Maybe you should sit there while you spam the login button and hope that some other player shows the same kind of moral maturity that you are apparently lacking.

[Dastardlie]

this game is broken to all hell this weekend

[DeathTrap]

I don't know what self entitled planet you come from, where your personal access at anytime is more important than that of anyone else ever, but if you knew anything about peak hour distribution curves, then you'd understand how truly selfish you and every other AFKer really are. I shall try to explain it in simple terms.

I went through the hassle of creating and setting up a forum account just so I could Like this.

[Lux_Rayna]

This is silly. I log out every day and manage to play every day. Sure I have to spam login for half an hour, but who cares? Its just an extra half hour, which is much cheaper and much better for my bandwidth than leaving a game running 24/7. Really this whole "stay logged in overnight" thing is silly, and these are probably ppl encountering the most errors. Its not good for your machine, nor for your network; have fun getting throttled to death by the end of the month.

[Infinitiy]

Got kicked out of the game and im getting 1017/2002 for one hour now.

[tuseroni]

early one morning just as the sun was rising
i heard a poor user in the forums below
"oh please don't do this
oh why square enix
how could fail your poor users so"

Remember the vows that you made to me yoshi,
remember it won't release til it's perfect
now we can't connect, another 1017
i thought this would be better than 1-0

thus sung the user his sorrow bewailing
thus sun the user in the forums below.
"oh please don't do this
oh why square enix
how could you fail your poor users so?"

[Kewhi]

So there I was, early this morning, just a happy little camper. I was able to stay logged in over night and could play as soon as I woke up this morning.

I stopped caring right about here...

[Kyria]

I went through the hassle of creating and setting up a forum account just so I could Like this.

Haha, me too. I just wish I could give more than one like~

All I see is AFKers constantly putting the blame on SE for the server congestion, and that they are in no way, shape or form, a part of the problem. Sorry, but that's like dropping and breaking a vase you bought, and then blaming the potter who made the vase for not making it more stable.

And the whole "I payed for the game, so I'm gonna make sure I can play it" thing is getting really old. Yes, you bought the game. So did the thousands of people who can't get get in at all. You aren't any more entitled to play than the rest of us.

And don't assume that people don't practice what they preach. From what I can tell, most of the people who get upset about AFKing are the ones who regularly log out, myself included~ Why else would we get annoyed by it if we didn't have to deal with login errors?

[MrObject]

I log out when Im done playing myself, I rather lose game time then being part of the problem.

^

It's already been stated twice now by Yoshi that the reason the servers are having so many issues is because of the amount of concurrent users. I'd really love to know how many of those users are afkers to know if the afkers are the ones causing all these issues.

Also, don't give me the "If the servers were fixed then we wouldn't have to afk in game" BS, how do you know that if everyone actually logged off when they stopped playing we wouldn't be having any server issues at all? Maybe the reason why the JP servers aren't really having as many issues as the NA/EU is because of their lack of entitled gamers who think they need to be logged in 24/7 just in case they can't log in the second they get on their computer?

[Raskbuck]

EDIT for two reasons: 1. I knew within the first few responses I would get trolls talking about how "I should log out when I'm not playing" even though they know damn well that once they get logged in they will not practice what they preach.

Um... I do log out every time I finish playing and have to fight the queue/server full issue for some hours each time. Just because you exhibit a certain behavior doesn't mean everyone else will do it.