Temporary fix suggestion for server congestion

[Habibi]

Hi. I know you are probably getting about as sick of hearing about the log-in problems which are resulting from server congestion as I am of having them (and many others as well.) As much as I dislike getting disconnected while fighting or in the middle of something, I could see a bit of help for the problems with log-ins here.

- Perhaps you could TEMPORARILY institute a mandatory restart of the game after 5 hours of being logged in?

This would perhaps give you a more accurate idea of how many people are trying to really function on the server as well as decrease the stagnant standing population on a server, allowing for more people to log-in. Maybe a message "You have been logged in for 3, 4, 4 1/2 hrs" to help players who would consider starting a lengthy quest or dungeon beforehand could cut down on frustrations caused by automatic restarts.

I would perhaps see this as an inconvenience, but it would be minor in frustration in relation to what I am experiencing now not being able to play on my home server.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to consider this, if it does indeed get read.

[Pkx]

Not a terrible idea, except what if you are in the middle of an instance when you are forced to restart? Que for hours waiting on a group only to be told that you have to start over again?
This only, outstanding issue is that SE did not plan for this large of an influx of players for XIV. That being said, when/if SE moves to more robust systems to handle the player traffic does not solve the issue, there will be many fewer players sticking around to notice problems.

[Bimkoblerutso]

Not a terrible idea, except what if you are in the middle of an instance when you are forced to restart? Que for hours waiting on a group only to be told that you have to start over again?
This only, outstanding issue is that SE did not plan for this large of an influx of players for XIV. That being said, when/if SE moves to more robust systems to handle the player traffic does not solve the issue, there will be many fewer players sticking around to notice problems.

It's kind of ironic that they initially saved a few bucks by playing it extremely conservative with the servers, yet there is a distinct possibility that after this fiasco, they will have spent a crap load of money on servers to fix the issues, but the population will have dwindled to the point that they no longer need them.

[Habibi]

Thanks, ya, I did take that into consideration. But maybe it could be done so that if you are actually in a dungeon it would not dc you until you've left that instance, or add 2 hours for those in dungeons. It could be coded in like that. I'd still take this over not getting into the game at all. =D

[Acrimonia]

I could care less if you're in a dungeon or not. LET ME IN!

Nah, j/k... I think something like that would have had to have been implemented sooner and would be more difficult to do with SE not knowing the popularity of the game. That being said it's a great idea, like many out there are. Just not entirely feasible at this point, imo.