Error 1017 is my favorite in-game quest

[Ilesimia]

So, I have now had this game for about 4 days, and have gotten to play maybe a total of 4 hours. I understand that there was a much larger number of players than expected, but don't use that as an excuse. FFXIV bombed. Many of us even dropped ($90.00?) on the limited edition just to end up wasting our money, which was never reimbursed.
Here's the question of the day...
After a game meant for possibly upwards of a million players just bombs and is cut from being played, how do you not prepare for the worst possible outcomes.
Again I understand that with it's history you might not worry about overpopulation issues, but at least have an easy fix in your back pocket...
Took me a day to start the game and two days to knock out the first 20 quests. I hope it's all fixed by Sept 4th.
It would be a shame to see this game end up like the last, especially over server issues.
I'm only bringing this up because I have already started hearing, "If I can't login soon, I'm just going to go get my money back..."
I want this game to go far and be popular, but at the same time this is a horrible time to drop the ball.
I'm not a fan really, but, The Elders Scrolls MMORPG started Beta testing, it's easy for that to sway peoples position on FFXIV: ARR.

As for comments, I don't need a lecture, please spare me one. As previously stated I understand the issue, it's just upsetting. Thanks.

[RionKaneshiro]

You forgot quest 5006, 2002 and probably 10,000 other quest you have to do for several hours before you get to play the game.

I try now for 4 hours and only get Lobbyserver issues or the character list for NA/EU error and even without this two, there is of couse still your favorite

It's so bad I can predict with 100% accuracy which error I'll get next.

[Serakano]

Best thing about this quest is that it's repeatable multiple times a day!

You should exploit this as much as possible before maintenance, because they might be nerfing it.