Quote Originally Posted by Punainen View Post

You know what would happen if they removed the restrictions? The servers would go haywire, and then NO ONE would play, just like BEFORE they implemented the restrictions.
I think the amount and severity of the backlash has been too much, and I do agree that if the queues are causing people legitimate stress they should try to find other things to chill with while waiting

But I think it's a mischaracterisation to say the people complaining are asking for restrictions to be removed or new servers to be bought overnight. People do grasp these technical limitations (At least to a certain extent), and most are commenting that more should have been done pre-emptively rather than expecting massive fixes now.

I also disagree a bit on the "The game will be there and money isn't wasted" bit. Its definitely true that the game will be there in future, but when and how you can play a game definitely factors into it's value as entertainment. The story will always be as good, but if you pre ordered under the promise you'd be able to play at 'early' access then you didn't receive what you pre-ordered.

Now to me, Square giving out free playtime more than makes up for these issues, and Im really content to spend my time with other games as I wait. But I think the community go a bit far in picking faction-like sides when it comes to issues like this. Its possible to both sympathise with the causes of the problem on the company side of things while also realising it is a legitimate issue that consumers didn't get the thing they were marketed.

That all said I think most of this drama will die into memes by friday.