To everyone complaining about not being able to get into the game...

[Vovoen]

Well unlike other MMO's it was very hard to predict how popular this game would be. Pre-Order sales ain't enough to go on. The fact that this was a previous MMO means that all the 1.0 players have been re-invited with free game time they don't even have to be active players just people who picked up FF14 1.0 at some point. That alone could stand to be 500,000 - 1,000,000 + people. yet on the other side of the coin none could of came back and they would be dealing with new players only.


At some point Square had to sit down and reach a middle-ground with predicted sales and returning players. Obviously they got it wrong but there's no sense dwelling on it. There planning to fix it and compensate by wednesday. If they fail to get it sorted then, well by all means scream the forums down.

[Monzcarro]

Yes, it's very unreasonable to buy a game and expect you'll actually get to play it. So tired of all these whiners who think they're entitled to play the game they sent money on. Don't they know what a gift it is that Square-Enix even graced them with the PRIVILEGE of making an account at all?!?!

[Reiska]

The problem is the fact that 80% of all servers are selfish AFK rejects - though they are smart - because capacity is 5k per server and that number is absolutely primitive and laughable.

Except not, 5k concurrent users is more than any single NA World of Warcraft server gets at peak hours. In fact, the *average* NA World of Warcraft server has just about 1100 concurrent users at peak hours (http://www.warcraftrealms.com/activity.php). The biggest, Stormrage, has an estimated 4300. (These figures aren't perfect, since they rely on the use of a datamining mod for WoW, though.)

[Wyverna]

After the tremendous loss suffered by SQ-E on FFxiv 1.0 I can understand the reluctance to anticipate the volumn of players early on. Though certainly they should have had some idea of how well it was selling. That being said, and in realizing just how awesome this game is, I suggest we let SQ-E get it fixed but also that subs not be started until they do. That just seems fair.

[Kaelah]

Actually part of the problem is the fact many players are sat in game for days AFK just so they don't have to queue... Yes the game is popular, and yes all MMO games have queues at launch. If there was an idle timer however, it wouldn't be as much of a pain in the ass. Still, I agree, have a little patience. Yeah SE might lose a few players because of this, but I'm sure the majority like myself, who have waited for this since 1.0 was announced, will stick around to play the awesome new version~

[Wyverna]

Having given Sq-E a piece of my mind after Endwalker launch I also wish to commend SQ-E for their wilingness to step up and support their product. No launch is perfect and I concider SQ-E to be somewhat negligent in not being prepared, again , for server capacity issues at launch. But I also realize that everything is not under the control of SQ-e. Still , they stepped up and took responsibility for a less than perfect launch and listened to the concerns of their subscribers. For that they deserve credit and for the fact they have created the best mmo on the market today so that , in spite of all these issues , My subscription is solid and I will continue to play FFxiv now and on into future expansions.

[Ranhansha]

Blame the peple responsible for the mistake, not the people who are supposed to enjoy the service for being frustrated. Thanks. Every voice matters.

[Sotaris]

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Don't you dare come with reasonable and sensible logic!

But also yes.

the problem is... the game is soon to be way LESS popular than they expected, due to people not being willing to put up with this shit.

peole just arent going to stick around if they cant log in. plain and simple.

Good, we don't need the people who has the patience of a 5 year old and throwing tantrums. Maybe I'm being harsh but there been some pretty unreasonable takes these past 3-4 days. I get you're upset but you're also a adult. Act like it.

[VelKallor]

peole just arent going to stick around if they cant log in. plain and simple.

Then they need a little patience.

Currently at near 300 in queue so Im chilling with a hot mocha coffee and donuts. And no, you may not have any. They wont fit into the modem.

[Ranhansha]

Don't you dare come with reasonable and sensible logic!

But also yes.



Good, we don't need the people who has the patience of a 5 year old and throwing tantrums. Maybe I'm being harsh but there been some pretty unreasonable takes these past 3-4 days. I get you're upset but you're also a adult. Act like it.

Or maybe this community needs some self-respect and dignity.
Last time I checked those words didn't mean laughing at Blizzard's community because their management didn't care about them while we had to excuse ours because they didn't deign to buy servers during their most profitable years so we didn't have to queue for 8 hours in front of the screen and turn against each other. Maybe I'm being harsh but after years of abuse from gaming companies I know people are used to it and it takes time to realise, but you have dignity as a customer. Demand it. The higher-ups don't care about you, don't fool yourself.