Temporary Sever Shutdown

[CodeHavoc]

Apparently it seems like the only way to shut the kids up about error 1017 is to shut down the servers until the issues can be fixed

[Kikia_Laloo]

Then they would be complaining the servers are down.

[Heartland]

I would rather have the servers down and full prioritization of getting these problems fixed than endlessly cycling through the login. Before the issue of "well the people in the game are happy, why make them log out" is brought up, consider that the sooner these problems are dealt with, the sooner we all can move on to enjoying the game that should have been properly launched.

[CodeHavoc]

Then they would be complaining the servers are down.

Better to know that issue is being fixed instead of waiting around for something to be done, which the staff @SE and the forum mods are failing to communicate on.

[dreamcaster012]

Better to know that issue is being fixed instead of waiting around for something to be done, which the staff @SE and the forum mods are failing to communicate on.

There are forum mods?

[Sohryu76]

I would rather have the servers down and full prioritization of getting these problems fixed than endlessly cycling through the login. Before the issue of "well the people in the game are happy, why make them log out" is brought up, consider that the sooner these problems are dealt with, the sooner we all can move on to enjoying the game that should have been properly launched.

you could always not try to log in for a couple days. You do have the ability to say "Hey, I want to skip this frustration... I'll try logging in after they are supposed to be fixed.

[Psychosiz]

This is a damned if you, damned if you don't. If people get on they will be playing and not complaining. Those who can't get on will come on these forums and complain. In the end, all this does is the following:

1. Clear the AFKers, which is isn't a bad thing
2. Probably get a whole new set of AFKers as those who get on will probably stay on.
3. Create complaints from people who were in game in the middle of something
4. Eventually bring this back here to the forums as those who can't play start complaining.


I'm sure there are other things people can add.

[Tandor]

They could go the whole hog and wipe the servers while they were down, that would deal with the afk'ers and enable everyone to start again on a level playing field. While it would inconvenience those who have been lucky enough to have made a lot of progress without afk'ing they are likely to be few in number and would in any event benefit from restarting on their preferred server with their friends and guildmates, most of those who have made a lot of legitimate progress having done so in far from ideal circumstances.

[Riguel]

Better to know that issue is being fixed instead of waiting around for something to be done, which the staff @SE and the forum mods are failing to communicate on.

What are you even talking about? Not communicating? Have you not read anything on the forums? The lodestone? The actual game client news? On twitter? Especially these two threads where the producer addresses the issues personally:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...n-Issue-Update

Before you start spouting nonsense, you should take a look at what is being posted by the actual company. Its silly to say stuff "They aren't communicating" when they actually are and are doing their job. These things take time because as Yoshi said, they have to do testing and internal testing before they can even put these changes into place. Which btw if you read the lodestone:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...95066b31d7fb59

You can see they have a date/time of when this maintenance is to occur.

[CodeHavoc]

There are forum mods?

THE moderators, aka Yoshi and the forum moderators on each Jp/Eu/US forum.