Quote Originally Posted by BlueStar62 View Post
You know why I don't like threads like this which try to stop people from complaining/getting mad about a big problem? Because it encourages the repeat of the same mistakes. Do you know what happens when enough people get pissed off about a mistake? Those responsible for the mistake get punished, and the mistake doesn't usually happen again.

SE has *no excuse* for making such a stupid planning mistake. They had all the data they needed (being their 3rd FF mmo) for server capacity requirements and all the time in the world to test it during development.

Whoever decided to limit the server capacities to this degree has cost SE a lot of money and made the launch of their new MMO a joke. Those responsible for this should be fired without question, because the same thing would be done in any other industry.

So stop telling people to calm down over something they have plenty of right to be pissed over.
I said you have a right to be upset. However, I would like you to provide me this information that SE had all the data they needed to provide a perfect server launch. Any server based game is based on estimates, market data, etc. That data can be wrong, even with the best tracking in the world. Look at Diablo III. A company that handles the biggest MMO in history, underestimated the server capacity requirements needed for it even with preorder records beta testing for over a year.

It's an estimate, and estimates and be wrong. And you always under estimate. Over estimating is wasteful and cost's business's money. If a product is overstocked, then it was expected to sale better then it did, and now it's costing the company money because it's sitting on the shelf.