maintenance wont change anything

[Protozoan]

In FFXI the reason you weren't kicked when connected to the server was because your character could sell items in a bazaar which people checked your character to see which made logging off not be able to do this.

In FFXIV there is no such bazaar system. I don't really mind the servers being full, at least someone is actually interested in a Final Fantasy game is satisfaction enough. They do need to fix login issues but if you know a trick or 2 you can be logged in within 5-15mins of first try. The game just launched you have to be patient and expect a surge of gameplay, it will settle down when people find bigger and better things to do with their lives.

[bluerei]

Didn't know you worked at Square.

[Totorixiii]

Dude, AFK people are NOT THE PROBLEM!

The PROBLEM is Yoshida and the DEV not 100% prepared with providing enough Servers and Services that initiates the LOAD BALANCING for each Server which also include the QUEUE system and Duty FINDER.

[Hulan]

LOAD BALANCING

It has been on my mind for a few days now, but I wonder at what point the bing phrase "load balancing" became so mainstream? I mean, I have used the term once or twice, when appropriate, but it seems very unlikely that the number of people using the term actually know what it means; or more specifically, what it entails. Load balancing requires a dedicated process on the server or - more likely on large processes - an entire server to handle job scheduling, memory optimization, inter and intra server data traffic, and any number of small tasks that I have forgotten. All of that requires dedicated maintenance, development time, and - most importantly - actually represents a nominal hit in performance. The more balancing you have, the more processing time is devoted to managing all of the various tasks and messages have to be routed to more and more complex subsystems. That isn't to say that load balancing isn't a good thing; but it's a tool not some magic wand you wave over the bloody servers to make them go faster.

As an aside, after a quick Google search (and someone with a more intimate knowledge of the subject matter can and should refute me), it looks to me - according to this fairly scetchy survey site - as if WoW concurrency numbers are slightly less optimistic than some have been proselytizing.

[skaaz]

all it's doing is giving more space which will mean more people can afk :/

we need that log out timer

Let's just see what happens before we start jumping to conclusions.

[MrButters]

AFKer are not the problem.. But they are adding to the problems....

[Quesse]

AFKer are not the problem.. But they are adding to the problems....

Not anymore!

[MrButters]

Not anymore!

*crosses* Fingers!

[KienanVates]

AFKer are not the problem.. But they are adding to the problems....

No sir, they're not. All they're doing is adding frustration of players... Whether there are AFK players or 0 AFK players, there is a HARD CAP on how many concurrent connection are allowed per server. That is an infrastructure / hardware issue. As has been prior stated, when SE fixes their hardware capabilities and loosens the cap on concurrent connections, there may still be AFKers, but they won't be noticed because everyone will be able to play.