Where is everyone?

[Mazley]

Most people are leaving the game, if you check other forums youll see that this games population is going to drop drastically in the next few days. Most of my friends list just stopped logging on, and same can be said for 75% of my linkshell. I think people just dont think this game is worth paying for, and I agree with them.

ya i looked on Reddit and other ones and i didn't see anyone leaving. I call BS unless you prove it

[Furious]

Most people are leaving the game, if you check other forums youll see that this games population is going to drop drastically in the next few days. Most of my friends list just stopped logging on, and same can be said for 75% of my linkshell. I think people just dont think this game is worth paying for, and I agree with them.

This is called a projected expectation. YOU don't like it so you think others don't like it.

My FC still has 400 members or more, and still has 100+ logged in most of the time, which has been about the same for a week or more. Take that for what you will.

[Girlie]

The end of this post from Yoshi P explains it: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/88643

In short, the log in queue is not for the server where you play. It is for the server that handles character log in. It makes sense that we'd be getting more of these queues these days because the number of worlds increased, but I don't recall seeing anything that said the number of lobby servers increased at the same time.

[Jackus]

The end of this post from Yoshi P explains it: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/88643

In short, the log in queue is not for the server where you play. It is for the server that handles character log in. It makes sense that we'd be getting more of these queues these days because the number of worlds increased, but I don't recall seeing anything that said the number of lobby servers increased at the same time.

I don't think that is the case. The explanation is stating that if I am ever in a queue to login to the world, that the queue is for that specific world because there are current login restrictions.

[Girlie]

Not having programmed a queue myself, I can't claim that I know the details of how it works, but you and I are clearly reading the same post in different ways. I'll not-in-short restate that part of the post as I understand it, and if you have time to read the resulting wall of text, let me know if it makes sense.

When you go to log your character into the game, the request goes to the lobby servers (which, as I understand it, are in Japan). The lobby server runs a simple check to see if Kujata server (for instance) is currently closed off with a log-in restriction. It's not, so you don't get an error 1017. However, the lobby server is also currently in the process of sending out requests to many various servers, both 'locally' in Japan and across the Pacific in NA (Canada, I've heard?) to log players' characters into their worlds.

(Split for 1000 character restriction)

[Krystal_Storm]

Drop into Mor Dhona or Coerthas and you will uncover a rats nest so large you will wonder why you ever doubted the presence of others in the first place OP. lol

[Girlie]

The lobby server says, "Hold a moment, please! I can only send out so many requests without errors!" and sets you up with a lobby session and queue number. At the top of each minute, it checks for vacancies in worlds, then starts processing through as many people out of the queues as it can, limited both by space in each world and order that you contacted the lobby server. If both conditions are good--there's space on your world, and your turn has come up in the lobby--then it's load screen city for you!

Anyway, no doubt that I could be misinterpreting the description of how they have their system set up, but I believe that is roughly how it works.

ETA: I am amused by the fact that I had to work around a typed character restriction to discuss character log in restrictions, and I find that I must say so.

[AjoraOak]

the first week would definitely kill their subs, too many server problems and the 2nd week or so were filled with more problems, lag that people should have noticed ages ago and the introduction to AK queues. I imagine titan hurt the casual EU crowd that has to deal with worse latency as well.

[darthkyron]

Also the 401 and 601 error when paying the sub that we 1.0 players got and many just said forget it after 3 days of not being able to pay.
Many 2.0 players will hit this wall also.
Many 2.0 players have never had this kind of technical problems that FFXIV has and will leave.
Ant his is not "Projected" Expectations i can guarantee this is a fact.

[Vanidin]

Also the 401 and 601 error when paying the sub that we 1.0 players got and many just said forget it after 3 days of not being able to pay.
Many 2.0 players will hit this wall also.
Many 2.0 players have never had this kind of technical problems that FFXIV has and will leave.
Ant his is not "Projected" Expectations i can guarantee this is a fact.

You guarantee huh? Based on what? I'm still encountering queues every time I log in and every zone I'm in is packed.