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Final Fantasy XIV: Ongoing Congestion Situation and Compensation
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"Error 2002"
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Ya I was trying to get in today and get back into playing the game since I own all the content and still haven’t beat the base game. lol
I’ve really been trying to get into a good mmo but I play so many different games it gets hard sticking to it. I’ve liked what I’ve played so far it can just get a bit overwhelming.
I’ll just wait till the issue is fixed then get back in and playing again. Not like I’m in a hurry. lol
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Can anyone shine light on how comparable this one is to ffxi? In terms of gameplay (leveling character up, armor, parties)?
ID: hnd9bqrID: hnd458pHaven't played FFXI sorry, but from what I've heard FFXIV is a lot friendlier to solo play.
ID: hndg0upYeah so it’s a lot better. I played 11 and in 14 when you want to level up a class (after the initial 15 levels, which you grind via solo like in 11), you generally queue in the duty finder for a dungeon that is at your current level. The game generally finds people for you to play with in any few minutes. Then beating the dungeon gives you around 20% to 30% of the exp you need to level up.
Armor and inventory is a lot better experience. In 11 playing lower level content required using lower level gear. In 14 your gear downscales to fit the content. So no longer do you have to hoard low level gear to replay or help others with earlier content. Most armor can be obtained via the dungeons, which will drop a few pieces every run. You’ll be able to roll for armor and weapons and if they are specifically for the class you are playing your roll will get priority over higher rolls from players who don’t “need” it. You’ll get thru the story of without having to grind for gil to buy better gear.
ID: hndm65gThanks for the info! Is there anything like ballista? PvP
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Hey, I'll take a week of game time lol. Almost every major game is going to have some major congestion issues at launch, plus FF had already just had a massive spike in players from the WoW Exodus lol.
ID: hnci148Yeah this was to be expected and should be understandable. The game blew up in player count so immensely and in such short time that it became a meme. Not many games can say they produced a meme for a GOOD reason. And every expansion sees an enormous spike, I've been around for heavensward, storm blood, and shadow bringers. They always had congestion. So couple the usual expansion congestion with the recent popularity, yeah this should be expected by players and understood. Could the devs have tried to make some sort of proactive work around? Idk, maybe. But either way, I'm not mad at all. If anything, I'm happy for their embarrassment of riches.
ID: hncmlu6The thing is, they did lol. Back when they had the massive uptick in players, they said that there would be spending like an extra mil on new servers for launch.
I'd imagine if they could have gotten more capacity, they would have done it. The problem is they are in the same silicon shortage the rest of us are in so they can't get the hardware.
To me, they seem to have tried everything they can but it's hard to anticipate the game skyrocketing in player base 3 months from launch lol
ID: hncj23cRaubahn EX still brings nightmares 🙂
However, I can't remember these congestion levels during shadowbringers launch, must have something to do with the WoW exodus as well 🙂
ID: hndvbdkWhy was there a WoW exodus?
ID: hndwlrhWas it related to the awful treatment of their employees? Or has wow just consistently put out subpar products for the last several years? I’m a bit out of the loop.
ID: hndtlwxA week free that you can't get in due to long que times?
Sounds like a circle jerk to me, or did they fix the long wait times?
ID: hne1ss7Well they are specifically giving everyone the free time on the official release date when they'll be less people rushing to get in because a large chunk of the players are playing now in the early release.
Plus, they did also say they are willing to give more if problems persist. Is it a perfect solution? No, but when you are physically limited by the amount of hardware you can get in, I think it's a good gesture.
ID: hndv0r1Yeah, also many, many players are just here for the expansion story every time, then disappear until next big patch/expansion.
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I had no idea there was a new expansion coming. I picked literally the worst time to give the free trial a shot finally lol.
ID: hncj19qThe free trial is also extended isn't it?
ID: hnckb7kNo, the 30 days sub time you get with a purchase of the game is extended. The free trial is just to level 60, no time restraints. I was referring to the fact that free trials aren't even allowed to queue during this period due to volume.
ID: hncjg5fFree trial is all the way to level 60, iirc. I started it, but I've been busy
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Unrelated question maybe one of you can answer. Can you play on pc with your ps5 account? One price for both platforms?
ID: hncpe8cYour account/characters/subscription can transfer between platforms, however you’d have to purchase the game and expansions again on PC.
ID: hncpy6dThanks for the info! I heard ps5 version had some issues initially. Is it good now?
ID: hncpvglYou can play your character on any platform, but have to have the game and all the expansions for that platform.
ID: hncuv8xI think you need to own both versions of the game unfortunately.
ID: hncpbdqNo, you need to purchase the game on each platform. Never understood why.
ID: hndy4vtI would assume so. I logged in on my PS5 with the same service account I use on PC. It's not a free game though and your license is platform-specific so you'd have to buy the game in both places. So not two subs but two one-time purchases I think.
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Is this game better on PS5 or pc?
ID: hndjtorDepends on the PC I guess. The controller support is excellent but it has full MnK support on console if you'd prefer that. It's runs mostly perfectly on ps5 except there's a weird thing where the frames drop when you look in certain directions in some areas for no reason. Other than that it's great.
ID: hndwye1I have it on both and prefer to play on PS5, the game just feels better to play on a controller IMO.
ID: hndxapeInteresting I have a very powerful pc (rtx 3090) and a PS5, wondering which one to get it on to trial it out, was going to play New World but looking at the subreddit it seems like an absolute mess
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Meanwhile, over in Guild Wars 2...
ID: hncfp4oWhat’s happening in GW2?
ID: hncgcekA ton of people are coming back to the game and we have a bunch of new players as well. Never had wait times for servers.
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I thought this was the title for a new weird expansion
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"We have no plan to fix this but here's a free week so you don't ask for a refund on the expac."
ID: hncgc0vWe have no plan to fix this
They do have a plan, they're just unable to act on that plan because of a shortage of materials.
You don't actually have to play the game on release if you don't have sufficient time because of the queues.
But I guess you'd rather complain about "the unemployed, childless, and streamers(?)".
ID: hncj9mmThere's just no pleasing some people. The guys over at WoW would like to have a word.
ID: hncvgn2People's ability to get completely pissy over not being able to play right this second never fails to amaze me.
We know congestion is going to happen on a launch. Especially on heavily populated servers. I wonder if they are shocked when the sun sets every day.
ID: hnchefhFree week? Is FFXIV paid montly?
ID: hnchhwgYes
ID: hncujn1Found the peanut brain
ID: hncbrzm[deleted]
ID: hncchebThey've literally said they can't due to the shortage of semiconductors.
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So basically it's a good thing I didn't start playing this again the other day.
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This game was way too boring for me. Walk all the way across the map you can’t fast travel or use any vehicles and press x, then walk all the way back to where you started. No thanks, uninstalled after a day or two.
引用元:https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/r9ir6e/final_fantasy_xiv_ongoing_congestion_situation/
Faster, you can play all classes, leveling up is mainly done through story for your first class.
There are some throwbacks from 11 but it's a very diffrent game.