FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

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SlowCheetah Sep 1, 2022 @ 3:11am
Free Trial players can't Queue anymore lol
lol so after this maintenance update free trial players can't queue to get into worlds anymore... pretty much means you can't play during peak times. Guess that's this game done for me. Glad I didn't spend much time on it.
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Replicant Six Sep 1, 2022 @ 3:25am 
Players who pay for the sub get priority for logging on, it's not that you can't play during peak hours. It is definitely NOT peak hours it's just thousands of people are flooding back onto the game after maintenance is up. Give it a couple hours to let the line die down and you can log in just fine.

I mean really, what did you expect? Sub payers are going to get preferential treatment, always.
Rubijox Sep 1, 2022 @ 3:29am 
Originally posted by Seraphita:
. Yes, it sounds mean and entitled but I do not make the rules. Members have the priority, Free trials take what's left. This is the way.
What sounds entitled is not paying for a product but expecting to be able to play it whenever you want
Medved97 Sep 1, 2022 @ 4:30am 
Isn't the reason someone can't get in after maintenence cause everyone and their dog is loging in? Meaning even us paying members have to wait a bit? Give it an hour and you're back to the way things were
Rhyagelle Sep 1, 2022 @ 9:50am 
You're a free player. Expecting the same entry as paid players is pretty asinine. Regardless, just get in queue. We all do it, even people who play.
weiss Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:20am 
Originally posted by Rhyagelle:
You're a free player. Expecting the same entry as paid players is pretty asinine. Regardless, just get in queue. We all do it, even people who play.
eh? but he said trial players cant queue up anymore ... how can he get into the queue if he cant? x3.
tho the rest what peoples wrote is correct.
since OP is a free trial player needs he to live with it.
SE wrote in the past (during EW launch) that subscribed accounts have higher priority.
so, either buy the game or accept it =x. like sera said already ... its the hard truth.
Qoojo Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:28am 
i just queued and got in. It seems like it might have take 30 - 60 seconds longer. Queue length was the average 20-35 queue size.
Sunny Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:42am 
During high congestion times, free trial players cannot join the queue. I don't know what the threshold is, but there is one.

Paying customers are allowed to join the line to wait once the line gets too big for the waiting area. Trial players are walk in only, and if there's no room in the waiting area, there's no room.

It boggles the mind that anybody would have a problem with this. If you want to be prioritized like a paying customer, become a paying customer. The trial's purpose is to give you a chance to see if you like it; if you like it enough to be mad that you can't queue, I think it's served its purpose at this point.
Last edited by Sunny; Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:43am
Rhyagelle Sep 1, 2022 @ 12:33pm 
Originally posted by Chiro:
Originally posted by Rhyagelle:
You're a free player. Expecting the same entry as paid players is pretty asinine. Regardless, just get in queue. We all do it, even people who play.
eh? but he said trial players cant queue up anymore ... how can he get into the queue if he cant? x3.
tho the rest what peoples wrote is correct.
since OP is a free trial player needs he to live with it.
SE wrote in the past (during EW launch) that subscribed accounts have higher priority.
so, either buy the game or accept it =x. like sera said already ... its the hard truth.

OH! They actually took the trial players out of queue? I just thought he was complaining about the queue to get in. Ouch for free players. But they are free, and avoiding queue or overload should fall to payers first. It sucks, but trial is at least free and you aren't going to miss any sub time.
The Grimm Reefer Sep 1, 2022 @ 6:52pm 
One of the most, if not the most, generous trials... and people still complain.
女王ルナ Sep 1, 2022 @ 8:34pm 
Bye?

also like Grimm Reefer person above this post said, they are 100% on point.
Rubijox Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:49pm 
They should bring back the old free trial, where i think you only had 2 weeks of playtime and were locked to lvl20. If people wanna whine about something they aren't paying for, then why provide it in the first place.
Last edited by Rubijox; Sep 1, 2022 @ 11:49pm
MOSLEY Sep 2, 2022 @ 2:54am 
Originally posted by Sunny:
During high congestion times, free trial players cannot join the queue. I don't know what the threshold is, but there is one.

Paying customers are allowed to join the line to wait once the line gets too big for the waiting area. Trial players are walk in only, and if there's no room in the waiting area, there's no room.

It boggles the mind that anybody would have a problem with this. If you want to be prioritized like a paying customer, become a paying customer. The trial's purpose is to give you a chance to see if you like it; if you like it enough to be mad that you can't queue, I think it's served its purpose at this point.

They can’t queue when the server is full. When you log in and it says that you’re position 20 in queue, that’s just the server processing logins and moving people from duties back to the world server. The server isn’t full. Generally if the number is above 50 or so, the server is actually full and free trial players won’t be able to log in.
Rubijox Sep 2, 2022 @ 3:37am 
Originally posted by MOSLEY:
Originally posted by Sunny:
During high congestion times, free trial players cannot join the queue. I don't know what the threshold is, but there is one.

Paying customers are allowed to join the line to wait once the line gets too big for the waiting area. Trial players are walk in only, and if there's no room in the waiting area, there's no room.

It boggles the mind that anybody would have a problem with this. If you want to be prioritized like a paying customer, become a paying customer. The trial's purpose is to give you a chance to see if you like it; if you like it enough to be mad that you can't queue, I think it's served its purpose at this point.

They can’t queue when the server is full. When you log in and it says that you’re position 20 in queue, that’s just the server processing logins and moving people from duties back to the world server. The server isn’t full. Generally if the number is above 50 or so, the server is actually full and free trial players won’t be able to log in.

just put all the free trial people on oce datacenter, problem fixed.
Nooneyouknow Sep 2, 2022 @ 10:01am 
Originally posted by Qoojo:
i just queued and got in. It seems like it might have take 30 - 60 seconds longer. Queue length was the average 20-35 queue size.

When you see a queue of that size, it isn't really a queue, it's the batched log in they do to avoid DDoS. It's only an actual queue if it's over 100.
Alistear Jun 28, 2024 @ 6:36pm 
Are any of the paying players locked out RN? I started a few days ago and was getting into it. However today I have been getting booted out constantly and now it's telling me I can't even get back on. If paying means I will be able to get back on I'd do it but what guarantee do I have that I will be able to get on?
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