Final Fantasy XIV Experiencing 'Congestion' Issues Under Island Sanctuary Demand | MMORPG.com

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• user298 Member UncommonPosts: 152

  August 2022 edited August 2022

  Yeap, many curious people were trying it out, causing congestion. Today there's no congestion so far because many people already satisfied their curiosity.
  
  Personally I tried out the "Island" bullshit, it was exactly as I expected - more "gathering/crafting/growing minigames" grind, so I quit after like 20 minutes and have absolutely 0 plans to ever come back to this area (the cosmetic rewards that you get for the new sanctuary currency aren't attractive enough for me to torture myself with all that grind).
• BrokenSilence Member UncommonPosts: 321

  August 2022 edited August 2022

  If it gets too bad I can definitely see them temporarily removing the free trial again.
• Jakobmiller Member RarePosts: 687

  August 2022

  BrokenSilence said:

  If it gets too bad I can definitely see them temporarily removing the free trial again.

  
  Don't think that is the issue this time. Since Island Sanctuary is gated, only a set amount of players can enter.
  
  

  user298 said:

  Yeap, many curious people were trying it out, causing congestion. Today there's no congestion so far because many people already satisfied their curiosity.
  
  Personally I tried out the "Island" bullshit, it was exactly as I expected - more "gathering/crafting/growing minigames" grind, so I quit after like 20 minutes and have absolutely 0 plans to ever come back to this area (the cosmetic rewards that you get for the new sanctuary currency aren't attractive enough for me to torture myself with all that grind).

  I get the feeling that this content is for the top 5% who have grinded most of the game already.
• QuarterStack Member RarePosts: 546

  August 2022 edited August 2022

  So, yet *again*.... they're unprepared to launch a new feature.
  
  How many times is this now?
  
  Well, we know the routine by now. YoshiP will apologize. The FFXIV community will rally around to defend and explain it away as "suffering from success". Worst case, YoshiP will turn on the alligator tears, and it'll all be forgotten as he's showered with praise as being "the best MMO Director Ever!!" for crying.
  
  There's a lot I enjoy about FFXIV... but the second-hand embarrassment at seeing them fumble the ball every single time is real. You can set your watch by it at this point.
  
  What's the last time they released any new system, or major content in this game that wasn't broken and/or they weren't completely unprepared for?

  Post edited by QuarterStack on August 2022