
No accounts will be able to make new characters during congested periods either, so Square is encouraging players to create them during less busy times.
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Free Trial players will still be able to log in, but only after the paying players have gotten in. Paying players will get priority in the queue, meaning they’ll get to log in faster. Once in the queue, things will work a little differently for players, depending on the version they play. Square Enix has already apologized for what promises to be a very lengthy queue.

The studio blames the influx of new players and the semiconductor shortage, which has prevented the team from adding new Worlds for players to log into. 7 - warning about the severity of the queue, and what players should expect.įirst, Square clarifies that it expects Endwalker’s launch to be more congested than previous launches. It includes best practices for logging in during the new Endwalker expansion’s early-access period - which starts Friday, ahead of the official launch on Dec. Square Enix addressed player concerns about congestion with a lengthy blog post on the Final Fantasy 14 website. Once you manage to get in, do check out our FFXIV guides related to the Endwalker expansion and more that will help you out.The launch of any new MMO expansion is usually pretty busy, but with Final Fantasy 14’s explosion of players earlier this year, Endwalker’s launch period is about to get messy. That’s everything you need to know about FF14 queue not moving issue.
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This also includes players who are currently playing on the 30-day free play period included when registering the full version of the game and those with multiple accounts.įurthermore, we may give additional free game time depending on further developments on the congestion situation. Here’s the blog posted by Naoki Yoshida, Producer & Director of FINAL FANTASY XIV that gives good insights related to the congestion situation.Ĭonsidering that we are asking players to wait in queues for extremely long periods of time and the ongoing situation making it difficult to play normally, we have decided that during the official release of Endwalker on December 7, we will be granting 7 days of free game time to all players who own the full version of the game and have an active subscription. A Word from the Developers regarding the Server Congestion and Compensation But apart from these things, it’s all a waiting game. If you think the queue is stuck on a number due to a bug, restart the client and check again. You can try to disconnect and rejoin the queue after some time (during non-peak hours). There is nothing you can do to reduce the long queue times. So, if your queue is not moving during the launch week or later then this could be the case. Also, there are reports that if you are a trial member, you have a lower priority than those who have a subscription.

In such cases, chances are that the client has a bug.

Plus, sometimes, your position in the queue can go up instead of down. Even when they quit and reconnect, the number stays exactly the same which is odd. Multiple players on Reddit have mentioned that they are in a queue of hundreds of people and had to wait for over an hour.
