Final Fantasy 14 players have been patiently waiting for the launch of its new expansion, Endwalker. This is the culmination of the ten-year story in the Final Fantasy MMO, providing a hefty amount of new content for fans. Final Fantasy 14 has been set back with a couple of delays as well, only adding to fans' anticipation and hype. With the expansion now available for Early Access, it was inevitable that the servers would also be hit with a heavy amount of traffic from players.
For the past weekend, Final Fantasy 14 has been hit with an error code related to the game's queue system. This code, in particular, has been a source of disconnections. While a player is waiting in the login queue, the error causes them to disconnect. Multiple instances of this code were reported by players, who stated that they would receive this error and be kicked out of the queue.
In a blog post by Final Fantasy 14 Game Director Naoki Yoshida, he explained the cause and ongoing situation regarding the heavy traffic. The main cause of this congestion is that all World servers across all regions have hit the login cap for extremely long periods of time, resulting in the queue slowing down. This extends to the simultaneous logins reaching the company's hardware limit, causing long login times, especially during Final Fantasy 14's peak hours.
The post then goes on to say that compensation will be provided to all players who are having trouble logging into Final Fantasy 14, where during the official release of Endwalker on December 7, players will be granted 7 days of free game time. This offer will be available to subscribers who own the full version of the game, and players who are currently playing the 30-day free play period when registering for the full game.
Yoshida's post notes that depending on how the situation develops and if issues persist, there might be additional free game time provided for Final Fantasy 14 players. The times of these free game times will be provided, as well as any other extensions, will be announced at a future date. The blog post also includes a list of explanations for the various error codes that players have experienced over the weekend, and the processes taken to fix them.
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is available in early access now on PC, PS4, and PS5.
Source: Square Enix
