#1 Priority should be fixing DCs, and problems associated. (Follow

All games can have a disconnect, at any time, it happens, I get that. I'm not saying SE needs to make sure the internet can't go out. However SE has some very unstable servers, as is shown by the market wards, and while this may seem like a minor inconvenience during NM fights its brutal.


While this didn't change our outcome last night I want to relay a situation that happened, as it's one that will happen to you all at some point.
We were fighting NMs, and one of our best DDs lost connection after 30 seconds, and about 30 seconds later so did 3 others during the fight. Was one of those freak "wtf" moments, but SE doesn't allow players engaged in a fight to rejoin a party.

You can't teleport if your in combat, you can't join a party, or invite, etc.
So, if your in a NM fight, and 4 people lose connection it can pretty much end because, even if they COULD get back in game, they can't join the party or heal or do anything until you force yourself to wipe, or kill it.
In a fight that goes on for 10 minutes this can be really annoying.

Another major issue is that if you DC a LOT of times the game will not allow you to log back in for 10+ minutes on occasion. Another example from last night, our Lancer got a connection lost, but while DCing he was attacked by a buzzard that was unable to kill him (2k HP, at <20 dmg a hit). You can not be removed from the game until you are no longer being attacked in most cases, which means for 10+ minutes he was unable to log in until we saw his character being hit and killed the mob attacking him, at which point he instantly vanished.

First off, the game kicked someone off the server, then prevents them from logging in until they die or someone saves their immobilized character? (They didn't have internet issues, they were on TS the whole time).


Lastly, they need to make it so that if the party leader DCs, they don't remain in game as the leader for 5+ minutes leaving people waiting and waiting for the system to resolve itself.


These are game breaking issues, and if they were fixed I'd actually run out of things to complain about for awhile. So, I'll readd them in a nice list:

Instantly remove disconnected players sessions so they can log back in

(Based off first one) Remove party leader status from disconnected players

If we can't invite players after a fight starts, leave DC members in the party and keep them in it once they reconnect. Like every other MMO in the world except FFXI.

Make servers more stable :D If people don't get kicked off TS they didn't lose their internet and shouldn't be R0ing for 30 seconds on FFXIV while talking over TS.

Prevent mobs agro'd after a DC from keeping your char in game unable disconnect

... wishful thinking but move the servers to the USA so we get better latency

I don't think I'm the only one that seems to constantly get the 30002 error which is a bit of a pain. The other crash I get is zone crashes where none of the mobs in a zone will load, but I can still move/chat in-game. I usually take advantage of this by running to a hard to reach aetheryte node but it's still annoying nonetheless.

I agree that the long wait times between a disconnect and when the server finally depops our character really needs to be cut down. (I hate that if I get a crash, it might take me anywhere from 5-20 minutes before I can relog back on)

Edited, Feb 11th 2011 8:31pm by SylOdinsdottir

It is pretty annoying when you DC while killing or crafting something, but I don't think it should be the #1 priority...

I have had DC and server issues with everything FFXIV. (That includes you ZAM. I can type a whole paragraph before the characters start showing up!) My DC come in waves, but generally revolve around finishing a leve and partying.

I play mostly solo, so this isn't a huge issue for me; but those who are looking for party play must be pretty annoyed by now. I can go for many leves without disconnects. I sometimes go for days without problems. I DO (95%) usually disconnect if I leave it on overnight. But then waves will come when I just CANNOT finish a leve. If this happens, I usually get booted right at the end. Maybe there is an problem with the packet that spawns the last levequest mobs ("the enemy has appeared.")

Because I can successfully go long periods without issues, once in a while I forget and end up joining a party for behest or something. At that point i usually experience an embarassing amount of lag, where all I can do is hope the party doesn't hate me too much. Once again, its not a big issue for me. I might party once every two weeks, and thats usually to just help someone. If I was looking for that party aspect however, and I was randomly selected as this disconnect contestant, I probably would have quit by now.

I DC at least once a night, I've not found a solution online that has worked!
I think it should be adressed urgently!
They have reduced the wards dc's so now it our turn.

I get DC's all the time in Black Shroud were my driver stops working and recovers. Happens on no other map and I've tried every fix out there. So now I just stay in Thanalaan or La Noscea areas. Still I would love if the was a fix for these DC's too.