I think by Tuesday the rush would have worn off, I hope.
We are expecting major congestion during the period starting with the Early Access on Aug. 24, 2013 at 2:00 a.m. (PDT) leading up to the official game launch on Aug. 27, 2013 (PDT).
If a large volume of players attempt to login to the game simultaneously, certain players may receive the following message: “This World is currently full. Players in queue: ##.†If you receive this message, we ask that you please wait until your login is processed.
In addition, in order to avoid server congestion related issues from multiple characters concentrating in the starting areas, we may implement restrictions on logins and/or the creation of new characters for a period of time after the servers open to the public.
I am so hating this game right now, why did you guys have to choose the only server that is perma locked, dammit.
Servers down now so I assume its from 9 to 12. Good luck all ;-)
Just to outline why I am stressing so much about server choice. I have played a lot of MMOs and in every single one there comes a time where guild/community makes a big difference. In many MMOs I have played I have gotten to the 2-3 month mark and seriously started looking for a guild to experience more content with and in almost every case, guild shopping has been a total fiasco.
Our timezone is problematic in that people start playing in the EU at our time 9pm about and finish at about 1am, our time. This does not work for me at all as I am either forced to stay up late or try and find a swedish/belgian guild that plays at our timezone.
Apart from the very very important friendships with real people I like to continue in online games, a South African guild is so very important in an MMO, for me at least, because of the time issues. This is why I am hanging on, through thick and thin and much personal nerd rage to get on this server.
See you there sometime.
I wish SE could tell me how Moogle is locked at 4am on a Monday morning due to congestion? That is pure bull(Sugar Honey Ice Tea), it is perma locked, regardless of numbers on it.
Yea Shrike, I feel the same way, I have a gut feeling they will only unlock it on Tuesday again for the new people. If I where you (Plus I am doing it myself) I would spam them for the early access time back since you couldnt play with the people you wanted to.