Square Enix has shared its plans to ease congestion in Final Fantasy 14 ahead of the launch of its new expansion, Dawntrail.
A new blog post explains login caps could be reached quickly resulting in longer login queues, although the maximum capacity of servers has been increased by “roughly 50 percent” compared to the launch of Endwalker.
During a preview for Dawntrail, producer and director Naoki Yoshida told Eurogamer there was “almost no chance” of server woes for the launch of the expansion – now we can see specifically the measures in place.
Login queues are expected to be longer than usual, but Square Enix said the queueing process is still functioning even if it does not appear to be counting down. Cancelling the queue will send players to the back when reattempting to log in. Further, players on the full version of the game will be prioritised over those on the free trial.