Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker comes out tonight, finally following up the incredible Shadowbringers expansion with an all-new story. But unlike past expansions that simply added to an ongoing saga, Endwalker is going to be the conclusion to the story arc that's been running since A Realm Reborn launched in 2014.
And while that's definitely exciting, it's also on the back of the game being more popular than ever before - it even sold out of digital copies in the middle of an expansion - which means this may potentially be a pretty chaotic launch. Because as anyone that plays MMORPGs like this, expansion launches usually feature a bunch of unexpected mayhem, and we definitely expect this new Final Fantasy XIV expansion to lead to a lot of fun stories.
We'll be logging all of our experiences with the new expansion for the first weekend or so right here, so even if you weren't able to get the right days off after the Endwalker got delayed, you can at least get some semblance of the expansion launch experience.
We'll also try to avoid story spoilers, but there is definitely a possibility that some story information can sneak through, especially in screenshots and as we get more absorbed in what we're doing. So, proceed with caution, but we'll do our best to let you save the experience for yourself.
I'm just finishing up a couple things in the office, before I can go home, eat some food, and get some semblance of sleep in before the servers are expected to go live at 4:00 am EST. Looks like it's going to be an early morning for me.
About to leave the office and head home now. Now I get to spend the ride home deciding which job I'm going to take to 90 first. Will it be White Mage? Astrologian? Or am I going to suffer through leveling Sage from 70-90 at the beginning. Only time will tell.
Ok I have made it home, eaten a sandwich and taken my meds, now it's time to wait for the servers to go up. In the meantime, it looks like Square Enix has put out a letter about the launch of the expansion, and get ready for server queues.
In the blog post, the company says that right now there are more active players than ever before, and with a new expansion more people are going to be playing, so the servers are going to be hit harder than ever before.
The company does include a workaround in that blog post if you're on a particularly crowded World. You can simply log onto another World on the same Data Center, by right clicking your character and selecting "visit another world server".
There are also a number of potential issues called out in the blog post, probably just to let players know that there will probably be some issues with the launch.
I've seen so many MMO expansion launches and none of them have gone smoothly, so I totally expect some long queues and server crashes. And don't worry, it'll all be chronicled right here.
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