Noticed something about 1017Follow

The Login Dungeon has the hardest boss in the entire game, the dreaded Server Queue! I have so far been able to best this baddy in under 30 minutes every time since p4 (well, except for one time, of which I created a JP server alt!)

You are sent back when you hit the "Okay" button. Just leave the 1017 button up there for ten minutes before trying again.

I've noticed this too,.if I stay on the char select screen for 10-15 mins, I usually get into the queue.

Okay I'm just being dumb but I don't understand

You get the error message and you don't click, but after that do you mean that you'll get logged in automatically when there's a spot? Like it's an invisible queue? Or if you wait 10 minutes before clicking on the error message you don't get sent back to the start screen?

I hit start once, try to login. Get the error, confirm, hit start again, then just sit on the character select screen for 10-20mins. I try to login again, and it usually takes me to a queue.

Edited, Aug 28th 2013 12:35pm by Montsegurnephcreep

It's how I've done it since day one of early access and have always managed to get in within 30 mins or so. Could be shorter, but I'm usually just playing Street Fighter while waiting.

I just let the game sit on the character selection screen for 30-45min and it usually works. I e even done for 2 hours and got in immeadiately when I returned

The problem I have with this theory is that my experience two nights ago was the exact opposite. I started up the game, and tried logging in every 5 minutes or so and kept getting Error 1017. After about 45 minutes of this, I completely closed down FFXIV and started it back up. I then managed to get into a queue on my first try.

I tried this last night as well, but the "trick" of shutting down FFXIV and restarting didn't work. So it was probably coincidence that I got in that way the night before. But if my ability to get into the queue is based on how long I've been at the character selection screen, it seems highly unlikely that I would have gotten in so quickly two nights ago immediately after restarting the game.

i had literally the same inner response to this topic the first time it came up. I feel like the infamous kirin floor theories have been brought up before here. On Valefor it was generally accepted that if you waited til the ingame clock was about to change to an even number before teleporting, you;d be fine. Most theories about random tings like this are usually wrong, because the thing is usually in fact, random.


Doesn't mean i'm not gonna try this tonight.

Btw I used this method to get in today.

Sitting on the character select screen really does seem to put you in the queue queue.

Either a fluke or they fixed it.

It seemed to work for me, putting me into a queue of 15.

Then it counted down to 12 and gave me the world full message.

This reminds of playing Halo 2 on XBL when it first came out. Everybody was convinced that hitting up on the dpad as fast as you could would guarantee that you were the host in the match. It was was funny as hell having everybody yelling "hit up, hit up" as soon as matchmaking would find a game. Looking back now, I'm pretty sure somebody was trolling us.

Edit: I'm trying this waiting in the character screen for 15 minutes business to see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Edit #2: I don't think this works? I just tried it, and no luck. /shrug It did take me to the loading screen at least, and then **** all over when my hopes were at their pinnacle.

Edited, Aug 28th 2013 10:18pm by supermegazeke

Confirmed this approach is proving to be faster for me, as well. I started noticing it the other day.

I also made sure I was facing east on Windsday when crafting with earth crystals. Seems to do the trick.