Login Queue at launch - Phoenix Freeshard

Is there going to be a login queue?

If so, will it open before the server actually goes live?

If someone arrives at 11:59 CET on Saturday, will they be at a disadvantage relative to someone who arrived earlier?

Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:39 PM by Mac

It's a good question but, as for one part of your post, I'm pretty sure NO ONE other than staff will be able to 'arrive' earlier than Noon CET on Saturday.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:45 PM by relvinian

5 am here in kansas. I hope to god im not awake then.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:50 PM by Takii

I would be very surprised if the server is at capacity at launch time. The launch is between 3am and 6am in North America depending on your time zone. The vast majority of NA people are not going to be trying to log in in the middle of the night

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Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:52 PM by Mac

relvinian wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:45 PM
5 am here in kansas. I hope to god im not awake then.

You will be! You know you can't miss the first minute of a launch.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:55 PM by Mac

Takii wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:50 PM
I would be very surprised if the server is at capacity at launch time. The launch is between 3am and 6am in North America depending on your time zone. The vast majority of NA people are not going to be trying to log in in the middle of the night .

On a Saturday? I expect a LOT of North Americans to be online for start of launch, especially those from Central & Eastern time zones.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 2:03 PM by chryso

I am often awake at 5am on account of being elderly. If so, I will probably log on.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 2:04 PM by Sepplord

Takii wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:50 PM
I would be very surprised if the server is at capacity at launch time. The launch is between 3am and 6am in North America depending on your time zone. The vast majority of NA people are not going to be trying to log in in the middle of the night .

you are underestimating the size of the EU crowd, and the amout of people getting up early for it in the US.

But yeah, the load will probably increase even further during the first hours (EU primtime coming, US waking up) then stay a bit while EU starts going to be, but US goes into Primetime. Then around 15hours after launch we should a dropoff in load.

Thu 10 Jan 2019 2:06 PM by mex

Takii wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:50 PM
I would be very surprised if the server is at capacity at launch time. The launch is between 3am and 6am in North America depending on your time zone. The vast majority of NA people are not going to be trying to log in in the middle of the night .

Nice try ...

Fri 11 Jan 2019 1:27 AM by Lairirian

Mac wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:39 PM
It's a good question but, as for one part of your post, I'm pretty sure NO ONE other than staff will be able to 'arrive' earlier than Noon CET on Saturday.

I was thinking that they might open the server that is handling the queue before the actual server.

Once the server actually opens, then it can start allowing the first person in the queue to join.

This would mean that someone who arrives around when the login queue opens would be ahead of someone who arrives at 11:59.

Fri 11 Jan 2019 2:31 AM by Ruek

Lairirian wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 1:27 AM
Mac wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:39 PM
It's a good question but, as for one part of your post, I'm pretty sure NO ONE other than staff will be able to 'arrive' earlier than Noon CET on Saturday.

I was thinking that they might open the server that is handling the queue before the actual server.

Once the server actually opens, then it can start allowing the first person in the queue to join.

This would mean that someone who arrives around when the login queue opens would be ahead of someone who arrives at 11:59.

This isn't a Black Friday sale man. If you create a queue line before it launches then you're still gonna have the same problem for when the queue starts initially and all the geeks eating pizza pockets waiting for the queue line to start.

Fri 11 Jan 2019 3:10 AM by jg777

The better question is who do I have to bribe to hold my 1st spot to get into the game when it launches? 🤫

Fri 11 Jan 2019 4:17 AM by Takii

You're assuming they have a queueing system at all, which they don't:

https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?p=18864#p18864

Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:25 PM by Lairirian

Takii wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 4:17 AM
You're assuming they have a queueing system at all, which they don't:

https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?p=18864#p18864

Well that answers that question then. Thanks for the link.

That means that ideally everyone should try to spread out as quickly as possible. If all players are near each other, then it increases the network bandwidth required.

Release day normally means insta-killing all the level 1 mobs near Connia.

Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:33 PM by Takii

Thankfully 1-5 is so fast here that it should be fine. On uthgard that took like 2 hours...

Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:33 PM by phixion

relvinian wrote: ↑
Thu 10 Jan 2019 1:45 PM
5 am here in kansas. I hope to god im not awake then.

I absolutely 100% believe you will be.

Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:52 PM by Mac

Lairirian wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:25 PM
Takii wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 4:17 AM
You're assuming they have a queueing system at all, which they don't:

https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?p=18864#p18864

Well that answers that question then. Thanks for the link.

That means that ideally everyone should try to spread out as quickly as possible. If all players are near each other, then it increases the network bandwidth required.

Release day normally means insta-killing all the level 1 mobs near Connia.

I expect at least half of the early leveling to be done in SI.

Fri 11 Jan 2019 10:24 PM by Maxim

Lairirian wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 12:25 PM
Takii wrote: ↑
Fri 11 Jan 2019 4:17 AM
You're assuming they have a queueing system at all, which they don't:

https://forum.playphoenix.online/viewtopic.php?p=18864#p18864

Well that answers that question then. Thanks for the link.

That means that ideally everyone should try to spread out as quickly as possible. If all players are near each other, then it increases the network bandwidth required.

Release day normally means insta-killing all the level 1 mobs near Connia.

One reason we had the stress test characters start where they last logged out