I can't play or even talk about it?Follow

So the 1017 error has hit me in an all new way. I booted up the game today and before it even loaded the character selection, I got 1017. Umm? I didn't even choose a server yet, let alone a character. I guess all the servers are full but that is kind of jumping the gun, isn't it?

To top it off, the official FFXIV forums have virtually silenced me. I've only posted maybe 5 times in the past 2 days, but now it tells me I've reached my posting limit or I'm too low level to post. As I browse through the forums, I notice that everyone posting is level 50. Why the sudden restriction? I don't understand why there would be a level restriction for the forums, and unfortunately I can't even comment about it.

I don't see how it's a PR issue?
I'm happy with the game, I just don't understand why there is suddenly a level restriction on their forums. It's not as if level 50s won't complain about the same server problems. I'm taking my leveling slowly, but now I feel like if I want to be in the community at all, I need to rush to 50 so I'm not silenced.

Not that it will help them much since the rest of the internet knows about it but yea you are right.

To answer your questions directly, the error you're facing is what happens when the Lobby Server is either overloaded or down -- It prevents you from seeing the world list. Supposedly the servers are getting additional supporting hardware on Wednesday so this may be alleviated, though not entirely, made more bearable.

I'm not entirely sure what's happening on Lodestone. I've stopped trying to post on there. If you ignore the naughty posters here you'll find the community here is more than friendly and reliable. Most importantly there aren't any silly posting restrictions here.

Welcome to ZAM!

Don't forget about me Kari! We never did finish that dunes party back in 2004, there's still a gobby with a bomb with your name on it!

I dont think there limiting posts to levels to try and keep silent, i think its more to keep the forums relating to discussing the game. If it was open to anyone including new players, the forums would probably be full of new players flooding the forums with "how do i do this, where is that". I'm not saying new players shouldnt ask questions, but i think they want people to have some experience with the game first so real discussions can occur.


Besides, theres many fan sites, like zam, so it would be much simpler to ask a question here rather than have thousands of people flooding a single forum and losing posts in a matter of seconds.

Few things:

1) That's not a "sudden restriction." The official forums started off that way. If you're too low level, you can't make that many posts. However, there are places on there where you have unlimited posting (New Players Help, Bug/Technical Support, to name a few). They just don't want people clogging up General Discussion, and after seeing how the English Beta Forums went down, I really don't blame them.

2) Welcome to ZAM!

Oh lol! The title made me laugh.

I've been checkin in since the morning and server stays full and will prolly stay that way till Tuesday morning.
I was hoping to get some play time this weekend too.

Can't do anything but wait.

Welcome to the forum! I still consider myself to be new to these forums as well, but I have noticed at least one thing...the majority of the people on here are good, upstanding people who will gladly do what they can to help you or will join in a friendly conversation with you. Treat them with respect and you will get the same.

There ARE a few bad apples here, but they stand out most of the time and can easily be ignored. Aside from them, the people here are great. Have fun, and I look forward to your posts!