Final Fantasy 14's error 2002 means an entire town of people are in front of you

Naoki Yoshida, director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, took some time to explain what error 2002 means and why it’s so prevalent during Endwalker’s  launch.

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker’s  release has not been a smooth one. Despite the development team  warning players ahead of time about congestion issues, the situation is worse than anyone predicted. The now-infamous error 2002 is regularly kicking fans out of server queues during the login process, which is a problem considering peak hours means thousands of players are ahead of you. In a  Tuesday blog post, Yoshida revealed what error 2002 means.

“In order to prevent a major login server outage, has a limit of “no more than 17,000 total players waiting to log in per logical data center,” Yoshida said. “If the total number of players waiting in the logical data center exceeds 17,000, Error 2002 will be displayed and you will not be able to queue up for login.”

It’s a staggering number. Over the past several days, error 2002 has booted me from the server queue several times. Little did I know that more people than the enter population of my hometown were ahead of me in line. Go figure. Thankfully, Square Enix is  giving players free subscription time  to make up for this situation.

Yoshida went on to state that the development team is implementing backup servers to help resolve the issue, which will raise the maximum number of players in the queue to around 21,000. That change will happen on Dec. 7 as Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker  exits early access.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.