“Almost no chance” of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail launch server woes, Naoki Yoshida says, after Endwalker issues

Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy 14’s producer and director, has addressed fan fears of recurrent problems impacting the launch of the next expansion Dawntrail, stating there’s “almost no chance” of server congestion.

Speaking to Eurogamer at a preview event for Dawntrail, Yoshida discussed improvements to servers since the launch of previous expansion Endwalker, as well as the impact of the recent DDoS attack.

“It was a source of great inconvenience for our players last time,” said Yoshida of Endwalker server woes. “Since we are looking towards the future of Final Fantasy 14 and its expansion as well, we have been excessive with planning and preparing servers.

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