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But much of the story’s main narrative stems from a short-lived saga from patch 3.1 in the Heavensward expansion before it. The story of Shadowbringers expectedly takes place after the events of the outgoing expansion, Stormblood. It was a smooth launch overall and, at this point, the servers are completely stable. Despite that, many players still got to enjoy those all-important first few hours of powerful storytelling before that particular ordeal, and Square Enix has since reported that players can continue to play as normal.
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On day two of Shadowbringers Early Access, DDoS attacks and a meltdown of the dungeon servers slightly hindered progress for those on North American servers. Not through joy, but because Early Access had been ruined by servers unable to handle the rush of players. Heck, I even remember the game’s producer and director, Naoki Yoshida, sobbing on stage during the game’s initial launch party.