A call for transparency

[Betelgeuzah]

It was already explained that in the game development's current state, test server is not practical. I wouldn't be surprised if the game in development is completely unplayable right now, or at least offline state.

XI is getting a test server soon, so for XIV team it's only a matter of getting the game to a state when they can open a test server. We can not test a game where AA doesn't function, the server hardware and code is constantly being tweaked and the game engine adjustments might break something.

Why do MMO devs only start beta testing their games after years of development and not asap? Because it's not practical or even possible. SE is keeping their live servers up while performing tasks that are usually done before beta even begins. Which is why they won't be implemented so soon either.