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[Uriel_Kross]

Honestly not sure why this is a big deal..

It's like this with every xpac release. They all have had some sorta problem.

Early access is just the Beta for the actual xpac release. It's just wrapped up as a bonus

"Why didn't they test this before release" they are..right now..the xpac hasn't released...

Every release is the same, they do early access discover a huge issue or many issues that can generally only appear when millions of people are on at the same time or when millions of people are testing different parts of the game..they fix it..we move on.

Seriously Early Access is just an expansion Beta to resolve issues before the actual release of the expansion. There will ALWAYS be issues..that's the point.

The only people I feel bad for are the new players just getting into the game. Old and experienced players should be well aware of what Early Access actually means..

[IDontPetLalas]

Honestly not sure why this is a big deal..

It's like this with every xpac release. They all have had some sorta problem.

Early access is just the Beta for the actual xpac release. It's just wrapped up as a bonus

"Why didn't they test this before release" they are..right now..the xpac hasn't released...

Every release is the same, they do early access discover a huge issue or many issues that can generally only appear when millions of people are on at the same time or when millions of people are testing different parts of the game..they fix it..we move on.

Seriously Early Access is just an expansion Beta to resolve issues before the actual release of the expansion. There will ALWAYS be issues..that's the point.

The only people I feel bad for are the new players just getting into the game. Old and experienced players should be well aware of what Early Access actually means..

While beta access is early access in a sense, the access that we were granted is not usually what is considered a beta release.

some of the differences I can think of:

- beta testers are expected to look for defects and also expected to be able to report them
- the beta environment is not the same as the production (live) environment
- the beta customers are not anywhere as numerous as the live customers

I could go on, but by the time that early access for FFXIV is ready, I agree that issues can surface , Queues are normal, but issues on the scale of a beta? No, that would not be expected nor acceptable.