2.0 beta?

[Antipika]

I think Japan Expo was "pre-registration", no one is 100% guaranteed to have access.

As for all Legacy players to have access to beta, I hardly doubt that, at least not on early phases... we're just way too many. And on top of current subscribers, SE wants to hear the voice of non-XIV/non-XI players as well.

[Molly_Millions]

Legacy players get priority access to the beta. Does that mean we all get in? probably not, but it does mean that we get a chance before anyone that's not a legacy player. That most likely means that only legacy players will be in the beta.

[Nero]

Legacy players get priority access to the beta. Does that mean we all get in? probably not, but it does mean that we get a chance before anyone that's not a legacy player. That most likely means that only legacy players will be in the beta.

Where you got that from? Source?

[ToxicFox]

Legacy players get priority access to the beta. Does that mean we all get in? probably not, but it does mean that we get a chance before anyone that's not a legacy player. That most likely means that only legacy players will be in the beta.

They thought about making legacy have priority but decided not to.

[Elexia]

I wouldn't be surprised if at some point they just start activating live accounts for beta access.

I suspect they want to get the curretn community in there, trying it, finding bugs and spreading word of mouth.

They said there's no guarantee (especially for legacy members) of the current playerbase all getting in. At best they'll try to but who's better to test 2.0?

The current playerbase who feel entitled.

Or the new playerbase they're trying to target?

To be honest, even though I been here since day one alpha I can safely say they're going to try to get as many non-current players in as possible for beta while Alpha they'll try to get as many in as possible since they said it's essentially a stress test.

[TheVedis]

If you people think all current players "need" to be in the beta, you all have no idea how betas actualy work

a Beta needs to draw from EVERY community of gaming

they need good systems, bad systems, max specs, min specs
differnt brands of cpus, etc etc

they need different playstyle of players and so on and so forth


and they can only put so many people into it at a time, so you cant just say "all legacy gets in first" as legacy players do not encompass all aspects they need to test


remember, its a TEST, you arent supposed to be "playing"

[Elexia]

Especially considering the amount of:

"Wait, lifetime discount for XIV if I get on this shit now and get Legacy? I don't care that I threw this game away a week after launch, SIGN ME UP!"

Legacy members. I do believe they'll want as many people that haven't played XIV as possible because they'll in turn tell their friends that it's a good game if the beta isn't horribly broken and pretty much guaranteed to come at least a 1/4th close to XI's success rather than complete failure.

[TheVedis]

Especially considering the amount of:

"Wait, lifetime discount for XIV if I get on this shit now and get Legacy? I don't care that I threw this game away a week after launch, SIGN ME UP!"

Legacy members. I do believe they'll want as many people that haven't played XIV as possible because they'll in turn tell their friends that it's a good game if the beta isn't horribly broken and pretty much guaranteed to come at least a 1/4th close to XI's success rather than complete failure.

um, i think you misunderstand the reason for betas too

its still a test period, not an advertising period where you show people how good your game is

they need a wide variety of people in game testing out to make sure everything works, that different systems can handle different things and so on

sure you get to show people stuff too, but thats not the main point of it all, its to make sure a game is ready for launch and WORKS.

[Colino]

I dont think so.

Why would SE give Beta-Access to all the Legacy Member? They want people for Beta which find Bugs, report them, have an keen eye for bug-finding etc etc. You will be able to register at a certain point, but giving all Legacy-Member straight Beta-Access while at least half of them just want to play, instead of finding bugs, is ridiculous.

But by virtue of playing they will find bugs anyway. Not every single beta-tester writes reports or finds bugs anyway.

[Elexia]

um, i think you misunderstand the reason for betas too

No, I know exactly what a beta is. The more people who touch XIV that never touched it before, especially during it's testing period is a lot better than people who have been playing it the past 2 years.

If the beta is polished, that can only mean the game itself will be which is why you'd tell your friends to keep an eye on a potentially good new MMO coming out.