Quote Originally Posted by Delsus View Post
The first phase of an alpha test for MMOs is mainly about server balancing and stress testing. In the 1.xx first alpha we would be sat in a login queue for a lot of the window, get on for about 30 mins before getting kicked and being stuck in a login queue again. Servers will always be unstable during the first alpha test because they need fine tuning.
Which is why I like the Japanese to do all the stupid annoying stuff first, so that when it comes alpha phase 2/3 it won't be "As" bad :P.