Alpha invites

[Faiyez]

The very first phase (where the servers are most likely going to crash and be unstable anyway) is JP onry.

You gotta love the cognitive dissonance in statements like this.

[Sephrick]

Yes, do keep in mind that I am not exposed to bespeak any such information to you nor would I, even if i had said information at this juncture, be able.

I know this, because Catapult knows this.

[Delsus]

You gotta love the cognitive dissonance in statements like this.

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.

[Starlord]

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.

[Elexia]

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.

Sounds like you just want to play, rather than being an actual tester. xD

[Hulan]

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.

*cough* I wouldn't count on it. I doubt we'll see something "playable" in the classical sense until at least late Closed Beta, if not Open Beta.

[Starlord]

Sounds like you just want to play, rather than being an actual tester. xD

Um, that would be a negative, but the first phase is always the most annoying part of any MMO testing, I tested a bunch of things, however if I were to get into phase 1 of course I would be testing to make this game better. Lets get that straight right now.

[Elexia]

*cough* I wouldn't count on it. I doubt we'll see something "playable" in the classical sense until at least late Closed Beta, if not Open Beta.

Indeed, nothing will be playable till it's time for it to be released honestly.

[Zantetsuken]

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.

That brings me back lol.

On Day 1, there wasn't even a notice to tell you where you were in the queue. It took about 40 min of log attempts before you were successful. Once you got in, you had about 5 min max of gameplay before the game crashed and kicked you out again and you went back to playing the log-on lotto.

It wasn't fun at all - but it was necessary.

[Delsus]

That brings me back lol.

On Day 1, there wasn't even a notice to tell you where you were in the queue. It took about 40 min of log attempts before you were successful. Once you got in, you had about 5 min max of gameplay before the game crashed and kicked you out again and you went back to playing the log-on lotto.

It wasn't fun at all - but it was necessary.

Not fun, but I sat there for the whole window trying to log in, then the awesome no mobs/npcs loading in la Noscea, and GMs shouting "If you can't see mobs log out and back in again" BAM!! back to errors and I coped with it to help SE.