SE is always SE... Rage inside... :/

[Colino]

Its not exactly random it said people will be selected based on their answers right on the sign up page. Maybe they did want some people who didn't play 1.0 much.

Yes I'm sure their feedback will be absolutely invaluable since they know jack-shit about the game in the first place.

And yes I am aware Alpha is purely for stress/server testing, in which case I STILL don't see a point in this apparent priority to non playing users. How is playing a stress test with one zone and almost no content going to convince them to come back?

They'll play it once or twice and put it in their heads this is how the retail version is going to be, then proceed to not buy it or give a shit just like they did previously.

[tobyx]

Yes I'm sure their feedback will be absolutely invaluable since they know jack-shit about the game in the first place.

And yes I am aware Alpha is purely for stress/server testing, in which case I STILL don't see a point in this apparent priority to non playing users. How is playing a stress test with one zone and almost no content going to convince them to come back?

They'll play it once or twice and put it in their heads this is how the retail version is going to be, then proceed to not buy it or give a shit just like they did previously.

I'm simply posting because I have to express how completely I agree with what you just said.
The Like button wasn't enough.

[Dragonheart]

Yes I'm sure their feedback will be absolutely invaluable since they know jack-shit about the game in the first place.

And yes I am aware Alpha is purely for stress/server testing, in which case I STILL don't see a point in this apparent priority to non playing users. How is playing a stress test with one zone and almost no content going to convince them to come back?

They'll play it once or twice and put it in their heads this is how the retail version is going to be, then proceed to not buy it or give a shit just like they did previously.

This. And this again.

[Aion]

This. And this again.

dragon,may I confirm this, did your friend apply for the alpha?

[whoopeeragon]

Reading through some responses, I'm not even sure if people know whether alpha is for testing or playing....

[Aion]

Reading through some responses, I'm not even sure if people know whether alpha is for testing or playing....

did SE know that whom they sent invite even care about playing ARR?

[Colino]

Reading through some responses, I'm not even sure if people know whether alpha is for testing or playing....

Either way, inactive accounts should not have had some sort of magical priority.

As far as we know release could be as long as 6 months (or more!) away. How the hell do they think they can keep these people interested for that long when they didn't even bother to play the original?

If anything stress tests should be done by people who are going to end up buying the game anyway since any hiccups/glitches/crashes during testing is unlikely to change their minds. I wouldn't care if the server crashed every 2 minutes in alpha, I'm still playing ARR.

You can't really say the same about someone who's on the fence about it or simply not interested at all.

[Dragonheart]

dragon,may I confirm this, did your friend apply for the alpha?

Yes they did. Btw they just played the trial month then quited (most of them) .
And they don't have the active account who paid the last month (like us).

So they bought and """played""" the 1.0 "on the paper".

[Aion]

Yes. They just played the trial month then quited (most of them) .

So they bought and """played""" the 1.0 "on the paper".

ah I see.. so my mistake then...eh but they still can apply for alpha even they inactive? or they just activate their account recently?

[AntonyB]

You needed an active FFXIV account to be able to apply. Prob reactivated recently to be able to apply.