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

[Dragonheart]

This is not true, actually. I have a friend who was able to apply to the Alpha without an active XIV account. She had played the game before but her XIV account was closed when she applied (and still is). I've read people like this receiving invites from several sources and I don't have any reason to believe it wouldn't be true.

THIS IS WHY I HAVE OPENED THIS THREAD.

Ohh, so it seems that i'm not the only one in contact with ppl that got an invitation with inactive account.

We'll i suppose that they're all trolling us. :P

I just want clarification if this is a bug, working as intended, or anything else now.

[Nix]

Glad to help^^ I hope you guys get lucky in the future!

[CakeBandit]

/Yawn, gotta love Mondays

[Velhart]

/Yawn, gotta love Mondays

Indeed.

SE has a nasty tendency to do nothing but say sorry to me the past two years. I believe my next one is coming up. "Sorry you didn't get an invite." "Sorry the End of Era event was disastrous." The list goes on, lol.

[Kallera]

THIS IS WHY I HAVE OPENED THIS THREAD.

Ohh, so it seems that i'm not the only one in contact with ppl that got an invitation with inactive account.

We'll i suppose that they're all trolling us. :P

I just want clarification if this is a bug, working as intended, or anything else now.

Its working as intended. This is a testing phase, not a demo.

[Faiyez]

Feedback from players who quit after the first month is more precious than feedback from players who stayed until the end.

OMG LOL

Because?

[Exn]

THIS IS WHY I HAVE OPENED THIS THREAD.

Ohh, so it seems that i'm not the only one in contact with ppl that got an invitation with inactive account.

We'll i suppose that they're all trolling us. :P

I just want clarification if this is a bug, working as intended, or anything else now.

Same, just got off the phone with a friend of mine who basically quit after the first free month after launch (although he had been playing since closed Alpha, one of the first testers). He came back once about a year later and I helped PL him up a few before he was gone again, lasted about a month or two. And he just got another invite to this Alpha. So yeah, invites have nothing to do with whether or not you've been supporting/playing XIV over these past two years.. in fact it seems as if that actually hurts your chances. I guess in their eyes, they already have our support so they don't think we'll rage that much (or for too long) if they overlook us for early access to the unfinished ARR.

[EinSoFZ]

To anyone that's disappointed they didn't receive an invite, just understand you aren't missing out on terribly much. I know that's not much consolation since some really really want to get in there and make a character to try things out, but you'll get there eventually. Alpha doesn't last very long, they'll be inviting more into it soon anyway and before you know it we'll be in open beta. Honestly, most of you wanting in would get bored by the limited nature of the alpha gameplay once you got done making your character and killing a couple of monsters.

Not trying to sound high and mighty, just saying it like it really is.

[Nix]

OMG LOL

Because?

A lot of current players (not all) will be very complacent with how things are, and those who left/stopped playing are more likely to be critical and point out flaws that others would ignore.

also CAPS LOCK FOR EMPHASIS

[leomike35]

You could repay him by sharing his char name so he gets booted lol. Just some vengeful thoughts I had if I were you hahahah.

Hey we all will just have to use the waiting skills we have honed over the last 2 years and wait for beta. It sucks I know but hey what can you do?