Didn't get an Alpha Invite? Cheer up!

[Mrfox0707]

So basically what you're saying is that it's safe to assume (even though the assumption is 100% blind) that people who quit earlier than the rest of us and did NOTHING for the game at all are better testers because they all have more second-hand knowledge of MMOs?

Even if their other MMO experience is with the BAD games that you listed?

And that we should largely leave the future of EVERYONE's FFXIV: A Realm Reborn to people who did nothing to bring about it's creation in the first place, and allow them to infest it with features and suggestions brought from really bad, overhyped and done-up games?

That's some country-ass-bull**** right there, sir.

Hello, thanks for your comment. ^_^ I would not say my assumption is 100% blind but I will give you somewhat blind. I know more than just my one buddy quit FFxiv and for the same reasons.

People like us who already love FFxiv are somewhat biased towards other games. Kinda like you saying the games I listed are bad games, I don't really agree that they are bad. Well SOTOR kinda sucks for lack of content but WoW and GW are pretty good. SE knows we love ARR. We are impressed already.

The tough people to impress are the one week quitters. Because those people are biased towards FFxiv and would have never given it a second chance. SE knows if they can impress them then they have won the day.

Overall we know SE listens to us. Like you said this is everyone's FFxiv and we, the ones who have been supporting the game over the last two years, will be heard too. But they have been hearing just our opinions for a long time now. That's why I think the come back crowd will make some of the best testers out of all of us. Because there's a good chance that their opinions will differ from ours.

[Cynthis]

The tough people to impress are the one week quitters. Because those people are biased towards FFxiv and would have never given it a second chance. SE knows if they can impress them then they have won the day.

While this may be true, if you worked for SE and wanted to make sure you impressed these people to come back, would you give them priority to participate in the Alpha with all the lacking features an Alpha will inevitably have?

...and yes, I am a little bitter, mostly because I suspect Alpha testers will get first dibs on participating in Beta.

[ShinigamiKayla]

While this may be true, if you worked for SE and wanted to make sure you impressed these people to come back, would you give them priority to participate in the Alpha with all the lacking features an Alpha will inevitably have?

...and yes, I am a little bitter, mostly because I suspect Alpha testers will get first dibs on participating in Beta.

you had to of signed up to participate in Alpha >.> why don't you blame people registering and not the company for accepting them?

[Cynthis]

you had to of signed up to participate in Alpha >.> why don't you blame people registering and not the company for accepting them?

I'm not blaming anyone, just pointing out that the argument that those that quit early should get access to Alpha ahead of those that played 1.xx for a long time seems flawed to me.