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

[Azurus]

dota anyone? I play a pretty mean Nyx Assasin....

[hymzi]

Ain't that just too bad. They did mention though, that they are gonna be inviting people from all over the globe. There were probably more active players in FF XIV than there are slots for the alpha test. It's to be expected that everyone won't get in on this phase, but they will gradually send out more invites as they said. Really not a reason to get all butt hurt. Also, who knows.. they might have added people from the 1.0's alpha that actually gave some good feedback.

[Aenarion]

HOWEVER the people that did not get in that wanted to generally better the game via heavy feedback on how the gui and systems work as well as the flow of the play and reporting of as many issues(bugs/glitches/exploits) as possible, those people should of gotten in and its a shame they didn't

The ironic thing is those people wouldn't be QQ'ing on the forums anyway.

[Neptune]

I'm not whining because i didn't receive the alpha invitation, but a lot of my friend that have quit the game AFTER THE FIRST MONTH FROM THE RELEASE GOT IT! And me (and others of course) supporting the game and paying for the crappy 1.0, didn't receive it.

Only who had an active FFXIV account was supposed to get the invitation right?

Now tell me dear SE, for the love of god WHY???

It was a kind of application site bug? If this was wanted? Just need clarification about this.

For real? Running a game is not some kind of charity. You and the other 66 people that liked your post need to quit dreamin'. Get your heads out of your asses people. Maybe they wanted to use their limited server space to bring in feedback from OH HELL I DON'T KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER?

I don't think you should feel rage. I suggest you look into what made you feel that way and correct it.

[Xikeroth]

Honestly... people are complaining and crying about not getting in... Lets take a look...

Square-Enix's fans have been proven to be unable to say when there is a problem with one of their games, they defend it blindly even if its terrible.

You all need to realize this is the ALPHA TEST. Its not about playing the game for SE its about making sure everything works fairly well before the BETA test which is more about playing the game to test features. Alpha tests are a lot of stress testing and making sure that they can find out what can cause server crashes to avoid them in the future.

You won't keep anything from the alpha anyways. It all gets deleted.

Secondly about complaining about letting people who have QUIT in over people who have played since launch. Some did yes but I know a few people that have played from launch until shutdown and got in so it ISN'T just people that quit.

So they invited people that have quit quickly.... big deal. All I see is people saying "We should have been important because we're the fans" I'm sorry to break this to you... the LAST thing that will help SE make this a great game is letting fans give all the feedback.

Think about it from this point of view.. Tanaka disappointed a lot of people when the game was launched, we all know the state it was in. By inviting people that quit early on, not only can they see the changes but they can also give FEEDBACK as to what can help improve the game, something SE fan's aren't really able to do and if you look at the forums, every time someone suggests changes (In both FFXI and FFXIV) half the forum flames them if they say something even somewhat negative, even if its true.

Lets face it, SE fans praise the developer no matter what, it could be the worst thing in the world and the fanboys would mindlessly praise it. But people who are able to call out crap when they see it will give far better feedback and its them that will help the game grow, not a few fans that just want to play the game.

I for one am not bothered at all that I didn't get into the alpha. I'm patient and I have other things I can do with my time. Now I would LOVE to get into the alpha that would make my day getting that email. I am a fan after all. I hope for the beta test personally I can test for my PC and my PS3 if needed, its no problem either way.

I am just waiting patiently for an email. No use complaining about it.

[Honz]

Pretty sure people are lying out of their asses about inactive accounts and 1-2 month subscribers getting into alpha, so they can justify their QQ.

I know about 40+ people who got into the alpha and they're all legacy members and have been playing for at least 8 months and some since launch.

[viion]

Honestly... people are complaining and crying about not getting in... Lets take a look...

Square-Enix's fans have been proven to be unable to say when there is a problem with one of their games, they defend it blindly even if its terrible.

You clearly was never in xiv's alpha, beta and release up until this day, your character is a lie and you'd be kidding yourself if you didnt think XIV Fans Complained?

I'd crap my pants if the ratio for compliment to argument was above 1/10.

anywho, I get why people are angry, we have all been paying for this game that admittedly is broke and they dont feel the loyality here, they forget that their loyality doesnt help test, lots of different computers and such do help test.

Loyalty means naff all during testing. It will unlikely get you into anything, you got the $10/month XD.

[Chardrizard]

First world problem.

[Kristina_Farron]

Well, in JA forum there is also a hot thread crying about alpha invitation.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/58419

I don't have much time to translate it, but it contains so much rages that CRep posted twice to request people to calm down. Then Yoshi-P posts at #120 to promise that he will say something about it tonight (JST time).

[Lirion]

I agree with the OP. It is pretty annoying to see those who logged on a few hours during launch and then never touched the game get an invite. I have already seen on other forums posts like "I got an invite, too bad I'm not gonna play it". What's the point of inviting people like that?