Start the Beta test early with expanded servers that are up 24/7

[Raven_Reborn]

[Phe]

Dear OP, i don't think that's possible.
Square Enix suffers from a serious lack of liquidity,
so they can only afford one test server with strictly limited ressources.

And now stop crying for not being in alpha.
Because everyone who criticizes SE this week is just mad for not being in it.

[Elexia]

I'll just /popcorn and see how many people misses OP's blatant sarcasm.

Not only that but based on the numbers JP kept, there's 14-18kish people who stuck with XIV as of november, so SE in all reality could have gotten every active person in if they had enough alpha servers running lol, if the current alpha number tally is correct that is.

[RoxyLalonde]

Dear OP, i don't think that's possible.
Square Enix suffers from a serious lack of liquidity,
so they can only afford one test server with strictly limited ressources.

And now stop crying for not being in alpha.
Because everyone who criticizes SE this week is just mad for not being in it.

This... is a satire piece...

[Neptune]

This... is a satire piece...

Don't insult my logic with your baseless claims.

[RosenKreuz]

Not only that but based on the numbers JP kept, there's 14-18kish people who stuck with XIV as of november, so SE in all reality could have gotten every active person in if they had enough alpha servers running lol, if the current alpha number tally is correct that is.

While they could have, it does not make sense to do so. Correcting errors on a single server and transferring more complete/stable data to multiple servers is a better use of time and resources than running multiple servers to limited developers and being swamped with duplicate issues. Servers are a massive power draw (read: expensive), that in itself is reason to correct as many issues as possible on a single source before opening more.

That would be like neglecting to test the tensile strength of steel before building 10 bridges with it and just hoping it holds the hundreds of thousands of pounds of cars and people on the grand opening. And then if one bridge collapses, start jerry rigging the other 9 to keep them up.

[RoxyLalonde]

Don't insult my logic with your baseless claims.

@Phe Oh, I apologize... it appears Neptune actually believes the things he's saying. Carry on flaming him

@NeptuneThere's an article about people like you btw...
Link
My favorite excerpt is

More importantly, the hate has become indistinguishable from fame. As long as people are paying attention to your YouTube videos, to your tweets or to your blog posts, then each one can be considered a success, like a child basking in the negative and violent attention of bullies, because at least they are acknowledging his existence by cramming his head into a toilet. That's not all bad, by the way. It's hard for perpetually angry people to hurt anyone when the Internet starts craving their criticism, but we're also finally seeing the consequences from the other end; we're realizing how dangerous people can become when they are starved for hate. The most egregious example is the new music video "It's Thanksgiving," where creator Patrice Wilson sacrificed a young girl to the Internet in order to perpetuate his own renown.

[Zantetsuken]

And by the way, since I got the Collector's Edition for 75 DOLLARS even after most people hated the beta test, can you please put me on a subscription program and send me edible Collector's Edition disc-shaped treats that are fried in creamy cinnamon milk and slathered in butter for me to eat every month while I wait for FFXIV version 2.0 to come out. And while you're at it, could the promotion be expanded to send me little purple potion-shaped glass bottles that come with a special FFXIV ARR-branded formulation of Mountain Dew with twice the caffeine and energy to keep me awake at night while I re-watch all the Producer Letters LIVE and master a DVD with all of them on it so I can play it on a loop on every screen on my house.

SE should also send us each a pallet of 'FFXII, FFVII, or Dissidia Potion' drinks. They could send them out with priority to those with the most Lodestone achievement mentions in the forums.

And we need a pony.... (mount)

[RosenKreuz]

I wouldn't object to a pony!

[Teakwood]

Guys the Neptune threads a few days later are what makes all the pointless bitching and entitlement worth it ;_;