[Reminder] Are you ready to cry again? (2° Wave of Alpha invites tomorrow, 3 dec.)

[Nix]

Not sure! I haven't had time to watch it in a while, I really should get back to it haha!

I loved the 24hr gym tag Q_Q lol

[Spectre]

lol. Please, let's be real.

Hmm, makes me wonder about 3 things.

1. Who got Abri started up again... I mean I've followed and enjoyed his posts pre Nov 26, but a lot after that have been, well ... no comment beyond "no comment"
2. If the people championing the "SE screwed up by inviting non-actives without asking our permission" posts would still have supported "the cause" if we would have been in that round of alpha invites.
3. Do you think the community reps or devs decided to yank people's alpha/beta apps based on forum behavior post Nov 26?

/whiteknight on

I mean, really? Sure it could have been handled better, but the company really shouldn't NEED to ask our OK when they decided to make a change that they feel is best for the progress of the game development.

Greetings everyone,

I know the alpha tester selection process is a hot topic, and while I cannot disclose the selection process, I do want to pass on some additional details to help you better understand the situation. To ensure a broad scope of testing for the Alpha Test, we did accept users with specific types of machines, setups, connection types, ISPs, geographical locations and other configurations that we need to test that may, or may not, meet every requirement on the application. Alpha is an important first step for testing and we need to make sure we have a wide breadth of users testing it.

We appreciate your understanding, and we look forward to further expanding our selection in the future. In fact, there are a few Yoshida posts that we're working on today that go into further detail on this.

They did what they thought was best, I think that recently they have at least earned the benefit of the doubt.

[Shougun]

Hmm, makes me wonder about 3 things.

1. Who got Abri started up again... I mean I've followed and enjoyed his posts pre Nov 26, but a lot after that have been, well ... no comment beyond "no comment"
2. If the people championing the "SE screwed up by inviting non-actives without asking our permission" posts would still have supported "the cause" if we would have been in that round of alpha invites.
3. Do you think the community reps or devs decided to yank people's alpha/beta apps based on forum behavior post Nov 26?

/whiteknight on

I mean, really? Sure it could have been handled better, but the company really shouldn't NEED to ask our OK when they decided to make a change that they feel is best for the progress of the game development.


They did what they thought was best, I think that recently they have at least earned the benefit of the doubt.

Abriael is a war machine - if you like what he says you love and lap it up. And if you dont.. you really hate it.

Thats my take on that lol.

And thanks for that quote, I mean I've seen it before but I missed the part where it actually says they disregarded their own requirements in the application.. lol So.. yeah they know what they did, they wanted to do it XD.

Now back to whats important...

Where is my invite...? lol

[Destinova]

I am crying no invite yet, its 1255 pm in Japan maybe some will still come to us :~(

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Spectre, I would like to see this SE post/topic about inviting non actives where the dev. asking our permission?

[kazaran]

Got my fix. Happy now. CHEER CHEER CHEER.CNA't say anything more but. well choice of 2 and 3 means it's def n alpha. YEt they worked their butts off.

Can't wait to see the rest of the world. Come on beta

[Seirra_Lanzce]

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[Kerwin]

More flustered about EN_FFXIV Twitter not keeping up to date, unlike JP_FFXIV posting info on alpha. They had all day today to post something/translate.

[Azurus]

More flustered about EN_FFXIV Twitter not keeping up to date, unlike JP_FFXIV posting info on alpha. They had all day today to post something/translate.

lol you new to this rodeo? this is something us XI vets have had to deal with for a decade. Welcome to the party care for a beer?

[Ralos]

lol you new to this rodeo? this is something us XI vets have had to deal with for a decade. Welcome to the party care for a beer?

To be fair, as a long time ffxi vet (and still playing) ffxiv has been much better about keeping us updated. I have great appreciation for the community rep team