About Beta invitation

[Vilhem]

Creo que la parte de "region" que dijo Bayohne se referia a las 4 regiones oficiales, NA EU FR DE, de donde sacan sus selecciones. No creo que el pais cuenta, porque vamos a decir, Canada, Estados Unidos, y Mexico forman parte de norteamerica. No solo van a aceptar personas estadounidenses, sino tambien canadienses y mexicanos. Lo mismo diria para los de centroamerica o sudamerica si es que se registraron con una copia del juego de NA. Ya si usaron una copia de EU, entonces sus selecciones van a ser con terminos de los europeos XD

Si es que tienes estatus de "Legacy" en tu cuenta, hay una alta probabilidad de que entres al Closed Beta, porque han dicho que en cierta parte vamos a poder usar nuestros characters de nuevo. Por eso digo es mejor esperar. Ya veras que vamos a entrar todos para disfrutar ^^

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Explaining how the "regional" thing was most likely referring to the NA EU FR DE official region branches, and how they probably aren't looking at specific countries; basically just taking lottery from the 4 regions. Also the likelihood of how Beta will allow Legacy players back in, especially if they're saying we get our 1.0 charas back at some point.

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Message to Vax

It sucks to be left out on an acceptance email to Alpha, I was left out as well ,but when my whole LS got accepted I questioned as did everyone else. Once again its another question as to why SE didn't send emails to your region as opposed to the many other questions players are asking for a response from the community team or Dev. team.

Beta is around corner which means a few things "A lot more invites," "More servers open for testing", " More Races are playable." Plus, understand everyone in Alpha will have to start over from lvl 1 in Beta (closed) to those who do get accepted.

Go play Skyrim or some other game released for the time being because the forums are getting depressing as far as receiving feedback from SE. on important matters.

[vax]

Creo que la parte de "region" que dijo Bayohne se referia a las 4 regiones oficiales, NA EU FR DE, de donde sacan sus selecciones. No creo que el pais cuenta, porque vamos a decir, Canada, Estados Unidos, y Mexico forman parte de norteamerica. No solo van a aceptar personas estadounidenses, sino tambien canadienses y mexicanos. Lo mismo diria para los de centroamerica o sudamerica si es que se registraron con una copia del juego de NA. Ya si usaron una copia de EU, entonces sus selecciones van a ser con terminos de los europeos XD

Si es que tienes estatus de "Legacy" en tu cuenta, hay una alta probabilidad de que entres al Closed Beta, porque han dicho que en cierta parte vamos a poder usar nuestros characters de nuevo. Por eso digo es mejor esperar. Ya veras que vamos a entrar todos para disfrutar ^^

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Explaining how the "regional" thing was most likely referring to the NA EU FR DE official region branches, and how they probably aren't looking at specific countries; basically just taking lottery from the 4 regions. Also the likelihood of how Beta will allow Legacy players back in, especially if they're saying we get our 1.0 charas back at some point.

Al principio pensaba que las regiones era dependiendo de que juego habias comprado, si tenias una copia NA contaba para ahi, de europa a esa region y asi. En si FR y DE entra en EU . Y lo de los mexicanos, si conozco a varios que entraron y si es porque son contados como NA, por eso hablo como NA y no de USA.

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At the begining i through that regions were depending on the game you bought, if you had a NA copy that counted to be from NA, if you got an EU copy to europe. About mexican people playing the game, i know a lot of them but like you said, i counted them on NA, that is why i refer to NA and not USA people only.

[ShenDrakar]

Also, i'm from Argentina.

Brazil here ^^

[Eekiki]

When it comes to "geographical locations" I think they mean the bulk of the testers were chosen because they lived:

a.) in Japan
b.) in the western U.S.
c.) in the U.K.

This was done because that's where SE's three main offices are located, and they likely wanted to have as many people online slamming the servers during normal business hours as they possibly could.

Yes, I know it would make more sense to have people on the U.S. east coast and Germany in the alpha, since the afternoon/evenings in those places happen during normal business hours in El Segundo, CA and London. But that's not how managers think.

[Yrusama]

Everyone needs to stop treating alpha/beta like early access demos to the game. They're supposed to be for testing purposes.

It's true, but that doesn't stop people from saying "I was in the alpha" like it's a status symbol. It's essentially like saying "I've been alive longer than the world itself" in fan terms. Just remember there will always be that one person willing to one-up you with "I was in the 1.0 alpha" or "I was in the XI alpha" or every damn alpha in gaming history. In reality the most you're getting is a head start familiarizing with the base system and the minimal areas made open to the testers, all of which are subject to change depending on SE's whims.

[KiriA500]

It's true, but that doesn't stop people from saying "I was in the alpha" like it's a status symbol. It's essentially like saying "I've been alive longer than the world itself" in fan terms. Just remember there will always be that one person willing to one-up you with "I was in the 1.0 alpha" or "I was in the XI alpha" or every damn alpha in gaming history. In reality the most you're getting is a head start familiarizing with the base system and the minimal areas made open to the testers, all of which are subject to change depending on SE's whims.

I was a 1.0 alpha tester, and believe me, that is not something to brag about, lol.

But yes, that's basically all it comes down to.

"I played it before you!"
"Yeah, but the game was bad."
"Still! I played it before you!"

[Eekiki]

Being in the FFXI beta wasn't something to brag about either.

[vax]

It sucks to be left out on an acceptance email to Alpha, I was left out as well ,but when my whole LS got accepted I questioned as did everyone else. Once again its another question as to why SE didn't send emails to your region as opposed to the many other questions players are asking for a response from the community team or Dev. team.

Beta is around corner which means a few things "A lot more invites," "More servers open for testing", " More Races are playable." Plus, understand everyone in Alpha will have to start over from lvl 1 in Beta (closed) to those who do get accepted.

Go play Skyrim or some other game released for the time being because the forums are getting depressing as far as receiving feedback from SE. on important matters.

Yes, and i'm not questioning not getting an invite on alpha right now, the point if i'll be able to play closed beta or there will the same restrict. I'll be playing FFXI till SE let me play XIV ^^.

Brazil here ^^

Nice to see more people from SA, the only thing that i hope is that you are from a different team than Sao Paulo, got a bit of hate to them from the past wednesday xD.

When it comes to "geographical locations" I think they mean the bulk of the testers were chosen because they lived:

a.) in Japan
b.) in the western U.S.
c.) in the U.K.

This was done because that's where SE's three main offices are located, and they likely wanted to have as many people online slamming the servers during normal business hours as they possibly could.

Yes, I know it would make more sense to have people on the U.S. east coast and Germany in the alpha, since the afternoon/evenings in those places happen during normal business hours in El Segundo, CA and London. But that's not how managers think.

JP for sure, then NA, not only people from USA since Mexican ppl got invites too and Europe not only UK, a lot of friends from spain got it.

[Eekiki]

JP for sure, then NA, not only people from USA since Mexican ppl got invites too and Europe not only UK, a lot of friends from spain got it.

Yeah. I think it was all about what time zone you live in, and of course being in the northern hemisphere, which is the best hemisphere. ^_^