BETA TEST ROADMAP IS UP!

[vax]

On "Just a reminder~ Nico Nico Event for A Realm Reborn Live" Thread someone translated yoshi saying that everyone with Legacy status will be in beta phase 1.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Why are people debating what the word "qualify" means? The text clearly states all legacy account holders will qualify as testers for phase 1 of the beta test. To qualify means you are in. To be eligible for something means you can be in.

Let's look at something that may make more sense.

England are eligible to participate in the 2014 World Cup. They enter a qualifying round (beta selection) and upon finishing first or second in the group they have then qualified (in) for the World Cup. If they finish third or fourth they have not qualified (unselected). Brazil qualify for the tournament as hosts without a qualifying round (legacy).

So back to ARR road map, the text states we have qualified for phase 1. If there is a selection then we are eligible to participate and have not yet qualified. This doesn't rule out a translation error but we can only go off what's there.

Xenor "All Legacy Players Qualify as Tester in phase 1" means to you? And all in all we do hope for more clarification thou. :P

[Abriael]

If 5 worlds and they stick in at least 2k players that's 10k people
If 10 Worlds and they stick at least 2k players that's 20k people

It really depends on:

- Amount of Legacy Players ( It's an unknown number, but I still think it's a high number *40k*)
- How many worlds there's going to be ( 5-10)
- How many Players they plan to put in each server

So If there's 10 worlds at 2k a Server Half the people will get in ( and assume it will Constantly grow until ALL Legacy Members are in).

If they 5k a Server It's very Possible all of us can get in.

But enough of Math, I'm just happy Legacy gets Priority, I only have to worry about other Legacy members .

2k people a server and even 5k people a server is EXTREMELY low. That wouldn't even get near simulating official service conditions making the "stress testing" completely moot.

Concurrent players and total players are very different things, and in MMORPGs it's very rare than more than 10-20% of a server's active population is online concurrently at any given time.

[Quesse]

Only this community would be dense enough to need clarification on the word 'qualify'.

QUALIFY: MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY.

If you QUALIFY for the race, it means you are IN the race. You have gained entry.

QUALIFY: "Be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition"

"Qualify as TESTERS" means you meet the requirements to gain entry for testing.

Good grief what a bunch of nitpickers. Yes, that's right. All legacy players get access to BETA 1.

[Dannythm]

I don' know if I'll be in for beta testing from phase one as I'm legacy or if I won't get an invite, but I'm glad enough we get a head start from the open beta and the early access with our good old characters =D.

Can't wait to get billed for FFXIV again each month.

[Abriael]

Only this community would be dense enough to need clarification on the word 'qualify'.

After the "- Must currently have an active FINAL FANTASY XIV account" debacle from Alpha it doesn't mean being dense. It means being burned, and careful not to get burned again

[SodRansom]

The roadmap *includes* delays. That's why it shows a best and worst case scenario for each phase.

How do you include delays? The best you can do is give yourself some extra buffer, but how can you predict what sort of bugs you're going to have to fix? I don't think you can read these numbers as set in stone sort of things. That's why they have "this schedule is subject to change" plastered all over the place. I'll hope for a release sooner than June, but won't be surprised/disappointed if it doesn't happen until after that.

[Starlord]

How do you include delays? The best you can do is give yourself some extra buffer, but how can you predict what sort of bugs you're going to have to fix? I don't think you can read these numbers as set in stone sort of things. That's why they have "this schedule is subject to change" plastered all over the place. I'll hope for a release sooner than June, but won't be surprised/disappointed if it doesn't happen until after that.

2( Least) to 4 (Most) Weeks That's how.

[Rustyhagun]

Only this community would be dense enough to need clarification on the word 'qualify'.

QUALIFY: MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY.

If you QUALIFY for the race, it means you are IN the race. You have gained entry.

QUALIFY: "Be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition"

"Qualify as TESTERS" means you meet the requirements to gain entry for testing.

Good grief what a bunch of nitpickers. Yes, that's right. All legacy players get access to BETA 1.

LoL! I was just about to post something similar to this. Its not even an argument. Because they could have easily said:

All Legacy members players can qualify for Beta 1. And that would make the point everyone is arguing against valid.

But the fact that they said. "All legacy holders qualify as a tester for Beta1" notes total access to the privilege being offered. That user qualifies to test beta1.

[HiirNoivl]

I hope 'in possession' isn't meant literally, because I discarded the sheet the code was printed on years ago after first entering it.

You need the code to get the Beta ticket. YOu don't have to literally have in your hot Lalahands, you just need to have it somewhere stored or saved on your computer... or written down in a notebook.

I never played XIII but I'm Legacy so I get into Beta for PC! Yayzors! \o.O/

P.S. if you entered it, then it's recorded in your account somewhere... ask a customer service Rep or wait for more info.