Alpha testers in to phase 1 beta?

[Lady]

Problem was there were plenty of other players stating "its only beta, it'll get better"....

Really? Were you in closed alpha for 1.0? I remember me and my ls complaining our azzes off, nonstop. (good ole moogle inc days, memories...). We were just shocked that they continued to rush the game to launch in the state it was in. Even moreso I was shocked at the lack of progress that was made from closed alpha to open beta. 1.0 testers had a slew of issues to deal with, practically too many to ensure that they got addressed because response from the dev team was much slower and there wasn't enough time for them, apparently, to get it done ( not to mention being built on a crappy structure for MMOs to begin with).

I wasn't in closed alpha for 1.0 but I was in closed Beta for 1.0

Please note, I stated my experience from beta:

[Exn]

I wasn't in closed alpha for 1.0 but I was in closed Beta for 1.0

Please note, I stated my experience from beta:

Ah right I see. By beta, even closed, I think it was just random giveaways thru various fansites for access iirc? So yeah, would make sense that alot of that crowd wasn't really there to test and moreso to just play the newest ff.

[Lady]

Ah right I see. By beta, even closed, I think it was just random giveaways thru various fansites for access iirc? So yeah, would make sense that alot of that crowd wasn't really there to test and moreso to just play the newest ff.

Dunno about that. I applied for beta through SE, so if there were giveaways I didn't look for them.