For upcoming alpha test

Is the producer/every Yoshida.

Your patience has been. We will report further new FFXIV alpha testing plans,.
However, contents of the first alpha tests without description
And personally intent correctly, so I follows orders （ sorry long ）.

Please report any previous producer letter streets, and MMORPG alpha-test
"A non-server load testing" should be objective development / management side alone.
And just what the load test itself, images would help, so I
We will explain in the next section ease.

■ new FFXIV server configuration summary and load test ■

Emerging around the world 1, FFXIV is designed as average peak simultaneous connection of 5,000.
Simultaneous connection of course can create is so the world has more character.
Maximum of 5,000-strong world, 1 housed peak times playing at the same time,
I think what you might be able to remember and.

So, this is just 1 world per "whole at the same time accommodating"
New FFXIV 1 World consists of approximately 40 zone has,
People scattered in each zone, are logged in is assumed.

So, to accommodate 5,000 people as 40 server that is
1 Zone server capacity is significantly less than 5,000.
Minus the playstyle, balancing content, character-level variation.
All the players concentrate in zone 1 is because it is virtually impossible.
（ in possible if you deliberately trying to make the situation... ）

1,000 Inmates as possible new FFXIV, still 1 zone is designed
Simply put "safe zone 1 in 1000 people! "For testing.
Can you frog and has also conducted the test.
（ also conductor and checking whether more than 1000 characters so gathered on the content, also.
In that case, each zone to instantiate this into perspective ）

Also battle happens some at the same time load validation?
Collection number occurring by at the same time, some monitoring of the quest is running, and
Not only the circumstances that simply people there are many zone server, validation.

Of course there too.

• Zone transfer 300 400 people in done at the same time have no problem?
-The problem does not occur when accessing centrally to the patch Server?
If client crashes on specific hardware is not.
-Monster POP/DEPOP control operates successfully under high load or

Such as cooperation with our tester, has a large.

■ why many people can't participate in alpha-test? ■

If the players through alpha test would assume server load testing
Compared to the retail version, playable range is extremely narrow.
Graphics are usually rough and provisional implementation of many present UI
Quest also scenarios exist and only battle at the same time often carry out many.

Display range is limited the following newborn FFXIV alpha testing.

And tribes can use midlander hyur man and only the miqo'te / Sunseeker woman
And all respond only to create a new character
And that Cap each class-level 20
-Countries can start only gridania
-バトルクラス is only LNC, arc, CNJ
/ Crafter/gatherer is only Carpenter, Leatherworker, BTN
Opening of the alpha test only temporary ones
Cutscenes are not implemented (black mask view)
-Dungeon is mausoleum of TAM-Tara deepcroft only (for Lv15-Lv20)
-Conductor quest Lv1-Lv10 until （ there Lv10 and thereafter implementation way of ）
Of guildleves are Lv15 until （ produced Rives is Lv20 until ）

Zone is to play mostly playable alpha test of it is I think
Focuses the 4 zone level (visibility is 8 zone).

New FFXIV is quite stick to the early lead, created for the
Login at the start of one city thousands of people and at the same time, start playing
High load is getting into the zone always with level up.
Also, other area does not have the content, to reach Lv20 CAP but
You tend to just accumulates in the initial zone.

To get put load on your intended purpose is server load testing, so
Might makes right in this as alpha-test, is to refine zone.

But for 1000 compute 1 zone around peak loads as I mentioned,
More players stay in simply increasing the number of players, and endlessly the same zone,
Will to no longer play overload usually happen.

Also received long-awaited elected to Alpha-test is now happy to not play well.
The only possible solution is that only have the.

Also, traditionally play limited alpha test, character data
Because is wiped on the alpha at the end (erased), there are login rate tends to decrease.
Therefore, sequentially distribute account, and logged in a new Tester
To continue the validation is customary.

See it nascent organisers login rate would be 20% for the account distribution, and
That's expected, for login rate remained still at 40%-50% less than at present,
While to calculate the load is gradually increased testing accounts.

■ progress in alpha-test ■

New FFXIV alpha-test enters third phase of all 4 phases of tomorrow.

Phase 1 is a basic test in 1 world production.
Tester to test thanks you guys very advanced,
At the same time at this one zone per connection 850, battle 270-280 in the same degree,
Could uncover critical bugs in load, etc, to fix the immediate.
In addition, processing high load to which starts at the same time that testing was followed by the
Can you list, finely focused on high speed processing.

Alpha test phase 2 opened the second world, increasing the tester
Did a test for simultaneous operation of multiple world.
Problems were, fortunately, and during this time of fast response,
German French global test start the final check was in parallel.

Phase 3 tomorrow, operational endurance test starts global operational test + for a long time.
Also added to distribute 11 / 26, according to phase 3, all region test account.

After phase 4 being world integration testing will
Our schedule is to plan looking at phase 3,, I am going.
However, until near the strong request from customers at the end of times as possible,
Looking to have released the alpha test world （ is no longer this alpha test... ）.

■ number of Alpha test account distribution and future distribution plans ■

Please note that the current alpha test account deliveries not to disclose an exact figure.
However, as a percentage of Japan if, in 11 / 27 1 / 4 of the total number of tendered distributed,
Because North America's global test vol. 1 the total number of original less so is 1 / 6 of the total EU
Is approximately 1 / 3.

There is additional plans for the future, and stability testing of phase 3 until 12 / 2
We will add more Tester 12 / 3.
Also, for testers load, initially was no plan.
Will let me open third world for alpha testing from 12 / 3.

We will add to the Tester from time to time while watching login rate once, almost 2, 12 / 3 or later,.
Where NS is the number of additional will add thousands each week, or
Will be watching how busy the judgment. Please note that.

■ increased percentage of Alpha test account request ■

から 、 ご 要望 皆さん の が 強く 、 かつ 現行 運営 が した 終了 こと. 新生 FFXIV チーム として も 、 from request from customers strong current operation completes can... new FFXIV team as well
Believe many one people with your application, and to pass to the account.

Then ask who elected to test is, as far as possible,
Join us alpha test when they play in the second world, third world
I think if you ask.

And players to focus on specific world on open range of the alpha test mentioned
Become a load is usually impossible in operation and test accounts increase calculation.
Freaky would it artificially.

Now has operations in two different "Moogle", "Chocobo" world
I think first of all character creation / and I would appreciate and play possible "Moogle" in.
Also if you participate to Alpha-test 12 / 3 or later
And choose please added to the third world, and very helpful.

Will be over! （ So ended up letter States, can be translated as soon as rush, up to the letter! ）
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