Alpha invites

[Zantetsuken]

The first phase of an alpha test for MMOs is mainly about server balancing and stress testing. In the 1.xx first alpha we would be sat in a login queue for a lot of the window, get on for about 30 mins before getting kicked and being stuck in a login queue again. Servers will always be unstable during the first alpha test because they need fine tuning.

That brings me back lol.

On Day 1, there wasn't even a notice to tell you where you were in the queue. It took about 40 min of log attempts before you were successful. Once you got in, you had about 5 min max of gameplay before the game crashed and kicked you out again and you went back to playing the log-on lotto.

It wasn't fun at all - but it was necessary.

[Delsus]

That brings me back lol.

On Day 1, there wasn't even a notice to tell you where you were in the queue. It took about 40 min of log attempts before you were successful. Once you got in, you had about 5 min max of gameplay before the game crashed and kicked you out again and you went back to playing the log-on lotto.

It wasn't fun at all - but it was necessary.

Not fun, but I sat there for the whole window trying to log in, then the awesome no mobs/npcs loading in la Noscea, and GMs shouting "If you can't see mobs log out and back in again" BAM!! back to errors and I coped with it to help SE.