Alpha Tester Acceptance Mails Heading Out!

[gahoo]

For those interested, there was an image on twitter (since removed) that showed the log-in screen. So it would seem that some sort of download was provided along with the email.

[Antipika]

Don't see this happening. SE has already stated that these will be controlled tests....I.E. people in certain places doing certain things. People blitzing probably won't happen til Beta.

It doesn't matter if people "Blitz" or not, it's a stability test before anything for now. So it's better to have hardcore testers leveling and doing quests like crazy rather than people just sitting in a corner taking screenshot of their character.

(And well level will most likely be limited like for the first alpha, to ~20 or something.)

[Yrusama]

LOL, who is over reaching the point now?

Everyone knows that Alpha is for JP only, thanks captain obvious.

And my quote came from a dev post/live letter. It's official.

Don't shoot the messenger.

With unlimited arrows, we can shoot messengers with no extra cost!

I do remember him saying that Alpha Phase 1 will be Japanese only. After that, Alpha Phase 2 will expand to other regions.

[Starlord]

All this means is that when I come back from my trip, that the first alpha test should be almost done, and then I hope I get in the next round of Alpha testers =). I wanna pew pew pew those bugs out OUR game so we can have a decent launch for once.. PEW PEW PEW! STOMP ON BUGS! :P

[Shougun]

So alpha is really incoming soon. Cheers !
i bolded that passage because, sure as morning, someone would cry "if alpha is starting, why no western player got an invite ??!" jp onry etc...

JP ONRY?

JP ONRY!

I wonder how many japanese people watched that video.. and of that, thought it was funny XD lol

[Molly_Millions]

It doesn't matter if people "Blitz" or not, it's a stability test before anything for now. So it's better to have hardcore testers leveling and doing quests like crazy rather than people just sitting in a corner taking screenshot of their character.

(And well level will most likely be limited like for the first alpha, to ~20 or something.)

or even better, do what they are told and pile up in the areas that SE wants them to. Alpha isn't really for questing and such as much as for stress testing. At least that's the case at this stage. TBH, I'm ok with not being in the first group.

[Elexia]

or even better, do what they are told and pile up in the areas that SE wants them to. Alpha isn't really for questing and such as much as for stress testing. At least that's the case at this stage. TBH, I'm ok with not being in the first group.

You'd be surprised how many forget that Alpha and Betas are for testing simply because most developers only use the terms to cover up any screw ups in their early demos so people can't call out their laziness in development.

[Gokulo]

For those interested, there was an image on twitter (since removed) that showed the log-in screen. So it would seem that some sort of download was provided along with the email.

Why was this not found yet!

[Starlord]

For those interested, there was an image on twitter (since removed) that showed the log-in screen. So it would seem that some sort of download was provided along with the email.

I wanna see the log-in Screen! I hope it has a FFXI feel with them showing snips or areas! I always loved FFXI for that, it got me ready for my adventure!

[Lirion]

Since the Alpha is a stresstest on the servers the testers will likely get a message in the chat that tells everyone to teleport to a certain area and hopefully everyone online will do so so that the developers can see how much the servers can handle. They will probably "ignore" feedback about gameplay bugs for the alpha build and leave it for the beta. Of course players are not just going to stand around doing nothing waiting for a S-E message but hopefully when they are asked to do something they do it.