SE is always SE... Rage inside... :/

[Gramul]

Yeah it sucks for us...but then again, we get a discount for the rest of the foreseeable future, our names in the credits, a special mark, a personal chocobo, and whatever else I'm forgetting. So for me that makes up for not being first choice, I don't mind waiting for a more stable and open version to test.

Besides, it's pretty clear on the signup that they picked based and answers and the first ones to match their criteria.

[Exn]

Haha, Reinheart.

Ive been reading threads and posts from all over the place and the common theme is that the posters didn't get in while their in-active (but with registered copy) friends did get in. Its not just from this thread.

If Reinhearts in-active uncle gets in over Reinheart himself then thats all that needs to be said.

The selection was not random in my opinion.

Im not too bothered, from what i have seen in the official videos, the active 1.0 players will have a lot of things that they loved missing and new features that are a clear move towards popular MMOs with character animations from the last decade.

I know its Alpha, an Alpha that is a frozen branch from over 2 months ago, but the decision to ignore the most active 1.0 players is strange, especially since it is only a stress test situation where people who quit are going to see an unfinished product which is the same feeling they last had with 1.0.

One last point, those legacy + active forums goers that got invited would now have moved over to the Alpha forums. So not going to hear from them.

Agreed. As I posted earlier there apparently are quite a few Legacy people that got in, but the specifics of how much they played and when would be anybodies guess. They of course have one of those 'tell me about yourself' type threads over there, and some people are tryna get an idea of how the invitations went from player responses in the thread, but even that would have to be based primarily on the honor system.

I understand, I think, SE's decision to target the not-so-actives though, although I do agree with you in that I don't think it was the best decision. For alot of the actives and forum-goers, SE has already heard our opinions and suggestions, some even regarding the ARR client (from videos we've seen). We're here quite often (or I guess often enough in SE's eyes) to have given them enough feedback for the time being, so I can get them wanting to hear from a different crowd. And perhaps they wanted to hear it before the perhaps more 'vocal' actives start testing. Personally I feel they still would have heard from the not-so-actives regardless of how they went about doing this, but they chose this path. It rubs alot of their more *currently* active playerbase the wrong way, but they know we'll get over it... heck, we got over 1.0's launch!

[Nuru]

Sorry for not reading through the hundreds of replies to see if this is answered, but the priority queue is in regards to beta, not alpha. I believe it is beta that the active players will get invited to first, not the alpha. I suspect you won't be missing out on much by not being in the alpha anyway.

I don't think it was in any regards to beta. On the actual Alpha Test Application site: http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_na.html

Here is what it says right before it displays the minimum system requirements.

Application Requirements
- Must currently have an active FINAL FANTASY XIV account
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be willing to participate actively and submit bug reports in at least one of the following languages: Japanese, English, French, German
- Must have a PC that meets the minimum system requirements of the game

This was the information that has been given to us during the time we have applied, so honestly, people do have a right to feel uneasy about what is going on. At least during the live letter, they could have given people a heads up about the change of direction they were going to take. At least that way, people will know for sure it wasn't a mistake and that YoshiP could have explained it in a way that makes more sense than sitting here playing a guessing game.

[Gokulo]

Someone somewhere today explained it pretty well: in this case, an active XIV account doesn't refer to an account with a currently active character, but the account in general. That is, if you ever bought XIV, created an account and left it like that (without deleting it from your S-E Acc) the you do meet the requirement.

[Kurai]

i got my Alpha invite today see you all there if you get in also^^

[CrystalWeapon]

I wouldn't post about getting into the alpha unless you want to get banned from the alpha. They clearly state it's against the terms of participating.

Disclosure of Proprietary Information

As stated in the "FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Tester Agreement," testers are prohibited from publicizing any proprietary information related to the Alpha Test on external sites. In the event that we confirm that infringement has occurred, your rights to be a tester will be revoked and your FINAL FANTASY XIV account will be suspended.

We will announce if and when Alpha Test-related details can be publicized, so please take great care in their handling until they have been made public. For feedback and discussions between testers, please use the dedicated tester forum, which will open at a later date.

Then again if they ban people, that means a few more slots may open up >->

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[Aenarion]

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[lolodin]

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