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

[Valk]

lmao, oh well, we're going to play it eventually, hopefully, Alpha, Beta or full version... so, meh.

[Aenarion]

I guess in their eyes, they already have our support so they don't think we'll rage that much (or for too long) if they overlook us for early access to the unfinished ARR.

This sums up so well the problem with so many people here.

You're not applying for "early access" to the game, it's fine if that's your aim, but as far as I'm concerned you can gtfo if you expect sympathies from others because you weren't picked.

Alpha is for test, testing, and more testing, it's not for you to go and play.

[Dannythm]

Same, just got off the phone with a friend of mine who basically quit after the first free month after launch (although he had been playing since closed Alpha, one of the first testers). He came back once about a year later and I helped PL him up a few before he was gone again, lasted about a month or two. And he just got another invite to this Alpha. So yeah, invites have nothing to do with whether or not you've been supporting/playing XIV over these past two years.. in fact it seems as if that actually hurts your chances. I guess in their eyes, they already have our support so they don't think we'll rage that much (or for too long) if they overlook us for early access to the unfinished ARR.

All they have to do is to release a video in the next days with bad grass or too much jumping people, or bland sky boxes or too much bouncing dragons, and the forums will stop ragging about this.

[Faiyez]

Nowhere do I see "Players who have achieved a substantial amount of progression in FINAL FANTASY XIV will be guaranteed a spot in alpha testing when global invites are distributed." Whether you dedicated to FFXIV or not has no impact on your standings for alpha testing in FFXIV: ARR.

Look at the players who got chosen, inactive accounts and all. How many of them do you think actually bothered to even read the NDA?

[Jynx]

People need to understand that people wont get much playtime in Alpha, chances are they run on a rather stringent scheduel and picked the first wave from availabillity if anything. The phase the Alpha is going into more than likely is "Warm bodies test" to check out how the server handles connections from around the world and larger numbers.

[Kallera]

imagine if Coca Cola handled its taste testing like this, there would be riots in the streets, but that Nu Coke might actually taste good.

[Aenarion]

Look at the players who got chosen, inactive accounts and all. How many of them do you think actually bothered to even read the NDA?

I'm sure you can enlighten us all on the numbers of "inactives" that got picked for alpha vs the "actives" that got picked for alpha right?

I mean, there's no way you are just pulling **** out of your arse right?

Go ahead, we're waiting with abated breath.

[Tiago]

Iirc, Yoshi said that he whould be trying to get current players inside alpha asap, didnt he? So he ends up changing minds and inviting ppl that didnt care at all about it? lol...

Tbh i sent in my alpha invitation 2 days after my account was locked due to not paying it, i was worried because i though it whouldnt be considered but since i've been hearing that ppl with inactive accounts got in, i feel much better.

I'm sure that they mostly picked ppl with alot of time to test, and good pc specs (i recently bough a pc just for XIV testing, altho i cant modify my alpha registration, and at that time had an awful pc lol... Guess i'll have to wait and hopefully enter sometime soon.

Here's a old post of mine when i panic~ed about signing up with an inactive account:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...%29-successful

It didnt give any error while sending it out, so i think its up till 1 month of inactive that starts to affect it maybe.

[Nix]

I'm sure you can enlighten us all on the numbers of "inactives" that got picked for alpha vs the "actives" that got picked for alpha right?

I mean, there's no way you are just pulling **** out of your arse right?

Go ahead, we're waiting with abated breath.

/edgeofmyseaaaaat

[Evenstar]

The people whining about not getting in are mostly the people that would not report even one bug if they got in anyway. They are just seeing it as an easy access method to check out the game.