I know many of us are very upset about not getting invites, myself included. I see many of you are up in arms about people that only played less than a month or so got into the alpha. A buddy of mine who played the game for about a week got in.

IMO, I feel that these people may be the best choice to be testers. A good sum of us, who are big fans of the game already, have less MMO experience than say someone who quit the game right away. I can say for myself the only other MMO I have played was FFxi.

My buddy, who quit FFxiv right away and got into the alpha, has played many different MMOs WoW, STOR, FFxi, Guild Wars. to name a few. I think people like him who quit right away have played more MMOs than the rest of us and therefor had more to compare FFxiv to.

So in a way these types of people will be the hardest to impress and would be the biggest critics of the game and therefor offer some of the best opinions to make the game better.

Please note: I know not every FFxiv player is like myself and has little MMO experience. But I know a part of the fan base is like. That's why that statement was made. Don't rage on me for that :P Good luck for the next phase of alpha testing!