Didn't get an Alpha Invite? Cheer up!

[Mrfox0707]

He implied that people who got into the game also somehow have amazing second-hand knowledge of MMOs, and he also implied that his wonderful assumption makes them the best testers for the game. Neither of these things are true.

Besides, the people who quit the game early on probably won't make good testers, as many of them won't accept the chance to contribute to the game's evolution and growth. Instead, they could've sent invites to people they KNOW will test the game, who have played FFXIV up until the point of it's final save; those people are probably better choices for testers.

I hope your wrong about people being so biased towards FFxiv that they would throw away the chance to contribute to the alpha test because I still think their opinions would be good for SE to hear. But I don't think they would have signed up for the alpha test to throw the invt away...Unless they are evil, evil people.

[Yucie]

I hope your wrong about people being so biased towards FFxiv that they would throw away the chance to contribute to the alpha test because I still think their opinions would be good for SE to hear. But I don't think they would have signed up for the alpha test to throw the invt away...Unless they are evil, evil people.

In spite of all that's happened, in spite of all the progress the game has made, as well as the many heads that ARR has managed to turn, there are still people who frown upon the game and are it's doomwhisperers; constantly whining and moaning that the game will NEVER be a success, even though reactions to it say otherwise.

Many of these people, in my experience, are the ones who quit the game early on and never looked back. I think that these kinds of people would probably just scoff at the chance to make the game they hated better by providing testing and feedback support to SE and Yoshida's team, and that any chances given to them will go to waste.

On the other hand, SE knows they have thousands of possible testers for Alpha invites at their disposal; people who, while being staunch fans of the game for a long time, are still willing to provide honest feedback and support to the team so they don't make the same decision made over 2 years ago, to release the game incomplete and skeletal.

I think that people who've played 1.x for as long as they have, since the beginning (and I partially include myself for various reasons) should have been given first chance to enter Alpha and provide support during the testing, because they're probably the game's best hope for success, given that they'll provide honest feedback.

Naysayers can go **** themselves.

[Valmonte]

In spite of all that's happened, in spite of all the progress the game has made, as well as the many heads that ARR has managed to turn, there are still people who frown upon the game and are it's doomwhisperers; constantly whining and moaning that the game will NEVER be a success, even though reactions to it say otherwise.

Naysayers can go **** themselves.

we'll see in about 3 months after launch whether it succeeds or fails.

white knights are no better, worse in fact. "Holy art thou to cast all who criticize upon deaf ears."

[Sanctus]

In spite of all that's happened, in spite of all the progress the game has made, as well as the many heads that ARR has managed to turn, there are still people who frown upon the game and are it's doomwhisperers; constantly whining and moaning that the game will NEVER be a success, even though reactions to it say otherwise.

Many of these people, in my experience, are the ones who quit the game early on and never looked back. I think that these kinds of people would probably just scoff at the chance to make the game they hated better by providing testing and feedback support to SE and Yoshida's team, and that any chances given to them will go to waste.

On the other hand, SE knows they have thousands of possible testers for Alpha invites at their disposal; people who, while being staunch fans of the game for a long time, are still willing to provide honest feedback and support to the team so they don't make the same decision made over 2 years ago, to release the game incomplete and skeletal.

I think that people who've played 1.x for as long as they have, since the beginning (and I partially include myself for various reasons) should have been given first chance to enter Alpha and provide support during the testing, because they're probably the game's best hope for success, given that they'll provide honest feedback.

Naysayers can go **** themselves.

Do you realize how stupid that sounds? That type of person would NOT ever consider applying for the alpha to begin with...

[Eiz]

To be honest I wouldn't be able to participate more than 3, maybe 4 hous per day this month, but still unfair that some have the will to find time and contribute to testing and didn't get it, while others got it and may not take part at all.

[Totorixiii]

let's not get angry and pissed off because you didnt get invite. They said more invites will be sent out soon and even if you don't get those invites, just brush it off and next thing you know Beta is up and people will have a high chance of getting invites that didnt before.

AND, next thing you know, FFXIV 2.0 ARR is release to the public! Shit, time goes by so fast, next thing you realized you are downloading the new client and leveling your ARCANIST... so don't fret.

[Ganbachi]

What is this?

[MrMordio]

They're testing server stress right now, yes? I assume they went for people that have the good PCs and said they'd be on to test often. From what they've been saying, the gameplay and balancing testing comes in the beta, so we should see a lot more invites for that.

[Gramul]

They're testing server stress right now, yes?

That makes me a perfect candidate!
I'm overflowing with stress!

[Valmonte]

That makes me a perfect candidate!
I'm overflowing with stress!

[Waves Hand] thats not the stress your looking for, your free to go about your business.