Quote Originally Posted by Yucie View Post
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...