Beta before Benchmark?

[Shioban]

I really don't see why benchmark isn't out yet though...Wasn't it finished a while ago? it should have been

As with any game (benchmark in this case) every time you play/watch it as a developer you kinda go;

"Oh, sugar honey ice tea! I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT TEXTURE WAS MISSING"
"Is that animation meant to do that?"
"Why are we getting a FPS drop at X point?"
"Oh it crashed..."

These questions and more crop up constantly, they then need to be noted, rectified and tested.
This takes a LONG TIME.

As developers we can say "We'll have it out next week" and then 2 hours later find a truck load of problems with it and quickly patch them up delaying the initial release.

Trust me your patience will pay off, you'll recieve a fully functioning product that meets the standards you expect


TL;DR

These things take time, be patient.

[Radacci]

As with any game (benchmark in this case) every time you play/watch it as a developer you kinda go;

"Oh, sugar honey ice tea! I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT TEXTURE WAS MISSING"
"Is that animation meant to do that?"
"Why are we getting a FPS drop at X point?"
"Oh it crashed..."

These questions and more crop up constantly, they then need to be noted, rectified and tested.
This takes a LONG TIME.

As developers we can say "We'll have it out next week" and then 2 hours later find a truck load of problems with it and quickly patch them up delaying the initial release.

Trust me your patience will pay off, you'll recieve a fully functioning product that meets the standards you expect


TL;DR

These things take time, be patient.

Yoshi said he was making last checks...3 weeks ago...
You can't keep postponing the product over and over, cause you find a tiny texture error this, or miscolored pixel that
It's not like it's a *no turning back* you can patch small issues like that after.

[Leowilde]

Yoshi said he was making last checks...3 weeks ago...
You can't keep postponing the product over and over, cause you find a tiny texture error this, or miscolored pixel that

Yes, you can. And in this case, they should. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be angry if the game kicked off early with some textures missing or seams showing, but believe me - after the horrible kickoff in 2010, the undeniably bad reception FFXIV got in the medias, SE will work hard to prevent that from happening a second time.

The whole point of creating ARR is to revive a game that got one of the worst reviews in a long time, even if many players did enjoy it (including myself bigtime). In a field with much competition, 'many players' isn't even close to enough. Fail once, you get a second chance. Fail twice... You'll be stuck with those 'many players'.

I've left my share of 'I WANT TO PLAY NOOOW'-posts in the forum already, and I plan on leaving more. But I also realize that they will take the time they need, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

[Radacci]

Yes, you can. And in this case, they should. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be angry if the game kicked off early with some textures missing or seams showing, but believe me - after the horrible kickoff in 2010, the undeniably bad reception FFXIV got in the medias, SE will work hard to prevent that from happening a second time.

The whole point of creating ARR is to revive a game that got one of the worst reviews in a long time, even if many players did enjoy it (including myself bigtime). In a field with much competition, 'many players' isn't even close to enough. Fail once, you get a second chance. Fail twice... You'll be stuck with those 'many players'.

I've left my share of 'I WANT TO PLAY NOOOW'-posts in the forum already, and I plan on leaving more. But I also realize that they will take the time they need, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

I was simply referring to the benchmark
But there will undoubtedly be bugs etc in Beta version, all phases. If they wanted to get rid of them BEFORE beta start, it would never start. It's unavoidable; but as long as they get rid of blatantly obvious issues, it's fine. But postponing bench/beta/launch for a little texture issue...on a hand of some NPC...don't think so