Beta before Benchmark?

[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

[Leowilde]

Oh sorry, my bad. I guess my mind was too much on the game itself, so I misunderstood you a little.
EDIT: I think maybe that makes me a hypocrite, lol.

[Zoloe]

I like your sig Tox!