Alpha Tester Acceptance Mails Heading Out! (10/23/2012)

**shidobu** · 2012-10-23 14:59

interesting...

LD · 2012-10-23 17:21

Edit: scratch that, nvm. Alpha GFX reqs went up, but it's alpha so whatevs.

P.S. Still hate GFX numbering conventions.

**Kurokikaze** · 2012-10-23 17:24

Originally Posted by LD

Edit: scratch that, nvm. Alpha GFX reqs went up, but it's alpha so whatevs.

Yeah, Yoshi said that the Alpha requirements will be a a tad higher than the actual game requirements. This tends to happens with Alpha/Betas.

**Madeline** · 2012-10-23 18:02

Good to see the Alpha invites going out. I'd say on pace to be sending NA/EU invites around the time of the last letter, or at least I hope.

**Stanislaw** · 2012-10-23 18:12

Originally Posted by MutamixBubblypots

Check it out guys. Yoshi-P alpha forum post and ARR downloader shots. Maybe Stanislaw can translate the forum post for us?

Originally Posted by Gokulo

Anyway my friend will translate some of the stuff after he eats dinner, but not the whole thing.

We're going to need the Fight Club soon

Ok, some main points:

- there's a temporary opening for the alpha (me personal guess: one of the CGI's we saw

)

- no main story in alpha at all

- the majority of content is not there

- one hume tribe and one miqote tribe to use

- something he's not sure about... but probably that the max lv in alpha is 20, but the in-game stuff goes only to lv 10

- cutscenes are work-in-progress so you will mostly get black screens

- battle calculations are a trial/experimental version? will be final in beta

- apparently, around 2 months ago they started to work on Beta separately, i.e. Alpha and Beta preparations ran along each other and when Alpha ends they will update the beta version with all the changes

Gokulo's friend pretty much nailed the main points, so I'll just add a few more things to it:

- The main reason why so many things are restricted/masked (black screen cutscenes) is mainly to due to prevention of spoilers.

- The alpha build of the game is mostly built for the sole purpose of the alpha test alone, and thus the alpha build is not the latest version of the game.

- Alpha test will take place around the Gridania region.

- NPC graphical variations around Gridania will be scarce as they're still in the process of 'graphically converting' NPCs from 1.0 to 2.0. This is mainly due to the fact that the data they need to convert is not only of immense size, but they have to take in consideration the slight difference in appearance under the new 2.0 graphical engine and have to make sure each NPC looks like they did before if they existed in 1.0. So don't be surprised when NPCs look different in Beta/Release as they did in Alpha.

- The alpha test will be separated into four phases. Phase One and Two will be in Japan. After Phase Three NA/EU people will be able to join in.

- There will be some updates to the alpha version of the game as the test progresses.

- The alpha test is currently slated to last for a month.

- Yoshi-P will also be playing during the alpha test. If you see him, /wave!

**Ratatapa** · 2012-10-23 20:23

1 month for alpha? I'm kinda surprised

**miokomioko** · 2012-10-23 20:27

I think a month is good when all they are testing is that the game runs and the servers can handle the load. Hell, we got 4 phases of Alpha before we even see a a legitimately recent build of the game.

**Auspice** · 2012-10-23 20:43

Originally Posted by Egon

Wow, surprised to see the download is available.

And the file size is big too. Anyone remember how big 1.0 alpha was?

For some reason I kept my Alpha/Beta test XIV files on one of my hard drives. It's about 13 gig.

**Gokulo** · 2012-10-23 23:16

Hopefully that means each test is no longer than a week so we get access pretty soon

**Kelenae** · 2012-10-24 01:50

Ya, if a fight club gets going sign me up :3

**Ambrosia** · 2012-10-24 06:09

Originally Posted by Ratatapa

1 month for alpha? I'm kinda surprised

I hope they take their sweet time and work out most of the kinks (while giving them time to make more content on the side). I think ArcheAge's beta went for about 90 days. I also hope they break them up into phases. Blade & Soul went through 4 CBTs and 1 OBT. ArcheAge went through 5 CBTs and it will have its OBT this December.

The downloader looks pretty cool.

**Alkar** · 2012-10-24 06:19

Well it's likely we'll get in in a couple weeks then, don't see the issue with announcing that they're handing out e-mails honestly.
Even if you don't get it right now it's nice to know that alpha is running and that we're getting somewhere.
1 month sounds about right, beta is where the true testing begins.

**xopher** · 2012-10-24 08:38

Character creator screens from alpha.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...racter-creator

**ArchDizzle** · 2012-10-24 08:50

Saw those in the info thread they look amazing. /drool

**xopher** · 2012-10-24 09:48

People on OF complaining about limited character creation options in Alpha, not matching the screens we saw previously. Previous screens show male miqote being created. No male miqote in Alpha. /facedesk

**Waraji** · 2012-10-24 10:11

If it's not there, then it won't be in the game. ever.

**Cairthenn** · 2012-10-24 10:35

Hm... guessing that means the only client is JP?

If there were a NA Alpha client, I could fish out info, but the additional layer of translation would just make it a headache.

**Gokulo** · 2012-10-24 10:47

No idea, haven't seen the leaked client yet anywhere.

**Gulkeeva** · 2012-10-24 10:56

Here's to hoping.. when some Jp leaks an alpha video, its female miqo'te O_o

Guess its time to lurk the ffxiv chat on 2 chan discussion boards

**miokomioko** · 2012-10-24 11:17

Miqo'te breast size slider; Gulkeeva is happy.

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