Official global alpha start date: November 28th.

**miokomioko** · 2012-11-26 12:35

Watching people get alpha invites that haven't played/barely played/don't care/didn't sign up/etc. is making me fangry. >:|

**Deuce** · 2012-11-26 12:43

it's bound to happen. picking at random provides zero guarantees.

**miokomioko** · 2012-11-26 12:52

Yeah, I'm aware, but it doesn't make me any less fangry!

**Madeline** · 2012-11-26 12:54

I have a friend that played for all of 3 days that got an invite lulz.

**Odesseiron** · 2012-11-26 12:59

Originally Posted by miokomioko

Watching people get alpha invites that haven't played/barely played/don't care/didn't sign up/etc. is making me fangry. >

Woops.

Get Bride of Frankenstein at least? (not that one is related to the other)

**Sephiroth** · 2012-11-26 13:29

I'm starting to think all the invites went out to people who quit long ago and that's the kind of player they want in the first tests.

**solracht** · 2012-11-26 13:32

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'm starting to think all the invites went out to people who quit long ago and that's the kind of player they want in the first tests.

nope

**Grey Jorildyn** · 2012-11-26 13:35

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'm starting to think all the invites went out to people who quit long ago and that's the kind of player they want in the first tests.

negative. It really seems to be entirely random.

**Alkar** · 2012-11-26 14:08

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

I'm starting to think all the invites went out to people who quit long ago and that's the kind of player they want in the first tests.

It's random as it really should be. Like I said SE needs both kinds of players for testing because they really need to know if people who quit completely will give the game a second chance or not.

**Raldo** · 2012-11-26 14:19

I would rather not have new/returning players judge the game based off of an Alpha. That said, if they signed up for Alpha, they probably already will give it a second chance.

**donnie** · 2012-11-26 14:20

got accepted too, EU

**Alkar** · 2012-11-26 14:23

Originally Posted by Raldo

I would rather not have new/returning players judge the game based off of an Alpha. That said, if they signed up for Alpha, they probably already will give it a second chance.

I strongly disagree. Alpha is when some key problems can be found out and corrected eventually, you really need the opinion of new players regarding server issue instead of people who've had to deal with the BS servers of XIV for 2 years and got used to it.
I think what you're trying to say is that you wouldn't want idiots to judge the game based on Alpha (with idiots being those that don't even know what an Alpha test is).

**Takiwaki** · 2012-11-26 14:33

no luck

**solracht** · 2012-11-26 14:34

nice save

**Lucavi** · 2012-11-26 14:35

Originally Posted by miokomioko

Grr. I'm 0/2 at the moment.

Why would they need you in the Alpha? You love everything that 1.0 was, so what feedback could they possibly garner from you aside from "great job SE; keep up the good work; we love you no matter what product you produce!"

Looks 100% random to me, though.

**Takiwaki** · 2012-11-26 14:37

Originally Posted by solracht

nice save

Thats what I get for browsing and posting with too many tabs open lol

**Sephiroth** · 2012-11-26 14:37

Oh well I'm sure they'll be adding more within a week. Didn't they say the alpha is only running until like mid December?

**Lucavi** · 2012-11-26 14:40

^ Something like that, yus.

**Raldo** · 2012-11-26 14:40

Originally Posted by Alkar

I strongly disagree. Alpha is when some key problems can be found out and corrected eventually, you really need the opinion of new players regarding server issue instead of people who've had to deal with the BS servers of XIV for 2 years and got used to it.
I think what you're trying to say is that you wouldn't want idiots to judge the game based on Alpha (with idiots being those that don't even know what an Alpha test is).

I am under the impression that Alpha is for stress testing. They've explained it once, Alpha will be open only during scheduled times and they'll give everyone a specific task. Go here and do X. That is not something that anyone can or should be judging quality from, unless they're actually asking "was the FATE thing we asked you to participate in fun?" Maybe that's what they're doing, I don't know.

**Gokulo** · 2012-11-26 14:44

Originally Posted by Raldo

I am under the impression that Alpha is for stress testing. They've explained it once, Alpha will be open only during scheduled times and they'll give everyone a specific task. Go here and do X. That is not something that anyone can or should be judging quality from, unless they're actually asking "was the FATE thing we asked you to participate in fun?" Maybe that's what they're doing, I don't know.

But people will do that regardless. Plus, at least from the initial jp responses, the reactions very pretty positive.

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