Beta Test Emails Now Released

[Cream Soda]

Called NA support and was told if the email specifically said forum ban than it should still be fine to play the game, if the game itself wasn't mentioned in the email

[Cutriss]

So, there's this http://xivstatus.com/ thing. Says the client was updated yesterday.

I just uninstalled and reinstalled, and it's still trying to pull 2013.01.15. Has anyone gotten client updates yet?

[Enkidu]

Yeah I'm all set.

[Adajer]

Got one yesterday.

[Cutriss]

Well.

So much for my download issue being "Resolved" then.

[Stromgarde]

Servers up.

[kisada]

impossible to get in


also, anyone know a way to rip or find the /tell sounds in the game? would love one of them as my text message sounds.

[Jinn]

Game crashed when I was zoning out of blue gate, been trying to log in for 30min now and getting world full please try later

[Jinn]

also, anyone know a way to rip or find the /tell sounds in the game? would love one of them as my text message sounds.

I'd also be interested in that O.o!

[Shimbo]

According to status they keep crashing they come up for a few seconds then crash. -.-

[Valkrish]

Dem /tell sounds... :Q

[Celeras]

Has Phase 4 (regional servers) been given a date yet? Because this is still laggy as fuck, and I don't really feel like checking in anymore until there's a reason to.

[Gokulo]

I'd estimate around 2 months

[Cream Soda]

lol yea can't access forums, banned till the 8th but ffvii the game let's me in fine. Gotta get them achievements on the new pc version brah

[Lordender]

I wonder how much meaningful testing is actually going on, this is by far, the worst BETA I've ever been in.

[Lucavi]

I suppose they're fixing stuff, its just that this is stuff that should have been working ages ago...

Once again, I really don't think people should be asking for media about the beta tests right now. Its not pretty, and if people got so up-in-arms over the PAX article, which was based off the alpha, hoo boy about this one.

[Enygma55]

Issues with beta is 90% congestion as they are testing server loads. They are still opening up new worlds to accommodation everyone. First few beta test will be this way til they get it all sorted out.

[Celeras]

I'd think most people who still care about this game like to keep that in the back of their mind, I know I do. And it's certainly nice to think that way, but well, look (relax mods, 1.0 vidya):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJCQs-R7X4

Contrast that to what you see from other players now. If you can't imagine, then the above videos response may have particular relevance. It's not congestion, and its certainly not the result of everybodies 200ms latency to Japan. Player locations aren't updated nearly enough, which leads to shit like this (another 1.0 vid).

[Gulkeeva]

I wonder how much meaningful testing is actually going on, this is by far, the worst BETA I've ever been in.

Guessing you've never been in the first early week(s) of a warcraft beta, or ragnarok online 2 where just looking at something can crash your game possibly bad enough to require a reinstall.
Between lagnarok 2's 15second+ delay lag (upwards to 30-45seconds per action) and the infamous blue/white cubs of game crashing death warcraft or glitching through objects/world into a limbo where your unable to play the character anymore, so far I feel FFXIV beta is doing fine.

[shepardG]

Guessing you've never been in the first early week(s) of a warcraft beta, or ragnarok online 2 where just looking at something can crash your game possibly bad enough to require a reinstall.
Between lagnarok 2's 15second+ delay lag (upwards to 30-45seconds per action) and the infamous blue/white cubs of game crashing death warcraft or glitching through objects/world into a limbo where your unable to play the character anymore, so far I feel FFXIV beta is doing fine.

this, i mean fuck 1.0's beta was fucking, i mean utterly stupid, fucking broken.

hell this shit, is just ironing out the wrinkles.