Alpha/Beta Announcement thread. Next Alpha: ???

[Trocian]

No announcement for Thursdays test yet?

No.

[Katlan]

No announcement for Thursdays test yet?

Wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the feedback submissions are all about the same things now, since the client hasn't been updated outside of client stability issues. So they may be doing less testing and working more on fixing said issues

[sruon]

Upon investigating issues that occurred during the third FINAL FANTASY XIV Alpha Test, we have confirmed the following bugs:

- When changing areas, NPCs may disappear.
- Character data can be corrupted in ways different from those previously addressed.

As it appears that it may take some time to correct these issues, we are planning to perform the next FINAL FANTASY XIV Alpha Test next week at the earliest.

We will publish a more detailed schedule at a later time. We ask for your patience in this matter.

Looks like Tuesday... possible thursday and sunday as well

[Izzy]

One thing I do like is every time I play, something new is fixed.

[Cairthenn]

Important:

We have temporarily suspended the FINAL FANTASY XIV Alpha Version client download, along with the version update process.

Please note that you will receive an error if you attempt to either download the client or perform a version update at this time.

We will let you know once we reinstate the services in question. Until then, we ask for your patience in this matter.

[Nash]

One thing I do like is every time I play, something new is fixed.

And something new breaks.. :>

[LD]

And something new breaks.. :>

More like something has been fixed enough for us to notice how broken something else is.


Ex. First test people were DC'd or timed out so often they never left town. Since they fixed that (well, it's better anyway), people are discovering the zoning mechanic is broken.

Odds are it was broken the whole time but we just now as a group are able to notice it. So it might be 1 step forward, 0 steps back, but we just don't know how many steps back we started.

[Cairthenn]

More like something has been fixed enough for us to notice how broken something else is.


Ex. First test people were DC'd or timed out so often they never left town. Since they fixed that (well, it's better anyway), people are discovering the zoning mechanic is broken.

Odds are it was broken the whole time but we just now as a group are able to notice it. So it might be 1 step forward, 0 steps back, but we just don't know how many steps back we started.

It definitely was broken the whole time, because it happened to me the only time I got to play (second testing period).

[dejet]

More like something has been fixed enough for us to notice how broken something else is.


Ex. First test people were DC'd or timed out so often they never left town. Since they fixed that (well, it's better anyway), people are discovering the zoning mechanic is broken.

Odds are it was broken the whole time but we just now as a group are able to notice it. So it might be 1 step forward, 0 steps back, but we just don't know how many steps back we started.

its alpha; odds are you are about 1,000,0000 steps back.

[Reiryuu]

its alpha; odds are you are about 1,000,0000 steps back.

If it's broken and it is discovered and gets fixed, I would call that a step forward. Perhaps whatever broken is large enough or complex enough to warrant a whole new client download. We really won't know until the new client is out and the Alpha testers feel like telling us how the game is once they get in.

[Uzor]

If it's broken and it is discovered and gets fixed, I would call that a step forward. Perhaps whatever broken is large enough or complex enough to warrant a whole new client download. We really won't know until the new client is out and the Alpha testers feel like telling us how the game is once they get in.

Or perhaps they stopped the client download in order to change the way its downloaded to prevent people not in the alpha to download it?

[Gokulo]

Or perhaps they stopped the client download in order to change the way its downloaded to prevent people not in the alpha to download it?

I don't see why. It would get leaked sooner or later anyway.

Seriously, I'd think it's the most reasonable to guess that they just want to put up a new, better client, and don't need people hammering their servers with the old one.

[Uzor]

I don't see why. It would get leaked sooner or later anyway.

Seriously, I'd think it's the most reasonable to guess that they just want to put up a new, better client, and don't need people hammering their servers with the old one.

Of course it will, but as long as people are able to download it from their own servers, they're not breaking any laws or anything, and as such they can't act upon it.

[Gokulo]

Yea, but why would they care anyway. What I'm trying to say is that S-E has other (and more important) problems to deal with than people getting hands on their client.

[Uzor]

Yea, but why would they care anyway. What I'm trying to say is that S-E has other (and more important) problems to deal with than people getting hands on their client.

We might think so, yeah, but in SE's eyes protecting their property might take priority over everything.

[Destinye]

Yea, but why would they care anyway. What I'm trying to say is that S-E has other (and more important) problems to deal with than people getting hands on their client.

That's one problem because non testers weren't supposed to get the client to begin with.

What other problems are more important than protecting their software? That's usually one of the most important things to any kind of developer.

[Gokulo]

Fixing it?
They already let everyone use it before so the damage can't be undone. If they didn't want people to use it like that they could've blocked it before. I'm just agreeing with the opinion that because it happened now specifically it means there will be a new, updated client to download for the next alpha phase.

[Krazy]

It'd be nice if the new client they release actually does more than pop up with a black window and an error message.

[Kaslo]

THIS IS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS of the ALPHA/BETA ONLY

Hmmm...

[Khamsin]

Hmmm...

Minor questions/discussions are allowed

But yeah, idle chat should be kept to a minimum.

So, wonder if there will be a JP beta in three hours... or, if not (since still no announced date/time yet), hopefully they'll get it up and running in time for the NA beta tomorrow evening.