FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread II: Let's Speculate the Speculations

[Cureslime]

I may or may not have received such an email as well. fuckyea.jpg

[Blarg-101]

it is june 2nd, i demand access to login!

[Oreth]

I received mine this morning (8am GMT) so it seems pretty universal. It says its for testing after Monday 7th

[Hyan]

Makes me wonder how many got added this time!

Exponential increase go.

[Munba]

I just received the 'beta' invite... i can't believe it. :D

June 7 for me as well.

[Hyan]

Nothing really new again

Can't recall if someone already mentioned it but CON spells used on Thaum become conal instead of radial AoE, even the buffs. So if you want to use Cure or Stoneskin as a Thaum you have to make sure your party are all standing in front of you.

This is interesting.

So do the Thaum frontal cone spells become AoE when used with Conjurer too?

It's cool that each class has a kind of theme to it, even though you can mix and match skills. PUG can switch between stances and MAR can make his attacks AoE. Dunno about the rest though.

[Murdock]

Beta Test and Server Expansion

Thanks to the efforts of all our testers, we have received a wealth of invaluable feedback and information regarding server balancing and gameplay.

The problems we encountered with the servers were more numerous than we originally anticipated. We were, however, able to make improvements throughout the course of the alpha test phase, and as a result we can now head into beta testing under far better conditions and with a concrete grasp of what areas still require attention.

We also took all your opinions and suggestions to heart, and have incorporated a number of alterations into the upcoming beta, from complete overhauls to minor tweaks. Testers can expect to see significant changes to areas in which we received the greatest amount of feedback, including, but not limited to, the user interface and battle system.

Considerable changes to the server setup and gameplay will continue to be made. These will not be worked into upcoming alpha tests, but will instead be implemented for the beta test phase.

We will, however, be introducing a number of new Worlds throughout the remainder of the alpha test. This will be a gradual process as we work to ensure that no connection issues arise while multiple game servers are running simultaneously.

Unfortunately, a World selection feature will not yet be available. We understand the inconvenience this causes, as many of you no doubt wish to create characters on the least-populated Worlds or on the same Worlds as your friends. For now we apologize for not having this option ready, and ask for your understanding and patience for the time being.

Your feedback has already contributed greatly to bettering FINAL FANTASY XIV, and we are striving to incorporate as much of it as possible into the beta and release versions of the game. We welcome all new testers, and hope that they can work together with our “old guard” to continue providing useful and enlightening feedback.

Enjoy your time in Eorzea!

Final Fantasy XIV Director
Nobuaki Komoto

speculation...go!

[Draconix]

I just received the 'beta' invite... i can't believe it. :D

June 7 for me as well.

Congratulations on getting your invite, can you possibly copy and paste the invite here for us?

[blythe]

Does anyone have any idea (by forum registrations?) how many people were added today?

Really starting to get paranoid my application didn't go through

[Hyan]

Does anyone have any idea (by forum registrations?) how many people were added today?

Really starting to get paranoid my application didn't go through

There could be like 300k+ applicants for all we know.

I would only start to get paranoid if I wasn't picked for open beta >_>.

[Gokulo]

Seeing as nobody gets picked for open beta I don't know why

[blythe]

There could be like 300k+ applicants for all we know.

I would only start to get paranoid if I wasn't picked for open beta >_>.

Yea that's true... guess I'm spoiled because I got in relatively early for the XI beta (total chance then too IIRC). I might get my bf to apply just in case

[Calemero]

Congratulations on getting your invite, can you possibly copy and paste the invite here for us?

He/she means Alpha invite. No one uses correct terminology when talking about Alpha/Beta anymore. A2 starts June 7th and CB/OB invites have yet to go out. Nor will they for quite some time I'm sure.

[qpoiuwer]

He/she means Alpha invite. No one uses correct terminology when talking about Alpha/Beta anymore. A2 starts June 7th and CB/OB invites have yet to go out. Nor will they for quite some time I'm sure.

Well that depends on how well multi-servers go the first time they try them. If it all works perfectly, there's not much need to keep the Alpha2 going.

[mightyg]

This is interesting.

So do the Thaum frontal cone spells become AoE when used with Conjurer too?

It's cool that each class has a kind of theme to it, even though you can mix and match skills. PUG can switch between stances and MAR can make his attacks AoE. Dunno about the rest though.

I can confirm that Thaum spells become single target when used on Glad, I will double check Thaum spells on Conj next test.

[tinboliano]

Got my invite today too... I don't own a FFXI account btw (i saw people asking about this earlier in the thread)... I have a question for those who are supposed to get access today, should i be able to log into the dev site or will i get access till the date the email stated?

[HolyDragoon]

From my understanding, you won't be able to access it until the later date in the email, just as other previous testers.

[Blarg-101]

yay i can finally log in, i have a lot of reading to do >.<

[Spira]

stick to the official announcements threads..
ignore the cheesecake.

[Katlan]

Id guess they plan to double the amount of existing alpha testers for alpha2 (w/these invites are for). beta is where they said they want a massive amount of ppl for