Open Beta Started - Keys Currently Avaliable

[Lucavi]

I read about 2 paragraphs saying that its been postponed. Was there any more to the "article" than that?

Not really.

[Caestus]

i had this weird glitch where the folder was actually at root of the drive. you might want to check other locations for a ffbv folder

after searching for everything FFXIV Related on my computer I found the tabs to configure my game play and gamepad settings. There is now the "My Games" folder with FFXIV stuff in it. but no meta folders.

[xopher]

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8...zingspeeds.jpg

fwoosh


I don't remember FFXI updates ever being this bad

Should have updated at 8AM like I did. Shit's been finished for quite some time now.

[Olo401]

^ should ditch the zero and get with the μ-hero

[miokomioko]

I read about 2 paragraphs saying that its been postponed. Was there any more to the "article" than that?

Not really.

It was about "They only have XX days left until paying customers log in and their very short beta period is still riddled with bugs, this does not bode well."

Which is pretty ignorant in its own way.

[Boom]

Client goes to the login screen now. And you can input your beta key into the se members site.

[Kalisa]

I realize this is hard for someone who works for a gaming publication to understand, but most games don't have a marketing "beta" and even amongst those who do, most people who end up buying the game don't get to be in it. Expecting the average reader to sympathize with his ridiculous feelings of entitlement to play a game before release date makes him sound like a 5-year-old, and griping about how long it is when it's completely open is just bitching for the sake of having something dramatic to write about.

Not sure how you got a whiny sense of entitlement from what amounts to "What a short beta. Other games with such short betas have had serious problems getting off the ground. I hope they have time to get their bugs straightened up before release."

[Caestus]

Yea I'm about to give up on this. I can't get it to connect. While everyone else is able to.... has to be something on my end... I'll try and install the client on my MAC and see what happens...

[Elonna]

Client goes to the login screen now. And you can input your beta key into the se members site.

My client has always gone to the login screen. Where on the SE site do you see to input your beta key? I see a place to input some sort of key and it shows two FFXIV's but it doesn't say any words about beta.

[miokomioko]

So, assuming you have registered your account with your appropriate country and updated your beta client... are we simply waiting for http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html to issue codes?

[Kalisa]

in Safemode the FFXIV client crashed. I booted to native, uninstalled the driver, and FFXIV client crashed... this is interesting.

You need a driver to keep it from crashing, which is not fully present or functional in safe mode, then obviously not present at all if you uninstalled it. Try the tech subforum, I'm sure they can step you through a clean driver install.

[Priran]

I read about 2 paragraphs saying that its been postponed. Was there any more to the "article" than that?

Not really.

It must be awfully inconvenient to forget how to read halfway through reading shit.

Let's see. The insinuation that beta length correlates to game quality. The sensationalist title and article text that ignores or severely downplays the significance and length of the closed beta phases. Trying to make a big deal about bugs being found in a beta. The closing statement that they contacted SE but they haven't replied yet.

My favorite MMOs had no open beta. The worst MMO I've played in quite some time had a rather lengthy one. Furthermore, the postponement of a beta phase to work out bugs is not newsworthy.

[Buddy]

So, assuming you have registered your account with your appropriate country and updated your beta client... are we simply waiting for http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html to issue codes?

This is my guess as well.

[outzaidur]

So, assuming you have registered your account with your appropriate country and updated your beta client... are we simply waiting for http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html to issue codes?

lol.... are you even reading the announcements? "we are simply waiting for them to fix a critical bug and that can take several days". they wont issue a single code until they set the code straight again.

[miokomioko]

lol.... are you even reading the announcements? "we are simply waiting for them to fix a critical bug and that can take several days". they wont issue a single code until they set the code straight again.

are you fucking kidding me?

http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/im...t-sherlock.jpg

[Caestus]

You need a driver to keep it from crashing, which is not fully present or functional in safe mode, then obviously not present at all if you uninstalled it. Try the tech subforum, I'm sure they can step you through a clean driver install.

I appreciate it. I've tried 4 different drivers now.... Windows Drivers, Nvidia's website drivers, XtremeG's drivers, and PNY's drivers. I'm pretty competent when it comes to issues like this... I'll head over to the tech sub forum.

[Kalisa]

I appreciate it. I've tried 4 different drivers now.... Windows Drivers, Nvidia's website drivers, XtremeG's drivers, and PNY's drivers. I'm pretty competent when it comes to issues like this... I'll head over to the tech sub forum.

Well, everyone I've seen that had problems with the client crashing had the problem resolved by (insert magic driver version number found through pure trial-and-error here). I remember when I put FFXI and Windower on my new laptop, I had to try literally over a dozen different drivers due to an issue with my card on Win7. Regardless though, I wish you luck. Hopefully you don't need quite so many attempts.... XD

[Buddy]

lol.... are you even reading the announcements? "we are simply waiting for them to fix a critical bug and that can take several days". they wont issue a single code until they set the code straight again.

It clearly states that they finished the maint. at 5 PDT...

[GameDragon]

The maintenance was not part of the "critical bug." Last I checked atleast.

[Buddy]

The maintenance was not part of the "critical bug." Last I checked atleast.

Then why would they apologize for maintenance on a server we can't even log into? (technically for at least another 2 hours if there were no setbacks)