FFXIV Closed Beta Invites Start Tomorrow

yes this is true. You guys have basically been hired without paid to fix SE's problems. As a beta testers your supposed to send in bug reports etc. etc. FFXIV probably won't be fun during alpha test (now) because of all the bugs etc. The open beta will be a good taste of what we will see from the finished product. Good luck testers ^^

I'm actually really surprised that their beta test turned out to be an alpha. Public alpha tests are a rarity these days, as "alpha" tends to imply "barely playable." Usually you do your alphas in-house, or friends and family only. It usually implies there's still an awful lot of work to do and you're nowhere near a releasable or complete product.

Doing "beta" signups and then missing your self-imposed deadline and pushing an alpha, implies to me that they're significantly behind, especially if they intend to make the following closed beta, then open beta, longer than FF11's was. (As they've stated they want to do.)

It makes me wonder if the game will even be fully released this year, but that's just idle speculation on my part. I could be misunderstanding.

As long as they follow the "It's done when it's done." rule, I'm sure it'll be great. Nothing worse than a rushed game when there's an unrealistic deadline or misused funds.

Selected <<< Because I'm that awesome.

I got mine!!!!

What was the date you got yours on?? Were they sent out all at once or are they still being sent out??

I got my invite yesterday, but i have not been able to sign into the site yet :x

At least you guys have an idea of where you're meant to log in at? I received an email from SE a few days ago saying:

"As always, we would like to thank you for your continued participation in the FINAL FANTASY XIV Alpha Test.

The dates and times of the ninth test will be as follows. (All times are GMT.)"

I was confused as I haven't received a reply from them at all since applying for alpha test ages ago, and certainly haven't participated in any testing so far. Presumed I hadn't been accepted and just basically forgot all about it.

So I contacted SE via email support and asked them to clarify what my situation was. In or not? Emailed me by mistake? The guy told me that was the message letting me know I'd been accepted into the beta, but it gave no URLs of websites to log into and no other information at all. He just said, "you should be able to log in as normal now".

With what username/pass, and where?! I don't even know which version I've been accepted into as I have both a PS3 and a gaming PC. Bit lost right now...

I wonder how many invites have been lost in spam folders...

Random'd too low again /sigh

It just bothers me how unorganized SE does things. At least how unorganized they do things with anywhere other then Japan. Its obnoxious.... -.-

I got mine... But I was also in Alpha. Char called Absolute Virtue lol. Alpha testers get both Alpha + Beta invites. x

Next test is not Beta, they are starting Alpha Phase II. Beta Follows that, unless their server equipment is so fuxed it needs a third stage of Alpha just to stabilize.

Bleh I have about 5-6 friends applying too and they didn't get anything

I know that much, if you breathe to heavy in RL you crash the game.