I get this is Alpha...

[Aeni]

To a lot of the other testers (thankfully, none from this forum) and in the immortal line of George Lopez...

"Why you crying, girl?"

Just so everyone else not in the test understand, you take the official forum daily noises, add in a bit crybabies, and you get the resulting snot-nosed, watery eyes mess in the Alpha forums.

Sigh... /rant over

[Etra]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

I don't get it.

[Aeni]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

I don't get it.

People crying about everything they want in the game. I want this. I want that. You should do this. You should do that. I don't like this. I don't like that.

This is what SE says this Alpha test is all about:

We ask that all users proactively report bugs encountered and submit feedback related to the stress tests. During the Alpha Test, we are focusing on gathering feedback specifically in regards to stress testing and we ask that game and content-related feedback be held until the Beta Test phase.

But knowing the maturity level of most players, the inability to read and the fact that a lot of them seem to be raised on this whole entitlement ideology (e.g., "My mommy tells me that I'm very special everyday, so I deserve an A and if any teacher don't just hand me that A, they're an asshole") ... I just don't even want to bother with the forums.

[jenova_9]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

Nice blog behind the scenes, mew.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog

well don't all alpha tests have whiners and people demanding stuff?

[Raydeus]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

Puzzles? I'm intrigued.

I just hope they aren't like Nyzul's. XD

[Aeni]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

Puzzles? I'm intrigued.

If they do it well, it'll make dungeon clearing an adventure and not just a chore. But it if's anything like WoW, those puzzle elements will be just distraction and speedbumps.

[jenova_9]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

Oh mew the party combat and questing is so easy to navigate and stuff, mew. Alpha First Look: Video 7 – Levequests and Party Combat

[Aeni]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

Oh mew the party combat and questing is so easy to navigate and stuff, mew. Alpha First Look: Video 7 – Levequests and Party Combat

Uh .. it's the same system in FFXIV 1.0. Only difference is that you can acquire the leves locally without having to go back to the city. However, you do realize that you're limited to a certain number of these leves per day and you are capped at accumulation. This is Alpha, so right now, no restrictions, so you can do these infinite number of times.

Party is still the same ... the search still isn't where it needs to be. Although I am not busting SE's balls over it. This isn't beta, so I don't give rats ass about anything, unlike other players who've done nothing but endlessly complain.

[Malacite]

Re: I get this is Alpha...

It's so true.

All the threads QQ'ing about the battle system are just ridiculous too - for the love of fuck, we don't even have all 7 classes in Alpha, nevermind end-game battles. But already there's hundreds of morons QQ'ing and demanding 1.0's system back.

I'm not even kidding. I honestly don't see how you could want 1.0's over this new one. Yes, there's a few issues but overall I'm loving the flow of combat now in Alpha (pretty sure I can say this safely lol? I mean they've put out 2 videos now showing combat so it's no secret that it's a hell of a lot faster). And the other day in Grid it was nothing but people pissing & moaning about not being able to make LS's etc....


IT'S GOD DAMNED ALPHA! WHY DO YOU WANT A LINKSHELL ?! We're just stress-testing and looking for bugs mostly, balance & features is what Beta is for!

Ugh, too bad there isn't a stricter screening process. I hate having joined so late since basically all the real work's been done and it's been more like a glorified demo for me. I wanted to give real input to SE and I don't care how insignificant it seems, as someone seriously looking into becoming a game designer I relish each experience like this - getting to test a game and give feedback. Helps me gain a bit of insight for future endeavors ^_^