Square Enix Restricts Final Fantasy XIV "Open" Beta

[HSIAMetalKing]

Whatevs, I got in! Woop, can't wait to get off work today...

 

[BlackStar42]

Looks like this was...

An open and shut case.

YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[Zing]

I got a key a while ago, been going through hoops to get the client to download, which I finally got and I'm going to leave it open.

However, all accounts from /v/ are as I expected that the game is trash. But, hey, it's free.

 

[DamienHell]

I just got my key a couple hours ago

 

[Fensfield]

Pfft. Fair enough, I'll freely admit I jumped to pull the hate trigger, and for that you have my apologies, but you could certainly afford to be less of a jerk about it yourself. Frankly the article feels a bit misleading if this is for the purpose of load-testing. The title in particular suggests that this is an awfully silly turn and the article itself seems to suggest that they're backpedaling rather clumsily, as if they were supposed to be beyond this point by now.

True say, I guess - sorry, too long hanging around the nut cases in the EVE Online forums.

That said, this article here is indeed.. kinda unbalanced.

Also, of note, as of this morning they re-opened beta registration. Dunno if it's still open now, though.

 

[icyneesan]

I need a new video card, but that doesn't mean I won't just to steal as many keys and possible! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Did they ever say anything about doing a OB for PS3?

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

it is pretty annoying that the open beta is not actually an open beta

 

[Fensfield]

Did they ever say anything about doing a OB for PS3?

Hm, to quote the mail I got a couple of days ago...

- To PlayStation 3 Version Applicants:
This test phase will deal only with the Windows version of the software. Details regarding the test schedule for the PlayStation 3 version will be released by e-mail at a later date. If possible, we still ask and encourage you to take part in the testing on a Windows PC.

So not as yet, really, no.

 

[boholikeu]

Not being able to level is a punishment; 'Oh, sorry, guys, I can't play with you today; you leveled past me and I have no XP hours left. Guess I won't play the game i paid for, huh?'

How could they have leveled past you if they have the same xp caps on?

 

[MisterColeman]

I applied for a code and recieved one instantaneously, activation took about 15 minutes and I am now in the game.

No lag.

Not sure what the problem everyone is talking about is...

 

[MisterColeman]

it is pretty annoying that the open beta is not actually an open beta

Seriously? Maybe back in the early WoW days companies could afford to have an open beta where anyone can get in with no trouble in minutes but there are just too many players now. Any big title like this one is going to need to do it in a schedule like this or it is going to be an open beta that nobody can play as the servers crash horribly the first few days. The new star wars MMO and Guild Wars 2 is probably going to be the same way.

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

it is pretty annoying that the open beta is not actually an open beta

Seriously? Maybe back in the early WoW days companies could afford to have an open beta where anyone can get in with no trouble in minutes but there are just too many players now. Any big title like this one is going to need to do it in a schedule like this or it is going to be an open beta that nobody can play as the servers crash horribly the first few days. The new star wars MMO and Guild Wars 2 is probably going to be the same way.

If it is an open beta it should be an open beta. They should have known the amount of people interested in this and if it wasn't ready to be a fully open beta they should have just gone through another wave of closed beta testing. I've heard people are having trouble downloading the thing anyway so I'd probably be stuck doing that for days and days just to be left with almost no time to participate.

 

[boholikeu]

Not being able to level is a punishment; 'Oh, sorry, guys, I can't play with you today; you leveled past me and I have no XP hours left. Guess I won't play the game i paid for, huh?'

How could they have leveled past you if they have the same xp caps on?

Because not all of us go to school anymore, and our schedules are a little more complicated than that of a child's? Gee, I wonder.

Well if your play time is limited by your work schedule anyway, why are you worried about hitting the leveling cap in the first place?

Honestly, I don't understand your logic here.

 

[Jared]

I really am fearing how they are going to cope at release...I Can see it going to have so many problenms...and trhey are going to have alot of questions to answer for

 

[VanityGirl]

Is the 360 version still on hold or is it dead?

 

[ultimasupersaiyan]

Glad I'm waiting for the PS3 beta. Also I remember reading something about limited exp earning times for the game which sounds like a stupid idea. It's like they don't want people to play with everything they seem to be doing with the game. If all the things I've read are true, they better not be charging a subscription fee for it.