I think it's very important to remember this is a stress test and it did -exactly- what it was supposed to do.  It indicated a game-breaking bug in the system that the developers are going to have the chance to fix prior to the game going live.  This is not early, early access of a completed, shipped, gold game.  This is -still- beta, and this beta phase was to determine what the servers would do when bum-rushed by players.  Turns out, stuff breaks.  Those are good things to know. To act as if we are entitled to play is a bit unrealistic, really.  In beta, we are basically volunteering for the company to help them finish their game.
As to the lack of communication- again, I think we're so accustomed to game companies bending over backwards to beg their players for forgiveness that hours going by without comment is a major thing. Â Give them time, let them figure out what the hell to say, let it go up the chain and come back down. Â Maybe they were trying to figure out -what- to do with the bug before they responded, I don't know, I don't work for Squeenix.
Basically saying that yes, it sucks. Â I crashed out last night with a 90k error and woke up this am to a 3102. Â I've spent the day playing on Japanese servers, fiddling around with other classes, beta testing and looking for bugs. Â I know that a lot of people were looking forward to this weekend to get a head start on the head start but that's not...really the point of what this is all about.
As to the lack of communication- again, I think we're so accustomed to game companies bending over backwards to beg their players for forgiveness that hours going by without comment is a major thing. Â Give them time, let them figure out what the hell to say, let it go up the chain and come back down. Â Maybe they were trying to figure out -what- to do with the bug before they responded, I don't know, I don't work for Squeenix.
Basically saying that yes, it sucks. Â I crashed out last night with a 90k error and woke up this am to a 3102. Â I've spent the day playing on Japanese servers, fiddling around with other classes, beta testing and looking for bugs. Â I know that a lot of people were looking forward to this weekend to get a head start on the head start but that's not...really the point of what this is all about.
