Am I the only one who noticed this ?
Posted on the Lodestone, May 21 :
"In order to fulfill the requirements for the Legacy Campaign, a player must register his/her copy of the game no later than Thursday, May 31, 2012"
On the Legacy Campaing page :
"Users with service accounts that have paid for at least 90 cumulative days of subscriptions between January 6, 2012 and the start of version 2.0 beta testing are eligible."
Does that mean 2.0 Beta is about to start?
2.0 about to start??
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05-23-2012, 09:05 AMRandelmire2.0 about to start??
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05-23-2012, 09:07 AMZahak
That's to get their 3 months in pal :)
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05-23-2012, 09:08 AMGramul
September seems about right.
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05-23-2012, 09:08 AMAnswaIf four months from now is soon, then yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randelmire
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05-23-2012, 09:13 AMStarlord
That tells us "around the ballpark" date:
- To get Legacy you must Start before May 31st
- Free Trial +3 months= 4 months
- 4 months From May 31st= September 30th ( aka FFXIV 2 year anni.)
- Beta will most likely to start October 1st ( or perhaps they'll shutdown servers to prep certain things for the destruction of Eorzea). -
05-23-2012, 09:50 AMRandelmire
You must HAVE PAID for 3 months BEFORE May 31. Not 3 months later.
I started playing again about 2 weeks before the "welcome back" campaign
I paid for 90 days right away and got my the e-mail saying my account was a legacy account at the same time as everyone else.
Edit : I agree it sounds logical that the beta starts around september/october.
Still, when I read what is written, to me it sounds like beta will start in june. -
05-23-2012, 09:58 AMAnswaEr no. You need to have registered before June 1st. Paying comes afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randelmire
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05-23-2012, 10:25 AMZahak
What they mean is, that's how early you have to be registered in order to make sure you get the next 3 months to become a legacy member.
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05-23-2012, 10:39 AMRane
Whatever happens, I expect that there will be a fairly long down period between taking version 1.0 offline and bringing 2.0 online. I'd imagine that moving all of our character and item data over to the 2.0 servers will be a more time-consuming process than the server merge was. Also, the 2.0 announcement page says this:
It's really hard to tell at this point exactly what will happen when. Maybe we shouldn't speculate, but it's just so much fun.Quote:
As part of this process, there will be a period required for switching over to a new client and new servers, after which there will be a large transfer of data when service is brought back online.
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05-23-2012, 10:44 AMStarlordServers are most likely going to go down for at least 3 days to get everything up and ready for 2.0 transition.. week at most.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rane
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05-23-2012, 11:08 AMKerwin
3 days? Boy I hope you have a source instead of pullings these things out of your magic hat.
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05-23-2012, 11:20 AMStarlordWhen moving all data from one server client to another.. it takes quite a bit of time to do, far worse the Server merging ( which took a day with all the Extended Maintenance and all and that was only Merging worlds.. this is a whole different ball game.. All the data from Characters, world itself, Maps, Quests/missions/Primals/Dungeons/ 2.0 content... this is no day job.. 3 days at least.. but with all the expected problems I feel will occur.. it will probably take a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerwin
Again, these are not sources or accurate answers.. but this is whats to expect though something along these lines. SE can take all the time they need.. as long as its for the good of FFXIV, I don't mind at all. -
05-23-2012, 01:04 PMKerwinThat's what I was looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starlord
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05-23-2012, 01:06 PMStarlordLove how people just pick one line out post and pretend that's the context of what I said... ah whatever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerwin
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05-23-2012, 01:08 PMTheVedislike your not guilty of doing that all the timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Starlord
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05-23-2012, 01:10 PMStarlorduh.. I never did that ... ever... on the forums.. but if you want to put it in those terms.. " Your a trouble maker" :PQuote:
Originally Posted by TheVedis
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05-23-2012, 04:09 PMGazille
I paid to get legacy even though i dont play haha
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05-23-2012, 04:55 PMAgoven
Wouldn't it be interesting...if you actually died...but your spirit is reborn in this new world...2.0 and you possess some items and knowledge...and skills from your past.
Those that played prior to 2.0 would carry over some levels and all their items but the game would start from square 1...hypothetically.
I know they said that we wouldn't lose our progression...but what if we didn't per say and got an elite class character type unique for 2.0 starting... -
05-23-2012, 05:48 PMviionYou do, do it a lot though XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Starlord
But I agree, 3 days minimum I think, moving data from 1 game to the next, it isnt easy as just copy/paste because likely the new servers use character data differently, some of the data will be altered, converted, and so on. they already said about the whole quest thing and we will have to go retalk with people, and ofc the inventorying be changing so they have to split your items to an NPC who will be holding some (that will cause drama) so there is a lot of work to do!
They will also need to get new servers up, tho that wont take long as no data on it. Do final tests and such.
took, what? 10 hrs or something for normal server merge when it first happened, this is moving to a whole new system! I think 3 days is plenty. -
05-23-2012, 09:54 PMStarlord
You guys think what you want, I know who I am and what I do, and that all that matters to me. so bleep bleep to you :P.
But yeah, of course I don't know how long SE is going to take because the time isn't here yet, All I can offer in terms of experience is how long it takes to move data of different types ( possibly) from 1 server to the next. For all we know they could have it up in 1-2 days.. but when I think rationally and logically about what they have to be transferring, ( Characters data "making sure not a single Character gets lost, which will take the most time since its the most crucial thing they need to do out of all this.") If they lose even a handful of character data it could mean trouble for them (maybe).
Then they have the Transfer ALL data from the games 1.0 (whatever they are bringing along to 2.0 anyways) and 2.0 content itself, along with its Maps, Missions, etc. Its just not logical to even think they can do it in a days time. I mean if they do it faster then what I'm imagining then great props to them :D. I'm only giving the logical side of things.. if they do it better then my logic.. That's fine.. that just means we get to play 2.0 faster! :D.
Anyways, that is my input I'm not pulling no magic bunny out of my hat that's holding up a card saying " FFXIV will be down for 3+ days" Just stating what I feel to be the most rational. ( I hope SE proves me wrong though). -
05-23-2012, 11:33 PMDAMNLAMAFirst let me say that it is awesome to see the anticipation for 2.0! I hope it is a sign of things to come and that FFXIV takes off for many years of success when it finally does drop. Now, about that timeline:Quote:
Originally Posted by Randelmire
In your original post you quote Square Enix as saying:
Then you re-write this quote in your second post:Quote:
a player must register his/her copy of the game no later than Thursday, May 31, 2012"
Registering and paying are two totally separate things. As soon as you install the game and start playing the free trial you are required to register. Even if you quite playing after your one month trial is up, and NEVER pay a dime to play again, you still "registered" your game when you launched it.Quote:
must HAVE PAID for 3 months BEFORE May 31
Secondly, the 2.0 Beta is Free to Play, so they would not make you buy a 90 day subscription on May 31st then start the FREE beta a few days later. Therefore if you get 30 days free trial plus 90 day subscription for Legacy = 120 days total putting us roughly September 27th as the EARLIEST date they would pull down the old game and start launching the new game.
But, as we all know they are usually 1-2 weeks behind schedule on their patches (plus they probably set that date a little early on purpose to ensure ppl have time to get it in) so I would guess we are looking more at first or second week of October as the launch of 2.0.
Hopefully we will get some answers in two weeks at E3! -
05-24-2012, 12:13 AMGarlen
Just take a look at the 2.0 roadmap... it looks like the porting process actually takes place from May through October.
Edit: Nevermind, looks like this is just quests, main scenario, etc. Character port will probably be once they actually take the servers down for 2.0 -
05-24-2012, 01:02 AMGeo
Is this a troll thread?
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05-24-2012, 07:27 AMRandelmire
I'm sorry all. I did read that a few more times more and now I get it. (I'm french, some times I don't understand everything on the first read).
Still, if it means the beta would be around october that is good to know! -
05-24-2012, 07:46 AMZahakNot soon enough if you ask me!! :D 2.0 e3 video in 13 days~Quote:
Originally Posted by Randelmire
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05-24-2012, 10:11 AMLurex
I'm really getting excited about 2.0 lets keep this excitement thread going! I really really hope, that most of the problems are fixed with the new servers, like lag and d/c! I'm excited to explore the new maps!!
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05-25-2012, 10:10 PMDAMNLAMANo problem, glad we could help clear it up and glad you are enjoying the game. E3 can't come soon enough!Quote:
Originally Posted by Randelmire