ChinaJoy 2012

Someone has news about it? Yoshida should be there these days (July 26-29), but dunno if there are journalists or ff14 site owners there to make some reports.

Hoping some new 2.0 stuff from there. :cool:

China is not exactly an ultra-open country, but we can still hope so. :)

With the trailer coming out just yesterday I doubt we'll see anything new until next week.

New interview there!
http://www.mmoculture.com/?p=3030

A: I expect the first Closed Beta for the Japan and International servers to be held end September or early October, entering Closed Beta 2 this winter and Open Beta in January next year. We will be talking to Shanda Games about the China server, with features such as PvP, blocking 3rd party programs and localization, hence the Chian server will launch later.


Regional servers confirmed.

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" I expect the first Closed Beta for the Japan and International servers to be held end September or early October, entering Closed Beta 2 this winter and Open Beta in January next year"

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January beta?

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Final Fantasy XIV has a more unique game history and culture, which is a big factor *refers to Final Fantasy 8, Faye Wong singing “Eyes on Me”*. Korean MMORPGs focus too much on the game itself, but not about the real life culture surrounding it.

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I don't think he appreciates just how much GW2, ArcheAge and Blade and Soul actually define people's expectations, rather than WoW. FFXIV has a lot going for it too, but that's such an arrogant approach to have. Kind of a high opinion of himself.

And saying "it's a secret" when they ask what's new and innovative about FFXIV doesn't help much. Might as well be Tanaka at this point.

*Gulp* Looks like we're definitely not going to get 2.0 this year =/

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Originally Posted by Mug

*Gulp* Looks like we're definitely not going to get 2.0 this year =/

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Can't say I expected any different. For how soon they previously intended to release it they've revealed little to no promotional material for 2.0 aside from the original .pdf files.

So from October~Early January theres no FFXIV? Thats a long time o.o :/... Well its the price we pay for a better FFXIV I suppose =).

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Originally Posted by Starlord

So from October~Early January theres no FFXIV? Thats a long time o.o :/... Well its the price we pay for a better FFXIV I suppose =).

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Subjective, since it was technically supposed to launch in Dec/Jan of 2013, but now we hear it's another beta, so unless PC version us launching then and that beta is PS3, good chance nothing till at least March (since we know there will no doubt be an additional delay after beta.) Also by then XI's new expansion is likely coming out, so..good chance it's going to be a hectic early 2013.

Q: What about your personal preference?
A: Going by the international route, we will be making the underwater world first. But personally, I prefer the skies.


iooooOoOoooooo i wanna gooo up in the sky toooooooo



Q: Can you tell us 1 new function which will be in Version 2.0?
A: There will be a system where players may cross servers to complete objectives. We will have a strong in-game guide, making sure players know where to go and what activities are there to do once they enter a new map.

cross servers he means like if we need to go to balmug to complete a quest or get help we can?

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Subjective, since it was technically supposed to launch in Dec/Jan of 2013, but now we hear it's another beta, so unless PC version us launching then and that beta is PS3, good chance nothing till at least March (since we know there will no doubt be an additional delay after beta.) Also by then XI's new expansion is likely coming out, so..good chance it's going to be a hectic early 2013.

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Well, at least we get to play A Realm Reborn Beta while we wait for the Launch.. so that's something =).

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Originally Posted by Rannie

Q: What about your personal preference?
A: Going by the international route, we will be making the underwater world first. But personally, I prefer the skies.


iooooOoOoooooo i wanna gooo up in the sky toooooooo



Q: Can you tell us 1 new function which will be in Version 2.0?
A: There will be a system where players may cross servers to complete objectives. We will have a strong in-game guide, making sure players know where to go and what activities are there to do once they enter a new map.

cross servers he means like if we need to go to balmug to complete a quest or get help we can?

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Ru`Aun Gardens HD woot.

Also, it means your server community won't matter as much as it does now (in context) as you can pull from other servers to go into instances as people can see across the worlds for who's looking to do x content.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Ru`Aun Gardens HD woot.

Also, it means your server community won't matter as much as it does now (in context) as you can pull from other servers to go into instances as people can see across the worlds for who's looking to do x content.

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*magically pulls Elexia into some content* woooot wait that won't work we're on the same server lol

I rather them take their time to get it right... then rush into another death ( that will be there death if they mess up again)

Edit: also next patch after 2.0 ( which is 2.1?) is going to have Underwater World? Sweet!

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Originally Posted by bobbygunz

I don't think he appreciates just how much GW2, ArcheAge and Blade and Soul actually define people's expectations, rather than WoW. FFXIV has a lot going for it too, but that's such an arrogant approach to have. Kind of a high opinion of himself.

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He's right though, the FF franchise has a rich history and that'll be a huge part of getting XIV to appeal to brand new players.


Also, GW2 is developed by ArenaNet (a completely American company). NCSoft is just their publisher.

He said in a interview the servers should only be down for up to a month at most. I think were missing something here, maybe hes talking about China servers.

Kind of upsets me, I had hoped to have 2.0 by late November/ early December. Hmpf.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

I rather them take their time to get it right... then rush into another death ( that will be there death if they mess up again)

Edit: also next patch after 2.0 ( which is 2.1?) is going to have Underwater World? Sweet!

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No, although not stated here. Sea or Sky was being discussed for expansion content after 2.0. Not the next update following 2.0.

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Originally Posted by Picoman

No, although not stated here. Sea or Sky was being discussed for expansion content after 2.0. Not the next update following 2.0.

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He said said the next update after 2.0 which is 2.1 or whatever is the term :P. They just don't know weather they want to do Underwater World or Aerial. Which to me sounds like " After 2.0 Launches the Next update after that we will get 1 of the 2" In which He's in Favor of Water because of how popular it is. Unless Update= Expansion ( which he didn't specify) I'm only led to assume that its the Next patch after 2.0.

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We are still discussing internally whether to go with an underwater world or an aerial one. This content will happen in the next content update (after version 2.0 launches). Going up to the skies happened in Final Fantasy 11, while most games now have underwater worlds which are popular with gamers. We are just still really unconfirmed on which direction to go now.

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Going by the international route, we will be making the underwater world first. But personally, I prefer the skies.

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There's a high Chance Underwater will be First before Aerial.

This is how I interpret it =).

Edit: but maybe it means Expansion, def need confirmation on it though, at least for me.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

He said said the next update after 2.0 which is 2.1 or whatever is the term :P. They just don't know weather they want to do Underwater World or Aerial. Which to me sounds like " After 2.0 Launches the Next update after that we will get 1 of the 2" In which He's in Favor of Water because of how popular it is. Unless Update= Expansion ( which he didn't specify) I'm only led to assume that its the Next patch after 2.0.





There's a high Chance Underwater will be First before Aerial.

This is how I interpret it =).

Edit: but maybe it means Expansion, def need confirmation on it though, at least for me.

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idk man, if you think they gonna have Sea or Sky content before bug fixes after 2.0 then idk what your smoking.

P.S. No offence.

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Originally Posted by Picoman

idk man, if you think they gonna have Sea or Sky content before bug fixes after 2.0 then idk what your smoking.

P.S. No offence.

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Well, sure Get the bugs out of the way, but they said next " Content update" so whenever that happens ( after bug fixes) we should see that weather that means next patch after 2.0 or 2.2 or 2.3 it will be one of those probably. and after 2.0 they won't have to worry so much because they won;t have 1.0 on their butts any more just 2.0+.

But I agree they will get the Bugs out of the way squashed first before adding additional content.

and i'm sure we'll be plenty vocal if there are any bugs

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Originally Posted by Starlord

Well, sure Get the bugs out of the way, but they said next " Content update" so whenever that happens ( after bug fixes) we should see that weather that means next patch after 2.0 or 2.2 or 2.3 it will be one of those probably. and after 2.0 they won't have to worry so much because they won;t have 1.0 on their butts any more just 2.0+.

But I agree they will get the Bugs out of the way squashed first before adding additional content.

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It's very likely it will be an expansion, they have too much to roll out after 2.0 (PvP, Dungeons, New Jobs, Crystal Tower, etc.)

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Originally Posted by TokyieRage

It's very likely it will be an expansion, they have too much to roll out after 2.0 (PvP, Dungeons, New Jobs, Crystal Tower, etc.)

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Well, I am happy with what were getting in 2.0 it will last me and alot of people for a long while so I'm not really complaining, whenever it comes it comes.. just glad we know were getting 2.0 in Januaryish

I don't believe he was referring to us when he said early Jan. I think he meant that for chinese servers.

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Originally Posted by Velhart

I don't believe he was referring to us when he said early Jan. I think he meant that for chinese servers.

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That's Very Possible, didn't strike me till I read your comment.

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Originally Posted by Velhart

I don't believe he was referring to us when he said early Jan. I think he meant that for chinese servers.

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No.
After he talked about the beta tests he said the chinese will be later so he was obviously talking about our international servers.
So September -> January it is.
But hey, that's not too bad! We can still play 1.0 version while all the beta tests take place.
(and probably get into the beta too with a bit of luck :D)
Servers are only shut down a few weeks before the final start of 2.0 to take all the characters and their stuff from the old servers to the new ones so it's not like we can't play for more than half a year.

I'm a bit sad the shedule got pushed back by a few months but I rather get 2.0 later but good instead of another flop.

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Originally Posted by Atoli

No.
After he talked about the beta tests he said the chinese will be later so he was obviously talking about our international servers.
So September -> January it is.
But hey, that's not too bad! We can still play 1.0 version while all the beta tests take place.
(and probably get into the beta too with a bit of luck :D)
Servers are only shut down a few weeks before the final start of 2.0 to take all the characters and their stuff from the old servers to the new ones so it's not like we can't play for more than half a year.

I'm a bit sad the shedule got pushed back by a few months but I rather get 2.0 later but good instead of another flop.

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Actually we cant. It was stated that when 2.0 goes into beta the current game will go offline due to them needing to port it's data over to 2.0, apparently we can not play while this is taking place.

Yep, 1.0 goes offline so we don't constantly update our data while they're trying to import it. So if you don't get into Closed betas, whelp no XIV for ya xD.

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Yep, 1.0 goes offline so we don't constantly update our data while they're trying to import it. So if you don't get into Closed betas, whelp no XIV for ya xD.

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Well I honestly think Legacy players ( people who payed FFXIV) should be the people that gets in first in the closed Beta.

They said the game will shut down only for a few weeks before 2.0 release (so char data can be ported over) and betas will be playable at the same time as 1.0.
Sure, why not? It's not like our characters are used in beta..

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Originally Posted by Starlord

Well I honestly think Legacy players ( people who payed FFXIV) should be the people that gets in first in the closed Beta.

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At this point, anything else would be a massive slap in the face.

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Originally Posted by Yucie

At this point, anything else would be a massive slap in the face.

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Exactly. This isn't a new game where you need to have 492 posts in the beta forums or just be lucky to get a beta invite. 2.0 has a current version with current players and people who are paying. Legacy members should be able to play closed beta without any excuses. They can even give us separate dates to play (several worlds play first, then second, etc) to accommodate everyone.

It would be a terribly bad idea to only let Legacy players get into closed beta. One-sided feedback much?

When he speaks about underwater and skies, i really hope it's not only areas to be teleported at. But i woud like to have personal ship/airship to explore around..

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Originally Posted by Munba

When he speaks about underwater and skies, i really hope it's not only areas to be teleported at. But i woud like to have personal ship/airship to explore around..

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that would make this game so incredibly amazing.

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Originally Posted by Picoman

idk man, if you think they gonna have Sea or Sky content before bug fixes after 2.0 then idk what your smoking.

P.S. No offence.

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Letter patches for bug fixes and minor content updates. You know, like it is now. ;)

If they're gonna have over a million players (which they should with China),
then the ... maybe 20,000 of us currently playing who will actually apply to Beta should all get in,
because they'll still have plenty of room left over for new people, even in the first stage of closed beta. ;)