i have this question from long time about
when the beta of 2.0 will be on for people who own legacy accounts
is it right after they shut down the game or there is scheduled dated
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i have this question from long time about
when the beta of 2.0 will be on for people who own legacy accounts
is it right after they shut down the game or there is scheduled dated
"we will make an announcement at later time, please be patient" or something like that ;)
Legacy players are automatically allowed to play 2.0 beta? no right?
I just started playing the Beta, weird you guys haven't yet? :\
I've been playing the beta since Sept. 30 2010.
Open Beta starts December~ish. it was originally late October then mid November, don't be shocked if its pushed back yet again.
hmm, they have said they wont give any date yet though. But since the game is supposed to be out before the end of 2012, i hope it will be before then :P (get an early beta and get rid of early bugs is important)
also, i want to have a christmas event, lets start ARR with lots of presents :D
heh? where do you got that info that this game being launched in december? did i get you right? ;XD
how should this look like?
october -> alpha test
november -> closed beta test
xxxx - > open beta test??
december -> release?
its obviously not possible in that time.
it'll be more like that:
october/(november) -> alpha
november/december/(january) -> closed beta
january -> open beta
feburary/march -> release
and the roadmap shows also that it will most likely be 2013 and not 2012:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...a/roadmap2.jpg
the comprehensive roadmap says that the client will be out in january 2013.. and its the old roadmap of 2011 .. post-january means it can be after january.. i think it'll be more february or march. i say march the earliest ;)
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...eRoadmap20.png
looking at the roadmap (that you showed) things are on time, and it will most likely be out by the end of december, thanks for showing me, had forgotten it :)
oh, and it wont ever be an open beta, when the beta is outm the game is as good as done is what they have said, only thing left then is tweaking. So if closed beta and release is from start of november to start of january, that means the game is out before 2013, following their original plans. (And yes, they are rushing to get things done in time, many things wont be out before march, so expect some bugs, but fewer than legacy)
eh no?! "goes on sale post-january 2013"
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...eRoadmap20.png
post january means AFTER january..
and as i said.. you cant do just 1 month alpha and 1 month closed beta and release the game afterwards.. thats not possible.. beta needs more than 1 month for a game... and the CBT is followed by an open beta also.
at least it takes 3-4 months for Alpha, CBT and OBT. minimum
and they'll do better with it to take time. of course i cant wait myself.. but better they use more time than releasing it with bugs etc. again. that would be the second fail otherwise
Source: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/2012/06...cks-and-rocks/
GE: Do you have any ideas yet on how will people get into beta?
Yoshida: We decided not to tie it directly to the legacy campaign, but we want to prioritize getting the current players that are playing now into beta.
Unless Yoshi-P decided to pull a 180 on this since E3, it's like I said before, Legacy has no factor into getting into the beta. It's priority for people who currently play over people who may have Legacy but quit as soon as they got it.
I want some of the kool-aid Medura is drinking :)
I really think 2.0 will just be ready when it's ready. They can't predict when that will be because it depends entirely on how the Alpha and Beta go, how many bugs are found, how serious those bugs are, what other things are deemed broken when accessed by the masses, etc. 1.0 didn't respect the Beta process, they released it before many issues were remedied, and that's how we got into this huge mess from the start. Yoshi has said that he does not want to repeat that mistake. If he stands by that, there is no way to predict when 2.0 will be ready.
As for when the Beta will be ready, I think it will probably be about a month after servers go down if Alpha is primarily for incremental stress tests (starting with just the Japanese and then going out from there with bigger and bigger groups). It still depends on how the Alpha goes though. If the stress tests don't go well, Beta may be pushed back further.
ehm, we wont pay anymore since october you know that?
look at the map.. free trial period starts in october.
post-january (after january) PS3 and PC Version goes on sale -> trial period ends.. thats clear isnt it?
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...eRoadmap20.png
well, if free trial is same as open beta, then im ok with it i guess, would be a great way to keep the players without saying "this is the end product" :P
Alpha was supposed to have started by now, so yeah..March 2013 if we're lucky, later on in the summer 2013 most likely. As of now the only solid information we have is:
"Sometime after the worlds go down on november 11th the first FFXIV windows alpha test will begin." Which if you remember is the Japanese only one as well.
This sounds more realistic if not pessimistic. But i would prefer to be a pessimist cause there will be fewer surprises in life and the surprises you get are good ones! lol, joking aside i would prefer they take longs and released a more flushed out and polished game than rushing to meet a deadline they set for themselves almost a year ago. we all saw what happens when you push to meet a deadline, you get an overhaul of the game and the director "steps down".