Beta test... will be saved on your character progress?

Topic-san :cool:

http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

"- Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release"


So yes.

so in phase 4 will be carried over .. yay :D

In beta test phase 4 they will be carried over, and this phase will be the open Beta phase.

new progress on 1.0 char wont carry over to retail @ phase 4, or i read it wrong? someone can clarify?

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Originally Posted by Leo_Hart

new progress on 1.0 char wont carry over to retail @ phase 4, or i read it wrong? someone can clarify?

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All progress made during Phase 4 will carry over.

you all failed to also point out: - Benefits such as early access may be offered between the open beta and official release

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Originally Posted by prymortal

you all failed to also point out: - Benefits such as early access may be offered between the open beta and official release

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OB is kinda release :p and there's no indication there's any downtime between OP and release anyways, so there wont be any benefit of *early access*

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

All progress made during Phase 4 will carry over.

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Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release.

someone can explain this?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm can someone explain? My english is really engrish.

The way i understood the road map is that is only the "Character" that we "created" will be save and brought over, not "data progression" Many OBT is like this also. Need an Official Dev Answer on this please.

I do not see any official statement saying that "Data Progression" will be brought over to Release. The only "Data Progression" that will be brought over to release is our 1.0 Data Progression's that was last save on 11th November 2012.

in the Roadmaps says
- Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release.

Key point being Characters created. So a clarification is needed. Thank you.

Should also add that you will only be able to level up to 35. Characters imported above that mark will maintain that level.

(Edit: reread the road map, did it get updated a few times? I'm sure that 35 info wasn't in the road map originally lol)

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Originally Posted by Rak_Boy

Topic-san :cool:

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Yup. Unless there's a bug or whatever that allows players to exploit a game mechanic horribly, in which case => WIPE! :D

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Should also add that you will only be able to level up to 35. Characters imported above that mark will maintain that level.

(Edit: reread the road map, did it get updated a few times? I'm sure that 35 info wasn't in the road map originally lol)

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Phase 3 or Phase 4? i know there is none stated in Phase 4.... .

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

Yup. Unless there's a bug or whatever that allows players to exploit a game mechanic horribly, in which case => WIPE! :D

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where does it says progress are saved really?

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

where does it says progress are saved really?

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To lazy to dig and find the rep posts/Yoshi's posts, but I'm almost certain he said neither keep, nor wipe. Probably still figuring out how & if we can keep the "up to lv35" progress in OB.

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

To lazy to dig and find the rep posts/Yoshi's posts, but I'm almost certain he said neither keep, nor wipe. Probably still figuring out how & if we can keep the "up to lv35" progress in OB.

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by all means, take ur time find the source.

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

by all means, take ur time find the source.

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I honestly don't care as much, especially while at work, but if you do. . . . dig away! No difference to me whether he says wipe or not. We'll know in time, and I'm quite happy going on the presumption based on a silent confirmation, for now.

Officially from the Phase 4 section of the roadmap:
Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release.
* Circumstance may necessitate the deletion of character data.

http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

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Originally Posted by KayaeDrazin

Officially from the Phase 4 section of the roadmap:
Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release.
* Circumstance may necessitate the deletion of character data.

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Ah. . . . There it is. Thanks <3

I actually read it the same way seirra did, you get to keep your character, so your name and looks but not levels and quests completed. But seems like I am wrong.

character data can be anything really.. lol, i have a vague feeling that what you guys think is not what you guys hope. Is sound too good to be true. because i have been in many beta, only a few in fact let you keep your level, but most popular IP doesn't.

At Beta 3 you can import your 1.0 character. At the start of Beta 4, anything you did in 3 will be wiped. They are looking at allowing Beta 4 progress to carry over to launch, but it is not guaranteed at this stage. Probably won't know until Beta 4. Characters created in Beta 4, however, will be carried over (even if their progress isn't). That's about all we know.

So, another thing, will we be able to modify our characters appearance by the beta phase 4, or will we need to wait for release?

I think we should be able to. They said that the character creation part carries over, I assume that includes modifications to 1.0 characters.

Rak_Boy your signature gif is hillarious!

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Originally Posted by Dannythm

So, another thing, will we be able to modify our characters appearance by the beta phase 4, or will we need to wait for release?

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So yeah, I'm confused about this.

Phase 3 we import our characters. Does that mean we're stuck with our old characters? Will we be able to import our characters but change their race/gender then, or do we have to wait for Phase 4?

Same here. When Phase 4 rolls around, we have to re-upload our characters because they get wiped. So at this point can we change race/gender too? Do we have to wait until full release to change race/gender and we are stuck with our 1.0 race till release?

Hope that made sense.

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Originally Posted by Lucke

So yeah, I'm confused about this.

Phase 3 we import our characters. Does that mean we're stuck with our old characters? Will we be able to import our characters but change their race/gender then, or do we have to wait for Phase 4?

Same here. When Phase 4 rolls around, we have to re-upload our characters because they get wiped. So at this point can we change race/gender too? Do we have to wait until full release to change race/gender and we are stuck with our 1.0 race till release?

Hope that made sense.

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My take on this is that the reconfiguration of our characters will be at beta 4, mainly because on beta 3 probably only Legacy players + the selected people will be playing it, but not every player whom ever created a character, but as the phase 4 rolls, the open beta, every 1.0 character will be available to everyone who ever played the game, so it would make sense to allow the changes from there, up to some point after release when they'll disable the option.

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Originally Posted by prymortal

you all failed to also point out: - Benefits such as early access may be offered between the open beta and official release

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I can see how that would be beneficial, it would give them a chance to catch any last minute bugs of the final release before the release date. I mean let's be honest no release is perfect out of the box and there's usually a few weeks of constant patch updates and maintenance minimum after the release date, where SE is trying to make this a sure fire re-launch it would give them an opportune chance to leave a lasting good impression on the community.

Oh, good, I was wondering, and now I know. So by the time I can play my own 1.0 character, progress will carry over, it appears. So I'll know not to waste any quest exp on an already capped job. :B

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Originally Posted by Dannythm

... on beta 3 probably only Legacy players + the selected people will be playing it, but not every player whom ever created a character ...

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Beta Test Phase 3:
All FFXIV service account holders qualify as testers in phase 3.
That should mean everyone who bought v1.0 and registered their code. It's still possible people *deleted* their FFXIV service account or whole SE account, but most probably just cancelled either.

Pretty sure that statement means the char created will carry over and not what you did.

They might as well be charging for the beta I don't see them giving out free progress.

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Originally Posted by Firon

Pretty sure that statement means the char created will carry over and not what you did.

They might as well be charging for the beta I don't see them giving out free progress.

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This, exactly. I do not think they want give free progress lol since in release we r getting one month free again

they've already said character progression is transferred over. whether or not items, gil, or gear are transferred is completely up in the air.

they said charakter creation is transferred over, if progression will be carried over is something nobody knows yet.

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Originally Posted by Firon

Pretty sure that statement means the char created will carry over and not what you did.

They might as well be charging for the beta I don't see them giving out free progress.

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is there any company which do that?

you people are over analyzing to much :)
everything before phase4 will be wiped.
everything in phase4 will carry over to launch, unless some complications make it that they will need to wipe. they always state this in pretty much all betas of all games, but i have never seen them actually wiping between beta and launch. So your char and progression will both carry over to launch.
you can import your chars in ph3, and i dont see why you wouldn't be able to change the looks of it then; it will be wiped anyways, and then you can import it again in ph4.
unless they ACTUALLY do wipe stuff in ph4 (minimal chance) your changed appearance will carry over.
If they do wipe, you'll import your char in launch a 3rd time, and change its appearance again.
there's no reason to think only characters/looks will carry over, but not data; they stated that there's likely not gonna be any wipe in ph4, and if there's no wipe, ALL will carry over. It makes no sense to only save char creation...
Why would SE care about whatever progress we did or didn't do? :) it doesn't affect them in any more than if someone was PLd through all content 1.0 had to offer, in a month; then someone gets bored and quit.

Btw service account means anyone who had an ACTIVE account by last save. Simply having ever played FFXIV doesn't qualify you for ph3...at least i think so :) but good for them if they can get in then ^^

Don't blame SE if it the other wise. =.=

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Originally Posted by Rau

"- Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release"


So yes.

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Call me pessimistic, but I seriously doubt they meant more than that the characters people spent 10+ minutes creating, would reappear at level 1 before the first moments of their character growth, on launch day.

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

Don't blame SE if it the other wise. =.=

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well i certainly won't rush content in ph4 anyways :)
if they dont save progress; i'll just roll my eyes and whine a bit, then carry on :p
but i'm 99% sure progress and all that will carry over. I think at most there might be a day maintenance after ph4, then game launch.

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

Call me pessimistic, but I seriously doubt they meant more than that the characters people spent 10+ minutes creating, would reappear at level 1 before the first moments of their character growth, on launch day.

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That would basically mean wipe, which in normal case wont happen