new yoshi interview

[Nadia]

My question is... Who can play closed beta? Legacy members, random members, active players??
If the 1.0 servers will be closed in september-october I hope that all people that is now playing and paying (like me) can play in closed beta.
It would be a little unfair that a player who only play and pay the last month can play closed beta and see how is the new version, and other player that is still first beta in 2010, play and pay (and is a legacy member) can´t play until January.

[Colino]

Thank the twelve for that handy dandy "add to ignore list" button!

The problem with some of these people is, once you do that, all you see is a boatload of "This message is hidden because xxx is on your ignore list"

I know sarcasm is hard to read on the net..but no one should ever be this lazy in an MMO >.>

I don't mind autowalk actually. Especially for extreme distances. But I do agree it looks a bit ugly and it's out of the question for something like Final Fantasy. Works great in stuff like EVE though.

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

To be honest I think they should get as much people as possible into the betas. Also I think it would be best to get the opinions of new players as well to sample, not just old or current players who already may have grown bias towards the franchise who probably will say everything is great... when truly it isn't. So we need a right mix of current players and potential/prospective players to get their hands on the betas.

[Sephrick]

They may run 2.0 beta and 1.0 simultaniously and only shut down 1.0 servers near the end of 2.0 beta to start porting data for the final launch.

Seems like the logical course of action if you ask me.

Seems as long as there's beta, there's no 1.xx

GE: Speaking of Beta, will there be downtime between current game and 2.0?

Yoshida: What’s going to happen is that after the current version is finished and storyline over, the servers will go down and the 2.0 beta will start up. We want to make sure we don’t make the same mistake as before, and want to be sure we have enough time not only for the beta test but also to get feedback from the players and leave enough time to implement that feedback. Also, keep in mind that transferring the characters to the new servers and systems could take up to a month. So that process will be running while the beta test is in place. There can’t be a launch immediately after the current servers are shut down.

GE: So the beta test and current game will not be operating simultaneously?

Yoshida: No. Because we need the time to convert the data from the current version to the new version, we can’t have people keep playing because they will keep updating their data. That doesn’t mean we are not going to work hard to make sure the servers aren’t down for a long time. We know that the community is there and want to maintain that community.

GE: How much downtime do you expect between the end of the beta test and the launch 2.0?

Yoshida: It won’t be anything like the next day, but we hope to have it be as short as possible. We need enough time to make sure everything is right and start it smoothly.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/2012/06...ks/#more-10676

It's odd wording, but if they're taking down the severs at the start of beta to transfer character information, logically they wouldn't let us play again until 2.0 was out.

Otherwise, they're going to have to transfer the character data all over again.

[Rokien]

Are you completely retarded?
Please answer with just a yes or a no.

No, but are you?

[Tricksy]

I hope I can turn off EVERYTHING that give you handheld adventure.

But how does that stop the degradation of the community, with features that dumb down the game to this sort of level.

[Rokien]

But how does that stop the degradation of the community, with features that dumb down the game to this sort of level.

It helps me not degrade.

[Rukira]

Rokien, will you marry me?

[Alerith]

Rokien, will you marry me?

You deserve a medal.
And a lifetime supply of Excedrine.
And a free CAT scan.

[Rokien]

Rokien, will you marry me?

This could turn bad.......