Quote Originally Posted by Lum View Post
Between late September and early October. I remember reading in some recent interview (don't remember where) this is when beta would start.
What I haven't been able to find a clear answer to though is if 1.23 will become unavailable when the beta starts. Since we will not all get into the beta and since those in the beta will most likely need to create new characters it doesn't seem like the current game has to shut down as soon as the beta starts. SE could have the beta and current version running in parallel and then shut both down to port the data over to 2.0.

If the current version shuts down when the beta starts and is first closed down for a month or two while beta is running and then up to another month to convert the database, those not in the beta would not have any version of the game to play for maybe 3 months and I for one would probably re-discover the hobbies I had before the game hooked me then and not come back...