Quote Originally Posted by Mijin View Post
Well the links to the interview in which Yoshida mentions the time frames have already been posted in this thread several times. I don't really know how we can make it any more clear.
I have read both of these articles. The interview from Gamer Escape gives absolutely no hint to a time frame. The one from MMOSite is right in line with what I have been saying. This game will go down in late Sept/early Oct. At that time SE will conduct Alpha and Closed Beta. The open Betas will be right after that. So unless SE has changed their minds about making the new client available for download to current subscribers sometime in late Oct we will be using that as part of the open Betas. In order to fully test the new client I am sure that our current characters will be made available to us at that time. Ergo we will be back in game in 1 fashion or another sometime in Nov <start of the free trial period>. Granted, there may be changes that SE has failed to informs us about but until an official post is made outlining them I will stand by my previous posts. This sounds like a job for the Community Reps.