Do i MUST play the Beta?

[Zenaku]

To answer you question no you don't have to play beta but if you have friends they going to to understand the game more and level there craft and level there jobs more then you. Because even tho it's a beta our Chars going to be in the beta so everything you do in beta would be save so pretty much we play the game before anyone get it at release sure we have to deal with bugs and so on but it still the game.

But it this way if your friends get into the beta and so do you but you end up not playing you going to lose 3+months of work that they be doing and learning how to play the game but at the end it's up too you.

[AlaulaTheGreat]

Because even tho it's a beta our Chars going to be in the beta so everything you do in beta would be save so pretty much we play the game before anyone get it at release sure we have to deal with bugs and so on but it still the game.

Whoa, so your saying that we'd be able to use your FFXIV 1.xx characters in the testing of the AND it'll be save?!
Time to go exploit hunting!

[Zenaku]

Whoa, so your saying that we'd be able to use your FFXIV 1.xx characters in the testing of the AND it'll be save?!
Time to go exploit hunting!

Ya if you characters get move to beta early on then yes you can play beta with your 1.0 and everything you do in the beta would be save, i don't see a reason for them deleting everything you done in beta when playing ffxiv 2.0 beta is like playing 1.0 beta for over 1year we was playing beta for lol so it's pretty much the same thing just with 2.0. Now every new player who join the beta i'm sure there char would not be save because it's not a real account it's just beta account.

[AlaulaTheGreat]

Ya if you characters get move to beta early on then yes you can play beta with your 1.0 and everything you do in the beta would be save, i don't see a reason for them deleting everything you done in beta when playing ffxiv 2.0 beta is like playing 1.0 beta for over 1year we was playing beta for lol so it's pretty much the same thing just with 2.0. Now every new player who join the beta i'm sure there char would not be save because it's not a real account it's just beta account.

I can understand that being the case possibly for the final stages of the beta. Since they need to test out if our character data transferred properly.

But for the entire beta that is just not feasible. Imagine the rollbacks they'd have to do if somehow some smart players found a gil-dupping trick and didn't report the bug because they could keep the gil they exploited.

If anything, I can imagine they'll allow us to build a character in the Beta, and then keep that character's model if you've grown accustomed to it.

But hey, I could be wrong, I don't know how betas work~

[rina_inverse]

Ya if you characters get move to beta early on then yes you can play beta with your 1.0 and everything you do in the beta would be save, i don't see a reason for them deleting everything you done in beta when playing ffxiv 2.0 beta is like playing 1.0 beta for over 1year we was playing beta for lol so it's pretty much the same thing just with 2.0. Now every new player who join the beta i'm sure there char would not be save because it's not a real account it's just beta account.

sauce pls?

[Nero]

sauce pls?

He's making that up. It has been clearly stated that whatever you do in beta will not be transferred into live.

Thats usually the case for most games and was for the previous ffxiv-alpha's and beta's. But i dont remember SE saying something like that about the "Free Trial Period" for 2.0. Idc if thats the case or not, but you all are making stuff up, which isnt confirmed.

[Gokulo]

Thats usually the case for most games and was for the previous ffxiv-alpha's and beta's. But i dont remember SE saying something like that about the "Free Trial Period" for 2.0. Idc if thats the case or not, but you all are making stuff up, which isnt confirmed.

Beta is not Free Trial. That's two different things and I wasn't talking about that. I'm not gonna bother looking for the exact quote, but Yoshi said Beta progress won't be saved.

[Nero]

Beta is not Free Trial. That's two different things and I wasn't talking about that.

The PC-Beta Phase is marked as "Free Trial Period" in the Roadmap from October to January. So which Beta are you talking about? And btw.. Beta is always Free Trial.. most people wouldnt pay to play a Beta.

I'm not gonna bother looking for the exact quote, but Yoshi said Beta progress won't be saved.

If you are not going to look for the quote, you shouldnt pull out statements like that if you are not able to back it up. Like i said before, i dont care either way. Beta progress probably wont be saved, like usually. But doesnt change the fact that SE neither confirmed or denied it.