How long will FFXIV be down for?

[Ptolemy]

SE said early 2013, so early 2013, don't be like the group that begs SE to be like blizzard

[Elexia]

Looking at their timeline, I don't really think July 2013 is what they're aiming for. Taking time is one thing, but we're already in alpha. Beta will soon follow and then release. They will take time to get it right, but I don't believe they need until July 13 to do that and I don't think they believe that either. Recall that it's not like they were not working on ARR while we were still playing 1.0.....

People are expecting Jan-March but also stated SE should take as long as they need but think July is too long lol. SE has no real aim..same deal with Seeker's of Adoulin for XI just simply "2013"..but as we seen, even after all of the work we see there's still a long way to go, since there's almost no reason for them to give us shell versions for testing if they're a lot further along.

Remember how we should be beta testing right now, and Alpha should have completed a month ago so that should tell you they aren't following that timeline anymore. Also, the only reason march is brought up is due to them hoping to have things completed by March 2013, not the game itself. The latest official word from SE is "Coming 2013" per their more recent newsletters, but there's a rumor about July 2013, which is very likely as pretty much everything SE has done has gotten delayed outside of natural disasters, so it's safe to say even if they aimed for March, it likely got pushed back since the alpha itself got pushed back from "end of september to early october" to November.

[Rex]

I could have sworn during the special talk session Yoshi-P mentioned January.

[Enyce]

It will be down until ARR comes up.

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(**Note: The release date has not been officially released by SE, so any dates given in this thread other than directly from SE will be speculation. )

[Shougun]

It will be down until ARR comes up.

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When did blizzard enter the threads... XD

[Enyce]

When did blizzard enter the threads... XD

(Offtopic) Now why do I have to be blizzard for stating something true? :P

[Shougun]

(Offtopic) Now why do I have to be blizzard for stating something true? :P

Blizzard has no idea when it will realese its games, and when they do - they dont. :P lol

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said quarter 1 is his goal but that they will take as long as they need to make it a game worth playing/paying.

[Enyce]

Blizzard has no idea when it will realese its games, and when they do - they dont. :P lol

(Offtopic) I see hehe.

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said quarter 1 is his goal but that they will take as long as they need to make it a game worth playing/paying.

Yoshi may have stated Q1 2013, but again this isn't a definitive date. My first post was made to state that if people are giving out dates that are not align to anything SE has put out, then they are again just speculation.

[Wilan]

The release date is planned for after January 2013.
An announcement will be made on the official website once an exact date is confirmed.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...so=4&q=release

[Rau]

Do you guys remember when this forum was FULL of people with MLP user names?