BETA TEST ROADMAP IS UP!

[Rustyhagun]

Very nice that Legacy gets insta access.

Once question I have that I hope a rep can answer.

About Phase 3 and our 1.0 characters, if we use them in Phase 3 will we be able to re-make them in Phase 3 and if we do use them in Phase 3 how will it work when we go into Phase 4? I assume you won't just delete our 1.0 characters. So if someone can clarify how it will work it will be much appreciated.

I think our progression for 1.0 will be wiped, when phase 4 begins. Cause the map says we can use our 1.0 characters for the phase 4,again. And it said in Phase 3 "Characters will be deleted come the start of phase 4" the only difference is, our 1.0 characters will not get wiped from phase 4 --> Official launch.

[Reynhart]

Reynhart.. Reinheart.. wth.. is there some anime or something with that name or are you that famous Rein? lol

A character in "Legend Of the Galactic Heroes". I just changed the spelling a little when I picked the name.

[Starlord]

Lol. I stand corrected. :P

I'm just saying though that software development is notorious for setting a deadline which includes bug fixing, and having the deadline be pushed back over and over. You can't just say "well, that time span includes delays so there's no way the release date will be later than what they say."

Of course you can't rule out that theory, but they have a 2 week delay window they can follow, so it shouldn't be to hard.

[Xenor]

Delays are inevitable, I wouldn't even count on the beta starting mid February. If some major bugs are still being worked on it could slip until the end of the month.

[Kayokane]

Here: Linky ~Nyaa

[HiirNoivl]

Well I know we all got some points or something, when we put the PS3 code into the SE club memberships site. That was around launch time of FF13, but I would think everyone would have gotten around to doing that. If so, your SE account is supposed to be linked to your SE members account. So all should be well.

Oh yeah if you entered it in then it's in your account. I went back and edited my post. He should be find but if he wants further assurance just ask a rep.

[Rustyhagun]

I pretty much got it that legacy accounts got into the game from phase 1, but what about non-legacy? People who played the 1.0 version, even until the very end, but not for enough months to get the status?
I don't ask for priviledges, and I'm okay with legacy accounts getting in before me. What I ask is: will we still get to hope to get selected from phase 1 or is that exclusive to legacy players?

Road map Phase3 states:
"All FFXIV service account holders qualify as testers in phase 3."

I'm thinking, if applications are done in Jan. that invites are going to be randomly picked like it was for alpha, exception being Legacy players as they automatically get to start from phase 1-4. From phase 3-4 the remainder of FFXIV account holders get to access the beta at will.

[Wilan]

Road map Phase3 states:
"All FFXIV service account holders qualify as testers in phase 3."

I'm thinking, if applications are done in Jan. that invites are going to be randomly picked like it was for alpha, exception being Legacy players as they automatically get to start from phase 1-4. From phase 3-4 the remainder of FFXIV account holders get to access the beta at will.

Hmmm.. that's pretty much how I read it, but I was afraid my own wishes were making me read that wrong. English's not my native language to begin with, and the whole text was somewhat confusing.
Thank you

[Reinheart]

Here: Linky ~Nyaa

Thank you~~

It seems that YoshiP is still up so I questioned him to confirm about the legacy status, since nico nama's last part from the summary page seems that all legacy players can get in from beta first phase without going through selection process.

[Xenor]

If you're non-legacy you'll have to pray you get an invite via e-mail, which could even be phase 1. This applies whether you played V1 or never touched it. But come phase 3 if you did play V1 you're in. If you never touched V1 you're in from phase 4 unless you get lucky.

I don't know why it seems so difficult to figure out.