BETA TEST ROADMAP IS UP!

[stanleyyoung]

3 years after official original release seem like a neat little trick for SE to do, that or soon after the E3 hype!

[Renen]

And let Yoshi handle this like a boss.

[Kaizuko_Hakupac]

Does Legacy accounts holders need to fill out a Beta Application?

if you already applied to the alpha i believe you dont need to reapply for beta, your application will move over to the beta phase

[DarkkenMoneybags]

if you already applied to the alpha i believe you dont need to reapply for beta, your application will move over to the beta phase

I believe the question is "Do legacy members need to still apply? or if you're stamped Legacy status you're already qualified for Beta phase 1, therefore no applying needed.

Honestly, I would still apply on the beta Application form. Just to be safe.

[Felis]

- Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release. ( Phase 4)

Which at this point mine as well call it Official release since it won't be deleted at that point .

This not 100% sure

- Characters created during this phase will be carried over to the official release.
* Circumstance may necessitate the deletion of character data.

[syntaxlies]

Launch date for me will be as soon as I can import my character, I'm used to playing half ass games. Beta should still be better then 1.0

[Felis]

Not everyone who has a SE Account is a SE member. 2 entirely different entities. If I read it correctly there will be a box to enter the code when appling to be a PS3 tester to cover those who are not SE members

But you need to be a SE member to get the code. In the FF XIII box (EU) was only the register code to register the game on the member site. After this SE send the FF XIV promo code with an EMail.

[Elexia]

if you already applied to the alpha i believe you dont need to reapply for beta, your application will move over to the beta phase

Nope, you have to reregister for Beta, there's no grandfathering in this time.

[Xenor]

SE needs to market this game. A lot. This needs to happen at a worldwide event like E3. E3 is all about new games rather than those already released. Logic tells me the chance of this game releasing before E3 is 0.

Even if all beta testing is completed by the middle of May they will hold off the launch until after E3. They may even artificially extend the latter phases for this reason. Alpha was originally meant to end mid-December but they let it run a bit longer to let more people in.

This game will launch mid to late June if there are no delays. Don't expect it any earlier but do expect it later as delays always happen on big projects.

[indira]

looking like summer time launch, so ill say Sep 2013.