Beta test... will be saved on your character progress?

[Dannythm]

So yeah, I'm confused about this.

Phase 3 we import our characters. Does that mean we're stuck with our old characters? Will we be able to import our characters but change their race/gender then, or do we have to wait for Phase 4?

Same here. When Phase 4 rolls around, we have to re-upload our characters because they get wiped. So at this point can we change race/gender too? Do we have to wait until full release to change race/gender and we are stuck with our 1.0 race till release?

Hope that made sense.

My take on this is that the reconfiguration of our characters will be at beta 4, mainly because on beta 3 probably only Legacy players + the selected people will be playing it, but not every player whom ever created a character, but as the phase 4 rolls, the open beta, every 1.0 character will be available to everyone who ever played the game, so it would make sense to allow the changes from there, up to some point after release when they'll disable the option.

[ArkhamNative]

... on beta 3 probably only Legacy players + the selected people will be playing it, but not every player whom ever created a character ...

Beta Test Phase 3:
All FFXIV service account holders qualify as testers in phase 3.
That should mean everyone who bought v1.0 and registered their code. It's still possible people *deleted* their FFXIV service account or whole SE account, but most probably just cancelled either.