Feb 11th and still no new news

[Altena]

I actually think we'll get invites either the day of the live letter or after then get a two or three days to download the beta for limited access to start on monday.

Live letter? or Written letter?
I can see the speculation that it won't start / get announced until the live letter presuming Yoshi has to be back in Japan for beta release, but does he?

So we might get the invites by friday? This seems to fit the middle of the month plan.

This Friday? or the Friday following the Live Letter? (22nd).

And remember phase 1 and 2 are not 24 hour long testing time. I expect for us to have about 5-8 hours at longest for the 2 weeks. I'm honestly more excited about the community of the beta forum than the beta right now since I know we won't be getting 24 hour access and life as a college student does not permit much time away from studying. I really only get the occasional browse on the forums.

Source for this? First I have heard that it is limited access. By "limited access" I would assume a 1-2hr downtime daily if they did mention this.. Remember that Legacy accounts are world-wide (not country specific), so such a small uptime would conflict with half the world's time zones. I very much doubt this. I could imagine if it was country specific - as they would simply run beta during the peak times associated with that country but not a world-wide beta.


*edit* nevermind that source.

The beta test will be divided into four phases. During phase 1, the game will only be available for a few hours on specific days, but availability will be increased in subsequent phases. A more detailed testing schedule will be posted on the Beta Tester Forum.
http://entry.ffxiv.com/beta/detail_en.html

Hmm I missed this. Well thankfully I am only 1hr in front of JST.. Let's all hope they cater more to the JP's trololol