Quote Originally Posted by AkiRouscelia View Post
Oh and that previous interview (can't remember who posted it) when they said something about no Crystal Tower at launch is a misinterpretation. They're aiming for launch. It's a long instanced raid with special featured (undecided as of yet) but aiming for a length of around ~3 hours.

One more since I've got time: Yoshida wants to place the alpha test around Gridania. He thinks it's one of the more pretty zones and has changed the most dramatically. The alpha test is specifically to test the game and not so much a player experience. He expects people to enjoy (in a free play sense) themselves from beta.
Underlined part for emphasis: That's the perfect duration of a major endgame area for me. Can't wait to try it out.

I know this won't apply, but I get nightmares about FF14 and Black Shroud when it originally came out. Damn wolves everywhere in Emerald Moss eating up lowbies.