Stop calling it a beta

[Katt]

A very early version of a software product that may not contain all of the features that are planned for the final version. Typically, software goes through two stages of testing before it is considered finished. The first stage, called alpha testing, is often performed only by users within the organization developing the software. The second stage, called beta testing , generally involves a limited number of external users.

so beings that beta is planned for almost a year from now and they are still adding key feature that makes this alpha, pretty easy to understand.

although the definiton says "is often performed only by users within the organization" it is not defined by that because it says "is often" not "all the time"

Syntaxlies, you forgot "Open Beta" which I think is where FFXIV is in.... A paid open beta though

Open betas are from a larger group to the general public and anyone interested. The testers report any bugs that they find, and sometimes suggest additional features they think should be available in the final version.