As a player who recently returned (from a time when there was no official forums...) I just found out that 1.0 is supposed to go offline, supposedly, prior to the release of closed beta and remain offline until open beta concludes and 2.0 is officially released.
Has there been any conclusive information released about this? I'm wondering if it's worth trying to play for just a month or two, to only have to go on a 5+ month vacation again once beta starts.
Is there a specific reason why they don't run 1.0 up until the open beta then transfer character data over?