I'm wondering.

Servers save for the last time on nov 1.

Servers go down on nov 11.

Alpha 1 begins. Japanese only.

Alpha 2 begins. Closed doors.

Closed beta begins.

Final version releases.

Lets say each phase lasts 1 month. That's at least 3 months without saving data? Maybe even more?

I really don't want to end up waiting half an year to be able to play the game with what I do amounting to something. :/