lets predict game release

[Enma]

End of January 2013.

[Serdapi]

Late March 2013.

Alpha doesn't start till November.

CB will start in Jan.

OB will start in Feb

Launch in March.

If you think any sooner you will be sorely disappointed.

[bobbygunz]

If it's going to be so late, then why is the savepoint November? The least they could do is postpone the save point.

[Babydoll]

If it's going to be so late, then why is the savepoint November? The least they could do is postpone the save point.

Yeh, if it takes about a month to transfer all the data...it would not make sense to take the servers down that much before the game is ready. 3 months is quite a long time.

[Elexia]

Yeh, if it takes about a month to transfer all the data...it would not make sense to take the servers down that much before the game is ready. 3 months is quite a long time.

Well you do have to take into consideration that was stated before we learned Alpha Phase: Japanese starts in November sometime rather than End of Sept - Early Oct, so good chance everything else was pushed back too. If it takes a month to transfer, likely that month will be sometime next year as the only things possible for nov/dec/jan is Alpha and Beta.

[EdenArchangel]

Should make a community contest like the "How long to kill Garuda" one. <_<
April 28!

[Serdapi]

You also take into account many factors.

1. Cost tons of money to run 2 data centers running to 2 games (FFXIV and ARR). Ending in November would be the smart choice so they don't have to keep 2 data centers up the whole time and saving game data.

2. There are 4 phases to Alpha. If it starts in November and each phase lasts ONLY 2 weeks Alpha ends at the end of December. Anybody that has been apart of an Alpha 2 months is normal if NO problems come up and short if there are any issues. And thats just the Alpha.

3. A few weeks in Jan to fix any issues and invites for CB. Now your in the second week of Jan. You start a Close Beta. You have Close Beta for ONLY 2 weeks, now your in in Feb. Then everything is looking good you start focusing on your Marketing plan (which they have already started but this is where you push heavily before the launch). To get some good words out, (game reviews, press kits, ect..) and to have Open Beta at the same time takes at least a month now your in March.

4. Release Game in March

5. ???

6. Profit!

Logic wins again! Now just to point out, I'd be more than happy if it's sooner. But I will not be happy if it's rushed. I've waited this long for the right product, I can wait 3 months for it to be done right.

[bobbygunz]

If theyre going to push back save point, then they should tell us, because people are still organising their final moments in game, and if they have more time than they think they do, it's polite to let players know this rather than getting them anxious about such limited time frames to get everything done by.

[Serdapi]

If theyre going to push back save point, then they should tell us, because people are still organising their final moments in game, and if they have more time than they think they do, it's polite to let players know this rather than getting them anxious about such limited time frames to get everything done by.

They won't postpone it.

[Zezlar]

I doubt we're going to see it before March.