Thread: 2.0 Unfinished - Server shutdown in Novemeber

Alpha has already begun for JP players, apparently. It won't be ready for the rest of us, however, until the second phase of Alpha; that's when the rest of us get our access and trials and tribulations actually begin.

And seeing that Alpha is PURELY a stress test with absolutely minimal content, I only see that lasting for a week or two. Once they've finished all of the post-alpha preparation, we should be able to see Beta by Winter 2012. From there, the game probably won't actually be released until, say, March of 2013. But we'll all probably be playing beta until launch anyways.. so it doesn't bother me.

Also, no matter how much you like it, ARR isn't going to launch with every piece of content intact; I'm sure they still have deadlines and things to meet, just as any business does, and they need the game out the door by a certain point. All we can hope is that the game is fairly complete, it actually has things for it's players to do, and it isn't in shambles by that time.

MMOs -never- release with all the content they promise. Hell, most games have some content or features cut until later so they can make their deadlines.

Originally Posted by Yucie

Alpha has already begun for JP players, apparently.

Err..no it hasn't, first phase doesn't even start till likely November (around in SE terms means after.) Trust me, you'd have already seen an actual flood of information, videos and screenshots from JP players if it had started, heck you can find certain sites with JP who chronicles login data and projected vs actual timeframes by SE. There would be lots of Alpha stuff floating around it did start for them, even if it's a "stress test."

Also, no matter how much you like it, ARR isn't going to launch with every piece of content intact

I also think this is what's going to be a problem since while they did rebuild XIV from the ground up, they already had XIV 1.0 to retool, so realistically, when you relaunch an MMO there's no excuse or room for excuse for something to fall short given XIV's special case vs brand new MMO.

Originally Posted by Elexia

Err..no it hasn't, first phase doesn't even start till likely November (around in SE terms means after.) Trust me, you'd have already seen an actual flood of information, videos and screenshots from JP players if it had started, heck you can find certain sites with JP who chronicles login data and projected vs actual timeframes by SE. There would be lots of Alpha stuff floating around it did start for them, even if it's a "stress test."



I also think this is what's going to be a problem since while they did rebuild XIV from the ground up, they already had XIV 1.0 to retool, so realistically, when you relaunch an MMO there's no excuse or room for excuse for something to fall short given XIV's special case vs brand new MMO.

Well, that's a shame, considering I'm hearing so much about October 4th and that being the start for JP beta. I have no reason to believe otherwise; besides, it's always possible that for once, people are obeying an NDA. Unlikely though.

And I can't stress how much that the probability of ARR launching with bare bones in terms of actual content/things to do is very high. No matter how much people say 'They aren't going to release it until everything's finished', well, you know what? - MMOs are NEVER finished. Unlike other games, they constantly evolve and change and they're patched on a regular basis with bug fixes, new content, adjustments to things, etc. ARR is going to launch in a semi-unfinished state; it's just a matter of how quickly they roll out the prior-unfinished content.

One can only hope.

Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1

just as a heads up in the last letter he released yoshi stated the alpha test is likely to start in late oct. so you are probably right about the first of november actually starting up.

Yep, gotta give em some breathing room xD.