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[IloveYouPumpkin]

They plan to start Alpha around the end of October and nothing has been said yet about beta :\

This is the only answer this thread needs.

Not everyone sits in the forums every day to keep up on all the information about FFXIV. And some people are here after being gone for a long time so just answer the damn question and move on.

[Alhanelem]

This is the only answer this thread needs.

Not everyone sits in the forums every day to keep up on all the information about FFXIV. And some people are here after being gone for a long time so just answer the damn question and move on.

you dont have to "sit in the forums every day to keep up on all the information." All you have to do is read the producer letters when they come out, and read the news on the website, optionally just bookmark the forum index and watch the dev tracker for new posts every few days.. That doesn't require much effort. You don't have to be a lurker or forum junkie.

IMO if you can't do something as simple as check the official news whenever you're curious enough about it to ask on the forums, then you don't deserve an answer.