Why FFXIV saving before 1 NOV? Why OCT 31?

[Yukagama]

because japan will be Nov1 when we be in 31!

[Alhanelem]

Then dont shut down the game till beta is up or at least in sight.

It's a good thing the beta IS in sight... As said previously, the 1st is not a shutdown date, it's a final save date. If you really love 1.0, you'll be able to play it long after the testing starts- it just won't contribute to your 2.0 progress.

Call it alpha, beta, omega, gamma, whatever- testing is slated to begin soon after the final save. Initial testing will be with new characters, because the final save data, as already established, will take a long time to process. The beta can't truly start until that finishes- but that doesn't mean everyone will be twiddling their thumbs.

I'm sure almost everyone would love more time to unlock achievements or get white ravens or whatever. But delaying the final save will quite simply delay the release of the game- Yoshida said this. We'd be making all potential new players wait for us to get all our achievements and goals done.

Obviously, nothing I can say will convince you that they have a plan, they're doing things the way they're doing them for a reason, and they're not interested in ruining you or causing you harm/frustration/whatever. So this will be my last comment directed at you on the matter.

[Shougun]

It's a good thing the beta IS in sight...

:O?? What information has you? As far as I know alpha (in 4 stages) is supposed to be started and hasn't and beta happens sometime after that.

[Elexia]

:O?? What information has you? As far as I know alpha is supposed to be started and hasnt and beta happens sometime after that.

Yeah last words were:

"Alpha will begin in late September or Early October."
Then
"Beta will begin in November."
Then
"Alpha will begin after the worlds come offline on November 11th."
Then
"Alpha will begin near end of October (basically late November.)"

No real word of Beta honestly.

[Alhanelem]

Yeah last words were:

"Alpha will begin in late September or Early October."
Then
"Beta will begin in November."
Then
"Alpha will begin after the worlds come offline on November 11th."
Then
"Alpha will begin near end of October (basically late November.)"

No real word of Beta honestly.

Beta will most likely begin after the final save export has been completed. (which, as we've said before, will take at least a month). Of course, this is a prediction, not fact, but I don't expect it to begin before that.

[Shougun]

Beta will most likely begin after the final save export has been completed. (which, as we've said before, will take at least a month). Of course, this is a prediction, not fact, but I don't expect it to begin before that.

Arent we starting new characters in the beta? Not sure why we need them to start beta. Unless maybe they are going to wipe the data as soon as it is converted.. XD that's scary lol

Pretty sure they originally planned us on using our characters but later said that they dont think it is possible - and that we can use the benchmark to load our characters and modify them and implant a code provided to make our characters from that benchmark.

[Yrusama]

I told you so!

I made a post about this very topic, and everyone decided to oppose me! JP midnight for Nov. 1 is some time in the day for North American Oct. 31. Further proof that people come to this forum to be contrary.

[Emine]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool~

[Coombah]

There's your Halloween event! hahaha. We are another step closer to 2.0

[Denmo]

I lost IQ points thinking about why someone felt the need to make this thread.