[Rumor] FFvsXIII team moved on FFXIV + Release date in...!

[Momita]

Release Date for ARR always told not before April/May 2013... January/February only Beta.
July instead of Spring not so far away. We can still play with FFXI

[axemtitanium]

Spoiler: ARR takes place 5 years in the future. That means it will be released 5 years after 1.0 goes down. :P

[Elexia]

8 months... wow... if that's accurate then I hope they have an amazing plan to keep current/old players interested until launch. If they don't, I can see a ton of people forgetting this game even exists after being away for almost a full year.

You should realize by now current players aren't SE's target for ARR. We just get the benefit of no data wipe. They're not remaking this MMO for less than 17k people based on the stats the JP players are keeping track of.

[Breladine]

I'm confused.

We just had the "last" game save. Dalamuds' impact is in 9 days. Now we won't see 2.0 for 6 months.

Are we gonna be spending the next 6 months wandering around a burned out wasteland ?

I was under the impression (I can't quite remember where I got this impression, though) that it isn't 6-months real-time in game but rather several years in the future, and that we're being awoken from some sort of slumber.

I could be entirely wrong. Again I don't recall where I got that impression. I do recall one of the promo videos, specifically the one we did for the voice-over contest, talking about the bravest among us being "spared" -- that doesn't suggest we survived by freak accident, though I'm not sure how the survival happens in specific.

[Abriael]

I'm confused.

That would be because you're believing an unsubstantiated and unrealistic rumor coming from a random "source" that holds no credibility whatsoever, and drummed on by FUDmongers that hold even less credibility.

I'm not surprised you're confused.

[Elexia]

That would be because you're believing an unsubstantiated and unrealistic rumor coming from a random "source" that holds no credibility whatsoever, and drummed on by FUDmongers that hold even less credibility.

I'm not surprised you're confused.

I'm surprised you're not in the hospital with all the blood vessels you must be bursting over something you read on the internet.

[Abriael]

I'm surprised you're not in the hospital with all the blood vessels you must be bursting over something you read on the internet.

I'm not the one on forums 24/7 to desperately try and spread FUD on a game.

[Elexia]

I'm not the one on forums 24/7 to desperately try and spread FUD on a game.

That would insinuate that someone on the forums started the rumor.

[Breladine]

That would be because you're believing an unsubstantiated and unrealistic rumor coming from a random "source" that holds no credibility whatsoever, and drummed on by FUDmongers that hold even less credibility.

You know what's worse than the FUDmongers? The people constantly talking about the FUDmongers. Look, to be quite honest, I don't think the supposed "FUDmongers" are what you think they are. I think they are just people who are being cautiously pessimistic for a reason.

Optimism: Prepare for the best, but be constantly disappointed when things comes up short.
Pessimism: Prepare for the worst, and perhaps be pleasantly surprised by reality on a frequent basis.

I'm typically cautiously pessimistic, so I get where people are coming from when they talk about longer time-frames. I'd personally rather assume the game is coming out in July 2013 and have it arrive in March, but at least if it doesn't arrive until later, I'm not terribly disappointed.

Realistic expectations.

[Elexia]

Breladine, don't bring rationalism in here, people may get the wrong idea it's ok to not be on either side of the fence :3