About ARR release.

[YuriSan]

Well i just wanted to see what people think about this.
They said Beta was gonna come end of January early Febuary
which i'm thinking means (correct me if i'm wrong) that ARR will come around summer
somewhere in June.
Won't people loose all interrest in the game or go to other games
if ARR comes in like 5~6 months from now???
I'm just saying, 5~6 months is just too much with such a big
MMORPG market out there.

[Totorixiii]

Majority of us feels the same way that 5-6 months is a very long wait.
Personally I hope ARR is release late late January and early February 2013. March being highly likely.

In a perfect world without any problems during alpha and beta, it be nice to have ARR release late January 2013.

[auritribe]

In a perfect world without any problems during alpha and beta, it be nice to have ARR release late January 2013.

Perfect World is a fine example of what not to do. I didn't like that game at all.

[Zenaku]

We have alpha/beta and at some point during the beta they could allow us to use our current char in the beta if FFXIV ARR going to have a late Q2 or early Q3 release.

[YuriSan]

All i wanna say is 5 months is just too long...

[yukikaze_yanagi]

All i wanna say is 5 months is just too long...

all i wanna say is we know and we want a perfect game, so be it if we must

[YuriSan]

all i wanna say is we know and we want a perfect game, so be it if we must

You'll be saying "hmm ya that Yuri guy might've right" when u log in ARR and theres 3 people left from your old LS.
I'm just saying.

[Arcell]

You'll be saying "hmm ya that Yuri guy might've right" when u log in ARR and theres 3 people left from your old LS.
I'm just saying.

I actually know a handful of people, and I'm sure they're not the only ones, who quit well before the servers went down but are looking forward to 2.0 and plan to return when it launches. Their wait is longer than 5 months and yet they are still intently looking forward to 2.0's release and are guaranteed to at least give it a shot.

[Abriael]

You'll be saying "hmm ya that Yuri guy might've right" when u log in ARR and theres 3 people left from your old LS.
I'm just saying.

What you're "just saying", is actually "just nonsense", considering that everyone that ever played the game will receive at least a free month at release without needing to buy the game again.

If you think any sizable percentage of the userbase will miss the chance to try a new AAA MMORPG for free just because they had to wait a couple months longer, you're absolutely delusional.

You would be making any sense if previous subscribers were required to pay anything to play the game at its launch, but since there's absolutely no entry barrier for past subscribers, arguing that any sizable number of people will just refuse to use their free time is as ludicrous as it gets.

I suggest the use of logic before opening a thread, next time. Flying in the face of realism on a whim is never a good idea.

[Zenaku]

All i wanna say is 5 months is just too long...

guess you did not read my post where they could allow us to use our current char in the beta if the game would be release Late Q2 early Q3. Everything we do in the beta would be carry over to release and we can just play as normal and test the game for SE they could do something like that if it going to be a big delay.