SE did say in the last JP media interview that they will bring in more Final Fantasy like features from beta. We don't know what other new contents that might be available for leveling yet and we're already jumping to conclusions... as we fear the same as ver 1.0 may happen. But think on the bright side... look and compare ARR FFXIV Alpha and FFXIV Ver 1.0 Alpha... I am liking this version a lot more.

People got to remember this is footage from alpha and that the main purpose for the alpha test was to do stress tests on the servers. As YoshiP mentioned in the letter

Quote Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida View Post
Purpose of the Alpha Test

As I mentioned in my previous missives, alpha tests for MMORPGs are meant to simulate the actual stress conditions that the servers will undergo when official service begins.
It's good to start pointing out the bad features right now as it will help the developers have enough time to talk with other team members on how to improve on these parts before release (if possible)

Now lets just hope rest of us gets in before the alpha servers close...