AN ETA on a Functioning game?

[Warlock]

God...that was truly an epic game series...

Sure was XD! FFXIV needs a Baddie like NineBall

[Abriael]

When can we expect to see an actual release, of a fully functioning game with no "beta" excuse?

It makes me nervous to see so many people screaming Beta again..
It is a bad flash back of FFXIV..
"Oh it's beta, don't worry, it'll get better"

But I'm not seeing much, if any real info, regarding the actual time frame involved.
Even a rough estimate would be nice.
Just please, for the love of God, do not Rush it out again..
But when are we looking at?
Jan? Feb? Mar? Next December?
Anything? lol...

Reading readily available public information displayed right on the front page of the official website before bitching like a schoolgirl that broke a nail is a great way to avoid being mercilessly mocked by your peers.

Just a friendly suggestion.

[Renala]

Saying each estimated time on the roadmap, it will be mid-feb start and 16weeks max(Without any delays) for launch. That means, 4 months. So june roughly. I don't get where people are getting august from..

[Kirito]

They haven't been able to give a defined date since it is a range. The only thing we can guess for sure is that the real game will be released in the summer...

[Yrusama]

you can find a lot of this information on the lodestone. It looks like the release date is going to be around august me thinks.

August is the conservative estimate, I hope. I'd say late June or July once debugging is done.

[Abriael]

They haven't been able to give a defined date since it is a range. The only thing we can guess for sure is that the real game will be released in the summer...

No. We can't. Unless where you live April is "summer".

August is the conservative estimate, I hope. I'd say late June or July once debugging is done.

Actually, August is way out of the roadmap. Some people just love to be overly negative (and some are just trolls).

The roadmap is quite clear, and involves a clearly indicated best case and a worst case scenario.

Best case scenario is mid april, worst case scenario is end of june.

Anyone advocating a release beyond that is just being negative for the sake of negativity or intentionally misinformative.

[inrainbows]

No. We can't. Unless where you live April is "summer".



Actually, August is way out of the roadmap. Some people just love to be overly negative (and some are just trolls).

The roadmap is quite clear, and involves a clearly indicated best case and a worst case scenario.

Best case scenario is mid april, worst case scenario is end of june.

Anyone advocating a release beyond that is just being negative for the sake of negativity or intentionally misinformative.

It won't release straight after beta. I wouldn't be surprised if it's 1-2 months after open beta ends so they make sure the servers & marketing are in order.

July-August isn't unreasonable.

[Molly_Millions]

It won't release straight after beta. I wouldn't be surprised if it's 1-2 months after open beta ends so they make sure the servers & marketing are in order.

July-August isn't unreasonable.

Why not? 1.0 launched right after beta. It just depends on how they want to handle open beta. Do they want to treat is as an "open beta test" or "open beta" (as in a sneak for the general public.)

[Abriael]

It won't release straight after beta. I wouldn't be surprised if it's 1-2 months after open beta ends so they make sure the servers & marketing are in order.

July-August isn't unreasonable.

Actually yes. It's unreasonable, and illogical.

1: Games normally go straight from open beta to release, with no or very little downtime.
2: they clearly indicated all the downtimes for each phase, it's illogical to think that they just "forgot" to indicate the alleged one after open beta.
3: the roadmap very clearly indicates the possibility of an early access after open beta. Early access is, by all mean and purpose, release for what we all are concerned.

[Molly_Millions]

Actually yes. It's unreasonable, and illogical.

1: Games normally go straight from open beta to release, with no or very little downtime.
2: they clearly indicated all the downtimes for each phase, it's illogical to think that they just "forgot" to indicate the alleged one after open beta.
3: the roadmap very clearly indicates the possibility of an early access after open beta. Early access is, by all mean and purpose, release for what we all are concerned.

Holy crap, a logical response on the lodestone! You sir, deserve a toast.