Letter from the Producer LIVE Part V (02/12/2013)

[Dannythm]

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It is our pleasure to inform you that the fifth installment of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE is scheduled to air on February 22, 2013, from 3:00 a.m. (PST)! During the broadcast, Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida will be answering various questions from fans the world over. Be sure not to miss this opportunity to hear the latest information straight from the minstrel's mouth!
Date & Time
February 22, 2013, from 3:00 a.m. (PST)

URL
YouTube Live URL:

For viewing on smartphones, iOS 5 or greater is recommended.
* The broadcast will not be available via the YouTube application. Please access the URL through your web browser (users may need to clear their browser's cache).

How to Submit Questions
Prior to the live stream, questions will be accepted in the designated thread on the official forum.

It is also possible to ask questions during the live stream. To do so, please follow the official FFXIV Twitter account (@FF_XIV_EN) and send tweets containing the "XIVLive" hash tag.

Themes
Beta test and the official release

Questions will be forwarded to Naoki Yoshida who will attempt to field as many questions as possible, and to the best of his ability.
* Please note that the audio will be available in Japanese only.

To Our Alpha Testers
In accordance with the non-disclosure agreement, we request that you do not ask any questions based on information that could only be obtained by those who have played the Alpha Version. This includes alpha test specifications, technical details, developer comments, and so forth.
Those of you who are unavailable to view the live broadcast, never fear! All the questions and answers will be posted on the official Twitter account in real time. Furthermore, a Q&A summary will be released via the official forums shortly thereafter.

Well, there we go...

[Zenaku]

So i wonder is beta be up and running before or sometime during the live letter lol.

[Mjollnir]

I have a feeling Yoshi-P will be pressing "send" on the e-mailshot for the Beta client download link at the end of the Letter.

[Dannythm]

So i wonder is beta be up and running before or sometime during the live letter lol.

Yoshi stated that he would announce the date of the beta start in his next letter, then said that he would publish the next letter while on the US, and the live letter is on the 22, I think we can assume beta will start next Monday, on the 18th, so that during the live letter he can stream live from the beta like he did on the alpha.

Or so I hope.

[Zenaku]

Yoshi stated that he would announce the date of the beta start in his next letter, then said that he would publish the next letter while on the US, and the live letter is on the 22, I think we can assume beta will start next Monday, on the 18th, so that during the live letter he can stream live from the beta like he did on the alpha.

Or so I hope.

ya that make sense i forgot that they be a letter release sometime this week i was thinking the 22 live letter would be the one that he say about the release date.

thanks for the info L

[Dannythm]

ya that make sense i forgot that they be a letter release sometime this week i was thinking the 22 live letter would be the one that he say about the release date.

thanks for the info L

Now That I think abut it, it's 3:40 in LA right now, and it wouldn't surprise me to see Yoshi posting at this time, but we may get the next written letter of the producer in a few hours when h wakes up and before departing to San Francisco, or maybe while he's on the move.

[Shiki_Lockhart]

My guess is beta can still be released in the end of this week so people can play through the weekend. Releasing at Monday is dumb. So it would be either Thursday or Friday. And I am still waiting for the damn benchmark >_<

[Quesse]

Things seem way behind schedule. My guess would be beta start is pushed to March.

Good grief we'll be lucky if this game comes out by the fall.

[Shiki_Lockhart]

Well better coming later than come out incomplete and fail again. If you rush things nothing good will come of it (as we saw on 1.0 launch and recently diablo 3 too).

[Kallera]

Things seem way behind schedule. My guess would be beta start is pushed to March.

Good grief we'll be lucky if this game comes out by the fall.

Posting on the forums won't make things go faster.