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

[Dannythm]

So does that mean Beta will no be in for February? The topic of the letter is the beta so my guess is it will only be released after... ether very end of Feb or early March.

Maybe the topic is to comment on how well the beta has started.

[Elros]

I get the feeling Yoshi-P will have to be there in Japan to oversee the launch of beta. And since he will be focused on the media tour and won't be back until at least the 21st (because the live letter isn't until the 22nd, the day after) I can't imagine they would start beta until he got back to Japan. So I'm placing my bet on either the 22nd or the 25th.

Maybe after the live letter, as he said 'What will become of the broadcast?'

[Kirito]

Just in case anyone missed it.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post960185
That is a link to question asking when the beta will be.

[Cendres]

Beta announced in the Regular Letter coming this week ( Beta will be before the Live Letter, that way The live letter can Feature the Beta). Also, I feel when they say "Themes: Beta test and the official release" I feel that Will be playing a Beta and him showing how good things are coming along and he'll give a "Projected" release date.

Sure, that would be awesome. But I think I'm going to go on the cautious side and expect the beta at the end of the month or March. That way if it's not then I can be delightfully surprised and happy, as opposed to ragingly disappointed if it's not in by next week.

>^.^>

[Zenaku]

There other letter being release in his stay in NA with the information on when beta is release. So i wont give up that easy and say beta is delay or anything lol.

[Starlord]

Sure, that would be awesome. But I think I'm going to go on the cautious side and expect the beta at the end of the month or March. That way if it's not then I can be delightfully surprised and happy, as opposed to ragingly disappointed if it's not in by next week.

>^.^>

Well, it's okay to think it's going to happen on later than what they are saying. However, given that there is a Letter coming this week ( probably tomorrow) and He arrives back on the 21st, and everything they post for like 2 weeks now they keep saying, " Were on the Finalizing stage blah blah". If it goes longer than 1 month then they were even on the Finalizing stage when they said they were.

Point is, I feel that it's coming sooner than you think. If for some reason it doesn't well... you know your days closer till it actually happens :P.

[Colino]

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).

I don't think any amount of delays would've made Diablo 3 better.

At least 1.0 improved over time.

yup seems beta wont start till march. so dont expect beta in february

It's possible. I don't particularly mind though, I'll try not to play it too much because Phase 3 is when I'll really go crazy.